The wedding proper was on the bank of the Rappahannock River, on land belonging to the groom’s family. We joined a car caravan at his house, ending up in a grass parking area at the end of a gravel road, still 2000 feet from the river. They had a golf cart for people (like my …
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Sweater for Matt
My son-in-law liked the sweater I made for Charley enough that he asked me to make a replacement for a favorite (but now threadbare, dirty, and moth-eaten) sweater of his. I bought yarn two days ago, Peer Gynt DK weight wool from Norway, at Puttin’ On the Knitz in West Newton, and did a swatch …
Beach Boys
The music system at our local supermarket was playing a Beach Boys song while we were shopping this evening. I had to think, that’s so not me nowadays (if it ever was). By now I’m ten years older than her daddy was when he took the T-bird away.
Rehearsal Dinner
While we were driving southward, Arlene got a couple of cell phone calls from my stepsister Luanna, the mother of the bride. One was just making sure that we were getting there OK, and the other was to say that we were invited to meet at the groom’s family’s house (we had directions to it) …
Fredricksburg and the Inn
The closest city to the wedding is Fredricksburg, Virginia. I’ve been in Fredricksburg once before, during Christmas vacation week of 1967, staying at the home of the guy with whom I shared an office the summer before when we were teaching math in the pre-freshman program at Tuskegee Institute. I don’t remember much of the …
Weekend summary
We went to Virginia, about fifty miles south of Washington, for my step-niece’s wedding last weekend, taking Friday and Monday as vacation days so we could do the drive in two easy (hah!) stages instead of all in one day. I took 96 pictures, of which over 30 made the first cut, so I’m planning …
FO – socks
I finished (well, there are ends to weave in) my first pair of socks this morning, Regia 6-ply “Oslo” colorway, grays, maroon, and rose bands with white/dark gray bands in between. Picture below. I did ’em the two socks on two circulars technique with 56 sts to a round on Susan Bates #3s. I think …
Chair caning, 2
Disclaimer: if you want to learn chair caning, this isn’t going to do it. Get a book like The Caner’s Handbook, or take a class. But at least I can tell you what’s involved. This chair, with a broken seat, cost one buck at a yard sale. I got it just to learn caning on. …
Chair caning, 1
So on a rainy Saturday afternoon (we left the Bridgton art show in decent weather, did a little shopping at the farmers’ market and Reny’s, then stopped at the new big Hancock Lumber yard across route 302 from Hannafords, got a pound of 4 penny finishing nails to make a triangle frame loom, then stopped …
Art in the Park
Bridgton was having an outdoor art show on Saturday. We like Bridgton anyway, so it was pretty logical to go. The show was at Shoney Park at the far end of town, sort of right at the outlet of Highland Lake. After about four booths we walked over a pedestrian bridge that crossed the brook …