Under a Red Roof

For Maren

January 10, 2013 in Making, Quoting by Colleen | Permalink

Buttons and patches and the cold wind blowing, the days pass quickly when I am sewing.

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The G-Man

May 1, 2012 in Loving, Making by Colleen | Permalink

May day! May day! The first time I heard any variation of that expression was on the Hardy Boys Mysteries on TV as a kid. Man, did I love that show, and Parker Stevenson. He was pretty good eye candy, drove a cool van, and was super smart! Oh dear, what a TV baby I was. The handsome G-Man was, too, though we didn’t watch the same shows. Until meeting him, I grudgingly watched any sort of Star Trek (only liking when Spock was on screen), for instance. Now, I quote it, “Earl Grey, hot,” and “Make it so, Number One,” while wishing for a Holodeck in the basement, among other things. Love holds very mysterious powers, my friends, indeed.

And love him, I do. How could I not? He likes art and picked out the Suitcase painting! He looks good in glasses! He builds sheds! He is a computer genius! He is good with children (a fun sleepover with our little friend last night) and cats and people, with a particular fondness for a petite sassafras named Colleen Sohn. Lucky, lucky me.

Snapshot

December 6, 2011 in Loving, Making by Colleen | Permalink

This is what my life looks like sometimes, with bi-focals. The yellow I’m working on is a cowl for me, now finished and cozy, but in need of a hat and some matching hand warmers, no fingers, so I can take pictures and be touchy-feely. I’m on the hunt for just the right patterns.

I have also learned after making three cowls in a week, it is hard to watch television or a movie without the click click of needles in my hands. I feel sooo still.

p.s. My cats look huge!

Tags: cats

Cowl Verging on Snood

November 15, 2011 in Loving, Making by Colleen | Permalink

Happy Tuesday Peeps.

I finished the cowl! Good for hiding, goofing, and warming. I am uber (no, I did not mean Buber?!) pleased at the results, my first successful knitting project, huzzah! Here’s what I did if you’d like to replicate:

Cast on 32 sts (or another multiple of 8 ) on number 11 (8mm) needles, then knit and purl until it’s the length you like. Cast off and sew the ends together. Take goofy photos. Be happy. Repeat, if desired.

I hope this is obvious, but just in case, repeat each set of directions until the end of the row.

Row 1: P1, K7

Row 2 and 8: K1, P5, K1, P1

Row 3 and 7: K2, P1, K3, P1, K1

Rows 4 and 6: P2, K1, P1, K1, P3

Row 5: K4, P1, K3

The photos remind me, I am nearly ready for the big bathroom reveal! About time, huh? Thanks to one set of crapper-doodle plumbers (and a good one to fix them all), this is the project that goes on and on till the break of dawn. But we are nearly there, for reals! I will be putting up art this weekend and then turning the den of the porcelain throne into a major paparazzi center. Stay tuned…

Oh, and I thought I would share a photo of my favorite bicycle commuter. Surprise! I am waiting for you cutie pie. Now gimme a kiss!