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I wanted to practice my helical knitting and thought the color choice would be nice. The finished fabric is okay, I’m not impressed with my finished project and am not sure it is gift worthy, but hope Anna will enjoy wearing it during the cold winter. Pattern: Flax Light by tincanknits Yarn: Cascade Yarns Heritage 150 and Schachenmyr Regia Festival Color 4-Fadig Colorway: Italian Plum and Color 02877 Needle Size: US Size 2 and 5

 I bought this yarn at Knotty by Nature while visiting Victoria last March.  If I lived on the island this would be my go to yarn shop!! Tucked on a corner of a quiet neighborhood this shop is welcoming even before you enter through the doors.  There is a table and chairs just outside the door inviting any passerby to have a tea or coffee while kitting or reading a book in the sunny afternoon. I picked the vibrant green yarn and decided to show off my Irish heritage in a bright Irish cowl. This is the third cowl I've made which is loose-fitted and knit in the round. I like this feature in the cowl because it won't slip off.  Among Cedars is a well written and easy to follow pattern, one I would suggest to my fellow knitters. Pattern: Among Cedars Cowl by Erin Randle Yarn: Knotty By Nature Hand Dyed Sock Colorway: Green with blue flecks Needle Size: US Size 4

Hubby had been resistant to hand knit socks for years but last winter, just before our trip to Iceland, I was able to talked him into just trying a pair. He instantly became a convert and now is the happy owner of several pair.  Yesterday, Hubby came to me in a panic, he'd had a "Major Blow Out" on the heel of his favorite hand knit socks! He wasn't sure how it had happened, it had "just appeared" and somewhat sheepishly he asked if it was possible for me to fix them somehow. Feeling quite pleased with myself, knowing I could fix them, I told him I'd see what I could do... Because I'd added a contrasting heel, toe, and cuff to each sock it was easy to pick up around the destroyed heel.  I then snipped around the entire heel...  and had a clean area to begin knitting a new one.  Within an hour I had a very impressed and happy husband!

I thought I needed some car knitting to get me to the Griz game and back this weekemd so I chose a bright colored pair of vanilla socks.  However, not forty miles west of Billings we hit such bad snow and roads we turned around and went home. This is a first we've every "called" a game, and I was so relieved, it took us two hours to go eighty miles! But the socks were started and I just can't leave a pair of socks alone! Pattern: Vanilla Socks with Fish Lips Kiss Heels by Sox Therapist Yarn: Cascade Yarns Heritage Paints Colorway: Tea Rose Needle Size: US Size 1

An important part of planing for a trip is deciding just what projects I will bring. Usually its more than enough sock yarn and I happily knit sock after sock. They're small, brightly colored and patterns can be as simple or complicated as desired. I've knit so many I get the basic pattern set up and then pop in a textured pattern to go with the yarn color or activity I'll be doing while knitting. This trip, in an effort not to stress out over Christmas,  I decided to work on the Bunco Gals Christmas ornaments. I've knit ornaments for several years, sweaters , hats and mittens , Christmas stockings , and the Gals seem look forward to see just what miniature piece of clothing I will knit next. Last year, in my eyes, was a bit of a bust. I tried several different items but wasn't satisfied with any so finally settled on cloth Scandinavian Stars. The night of  Christmas Bunco the Gals were trying to guess just what was inside their gift. One Gal said, "Is it ...

It has been a dream of mine for many years to go to New England and visit the area my ancestors lived two hundred years ago. In 2007 I was contacted by the current owner of my third great grandfather's home and that only solidified my wish to visit... The original family came from England and are now known as part of "The First Settlers to America." They arrived in Roxbury in 1635 and were mention by Reverend John Elliot in his record of the church. "John Cheny (-1666) he came into the Land in the yeare 1635. He brought 4 children, Mary, Martha, John, Daniel. Sarah his 5th child was borne in the last month of the same year 1635, cold February. He removed from or church to Newbury the end of the next suer 1636. Martha Cheny the wife of John Cheny." (Cheney Genealogy, Charles Henry Pope, 1897) Four generations of the Cheney family lived in Newbury, Massachusetts. Records show land belonging to the family was sold in 1765 and Timothy Sr.(1713-1772) moved ...

We woke up the next morning to discover we were staying smack dab in the middle of my Addison, Vermont, dream vacation! Our home away from home was on Lake Champlain. It was only a mile away from Chimney Point State Park - the exact building where my 3x great grandfather, Dr. Prentiss Dana Cheney worked in the early 1800's, and his home was less than two miles away. Next to the park is the bridge to New York and Fort Ticonderoga, Fort St. Frederic/Fort Crown Point. In just a short time we were able to find the two cemeteries where two of my 3x great grandparents are buried, Betsey Murray Cheney (1786-1821) and Prentiss Dana Cheney (1786-1842), His mother Susanna Cook Cheney (1743-1836) is also nearby in the family plot. We then drove on to the Townline Cemetery. After a short search we found my 4x great grandparents, Joseph (1744-1816) and Isabella Burritt Murray (1744-1828).  I also found my 3x great grandfather Gilead Pickett (1778-1816) who is next to a Daniel Hayward, ...