Life's a Stitch

And more recently life’s a creative adventure with some travel thrown in.

"Bushtits are seldom parasitized by Brown-headed Cowbirds." That sentence from the bird book sent us into peals of laughter this evening. I love when summer visitors start arriving and we eat on the deck and our silliness can be heard for miles. Takes my mind off the ten stitches in my shoulder where the "it’s probably nothing to worry about" bump was. I’m not worried about it at all, but it’s still on the sore side.

Here’s the landscape scarf finished and blocking. It does remind me of a landscape scene as viewed from a plane at 35,000 feet. This was fun and quick once you get into the rhythm. But don’t you just hate it when the project requires 1 and 1/10th skein?

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17 responses to “Excuse me?”

  1. Jane Avatar

    Don’t forget your sillyness when you guys come visit us here this summer. I got the porch , the wine , grapeleafs and the knitting needles waiting! Who is visiting you this week?

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  2. Carole Avatar

    I can picture that scene on your deck and it sounds wonderful. Love the new scarf/shawl.

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  3. Dorothy Avatar

    It brought a smile to my morning as well. One summer on a car trip my older son (about 10 at the time) turned to my younger one and asked, “How many catfish in a jar?” The younger started laughing so hard he was crying and ever since those nonsensical words can send us all into a laughing jag. Don’t you just love it? The scarf is just lovely – pattern source?

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  4. Beth Avatar

    So what will you do with the 9/10ths left over?

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  5. Karen Avatar

    Prett scarf! And yes, I hate it when you need to just barely break open the second skein!

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  6. Suzanne V. (Yarnhog) Avatar

    Beautiful scarf! I have so many 9/10’s skeins in my yarn closet, I’m considering a “leftovers afghan” just to use them up.

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  7. crazy for yarn in alabama: Darlene Avatar

    I’m so sorry about your shoulder and hope that everything is O.K.!!! The scarf is BEAUTIFUL!!!

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  8. midgeling Avatar

    OMG, that is so funny! That is one of those things where you are sure they are speaking the same language as you, yet you just have no idea how they came up with that particular string of words. The scarf came out lovely! Funny because I have been thinking of knitting that same exact project – just in shawl form.

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  9. wendy g Avatar

    Love the colors in the Landscape scarf. Hope your shoulder is feeling better.

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  10. Kimberly Avatar

    Wow, those colors are really are reminiscent of of a landscape. This shawl was a great project to show off that yarn!

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  11. Marianne Avatar

    LOVE the colors in your scarf !!
    Hope the bump was nothing to worry about.

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  12. Chris Avatar

    Very pretty shawl. I hope the shoulder thing is nothing, but best to get it taken care of now.

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  13. Kathleen Avatar

    Hope that your shoulder heals quickly. The shawl is lovely and the colors continue to do the pattern justice.

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  14. Angie Avatar

    How big is your beautiful landscape shawl? She be so beautiful!

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  15. eyeleen Avatar

    LOL. Your shawl is beautiful!

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  16. Monika Avatar

    Congrats on finishing the scarf! That sentence is really something! Thanks for the explanatione, otherwise I would still scratch my head! ;o)

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  17. Lynne Avatar

    THAT is the funniest thing I’ve heard today! Scarf is really pretty, Li.

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