Nana Knits and Jams: My New Knitting Place

Monday, January 24, 2011

My New Knitting Place

In October we began several home improvement projects--repainting the kitchen and replacing the cabinet knobs, redoing the whole powder room, and enclosing a screen porch to turn it into a television room. Finally, it is all complete--totally done. We are enjoying our new room, our new furniture, and the added living space we now have on our lower lever. For me, the best part is I now have much appreciated room to stretch out my legs while I knit and room to put my yarn, patterns, and all the tools of my craft right alongside me and Lily, my feline knitting friend.

The first thing I finished knitting in the new room is this sweet little baby kimono for a baby shower I am hosting here on Wednesday. The pattern is from the wonderful Mason Dixon Knitting.

I even set up my sewing machine in the new room, on the table by the window. Last weekend, I stitched up two more bedtime bags for baby Bodie's sister Lucy who is coming with her Mama to the shower and Lucy's friend Emerson who is tagging along with her mother. Wednesday is Emerson's birthday so I thought she deserved a treat too. I am giving them both Elmer, one of Alex's (and my) favorite books from his younger days.

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Betsy HenningFebruary 9, 2011 at 12:17 PM
How did I miss this post? I'm glad I chose to flit back through -- anything to distract me from the nagging feeling that I've neglected my annual mammogram. I think it's a January thing for me. I'll check, I promise.

Anyway, your new room, a place for knitting and sewing, seems marvelous, the kitty so cute, the bedtime bags for a big sister and her friend the birthday girl are amazing. The many ways you bless others with your talents...I honestly don't believe I know anyone more thoughtful than you, Ellen.

And now I'm feeling homesick for a visit with you and Jim! We'll have to make a plan.
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