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Saturday is for Adventures?

Posted on November 7, 2026 by Queen Bee Knits

I know we need the rain but I need some sunshine. This is the time of year that I begin my struggle with SAD (seasonal affective disorder.) I quite literally feel like staying in bed all day long and force myself to get up and go but struggle with energy enough to go for long. So, I’ve pulled out my sun light and have it on in my atelier and I just have to sit in front of it! It does seem to help. We woke up to rain and gray this morning and little has changed all day. We decided to go on a little adventure today – hubby wanted to do breakfast at Dysarts on the way to the coast and so we did. It was a delicious breakfast and we did head over to Belfast for a bit. I visited Fiddleheads fabric shop and Heavenly Yarns and picked up a few little things – some little gifts for my daughter’s stocking and snaps for me to finish her sweater. I think I’ll send it home with my son after Thanksgiving.)

Anywhooo … you’re here for the knitting, right? I had a horrible knitting day on Thursday and so I’ve got a two stories to tell to make YOU feel better about your knitting! There are two. First, I am working on a beautiful hooded scarf for my nephew’s girlfriend. The pattern is The Hooded Scarf by Shaina Bilow and I’m knitting it in a luscious Malabrigo Mecha “Ceresa” colorway. I had finished the first half of the scarf part and cast on and started the second half but I felt like the width of the second part was “off” and when I compared the two, I was right. I had cast on the pattern number of stitches for the second half but I had cast on the pattern number of stitches plus ten for the first half. Ugh! I really like the wider scarf, fortunately since that was done, so I frogged and re-started the second half and I’ll figure out how it all goes together when I get there. I’m just about at the half-way mark on the second side after working on this for about 4 hours yesterday.

Next, on Thursday evening after work I cast on to begin the second of my Reverie Socks in some stashed yarn. I’m really trying to use up some of my (extensive) sock yarn collection. I went ahead with the cast on after checking the number of stitches and began the ribbing. I’d reached the point where I had a couple more rounds to go and looked at it and thought I’d done something different to the first sock. Yup. I was right. The first sock was a 2×1 rib and I had started the second sock with a 2×2 rib. So, that was frogged and restarted, too. Ha! Ha! I am so grateful for the ability to laugh at myself. Knitting has really taught me humility! I completed the ribbing and the first repeat of the lace pattern on our drive today. Progress. Not perfection. That’s my goal.

I have also been working on a little winter hat for our grandson, Mac. He’s getting a little ear flap hat, the pattern is Knitting Pure and Simple #253. I’m using Berroco Vintage in a light oatmeal colorway and I’ll be adding little ears on the top of the hat. I finished the hat on the ride to the coast and now I just have the ears to knit. I am going to wing it with my own “pattern” here and I hope the hat is big enough because this little guy has a big head! I can hardly wait to see him in it! He’s the most adorable little guy.

I’m also working on a little cardigan for our granddaughter’s doll, Baby. I made a cardigan to Sylvie last year in this lavender yarn by King Cole (Denim?) and she loves lt because she can put it on and take it off by herself. I am hoping to make the same sweater for Baby. This past summer she spent a lot of time undressing my knitted doll, Dolores by Franklin Habit. I think she’s gotten big enough, Sylvie not Dolores, to be able to put the sweater ON her doll as well as take it off. We’ll see.

I have a new gnome project going, too. I’m knitting the Gnumpkin half of Gnumpkin and Gnettle with bits and bobs leftovers from socks and other projects. I love these little stuffies! We also made a shelf for my growing gnome collection that sits above my atelier window … just big enough for the gnomes made with fingering weight yarn. I am hoping to make more (I own a ton of patterns) to complete the collection and fill the shelf which is about half full so far.

That’s five WIPs if anybody’s counting and the shefl is a FO. Ha! Ha!

We have ordered our Christmas cards and they’ve been delivered. Last week I addressed through “o” and I’ll get to some more this week. I need to stamp the return address and stuff them and then buy some stamps. I love the time of year when you get cards in the mail and I love to send some love out, too. I also have my new Bullet Journal for 2027 out and I am moving all the really important stuff over slowly but surely. I like a paper calendar/planner and this one gives me a little room to be creative though I’m not nearly as creative as some people are … but I’m also not late for meetings and such.

I have. new procurement, too. I can’t remember how I won but I won a $50 gift card to LolaBean Yarn Company just before Rhinebeck happened and I used it to buy two hanks of a sport-weight LBYC yarn! They arrived yesterday and they’re super yummy! I don’t know what they’ll become yet but they’ll likely be something to wear around my neck because it’s 100% merino wool. So soft! AND I love supporting a woman-owned, black-owned business! If you don’t know about LBYC, check them out on social media or their website.

It’s now seriously zero-dark-thirty (at 5:15pm … gone knitting!

Yeah, I Know it’s Tuesday

Posted on November 3, 2026 by Queen Bee Knits

I know it’s Tuesday and this is going to be (mostly) about my WIPs and maybe I should save it for WIP Wednesday but I simply feel like writing now and I don’t want to wait until tomorrow … or maybe I’ll have more to say tomorrow. Who knows! Happy Election Day! I voted a week or so ago and my hubby voted on the last day of early voting here in Maine. I have no idea if our local poling place will be super busy with lines out the door but we chose to vote early. I hope you’ve voted today, too. It’s so important to let your voice be heard! I saw a meme that said something to the order of if you’re on an airplane and 5 passengers don’t vote, three vote to crash the plane and two vote to land safely, you’re still going to crash. I feel very strongly that if you don’t vote, you’re still voting … just for the one you probably don’t like! My father was a huge proponent of voting and he raised us all to prioritize voting. I can’t miss one! Especially one as important as this!

I’ve signed up to knit every day in November for the American Cancer Society so I’ve been knitting every day. Today it was such a gray day that I couldn’t get myself motivated to do much so I decided to head up to my atelier and work there.

My daughter’s Levitate Wrap is done! All I have to do is find a big snap for inside and sew on my Queen Bee Knits label. The snap holds the inside front part to the outside front so it won’t just hang down awkwardly. I hope I can get one tomorrow when I have to run into town for dinner. This was a very fun knit and it’s a beautiful sweater. I hope my daughter loves it and wears is a lot. I did make a change and knitted the first part of the tie onto the bottom border and I shouldn’t have. I was showing the finished sweater to my college roommate who was here for the weekend and I had an AH! HA! moment where I realized that the ties can’t both be at the ends of the bottom border, they need to cross and tie at the side. SO rather than frog the whole thing, I cut the misplaced tie, bound off the stitches left behind and then grafted the tie onto the right spot. I wasn’t sure it was going to work but it did.

I put my DPNs on each side of where I am going to cut the yarn and then carefully cut one strand and unraveled the yarn. The last shot is the two pieces now living apart. LOL. It was a success! I have been using the Italian Sewn Bind-off and it’s gorgeous for this project. Today I took the tie that I cut off and grafted it onto the body of the sweater near the side. I’m so pleased with the success of this surgical procedure! Yay, me!

WIPs … I’m making a hooded scarf (The Hooded Scarf by Shaina Bilow) as a gift for my nephew’s girlfriend who has moved from Georgia to Boston and doesn’t have a lot of cold New England weather clothes. Her favorite color is red. I’m knitting with Mecha by Malabrigo and the yarn is so soft and lovely to knit. I have finished one side of the scarf and have cast on the second side. This is a very simple pattern with larger needles and bulky yarn. It’s moving along pretty quickly.

I’ve cast on the Gnumpkin gnome a couple of nights ago when I was feeling I needed a new project. I love knitting gnomes and this one is such fun so far – the hat is so cleverly constructed. I am using left-over yarn which is good, too.

Today I cast on a new hat project. A winter hat for our grandson who takes off all of his hats (and he may take this one off, too.) This one will have a tie and ear flaps … time will tell. I’ll be making some little mittens for him too for the cold Denver winter days. I’m using Vintage by Berroco because it’ll need to be washed and it’s soft enough to put on those precious little ears. I’m using the Knitting Pure and SImple #253 Basic Hat and Mittens pattern. I’m making the smallest size which is for a 2-4 year old (he’s got a big head!) My plan is to add little ears to the top of it so he’ll resemble the teddy bear that he is.

I finished the first of my gray Reverie Socks last night before I went to bed. I love this pattern and I needed some singly-color socks to wear when I want to be “fancy”! I’ll be casting on the second sock later today or tomorrow so I can get it going and finished before November 14th when the LYS where I work is starting a Fall Sock KAL with a “cast on party” at the store. Several of us from the staff will be there to kick off the KAL and I hope I can get a pair of Christmas socks knitted for my hubby’s stocking. The goal is for everyone to finish before Christmas and we’re going to have prizes to incentivize our knitters.

I voted for her (them!) I hope you voted today!

Gone knitting.

Monday Update

Posted on April 13, 2026 by Queen Bee Knits

What a difference a day makes! We are experiencing a warmer but very gray, dismal, rainy day. I haven’t even stepped foot outside to take a photo but you can see what I see out of my atelier window … gray, gray, and more gray. So, I’ve spent some extra time drinking coffee with my hubby and have vacuumed the second floor very thoroughly and washed another sweater (two since I returned from Canada.) It’s definitely time to get the well-worn and loved woolens cleaned up and stored away. I also may have eaten a small bag of Mary’s Popcorn … sirop d’erable et pacanes (maple syrup and pecans) which is delicious! Thank goodness I didn’t buy a bigger bag!

This afternoon I’ll go out and run some errands, wash my. car and fill up the tank in preparation for a busy next few weeks. My boss is off again, this time to Florida for April break with her grandchildren we think. I’ll have some extra days at work and have my Two-Color Brioche workshop to run on the 25th. I’ve signed up for a few Tuesdays so I can pay myself back for the Canada trip (worth every penny spent!)

I wanted to update those of you who care about my WIPs. I have been knitting and am having fun with the projects currently on the needles and adding to the projects to be knit. LOL

Yesterday morning I worked on my Escher Socks by Summer Lee. I’m working with two yarns, one is a natural shade that I bought (I may have said this before) when I thought I was going to dye yarn. Ha! NOT! It’s Cloudborn Fibers Merino Superwash Sock Twist in Ecru. (467 yards/100 grams and 80% superwash merino, 20% polyamide.) The color-changing yarn is a Crazy Zauberball, I think, in the Garden Party colorway. I think. I don’t have the ball band/tag and found this in my stashed yarn. I “copied” the colorway from my student/friend Kelly because hers were so gorgeous and I knew I had the gradient yarn and a white yarn in my stash. I really am trying to use up some of my stashed yarns! Anyway, I have gotten to the toe of the first sock as of yesterday late morning and hope to get sock #2 on the needles today. The remainder of the toe won’t take long nor will the forethought heel. (The red needle is marking where the heel will go.) I took a pair of Knit Pro US 2 nine inch circular needles from the store to try on the sock last week and I didn’t love them. I can see that the colorwork moves more smoothly on the circs and I don’t have any pause like when I go from one DPN to another BUT the tips on this pair seems a bit too long. I picked up a pair of nine inch Chiao Goo circs at Les Laines Biscotte but I got a US 1 and I need a US 2. I’ll return the Knit Pros and pick up a Chiao Goo and give them a try when I get to the store this afternoon.

Oddly, I was working away on the socks and one of my Chiao Goo DPNs rolled off the desk and I have looked all over the area and can’t find it. It has simply vanished. I even called for my hubby to have a look and he didn’t find it either. I fully expected it to be picked up and crunched by my vaccuum today … nope. Can you see me shrugging my shoulders? I don’t have a clue where it is. It can’t have gone far!

Another project I was working on yesterday is the Vanilla Sweater for my college roommate. I am knitting this one in Rauma Garn Finull in a heathered lavender. It’s a really pretty color. I’ve gotten almost to the ribbing for the body on this one. I plan to knit the ribbing a bit longer than the ribbing on my Vanilla Sweater because mine is apt to roll up and I’m not fond of that attribute. I certainly don’t want my friend’s sweater to do the same. I hope to get that ribbing finished today and get one of the sleeves picked up. This sweater pattern is so well written and I am enjoying the “brainless” stockinette stitching which is great for riding in the car and knitting in public.

Vanilla Sweater by Corrine in Rauma Finull Garn

One more active project on the needles. My Hansel Hap Half by Gudrun Johnson. I am knitting this with stashed Jamieson’s of Shetland and Jamieson & Smith jumper weight wool. I have quite a collection of colors collected over the past decade from taking the Year of Techniques, Boost Your Knitting and Confident Knitting (all a year of learning new techniques) with Jen Arnall-Culliford. Because she is based in the UK, I bought all of the yarn packs that went with the classes and much of it was Shetland wool. Anywhoo … I am working my way along with the half-hap size, or a triangular shawl. I was nearly done with the garter stitch triangle of the main shawl and ran out of my main color. I had decided that I would use another different but similar color for the spots in the edging where the pattern calls for the main color so I just popped it in for the last few rows where you’re getting ready to add the edging. It looks like a stripe. That’s fine. And then the real fun started: stripes of color. I’ve got a few stripes done. (I did have to frog back the work I did while chatting in the lounge at the hotel because even though it was relatively simple, I botched the count somewhere. It was only a few rows.)

Hansel Hap (Half) by Gudrun Johnson in Shetland Wool

I’m loving this! What looks like black is actually the darkest of blues and I’ve chosen shades of blue and a creamy white as the other colors. The teal blue shown is the “pop” of color. Fun!

While I am thinking of it, if you don’t own or haven’t read A Year of Techniques or its sibling books, they are worth every single penny spent to find them. I found the projects quite wonderful and have made quite a few and Jen’s tutorials are also fabulous. While their business is closed, you can still find the books used or in some UK-based yarn shops or online. I found a couple of patterns in these books that I have made several times and some that I still plan to make again. I’ve posted about the baby blanket Little Tern here and I made one back in 2017 as well. They’re both in my Ravelry projects page. Check the books out if you want to improve your knitting techniques! They’re three of my most cherished reference books.

Gone knitting.

And Just like that, it’s Sunday Again!

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Queen Bee Knits

It’s another gloriously sunny summer day in Maine. Sadly, though, we are in a drought and we really wish it would rain. So far our well is holding strong but many Mainers aren’t so lucky. We are hoping we will be lucky enough to remain able to shower and wash dishes and clothes and flush toilets. We are being very careful not to waste any water. But the sunshine has been really welcome and I am noticing that the days are shortening, too.

Last week was really busy with volunteer stuff and this week it’s going to be the store where I work. Our boss is away and we’re covering all the shifts. Ha! Ha! This week is the one week that I will be at the store four days (out of six). My bigger paycheck will help me pay off my car loan even more quickly (I have only a couple more payments!) Anyway … I’ve been knitting and finishing and starting projects. Let me tell you about a few, ok?

I’ve finished two shorty socks from the Sock Project book (sock #2) with an afterthought heel. The yarn is stashed yarn and I just wanted to get rid of a few bits of sock yarn because my collection has become obscene! These socks are knitted from some old trekking yarn that I bought and the toes is also trekking that was given to me after a friend made socks. Now I’ve just got to open up the heels and knit them … it won’t take but a few minutes but I wasn’t going to attempt it last night when I was tired.

The other day I started to make one of the stuffed toys in the Knitted Animals book by Louise Crowther. I bought the yarn to make three of the dolls – the horse, duck and pig. I’m starting with Noah the horse which will be a gift for my daughter, Libet, who loves horses. The pattern calls for straight needles and I started with straight needles but can I tell you how much is dislike knitting on straight needles after knitting on circular needles for so long? So, I’ve switched to a long circular needle (US2) and it feels much better. The pattern has you start with the head and then move on to the body, etc. I may choose to change my needles with each different body part. Time will tell. The yarn is from Scheepjes Stonewashed and Catona which I bought online since my LYS doesn’t carry the yarn that is suggested and I really wanted to try it out. I can tell you that I like it so far. The head is knitted with the Stonewashed in two colors using the intarsia technique – and the most incredible part is that they put a little sticker on the tail of the yarn so it’s easy to pull out! Brilliant! No more yarn barf. I’m plugging along with this but because it’s knitted on such small needles at a tight gauge, I’m taking my time and trying to save my hands/arms the pain … especially since I have a lot of knitting to do.

Earlier this week, I got a text from a friend with a photo of Boo the Bat by Anna Hrachovec, aka Mochimochiland. Said friend thought the bat was adorable (and it is.) As the week went on, I thought about it and felt I needed to knit one for her as a little gift surprise. So, yesterday I dug into my worsted weight wool scraps and found a light and darker gray yarn to make a Boo for Dru. It knits up surprisingly quickly and it’s really cute. I didn’t have any safety eyes so I used buttons instead and since she’s an adult, I don’t think she’ll be eating the buttons. LOL I blocked the wings last night and they’ll be added to the little Boo today and I’ll need to find a stick for her to hang from (her feet are knitted in the round so she can hang, brilliant!)

I’ve been working away at the little cardigan commission that I have promised for the early winter. This yarn is the most delicious colorway ever and happens to be the same name as my client’s granddaughter, Eliana Zoe. It’s a lovely peachy pink with some deeper tones here and there. I love it! It’s a joyful color. I’ve finished one side of the front and will next work on the back. It’s coming along and I have started it early enough that I don’t have to stress about it. I am actually hoping to deliver it early. Fingers crossed. Meanwhile, the pattern is fun to knit and a little bit different from the typical top-down raglans, it’s a bottom-up raglan done with no seaming (at least not yet. I imagine I’ll be seaming to sew up the pieces after they’re finished and adding the sleeves but I love to wait to see as the pattern unveils itself.) I’m still working on the first hank of yarn and I’m happy that it’s going so far … I was initially worried that I might be playing yarn chicken with this one (or shortening the sleeves to 3/4 length. I don’t think it’ll be a problem.) I’ve also chosen several sets of buttons for my client to choose from. I’ll show you my choices when we get there.

I’ve worked a little bit on my All About the Ruffle shawl but it hasn’t changed substantially so I’ll show you an old photo. It’s gotten bigger as I’m working up to having over 300 stitches on the needles but I’m not quite there. I sure hope I love this shawl because up to this point, the knitting part is boring. (There, I’ve said it.) I do love the colorway of Emma’s yarn Practically Perfect Sock.

Finally, a FO (finished object). I’ve finished Dolores #2 Sensuous Caftan and Turban. What a fun project this was. I think Franklin Habit is a freaking genius! Dolores has a big attitude for a sheep and this outfit totally fits that personality. I love the sparkly purple get-up but this! Ha! Ha! Soon I’m going to have to buy a wardrobe for her outfits. I have two more kits that I bought from Webs way back when … I’ll get to them after a bit but suffice it to say that I’m really sorry I didn’t buy all the kits they made and wish they’d bring the whole bunch back! They bring such joy in such a troubled world.

Even with the drought conditions, we are grateful for the flowers and veggies that are growing in our gardens. They feed so much more than our bodies. We have our first Delicata squash growing and a second one coming! I’m so excited! The zucchini and summer squash have been coming in bit by bit (and that’s ok since sometimes zucchini can be overwhelming). We have some big tomatoes growing and some cherry tomatoes as well. The red one may have been popped into my mouth after the photo was taken. Oops. Our granddaughter helped plant some pea seeds and they’re growing up and up. A couple of the plants dried out but we hope with minimal watering they’ll give us a few peas to send to NYC and maybe to enjoy here, too. We harvested our garlic and it was a good year. This year we’re going to try to plant even more so we can save some to use as seeds the following year. We have to really add to the soil again though … stay tuned.

We remain so grateful for this place that nourishes us body and soul and for the hobbies that we have that keep us engaged. My hubby’s father bought a fishing camp in the 1940s that has been a summer home to visit for his family and is now our home. We remember him and the family often and the memories that we’ve all gathered at the lake. How lucky we are! Gone knitting.

Dolores, we meet again

Posted on May 27, 2025 by Queen Bee Knits

It was another beautiful morning for coffee on the porch today. Made even more beautiful by the company of our hummingbirds and more sun after so many rainy gray days. Hubby is off to work and I have gotten myself dressed and ready to head out to help interview for a position at school but I thought I’d take a few minutes to update you on my knitting yesterday.

I spent a good chunk of the morning knitting the first of two Love and Light projects that I need done. One as a gift and one for Sylvie’s nook. The gift, the one that really needed to be done first, is finished. I timed myself this time and it took just a bit over an hour and a half. Not bad! When I saw my photo of the little knitted heart on the porch I have to admit to giggling … it’s literal knitting on the porch. Ha! Ha! I’ve got to find one of those little plug thingies to plug it in to test the lights. I sure hope they work!

And then theres’s Dolores.

I bought the kit for Dolores back in the dark ages, before Covid-19, before forever ago. I started knitting her in November 2018 according to my Ravelry project page. This week I took her out of the cupboard where she’s been hiding and had a look to see what I need to do to get her finished and living life “out” in our house. I had finished her body but didn’t like the stuffing, it wasn’t firm enough, so I opened her up and stuffed her again so her body is firmer. (She’ll be happy I did.) Once done, I cast on for her snout and knitted her ears and got them attached. She’s already looking like a sheep.

The pattern and kits are long gone. Maybe they’ll bring them back again. I’d love to have more of her outfits now. Especially since I have a granddaughter!

Yesterday afternoon I started Dolores’ legs and arms. I was knitting away and all I could think of at first was steamed clams. If you’re a New Englander you’ll understand.

And then as I progressed in knitting the leg (arm?) I started to see the old cartoon Granny’s saggy breast. I laughed out loud thinking about Franklin designing legs of a sheep based on the saggy breasts of a cartoon granny. I’m sure that wasn’t forefront in his mind but it did make me laugh. (I can have so much fun inside my little head.)

If you’re of a certain age, as I am, you’ll understand this. If not, google away …Robert Brown is the cartoonist and he drew for Playboy magazine back in the day. I thought about taking a screenshot and placing it here but I think you can look it up if you don’t know about him.

Anyway, I got three of the four arms/legs done last night and will eventually sit down and knit the rest of the last one today and maybe they’ll get attached, too. Leaving me with the tail and her shawl and a bit of facial embroidery. One more project complete and this one makes me pretty stinking happy. I believe I have a couple of her outfits stored away in a Longaberger basket somewhere around here. I guess it’s time to find them, huh?

Gone knitting.

PS – I found the outfits! I bought four kits and I have four patterns. Those will make good travel knitting for the warmer months … and by travel knitting I mean something to take in the car and to meetings.

Free Fishing Weekend

Posted on February 17, 2024 by Queen Bee Knits

Today is the start of Maine’s Free Fishing weekend apparently. Our lake is covered in people ice fishing. There’s one group that was out in front of our boat house last night when I got home from work and they were back at 5:45 this morning. Typically, I’d welcome people to enjoy our lake but this morning I was upset at being awakened by their noisy vehicles and augers so early. The lake is nearly 2 miles wide where we are and 7-ish miles long … dontcha think you could find a special spot that isn’t right smack dab in my front yard? They’ve got traps, at least a dozen, on the ice in front of our house when the next mile plus of shoreline is occupied by summer-only residents.

But I haven’t come here to gripe (much) and I wanted to share with you a couple of knitting projects that I’m enjoying today – and share a yarn shop story, too.

I’m half-way through the Hermione’s Everyday Socks that I’m knitting. I am loving this pattern and can’t believe it’s taken me so long to try something new. It truly has been a while that I’ve been stuck in a rut of knitting my favorite sock pattern, Yankee Knitter’s Classic Sock #29. BUT this one was pointed out to me by my friend/co-worker/knitting conspirator friend, Glenda. She was wearing a pair with her Nancy’s vest a week ago and I thought I’d give it a try. Just so happens I had finished a pair of socks and needed to cast on another. (Needed. See that?!) Anywho … I love the Hermione’s sock and will wind and cast on the second sock today.

Meanwhile, my other friend/co-worker/knitting conspirator, Carol, showed me a pattern on Thursday that she was going to try and I couldn’t resist. The pattern is called Luggage Finders and it’s a free pattern on Ravelry by Skacel. Designed by Kathy Sasser, this is a collection of four little tags that you can add to your suitcase to make it more easy to identify when you’re traveling. I’m traveling later this month and I can’t wait to put my Maine Lobstah yarn name tag on my suitcase.

These two women get me into so much trouble! I really should be finishing older projects from their spots in time out but instead I’m casting on new projects, too. Ha! Ha! The rest will wait a day or two while I play, right? (Kind of like the dust in my house.)

Some of my Friday afternoon class is knitting a Maine Mitten project in class to try something new. They’re using the pattern that we all got from the Maine Yarn Cruise this past year from Jagger Spun, the Original Maine Flag Mittens. I had knitted a pair and gifted them in our Christmas Yankee Swap and that started a family squabble and quite a competition. So, I suggested we try a KAL with the pattern. It’s a fun pattern for a basic mitten and a charted duplicate stitch pattern to add the original Maine flag pine tree and star.

I have several items that I’ve knitted and worn once or not at all (these were one of them) and I really need to send them all off to good homes where they’ll be appreciated. I’m going to get some photos and put them out there with a price on Facebook, I guess, and see what happens. I sold one pair of Malabrigo Rasta mittens to a sweet friend in Ohio. That feels good. I just need to take the time. BUT for now, I’m going to get dressed, throw in a load of laundry and mix up some bread dough so I can bake tomorrow. The hubby and I are heading to town to see the new exhibits at Colby’s Art Museum and maybe we’ll stop somewhere for a bite to eat after that.

Gone knitting … well, you know what I mean. Thanks for being here, friends.