I live on a farm ...

My favorite thing to knit is Christmas stockings ... they're fun like socks, only you don't have to make two. I can make one stocking over a weekend, and they made great Christmas gifts for everyone in my family one year. Now what I want to do is collect miniature antique toys and antique "reindeer" bells and make little dangly things that will hang from each hand knit stocking. However, right now I am working on a pair of socks using a soft, salmon colored Debbie Bliss baby cashmerino yarn accented with cream Sirdar Snuggly Poppet Fleece Effect on the...

I am new to blogging, and trying out WordPress as my blog of choice. We're having a heat wave, but for me it seems mild compared to the summers I'm used to in LA. Early this afternoon a thunderstorm hit, with lightening striking pretty much right here on the farm. The rain came down so hard I couldn't see out the windows for a while. Ahhh ... gotta love summer in a beautiful place like this. No more deserts for me (although deserts can be quite lovely truth be told). Last night my husband and I escaped the heat by...