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It was while knitting these socks on the train from Guilin to Gangzhou I acquired the World Title of Fastest Knitter In The World clocking in at 150 mile per hour!   The socks will also be remembered for their part in being pulled over by security. We had been through security time and time again during our trip through China. So imagine my surprise on  the last leg of the journey, Hong Kong to Tokyo, being pulled aside and asked to remove a sharp object from my purse - no, not my knitting needles but a nail file.  “Madam, you see the file has a sharp end.” the security officer said as she moved her finger over the point. I agreed and quickly gathered my things and moved on. I must admit I felt just a bit smug as I knit my way to Japan. Pattern: Vanilla Socks with Fish Lips Kiss Heels Yarn: Regia Arnie and Carlos Colorway: Tinn Needles: US Size 1 Three pairs of socks knit in China, not a bad knitting adventure!

While on our trip we spent four days cruising up the Yangtze River giving me time to sit on our private balcony, knit and enjoy the beautiful scenery.  Pattern: Vanilla socks with a Fish Lips Kiss Heel Yarn: Schachenmayr Regia Pairfect Colorway: 0719 Needle Size US Size 1

It might have been a hot and humid day in Beijing but a Knitter’s gotta knit! Enjoying the sites at Temple of Heaven.          I made sure the socks were in progress, on the needles and the cuff done when going through airport security. There was no problem getting them through. However, I was worried enough something could happen  -  I put a spare pair of needles in my checked luggage. I can't imagine not knitting a stitch for 3 weeks! Pattern: Vanilla Socks with Fish Lips Kiss Heels Yarn: Regia4-Fadig Jacquard Color 4-ply Colorway:Black, Purple, Blue, and Oatmeal Amount: 1 Skein Needle Size: US Size 1 I had decided to knit vanilla socks during our trip. I knew they would keep my hands busy without drawing my attention away from the sites.

I have been wanting an orange kitten for a long time but in our household two cats make up the pet family and happily our cats are very long lived. Eighteen years is a long and great life for a cat! Three years ago Hubby REALLY wanted a Bengal and we now have Denali and do love her so much!  This moved me into first in line for the choice of a kitten this winter when Grace moved  Florida. We decided not to even look for a kitten until we got back from our trip. For some reason I thought an orange kitten would just magiclly appear and I would be greeted at the airport with a kitten. Instead I had to wait almost three weeks for one to appear! Meet Polly (Hayward) Pickett...  I've been saving her name for many years. When working on the family genealogy I discovered my third great grandmother's name was Polly Hayward and she married Gilead Pickett making her Polly Pickett. I instantly loved the name and thought it would be a great cat's name...I'm pretty sure the h...

 Hubby had been planning this camping/gold panning trip all winter and even though I had a cold, who was I to say no? I knew I could nap and blow my nose in the trailer as well as at home…. So I made and froze several meals ahead for the trip: 1 ) Stuffed Green Peppers 2) Easy Chicken Pasta Bake 3) Taco meat for tacos 4) Lentil Soup 5) Cookies, and bran muffins We loaded up the new trailer for her maiden voyage and off we went, down the road.  It was a quiet weekend, Hubby would leave early and get back around six. Denali and I spent time knitting, reading, playing solitaire, and yowling. (You decide who was doing what!) I like the new digs - it’s nice to have a Murphy bed (it just disappears and the trailer becomes a living area but then Denali has no safe zone under the covers or under the bed itself and that’s been a trial.) We have a bathroom and that’s nice, it’s one reason BIG reason I'm glad not to be a pioneering woman.

I’m not going to lie, I’ve been looking forward to Stash Dash since January! I love the camaraderie the planning, the scheming, and looking at all the completed projects. But this year, I must admit, there was no early planning…no almost finished projects, no Down the Rabbithole Blanket, in fact until last week there was no plan at all! I’ve been out and about traveling and so it wasn’t until our return I caught up with The KnitGirllls. It was during one of those catch up podcasts I began to form my plan. LaLa reminded viewers the original spirit of the Dash is to finish the projects which have been languishing, or get the oldest skeins (can I say ugliest? or at least the skeins you have no idea what possessed you to buy them) and use them up. Plan of Attack Number ONE: “What to do, What to do…“ with that big pile of Tag Ends Of Sock Yarn. It seems as though this is my constant dilemma. Even though I finished the Down The Rabbithole Blanket last year during Stash Dash and hav...

Today, May 25th, was yet another election day for Montana.  Earlier this year trump selected Montana Rep. Zinke Secretary of the Interior creating an open seat and making a special election necessary. The candidates were questionable from the start, a reported billionaire with a recent failed run for governor and a Montana good old boy, country singer. Neither candidate has any political experience but then this seems to be the trend. The National Democrats appeared slow to realize a win would gain a seat in a Republican dominated arena but our Republican billionaire  “wanna be” quickly poured over a million dollars of his pocket change into the race.  The race went on sadly, with “He said, He did, He didn’t” political ads being continually run on media. With no political records to grasp at, commercials were about health issues, unpaid bills, lawsuits, and how long it takes to become a “true” Montanan. Must you be born in Montana or is twenty years enough to claim Mo...