Wow, Mike and I recieved such a great gift.

Here are the green mittens after some felting, they are very warm. I wore them the other night when I took Cash for a walk.
This showed up at my house on Saturday morning. For 7 years I have cooked on a hot plate. Ruby (the car) hauled this over to the house, Mike and I were supposed to me among the missing. I was home awaiting Brooks arrival to go knit with friends. What a surprize to get this big of a box, oh my, what could it be????

Here it is, a great fit, seems like our little kitchen was just made for it. Now all we have to do is run some power to it. I hope that does not take another 7 years!!!

Still thinking Green

My friend purchased this sweater for me at a thrift store and I did not like the neck design plus it made me itch. Soooooo.... I asked can I cut this up??

I took some measurements

Got out some scissors and cut the neck out after stitching around the placement linesHere it is and I love it. I will try that again.

These mittens will fit the golly green giant--they are now felted and I am ready to make another pair.

Thinking Green

I have been thinking green lots as of late. I am teaching a felted mitten class in the morning and these are the samples. I will whip up the rest while friends are over watching the PBR--we love that bull riding!! I bet someone in Alaska could use some very warm felted mitten this winter.

This is my winter knit, it is a sweater designed by my friend Marilyn King. If you are saying, didn't you start a sweater last year out of this same yarn? You are so very correct, I ripped it out and put it away for a while until I found the perfect sweater. This is it. I will keep you posted on the progress.

One other green note, every time I throw a can, some glass, plastic, etc in the trash something inside tells me that is just not right. So I am on a recycling kick. It is not as easy as for our daughter in CA. I have to haul my stuff a few miles. We will see how long I can keep it up for.

Until next time, keep thinking green.