Knitted Lizard

Well after almost a week when I was no longer able to publish my blog, Blogger has resolved it. I have no clue what was wrong but every time I tried to post, I got an error code that said Login Incorrect.

I am posting the two blog posts I didn't get to publish from last week along with today's post so scroll down to read them.



Eek - a lizard! Here is my own creation, a catnip lizard. Did my cats like it? Not at all. But I do think it turned out pretty cute. I was also thinking of designing a catnip rat with a long pink tail but since the poor lizard is so unappreciated, I may forget it. I used Nature Spun yarn and gave him an open mouth and orange beady eyes and the underside is done in a lighter color, just like some real lizards.




The intarsia landscape socks patterns have arrived - they are really nicely done with large color photos and large print. I also received the Shirl the Purl Sanquhar-style glove pattern from NeedleArts Bookshop and it is quite long. No sign of the yarn to make the gloves yet.
I am also getting back to Malin after long last.

And finally, what did I do when I wasn't able to blog for almost a week? Started another blog of course. It is Cooking in Color and I'm going to use it to keep notes of some of my cooking attempts. For this blog I'm using Blog-City which seems pretty easy and it is free.

Bunny Fun Felted Rabbit

I am a huge admirer of Katharine Hepburn's work. She always played intelligent, fearless women and Bringing Up Baby and Philadelphia Story are two of my favorite movies of all time. She will be greatly missed. I'm hoping they'll rerun some of her movies this week in her honor so I can knit while enjoying her talents all over again.




I have received word from Jackie at HeartstringFiberArts and Bev Galeskas at Fiber Trends that I can use their designs for my rabbit shelter knitting project (Jackie's Knitted Bunny from a square and Fiber Trend's Bunny Fun felted rabbit - photo above). I'm impressed with the nice responses I've gotten from the four designers of rabbit-themed patterns and how happy they were to let me knit some of them in honor of Flip the big black wonderbunny.

I also received a note from John & Hillary Benish at Alderson Hospitality House. Here it is verbatim: "Dear Nanette, Thank you so much for the donation of yarn and materials for the women at the prison. We know they will occupy idle hours, learn skills, and give back to the community. Gratefully, John & Hillary."

If you would like to donate yarn or magazines or patterns (any kind greatly needed including partial skeins of any fiber yarn) to be used by women prisoners to knit for various charities, please send it to The Prison Yarn Project, Alderson Hospitality House, P.O. Box 579, Alderson, WV 24910.