Sunshine and thrifting

Yesterday was snowy but fortunately the roads were just wet for my trip to town.  It snowed more after I got home, but today there is sunshine! 

I recently broke my replacement glass for my milk frother.  I have a backup, spare frother, but still wanted to find a glass that would fit my favorite frother.

That necessitated a trip to the thrift store where I was able to score a glass that works for the milk frother.

I also scored this amazing vintage thread stash.  There is Belding Corticelli Pure Silk (an American company with an Italian name to compete with Italian silk threads, Holland Company, Belding Corticelli Silcora--polyamide machine twist. The colors are wonderful earth tones.

I also got a skein of a nice, rust colored wool yarn.  I really don't need more yarn,but I'm a sucker for a good deal, and so my yarn stash just keeps growing.   

Knitting, knitting and a little snow

Wow, another year since I posted anything.  No reason in particular.  I've been knitting more than anything else.  I have quilted several quilts.  

For some reason I seem to wear out socks on the bottom center heel.  Commercially bought socks start getting really thin there and then finally wear out.  I got a Katrinkles darning loom, and have begun to darn my socks before a hole wears through.  As with most things, it takes practice.  

Rebecca had a pair of hand knit socks that she had worn out the toes on.  They were beyond darning.  I decided to try taking out knitting, picking up the stitches at a point where they were all solid, and knitted new toes.  It worked!  As one YouTube knitter I follow says, much faster than knitting a new pair of socks.  

I finally finished my vest which I had nearly finished and then just put it down.  When I picked it up again, it didn't take long to finish.  I usually have a number of projects going, and just get bored with some.  

I knitted a hat with leftover yarn from the vest.  

 

I must have gotten bored with working on these socks.  When I picked them up again I decided to try to make a more reinforced heel so that hopefully I'll avoid wearing a hole on the bottom of the heel.  

We got a wonderful rain that turned into snow today and was a heavy, slushy snow all day long.  Lots of much needed moisture.