Aching muscles

I really need to get more exercise, but since getting out and walking in the neighborhood requires the ability to breathe fairly well, I can’t do that.  I’m afraid I’ll get out away from the house and be unable to get back home.  So I purchased a recumbent bicycle and it should enable me to [...]

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More knots

Haven’t been able to spend a lot of time working on the jungle motif, but I’m still making knots whenever I can.  The green thread on the hut’s roof are basting stitches, to keep from messing up the raffia while stitching.

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Here a knot, there a knot

I’ve been stitching the background for the jungle motif of “A Crazy World” and that means hundreds and hundreds of little french knots.  Probably not a very interesting picture right now, but in a couple of days I should have something worth posting a pic.
In the meantime I’ll post pics that I’ve taken in the [...]

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I have something to show…finally.

I keep mentioning a knitting project, stitching, etc….  But I haven’t had any pictures to show you.  Our old digital camera was getting to where it just didn’t take good pictures anymore.  I have a great Minolta 35mm camera, but waiting for film development is a pain.  Then we discovered that since Sony had bought [...]

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Happy New Year!

Hoping everyone has peace, love, health and happiness in the coming new year.
Today I am planning on spending the day in a way I hope will be the norm for 2009.  After a small bit of straightening I plan to get back to stitching on “A Crazy World”.  So, while the black-eyed peas and collard [...]

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