knit, purl, crochet and bit of collage

mini book created with paper bags

i immediately fell in love with this yarn when i saw it and also immediately imagined what i would knit with it, a soft, stretchy, peppermint colored newborn baby blanket.  as i look at it now, finished, i wonder how many stitches went into it.  two solid afternoons and evenings knitting and crocheting after spending the most wonderful afternoon yesterday gardening and watering all the fruit trees, pruning the lavender deadheads and roses and watching callico take his afternoon nap on the deck and all the birds hovering around me happy at the sight of water and fresh birdseed in the bird feeder. 

and last, but not least, the pleasure of browsing through the blog of my newest follower

ciripibogar what a delight in nature photography

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yesterday was a good day. i spent most of the day with my darling neighbor Paty, her husband Miguel and her mother in law Nini lunching, teaing and in between learning new tricks on the crochet and knitting needles. Nini made homemade scones to accompany her also homemade apricot preserves. 

the surpise at tea, though, was that i had been talking away about my memory o the best streudel i hav ever eaten which happened to be in the zocalo in oaxaca few years bak and lo and behold she escapes to the kitchen and re-appears with a slice,coincidence of the gifts of life?

Paty added her know-how by teaching me how to make these little winter booties/slippers, and easy pattern easily stitched in an average of 4 hours.  i can now make a lot of my wee friends happy.

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