Smatterings

  • coffee an’..

    'Raglanify'

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    I'd no sooner clipped the ends from 'Stopover', which btw, I really enjoyed knitting (what's not to like about big needles and hand spun), then I was off to find yarn for another project.  I'd been searching for a simple raglan pattern, preferably top down.  Along the way, Raglanify came up in a conversation.  

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    Raglanify, in case you've been living under the same rock I was, is an app that generates a custom raglan sweater pattern.  After filling in a simple form with your gauge, needles sizes, desired fit and body dimensions, the app sends an email with the pattern.  I changed it to a pdf and loaded it into my Knit Companion app.  I love this stuff!  

    This won't knit up as quickly as Stopover.  I chose size 8 needles.  My wrists are complaining.  9's may have been a better choice.  I have time to change after I get through the yoke increases.  I wanted the a bit tighter.  So here's my question….

    Anyone want to join me?

    2 responses to “coffee an’..”

    1. Manise

      Ooooh, nice app and sweater starts! Tempting KAL. Would it be wrong to have 3 sweaters on the needles at the same time? Lol.

    2. Lynn

      Only 3 sweater WIPs, Manise? Ha! I dare not look in the closets and count mine.
      As for joining in, Judy, I want to – and yet I’ll resist. I am trying SO HARD to finish just a few things….

  • Annual Great Backyard Bird Count

    Interested?  It starts tomorrow.  February 12 -15.  All you need to do is look out your window for 15 minutes each day, any 15 minutes that is most convenient or interesting, count the number of each kind of bird you see and record your observations.  

    Here's the link: Great Backyard Bird Count

    I'll start counting as soon after I feed this bunch as I can warm up.

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    One response to “Annual Great Backyard Bird Count”

    1. Manise

      I always manage to miss it each year. Thanks for the heads up.

  • When I woke up this morning

    I was on their minds..  Or at the least catching my attention was.  

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    Two more flew up and watched me from the roof while I poured my coffee.

    2 responses to “When I woke up this morning”

    1. Manise

      Lol! Hoping for breakfast?

    2. Lynn

      New England’s native “chickens.”

Our lives are dyed the colors of our imagination.” ~ Marcus Aurelius

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