Summer

I will be offline for the summer.
My father has passed away.
I'll try to get back in the fall.

Crochet Rooster

I stayed up late last night working on a Crocheted Rooster that was first published in "The Workbasket", Volume 14, 2967 August 1949, Number 11.

As far as I can find, this is not under any copyright law.

It's designed to be worked with size 30 thread and a size 12 steel crochet hook. Well, I've had my eye on this pattern for awhile. I found the project from a reveler then found the Workbasket issue at ebay. I really got a deal on the set of Workbasket booklets! 20 issues for around $5. with free shipping. I've had these since last fall but just now getting around to making the Rooster.

I'm using a red mohair and a size H/5.00mm hook! Yes... it's a tall Rooster! It's already 9" without the legs but I plan to felt it and use it in the kitchen.

Here's the scanned pattern with the copyright info that I've found:

Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States
1 January 20091
PDF http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/public_domain/
Works First Published in the U.S.
Date of Publication6
Conditions7
Copyright Term3

1923 through 1977 Published without a copyright notice None. In the public domain due to failure to comply with required formalities


Notes
1. This chart was first published in Peter B. Hirtle, "Recent Changes To The Copyright Law: Copyright Term Extension," Archival Outlook, January/February 1999. This version is current as of 1 January 2009. The most recent version is found at http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/public_domain/. The chart is based in part on Laura N. Gasaway's chart, "When Works Pass Into the Public Domain," at , and similar charts found in Marie C. Malaro, A Legal Primer On Managing Museum Collections (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998): 155-156. A useful copyright duration chart by Mary Minow, organized by year, is found at . A "flow chart" for copyright duration is found at . See also Library of Congress Copyright Office. Circular 15a, Duration of Copyright: Provisions of the Law Dealing with the Length of Copyright Protection (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 2004) .
2. Treat unpublished works registered for copyright prior to 1978 as if they had been published in the US (though note that the only formality that applied was the requirement to renew copyright after 28 years). Unpublished works registered for copyright since 1978 can be considered as if they were an "Unpublished, Unregistered Work."
3. All terms of copyright run through the end of the calendar year in which they would otherwise expire, so a work enters the public domain on the first of the year following the expiration of its copyright term. For example, a book published on 15 March 1923 will enter the public domain on 1 January 2019, not 16 March 2018 (1923+95=2018).
4. Unpublished works when the death date of the author is not known may still be copyrighted after 120 years, but certification from the Copyright Office that it has no record to indicate whether the person is living or died less than 70 years before is a complete defense to any action for infringement. See 17 U.S.C. § 302(e).
5. Presumption as to the author's death requires a certified report from the Copyright Office that its records disclose nothing to indicate that the author of the work is living or died less than seventy years before.
6. "Publication" was not explicitly defined in the Copyright Law before 1976, but the 1909 Act indirectly indicated that publication was when copies of the first authorized edition were placed on sale, sold, or publicly distributed by the proprietor of the copyright or under his authority.
7. Not all published works are copyrighted. Works prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties receive no copyright protection in the US. For much of the twentieth century, certain formalities had to be followed to secure copyright protection. For example, some books had to be printed in the United States to receive copyright protection, and failure to deposit copies of works with the Register of Copyright could result in the loss of copyright. The requirements that copies include a formal notice of copyright and that the copyright be renewed after twenty eight years were the most common conditions, and are specified in the chart.
8. A 1961 Copyright Office study found that fewer than 15% of all registered copyrights were renewed. For books, the figure was even lower: 7%. See Barbara Ringer, "Study No. 31: Renewal of Copyright" (1960), reprinted in Library of Congress Copyright Office. Copyright law revision: Studies prepared for the Subcommittee on Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Eighty-sixth Congress, first [-second] session. (Washington: U. S. Govt. Print. Off, 1961), p. 220. A good guide to investigating the copyright and renewal status of published work is Samuel Demas and Jennie L. Brogdon, "Determining Copyright Status for Preservation and Access: Defining Reasonable Effort," Library Resources and Technical Services 41:4 (October, 1997): 323-334. See also Library of Congress Copyright Office, How to investigate the copyright status of a work. Circular 22. [Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, Copyright Office, 2004]. The Online Books Page FAQ, especially "How Can I Tell Whether a Book Can Go Online?" and "How Can I Tell Whether a Copyright Was Renewed?", is also very helpful.
9. The following section on foreign publications draws extensively on Stephen Fishman, The Public Domain: How to Find Copyright-free Writings, Music, Art & More. (Berkeley: Nolo.com, 2004). It applies to works first published abroad and not subsequently published in the US within 30 days of the original foreign publication. Works that were simultaneously published abroad and in the US are treated as if they are American publications.
10. Foreign works published after 1923 are likely to be still under copyright in the US because of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) modifying the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). The URAA restored copyright in foreign works that as of 1 January 1996 had fallen into the public domain in the US because of a failure to comply with US formalities. One of the authors of the work had to be a non-US citizen or resident, the work could not have been published in the US within 30 days after its publication abroad, and the work needed to still be in copyright in the country of publication. Such works have a copyright term equivalent to that of an American work that had followed all of the formalities. For more information, see Library of Congress Copyright Office, Highlights of Copyright Amendments Contained in the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). Circular 38b. [Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, Copyright Office, 2004].
11. US formalities include the requirement that a formal notice of copyright be included in the work; registration, renewal, and deposit of copies in the Copyright Office; and the manufacture of the work in the US.
12. The differing dates is a product of the question of controversial Twin Books v. Walt Disney Co. decision by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in 1996. The question at issue is the copyright status of a work only published in a foreign language outside of the United States and without a copyright notice. It had long been assumed that failure to comply with US formalities placed these works in the public domain in the US and, as such, were subject to copyright restoration under URAA (see note 10). The court in Twin Books, however, concluded "publication without a copyright notice in a foreign country did not put the work in the public domain in the United States." According to the court, these foreign publications were in effect "unpublished" in the US, and hence have the same copyright term as unpublished works. The decision has been harshly criticized in Nimmer on Copyright, the leading treatise on copyright, as being incompatible with previous decisions and the intent of Congress when it restored foreign copyrights. The Copyright Office as well ignores the Twin Books decision in its circular on restored copyrights. Nevertheless, the decision is currently applicable in all of the 9th Judicial Circuit (Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands), and it may apply in the rest of the country.
13. See Library of Congress Copyright Office, International Copyright Relations of the United States. Circular 38a. [Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, Copyright Office, 2004].
14. See 63 Fed. Reg.19,287 (1998), Library of Congress Copyright Office, Copyright Restoration of Works in Accordance With the Uruguay Round Agreements Act; List Identifying Copyrights Restored Under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act for Which Notices of Intent To Enforce Restored Copyrights Were Filed in the Copyright Office.
15. Copyright notice requirements for sound recordings are spelled out in the Copyright Office’s Circular 3, “Copyright Notice,” available at http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ03.html. Here is the exact text:
The copyright notice for phonorecords embodying a sound recording is different from that for other works. Sound recordings are defined as “works that result from the fixation of a series of musical, spoken or other sounds, but not including the sounds accompanying a motion picture or other audiovisual work.” Copyright in a sound recording protects the particular series of sounds fixed in the recording against unauthorized reproduction, revision, and distribution. This copyright is distinct from copyright of the musical, literary, or dramatic work that may be recorded on the phonorecord. Phonorecords may be records (such as LPs and 45s), audio tapes, cassettes, or disks. The notice should contain the following three elements appearing together on the phonorecord:
1. The symbol ; and
2. The year of first publication of the sound recording; and
3. The name of the owner of copyright in the sound recording, or an abbreviation by which the name can be recognized, or a generally known alternative designation of the owner. If the producer of the sound recording is named on the phonorecord label or container and if no other name appears in conjunction with the notice, the producer’s name shall be considered a part of the notice.
4. Example: 2004 X.Y.Z. Records, Inc.
16. Architectural works are defined as “the design of a building as embodied in any tangible medium of expression, including a building, architectural plans, or drawings. The work includes the overall form as well as the arrangement and composition of spaces and elements in the design, but does not include individual standard features.” Architectural works were expressly included in copyright by Title VII of Pub. L. 101–650.
17. What constitutes “publication” of a building is a very interesting question. As the Copyright Office has noted, “A work is considered published when underlying copies of the building design are distributed or made available public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental. Construction of a building does not itself constitute publication registration, unless multiple copies are constructed.” See its Circular 41, “Copyright Claims in Architectural Works,” available at http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ41.html.
18. On 19 August 1954, Laos signed the Universal Copyright Convention (UCC) affording its citizens copyright protection in the US. It has not signed any other multinational copyright convention.
19. Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan may have inherited UCC obligations and protections from the USSR, which joined the UCC on 27 May 1973. See Peter B. Maggs, “Post-Soviet Law: The Case of Intellectual Property Law,” The Harriman Institute Forum 5, no. 3 (November 1991). They have not as yet, however, filed a “Notification of Succession” with the UCC. See http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=1814&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html for signatories to the two UCC treaties.
20. If the source country’s first adhered to either the Berne Treaty or the WTO after 1 January 1996, then the relevant date is the earliest date of membership.

© 2004-9 Peter B. Hirtle. Last updated 5 January, 2009. Use of this chart is governed by the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License 3.0 In addition, permission is granted for non-profit educational use, including
but not limited to reserves and coursepacks made by for-profit copyshops.
Cornell Copyright Information Center

http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/public_domain/

Today

Been having a rough time with my parents. My father’s health is very low. His body is in the process of shutting down. Very precious time now.
My mother is waay out. Her whole world has turned upside down and it’s really having a horrible affect on her. Anger, depression, denial, a bit of alzheimer’s….
It’s scary to be around her anymore.

I’ve been keeping my hooks and needles busy. Stress relievers!

I’ve finally worked up the Daisy Charity square that I owe Krochet Krystal. It came out really nice. I’ll have to make a couple of afghans for my grand-daughters.



I’ve got a little dolly on the needles and it’s coming out cute! I found the pattern at Canadian Living from a Ravelry link. I really like how it’s turning out. Quick and easy.

I’m turning in for the night.

blog label tags

I've been trying to spiff up the blog a little and haven't been able to get a label tag cloud to work.

I checked out what primmal fusion thought and will try this when I have more time.

blog label tags

Lately

I have not been keeping up with my blog lately.

There has been so much going on with my family. Dad’s cancer is progressing and it won’t be much longer before he passes. I pray for him to have peace. My mother is not doing well at all. Alzheimer’s has taken over more than lucidity lately. This makes me very sad. My parents have given me so much of life and learning.

Mr. & Mrs. Glen H Adkins, my parents many years ago.



On the crafty side:
I’ve got 4 doilies on hooks,
a baby sweater on needles,
an afghan
and a dishcloth.

I’ve finished up Summer Splendor doily;

can’t find Sand Castles doily by Kathryn White (somewhere in one of these carry bags I’ve been using to go back and forth to my parents house).

Sand Castles is from the May 2009 issue of Crochet Magazine. I got the freebie from Annie's Attic free pattern a day.

The doily I call Capetka is at a very tricky part so I’m taking that one with a lot of thinking going into the section before the outer edge.

I’m working on Japanese Doily 29-45, this is a nice easy one.

Even easier is the one I spotted this morning and decided to get a quick-fix. It’s called Baubles and I don’t even know where I got the pattern from. I think it’s from a Magic Crochet magazine but it’s written for both British and American terminology so it doesn’t really fit the Magic Crochet type of patterns. Oh well, it’s a breeze!

I had found some Lion Brand Kitchen Cotton on sale and thought I would try it out, White and Poppy Red. I mean really, 2 balls for $4.00!

So I pulled out the Multidirectional Modular Knitting book by Iris Schreier and worked a square for the Diamond Panel Vest pattern. I plan to make one with a red center diamond and outer corners of white, then reverse with a white center surrounded by red.

I worked a pair of Dreambaby Booties while my kitty had a litter of kittens right here beside me under the bed! Typical grandma, knit baby booties! 5 kittens in all and she’s such a dainty cat too.

I seamed a hat that had been sitting there for about a month. It’s one of Elizabeth Zimmerman’s patterns for a Watch cap using Fisherman’s rib stitch.

I haven’t picked up the Modular Tomten Baby Jacket (another Eliz Z pattern) since I had to rip back about 20 rows, heavy sigh…

I haven’t touched the Knitted Garter Stitch Blanket for about a month either; I still need 4 skeins of red Lamb’s Pride.

You know, I just realized that these are all Elizabeth Zimmerman’s patterns! I love that ladies work.

I’m very excited about a pattern I recently ordered from Eleanor Kent! It’s for a knit square called “Wings”, a hand-knit algorithm. This square looks similar to wallpaper that my brother had in his bedroom back in the late 60’s, early 70’s.

When I put the squares together it will be dizzying.

I’m planning on making it double-knit; just a challenge to practice double-knitting and there will only be 2 colors; not that difficult.

I’m dying to work on the afghan pattern from Woolly Thoughts called From Square to Eternity. It’s also a garter stitch modular piece.

I recently got a new Canon Power shot camera and I love it! I’ve been able to get a few pics in here and there.

I also got a Brother MFC-6490cw Inkjet All-In-One Printer; it has scan, fax, copy and photo capture features - love, love that machine!

I’m in the process of scanning the family photos of my mother’s. They are precious and I’d like to preserve them and share them with everyone related.

Here are a few pics from my new camera

Mallards in the pond out back



Winneageance Bay



this is the new garage and 2 additional rooms plus a bath being added to the house


Well, enough for now! I do ramble on….

25 Things About Me from High School

Morse High School

Bath, Maine

My Class year 1978

The 25 things about me notes mania is sweeping facebook.

There is one about High School, but it's not MHS specific.

I think collectively we can do better. Here's a modified sample of what's going round.

1. What year did you graduate?

1978

2. Did you date someone from your school?

No

3. Did you marry someone from your high school?

No

4. Did you car pool to school?

No

5. What kind of car(s) did you have?

A monstrous gold colored Plymouth Station Wagon, ugly but great for skip days, just always ran out of gas and got caught and had to be towed home – twice!

6. What kind of car(s) do you have now?

None

7. It is Friday night...where were you then?

The Rec Center

8. It is Friday night...where are you now?

Home doing dishes, knitting/crocheting, and watching tv

9. What kind of job did you have in high school?

Frosty's Donut Shop

10. What kind of job do you do now?

None

11. Were you a party animal?

No, only with my closest friends

12. Were you considered a flirt?

Nope, a dud

13. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir?

Nope

14. Were you in a clique, if so which one?

Does the misfit group count?

15. Did you get suspended from school?

No

16. Can you still sing the Blue and the White?

I can't even remember the tune

17. Who was/were your favorite teacher?

Mr. Robbins, Biology

18. Where did you sit during lunch?

Hung out with smoking friends in the courtyard – which was then the designated smoking area

19. If you could go back and do it again, would you?

Hell no

20. Did you have fun at Prom?

Decided not to go

21. Do you still talk to the person you went to Prom with?

N/A, but i'd like to find Bruce Cunio who marched with me at graduation

22. Do you still talk to people from school?

My close friends

23. Are you planning on going to your next reunion?

Probably not

24. Who are the people you would like to see most at the next reunion?

It's nice to see everyone

25. Do you still wear your high school ring?

No, long gone

I changed a few things that weren't MHS specific.
Any adds to this list would be appreciated!

My Thursday Thirteen

Plants and Things that I Have Growing

1. Daffodils
   
2. Lilacs
   
3. Tulips
   
4. Roses
   
5. Tiger lilies
   
6. Hostas
   
7. Geraniums
   
8. Blueberries
   
9. Raspberries
   
10. Black Eyed Susans
    
11. Apple trees
    
12. Aloe Veras
    
13. Spider plants
    

Primal Fusion

So, I've played around a little bit with the primal fusion program. I've figured out how to edit before publishing at least.

1st one
knit and crochet

2nd try
Doilies and Threadwork Crochet

3rd one is better edited
State of Maine

so that was fun

Rambling around with internet technology

I've been so busy with helping to care for my dad that my thoughts have been so scattered.

I've actually made 2 hats, 1 baby sweater, 2 doilies and got an afghan started that's 2/3 finished.

I've added my ravelry project bars to my blog.
I've added a technorati account.
I've found friends on facebook.
I've opened a Mindmap account at XMind.
Now I'm trying out Primal Fusion for integrating thinking and web searching.

So here are some links I've been messing around with:

Ravelry Progress Bars
Ravelry users can follow this thread for adding blog widgets.
I haven't updated my projects though.

Primal Fusion Crochet Doilies and Threadwork

Technorati is for claiming and registering your blog.

XMind is helping me work out some personal info.

At facebook I'm mostly trying to figure out the apps and general layout for the place. It's one of those places that I just search around and find interesting people and things I like to explore.

I've been able to find some of my family, old co-workers, old friends and some of my newer ones too.

So, I've really been scattered but I'm actually trying to connect everything together; my personal life, my hobbies, browsing easier, and making social connections at facebook.

I went to school with a friend named Seth that is really a whiz with technology and brainstorming ideas. It's nice to know that someone from my hometown has achieved a Doctorate. A pretty interesting guy. (Although he doesn't even know how to knit or crochet!)

My dad...a heavy sadness, to see his life energy dimming is a very sad thing. There will be peace for him though. I have a strong faith in God and believe there is peace and harmony in the hereafter. I will miss him dearly. Prayers

Which Classic Dame are You?

Your result for The Classic Dames Test...

Katharine Hepburn

You scored 17% grit, 14% wit, 48% flair, and 29% class!

You are the fabulously quirky and independent woman of character. You go your own way, follow your own drummer, take your own lead. You stand head and shoulders next to your partner, but you are perfectly willing and able to stand alone. Others might be more classically beautiful or conventionally woman-like, but you possess a more fundamental common sense and off-kilter charm, making interesting men fall at your feet. You can pick them up or leave them there as you see fit. You share the screen with the likes of Spencer Tracy and Cary Grant, thinking men who like strong women.

Find out what kind of classic leading man you'd make by taking the
Classic Leading Man Test.

Take The Classic Dames Test at HelloQuizzy

My World is Totally Upside-Down

I can't knit or crochet fast enough to help get through losing my Dad to cancer.

Daily, everything is changing.

The End of Life Hospice Care is really the best way for terminal cancer.

There could have been 6 months added to his life but why, for 6 months of heavy duty chemo and radiation that makes him horribly sick and then feeling like he was already gone?

There is a heavy sadness in my heart but also a peace in letting him go at home in his own bed and recliner with my Mom.

I've nearly completed an afghan to keep him warm. I've made 2 hats for him. I've started a new baby sweater for my son's new baby due in sept. Today, I started a clothespin hanger for the clothesline.

Life is life I guess. People are born and people die. It's just the way of the world.

Facebook, Live Journal, Flikr...

I really don't know how in the world I get into some situations on the net.

I just get to browsing around and chatting with friends.

Someone says, "check this out...you might have to sign up to view."

The next thing you know I've got Flikr subs for knit/crochet pattern pool and Maine Pics, a Live Journal account and now Facebook!

All pretty interesting places.

The Flikr groups are easy to work with, just sub to the feeds.

Live Journal has a journal page which I don't even use but I go to the forums that interest me.

Facebook has connections to friends from everywhere!

I already had a Blogspot blog, wordpress isn't as easy to use.

I use Google for practically everything from reading feeds, gmail, docs, picassa pics, calendar, contacts, group subs....great online services for portability.

Picassa and Google Earth are great add-on apps.

Ravelry is my main hang-out. If you have any interest in knit, crochet, fibre, thread, yarn, friends with similar interest in the stuff you like to make then Ravelry's got it!

Well, no wonder I'm dazed and confused most of the time! That's why I just hide out in the Maine Woods. Peace and quiet, what more could a homebody/eclectic hermit like me ask for?

Spend most of my free time working with vintage/antique stuff and making toys and clothing for grand-kids. Quick easy stuff to work up.

I'm going for a shower and cup of tea.

Happily Plugging Along

I've been working on a little of this and a little of that.

I ripped out the baby sweater, I'll make it soon but use a different yarn, the shetland was just a little too scratchy.

I've got the Mosaic Knit Lace Runner from the First book on Modern lace Knitting by Marianne Kinzel on hold for now.

The Aran weight Lace shawl from Elann is coming along nicely. It's easy to work and there are 3 pattern sets so it keeps me interested.

The Twined Mittens are holding still. I love those mitts though!

I haven't touched my old afghan but I did work out some planning for the From Square to Eternity afghan for my mother. I love the work from Woolly Thoughts. They're so creative!

The other afghan in mind is a Harlequin type idea, and again Pat aka Woolhelmina on ravelry has helped me come out with an easy way to get the effect I'm thinking of.

I've started an easy doily, Hearts and Diamonds, that I found from chatting with the Thread Addicts yahoo group. They're a great bunch over there and always friendly and helpful.

Also, I've started on the Mlle Riego Antique Runner from her Crochet Book Sixth Series that I've been updating into today's terminology. This one goes quick and easy too. The hardest part was to figure out what exactly is a "plain" stitch, the old version of a "single" stitch...
So far as Mlle Riego's work goes, I've gotten the new wording worked out and at least chained the thread!

Translation of Terms Used:
chain = chain
single stitch = Slip Stitch (Slst)
plain stitch = US Single Crochet (sc)
treble stitch = US Double Crochet (dc)
long stitch = US Triple Crochet (tc)
extra long stitch = US Double Triple Crochet (dtc)

Thankfully, they're not all used in the Anti-macassar that I'm working on, the Diamond and Star Pattern.

I read up on the sets of her books that these pieces were made for the House of Wales Princess. Knowing that Lady Diana, May God Bless Her, was Princess of Wales makes me think of her.

Being of french descent myself I feel a kinship to french work.

Enough for now. I've got laundry to wash.

apropos Maine Winters

From another Mainiac Mainah.
Read thoroughly to the end and you'll know why Maine has 5 seasons!
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Mud Season.

If you ever get up here for a nice visit, you'll need tha Mainah glossary.

Gotta love Maine, it's home.

Blog it Today

So……I'm thinking……….Hmm…

I've got on hooks and needles:

Baby sweater

Lace runner

Shawl

Twined mittens

Crochet afghan started over a year ago

2 afghans in mind, make that 3

So, well…

No hurry on the baby sweater;
lace runner, no hurry;
shawl, going quickly, ww yarn;
twined mittens, contest got me jump started, no hurry, not gonna win a contest anyway and I want them to turn out my best, just taking it easy on these;
afghan started eons ago, just don't know what I'm lagging on that one for because I love the colors and made my own stitch pattern, couldn't find what I wanted so I just improvised, maybe it's just too easy…glutton for punishment here, perpetual learner;
the other 2 -3 afghans in mind are just creatively stimulating, plus one of them I'm going to crash the stash big time.
I want to buy yarn!
Not with all I've got here and there and everywhere, dimmit.

I'm going to go knit on the shawl and recuperate from all this decision thinking.

My Mother

I don't know what I will do without my mother.

She has so much talent!

Her skills with music, art, fibers, spinning, quilting, knitting, gardening are awesome; just endless talent!

She now has alzheimers. She might not remember what she went to the kitchen for, or ask me the same question 5 times, but her creativeness comes so natural to her and she still has all of that info embedded into the very core of her whole being.

Her spinning wheel is still; her sewing machines sit; shelves of fabric show their colors, her taste is impeccable. What heppened to me I ask ya? Can't have everything.

I can still ask her any "how to" with knitting or color and the knowledge is still there.

I'll ask her to play the organ for me and she could play for as long as her arthritis will let her.

She'd still be kitting but for the arthritis.

Her artwork too, arthritis has taken it from her.

She had to let go of the paintbrush and switched to oil pastels, arthritis.

She passed her needles to me and got 3 knitting machines; not at the same time, she just gradually outgrew them and kept advancing.

Her stash of yarn has my dad out of his own garage.

He just added on and built a new garage!

Once he said that it would be a dull boring world without her and I agree.

She still makes me tell her what I plan to make before she'll let me use any of her yarn stash!

I love that lady, she's very precious to me.

Yeah, I'm getting sappy.

I just had a really nice visit with her and she only asked me the same question twice which is a great day for her.

I asked her once if she won't be able to remeber who I am, will she still know that I love?

She told me that she thought it would always stay with her and she would know.

So, like James Taylor sings, "shower the people you love with love, show them the way that you feel..."

Cherish everyday, and make good memories!

Baby Sweater Sizing

Well, the cumulative data on Baby Sweater sizing is way out. The dimensions and proportions definately are not consistent.

Browsing around Ravelry and a yahoo group I belong to Baby Sweaters I finally found some good links already worked out.
Raglan at woolworks.org and haiku at knitty.com both have good charts for dimensions that you only have to plug in your gauge.

Never mind the Baby Aunt Anna Blouse, I've already cast on and worked 1/3 of the Garter Yoke baby sweater from Jennifer Hoel's blog.
I'll get back to the Anna Blouse eventually. For now, I've learned enough on baby sweater sizing.

Setting up Blog

Setting up a Blog is a pia.
I'm not really happy about this set up but I'm working on it.

I've got some Mittens going for NaKniMo09 and just started a baby Aunt Anna Blouse.

Mittens are going good but the baby sweater dimensions seem to be off a little to me. Now I gotta go and research baby sweaters sizes. Just don't want to get 1/2 way through and have not fit. I think the pattern has the dimensions swapped. 6" long by 8" wide just doesn't sit right with me.Then sleeves at 5" seem feasible.

Well, going to go for now and Bang my head on the wall where the Big Red Dot is, it's getting pretty dented by now, might need to get a new spot to put it!