Thursday, June 18, 2009

Energizing through still, mindful hand and brain exercise

Passing tiny passages of my day with a little knitting and a little reading. This arrived in my mailbox last week.

A whimsical, tug at the creative and childlike heartstrings of you premier publication.

The knitting is from a pattern found in Debbie Bliss's Spring/Summer Magazine. It has pleats around the neck and I was not going to be settled until I attempted to knit some of these pleats on a garment.

dumplings and cookies

" We'll all have chicken 'n dumplings when  she comes...." ( 4th stanza , She'll be Coming 'Round the Mountains,  ...