Annamarie

Top right: Dark blue and white knit hat, with “Eat The Rich”, and skull snowflakes. Knit Picks Gloss in Winter Night Knit Picks Bare Hare Bottom right: a flopped over project bag, with yarn, DPNs, and stitch markers inside. Left: fair isle image charts of geometric patterns, to increase the length of the hat. “Eat The Rich” hat pattern by Lanja Khon-Engheim, available for free on Ravelry.com

My son LOVES his hat, but it was really annoying me that it was a smidge too short, and didn’t keep his ears warm. 😑

I graphed added sections, did some yarn math, and unravelled the crown. (small sock DPNs as a “lifeline” was a huge help!!)

I’m getting faster at fair isle at least!

Morning glories, Four o’clocks, and moonflower seedlings

Tiny camomile seedlings! One large mystery seedling to the left.

Top bin: mint was a dud. Trying again with fresh packets of peppermint and spearmint. Center: Basil seems to be growing well. Bottom: left side has 1 lonely curly leaf parsley seedling. The right side is overcrowded with flat leaf parsley.

Sassy, smiling B&W Standard Poodle, happily dragging a branch across the lawn.

Seedlings and Sadie.

Morning glories, 4 o’clocks, and moonflowers.
Camomile.
Flat leaf parsley and 1 tiny curly leaf seedling.
Sweet basil.
Mint. 😒 First packet was a dud. Trying again with peppermint and spearmint. 🤞🏻

Sweet, sassy, and shaggy, Sadie Wensdee.

It’s stunning!! That yarn sings in that pattern!!

I love seed stitch, and didn’t realize I needed a seed stitch cardi, until I saw this. 🖤

The sheep are adorable!! 😍

Such a great pattern!!
I’ve been thinking about making myself another, since I “outgrew” the last one.. 😅

I’ve herded all my cotton-ish yarn together, so I can brainstorm at least another summer sweater or two.
Not quite done this hyperfocus yet 😅

Just this week I have daydreamed 6 sweaters into existence, and don’t have the time, patience, or money, to fund any of them.. 😅

Same.
That’s how I have a bin of hats that only have brims, or triangle shawls that would fit a toddler…
I started making scrappy granny squares when I’m indecisive. But that’s just adding to another long term project. 😅

Looking forward to seeing your combo!

I put a stitch marker at the point where I start working on it for the day/week, so I can see some kind of progress. If not I’ll end up putting it in the WIP pile 😅

Thanks! I had no idea how to use that white yarn, so I experimented.

I’m so glad it turned out somewhat how I imagined! 😅
The white slub yarn was something my sister found at a yard sale, and the teal ombre is Hobbii Twister.

Rectangular shawls just feel like long, too skinny blankets.. it gets tedious for me too. 😬

Oversize, large gauge raglan cardigan. Vintage slub white cotton and a sky blue to teal gradient yarn, held together.

Vintage slub white cotton and a sky blue to teal gradient yarn, held together. Raglan sweater bunched together to show off gradient.

I finished knitting my cotton sweater at the end of March, but took another week to weave in the ends.
After quite a few rainy days, I finally remembered to take a picture.
It’s a tad heavy, but it will be PERFECT for summer nights on the boardwalk.

Look at that gradient!! 😍

🧶

Rep. Jayapal: "If you try to eliminate birthright citizenship, jail people for free speech, slash funding, use Cold War-era regulations to do mass deportations, then yeah. You're going to get nationwide injunctions. So maybe if you don't like the injunctions, stop doing the illegal stuff."

A pile of white and light blue yarns, sitting atop a pink tie dyed tote bag. The yarn pile has been pulled from the knitting project at the bottom left. Olive green waffle blanket in background.

Having to frog a few inches on my summer pullover was not great, but at least the pile of yarn is still pretty.
Now to rework the divide for sleeves, and avoid this pile turning into a giant tangle as I knit. 🤞🏻🧶

1 in 3 kids in NJ are enrolled in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program.
 
Medicaid covers over 300,000 people with a disability in NJ.
 
60% of nursing home residents' care in NJ involves Medicaid.
 
Republicans going after Medicaid means going after their care.

Every day and in every way, Trump and his cohorts take another shit on the Constitution they have promised to revere and defend.

Cornflower to ice blue ombre, of untwisted ombre cotton yarn, in a geometric shawl. Displayed on a handmade, loopy quilted pillow, with lucky clovers on a black background, to mark that this project was started in March.

I needed a simple project to work on between frogging and reknitting the sleeves on the white and teal summer sweater. 😅

My predictable tv watching project: a simple crochet shawl, plus ombre bc of course… (I might need some not-blue cotton yarns..)

It’s beautiful!! It would take me a week to do 4 or 5 inches of that center knot!
I would have to chart it and color code all those twists to be able to keep track. 😅

It’s gorgeous! 😍
Yarn chicken can get pretty stressful! 😅

The US is steadily turning into Gilead, but I hope the rest of the world’s doctors and scientists will care about the entire population, and not just the ones with a penis.

Same!!! 😭
Don’t people know how intelligent, hard working and affectionate poodles are?? It’s not making the point they think it is. 😑

The start of a knit summer sweater on large needles, with an olive green waffle blanket as a background. The raglan pullover is made of vintage thick and thin yarn, held double with a thin light blue-to-teal fingering weight yarn.

Large speckled snoot of a very sweet-eyed black and white standard poodle. Sadie Wensdee is resting her head on my legging clad leg, with my white and teal yarns in the background.

I’m hopeful that the large airy gauge means I’ll be able to finish in time to actually wear it this year. 🤞🏻
The “vintage” thick and thin yarn is meh, but the ombré cotton is my fav, and I really love how it’s knitting up. 🧶

Sadie Wensdee thinks resting my hands means they’re free for petting. 🐩

Almost $500 million in food is at risk of spoilage after USAID pause, report says A report from the USAID inspector general says that almost $500 million in food assistance is sitting in ports, ships and warehouses.

Nearly HALF A BILLION DOLLARS of food is rotting because of Trump and Elon’s illegal USAID freeze.

Food that would have fed hungry children and saved lives — being wasted. www.cbsnews.com/news/usaid-t...

Investing in our children is investing in the health of our nation. I feel so terrible at the mess we are forcing them to grow up in, and inherit.

Why don’t republicans want our children to have medical coverage, be fed, and educated?!?!?!?
How is that “wasteful spending”??

I’m proud to see my former congressional rep, of Burlington County NJ, supporting our people as a senator. 💙

A headshot of Sadie Wensdee, a black and white parti standard poodle. Extra speckles, black “mask” with a white speckled nose, and a skunk stripe in her topknot. Tiny ponytail in the front of her topknot, showing her sweet, soulful eyes.

Side profile of Sadie Wensdee, a black and white parti standard poodle. Tiny ponytail of her skunk stripe in her long topknot. Small apricot poodle Fifi in bottom right.

Sadie Wensdee, black and white parti standard poodle, and her tiny best friend Fifi, an apricot mini poodle. Cuddling with their mom, and giving “begging eyes” bc they’re spoiled.

An upside, snoot-focused, picture of Sadie Wensdee. A black and white standard parti poodle, with long topknot and skunk stripe.

My gorgeous girl, Sadie Wensdee!! 😘
And tiny fren Feef, the faithful sidekick!!
They are the sweetest entertainment in such scary times.

#poodle #spoo #minipoodle