Pals for Peace....

I used to work at the library. Now I go in and volunteer every Tuesday. One of the library aides there was making these "dolls" - called Peace Pals. You can make one or two or more - and then they get sent off to various countries to promote peace.  I wanted to try one out. It turned out okay - but not, in my thoughts, good enough to send off!  But I didn't want to give her away anyway - so she is now on my bookcase in my room....  I just started one for my sister. This one should turn out better - as I now know what to do right and what I did wrong... If it turns out as well as I hope, then I will make some more to send away.... (the shawl isn't part of the pattern. I saw where someone else on the website made one, so I did too!)  The website is www.knitting4peace.org/index.php/patterns

And the Winners Are....!!

For "School Days" by Bright Needle - the winner is Susan in S.C.!

For "A Very Fine Sampler" by Birds of a Feather - the winner is Michele B.!

For "A Garden of Eerie" by Plum Street - the winner is Paula!

I will contact you via your email addresses. If you don't get the email for some reason, please email me at lindahuson@hotmail.com

ALSO - I will be doing another give-away in a couple of weeks or so - so stay tuned!

"Love" is in the air... or at least "in the frame"

I just finished "Love" by Birds of a Feather. I used DMC threads (making a few color changes along the way).  The fabric is by Lakeside.... possibly vintage sand dune.  Since it was so tiny, I decided to frame it myself. I really like the frame I found at Michaels today (on sale no less).  However, I wish I had left a little bit less fabric showing around the design.  But...all in all, it is cute!  And it is a finish!

It's A Give-Away!!

I'm giving away three charts!  Here is what you do....

Tell me which "one" of the three charts you would like to try and win - and then leave your email address - or a way for me to get in touch with you if you are the lucky winner!

The charts are:

Plum Street's "Garden of Eerie"

Birds of a Feather's "A Very Fine Sampler"

Bright Needle's "School Days".

You have until Sunday evening to leave your comments and then I will do the "drawings" on Monday!

Read It - You Might Like (love) it!

I just finished reading this! It had me glued to the pages! It is the third book in this series by Brad Parks. My husband read it first. He then asked - do you have any more books by this guy? That means...I really liked this book! So I went out and bought him "Eyes of the Innocent" the other day - and will be getting "Faces of the Gone" soon. I always like it when we both like the same books. It saves me a bit of money! Like a "two for one" deal... I figured out who "done it"... But then since I kept doubting myself through the entire book and changing my mind over and over again... I was still surprised at the end - LOL! A little blurb about it...
....Reading his own newspaper's obituaries, veteran reporter Carter Ross comes across that of a woman named Nancy Marino, who was the victim of a hit-and-run while she was on the job delivering copies of that very paper, the Eagle-Examiner. Struck by the opportunity to write a heroic piece about an everyday woman killed too young, he heads to her wake to gather tributes and anecdotes. It's the last place Ross expects to find controversy-which is exactly what happens when one of Nancy's sisters convinces him that the accident might not have been accidental at all...

If you like twists and turns and some comedy thrown in - you will like this book! It had me giggling out loud quite often!

Curly Whirlies....

I was hit by the bug to knit these scarves! I have about four on the needles, but these are the ones that are furthest along. Well, I had one other one, but there was a tragic accident - not really - the yarn just broke - so I started it over! And there isn't enough to even whet your appetite on that one!

New Stash!

I was going to take some photos of my new stash, but since I didn't think it would turn out well on this cloudy day, just imagine it instead... I got two reproduction samplers. One is Ann Smith Blockley 1834 by Milady's needle. And the other is Lois Marshall 1832 by Threads of Gold. One reason I was drawn to this one - my Mom's name is Lois - and this sampler is thought to be from a part of Ohio near where I grew up! So that was exciting. I still have to get linen for both of these - will do that next week. I also picked up two issues of Sampler and Antique Needlework magazine - both had some nice reproduction samplers in them that I liked quite a bit. This magazine is a hit or miss for me - this time, it was a big hit! And then I picked up a cute eyeglass cleaning microfiber cloth that has a reproduction sampler on it (hard to describe). It is by NeedleworkPress. I'm going to use it to clean my Nook! I wish I could find the chart for this sampler! Love it! (UPDATE - I did find the sampler and have put it on order - yipppee!). And above is a picture of the microfiber cloth. I found one place you can get it from (altho I'm sure there are others). It is Needle In A Haystack at 1-877-Haystac or email them at haystack@needlestack (hope that is right!