mittens

Soft. Wooly
thick, two layer mittens.
sent off in the mail.
these mittens turned out
to be scrumptious.
Like the wooden buttons !??

the knitting guild association...

the knitting guild association:
http://www.tkga.com/

anyone here a member ?
or has been a member ?
i'd like to hear what you have to say.
you can leave your many words of wisdom
& advice in the comments.

Thanks.

mmmm.

Mmmm. Mittens !

Phonebox

for your viewing pleasure toay: a Phonebox
in Edinburgh.
and happy february to everyone.

from the weekend ...

and, seen recently in the house:



couldn't resist bringing this Knitting Magazine home.
there's an article about Shetland, Scotland. i was there
for a visit in August of 2005.



here's my guy in snow apparel. He's the one
who is a Wizard of all Cooking.

The start of a series:

Lo, i present to you :
mitten number one of a series.

well. yes, a series,
because this is the first of a pair,
and then directly following the completion
of the first pair
there will be a similar pair of mittens,
possibly made with the same pattern, with
negligible differences of dimensions.
and a slight colour change. Slight.
No, these mittens are not for me, but
for someone Brilliant and charming
and talented. And everyone needs more
than one pair of mittens.

So you can understand i want these to be really nice mittens.

edinburrrr

A little eye candy for you today.
Photo taken in the beautiful downtown Edinburgh.

loose ends

have you seen this ring of fibre artists ?
check it out:
some fabulous artists from around the world.

i'm one of the fold.
(button at sidebar without looking like a button at this point !)

no matter how you say it:

Happy Chinese New Year !

• Traditional Chinese: 恭喜發財;
• Simplified Chinese: 恭喜发财;
• pinyin: Gōngxǐ fācái;
• Hokkien Keong hee huat chye (POJ: Kiong-hí hoat-châi);
• Cantonese: Kung hei fat choi (also spelt kung hei fat choy or kung hey fat choi);
  
• Hakka: Kung hee fat choi, which loosely translates to "Congratulations and be prosperous."
  
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• Often mistakenly assumed to be synonymous with "Happy new year", its usage dates back several centuries, with the Cantonese transliteration said to have first entered English usage in the 1800s, for instance. While the first two words of this phrase had a much longer historical significance (legend has it that the congratulatory messages were traded for surviving the ravaging beast of Nian, although in practical terms in may also involve surviving the harsh winter conditions), the last two words were added later as capitalism and consumerism ideas took greater significance in Chinese societies around the world.