Silhouette of a black cat with it's paw on a purple ball of yarn. The text 'Adventures of a Stashaholic' is in green and purple

What a Spaz

I don’t know what’s sadder. The fact that I have a category called “Stupid Stuff I Did” or the fact that I have blog entries under that header.Well I have a new entry…I was picking up a chicken that was defrosting in the sink so that I could put it in the fridge overnight…no point in risking salmonella. On the way by, I hit a glass cutting board that then ricocheted off of the stove and landed point down on my foot. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Clancy run so fast! Good thing I had thick hand knitted socks …

Lest We Forget

I am going to depart from my regular yarn related content today to remind you to pause at 11am today. Both DH and I come from military families. My great uncles served in WW1 and my cousins all did active duty with the Canadian Armed Forces. Some are still serving and I pray for them every day. DH’s dad was a chef in the navy during WW2. To both of us, November 11th is an important day to give thanks. It is also one of the reasons that I am …

Medicated Musings

I’m sick ‘n tired. Sick of being sick and tired of not having enough money or time to work on everything I want to. </pms induced rant> Last weekend was the CSNF, and along with a doosy of a cold, I was able to sneak in a few therapeutic purchases:Lovely Fleece Artist Goldilocks  – this […]

Better yarn pics

Because Pirk asked me so nicely, I stopped knitting long enough to take some better pictures of the yarn.  This pattern features a slipped edge and a crocheted cast on – both make the edging very nice looking. From Misc From Misc From Misc Clancy helped pick the colours From Clancy