Thursday, April 13, 2017

"Someone at this number requested . . . "

Have you received a phone call that starts out, "Someone at this number requested (fill in the blank)"?
Now, of course, it is not a live person, but a recording. This morning I got one informing me that someone at my number requested information about a brace for back pain. Not true. Did not happen. It got me thinking about my visit to see my doctor in December, having an MRI before Christmas, and subsequent visits to a local chiropractor. These visits should be covered by HPPA laws, right? All of these visits were covered by insurance, so I think my insurance company is selling my data! I am not pleased, but also not surprised. Or, maybe it was data mining from my own computer searches when I was googling sciatica.
My train of thought is never far from yarn, so I thought about making my own recording that would start "Someone at this number requested information about yarn." It could be a breakthrough for Weedy Creek Yarn!

Monday, April 3, 2017

We'll knit in the sunshine, we'll laugh every day . .


I am borrowing from the Gale Garnett song with a title close to that (We'll Sing in the Sunshine), but that is what I have been doing here this last week in Baja. Our pergola is a great place to sit and knit!
I am working on (dare I say "finishing ") this KAL from last year, Fourteen carat.  I love working with fingering weight yarn but it takes an awfully long time to finish a project. The pattern is by Michele Hunter, and first appeared on her website, knitpurlhunter.com.
Here is a link to the pattern on the Ravelry.com. I am using sock weight yarn, as I mentioned. It is CoBaSi, a cotton, bamboo, silk and nylon blend that comes in loads of colors. It is available at Weedy Creek Yarn, of course 🤗