Surviving Minnesota!

[duluthralphie]

You’re not actually going to eat those are you lol

Yes!!! Why not? they taste great.

 

[Cebarmlds]

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Aren't they 'fishy' tasting? I imagine with enough batter around them and a piece of bacon they would taste like bacon and batter. But boy you are pushing the ballot to gut and dehead... fatheads? Jimminy. Life is getting rough in the banana belt. I almost feel bad about access to eel pouts up here....

'Fine as frog hair' has always made me giggle.

Thank you Cindy! I think the toque might be too small and the gray yarn ending up being not as stretchy as I thought it was going to be. Maybe she'll have a preemie! Or baby boy can wear it for 1 week. Her due date is in May too. But I'm almost certain there will be a day or two --this year-- where a toque can be worn around the first of May!


The socks are a Norwegian design. Selbusokker. (Mittens are selbuvotter) I've done a few pair this fall and winter. But I decided I really like my knit socks to wear around. So why not selbu sokks. They are my first selbu sokks. LOTS of mistakes in there. LOTS. But for the photo I flipped it on it's good side and tucked in things here and there. LOL. My wool socks are in the wash every week. I have 3 pairs. I definitely need more. I LO-OVE them!

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Yes Grandpa and his brother were in the snow plow building business. SE Minnesota. Open Fields, Lots of snow. Snow over your head drifts. Very crazy snow removal.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

 

[memphis]

Impressive knitting BC! Beautiful!

 

[Molpet]

beautiful work

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Here are my Selbuvotter projects this winter. It keeps my hands busy and my mind a little bit. I've become an anxious mother of twin teenagers on snowy roads. So knitting helps me with the anxiety. LOL.

But serious too. I also jump on the couch after we get home from basketball games to decompress I've found. I think it helps with blood pressure. Surely...

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Thank you so much!

Cindy --giiirl-- you're no slouch there with your arts and crafts! I saw that painting....

 

[CindyinSD]

Ohmygoodness! SO pretty! (I’ve done the too-small hat before... it’s hard with no little head available to try it on.) Now for me, knitting or even crocheting is something I have to mind constantly. I can do it, but it’s not my gift. I’m not what you’d call a natural, and I’ve never done any of the fancy Nordic or Fair Isle things. Sooo, I am in awe. Beautifully, beautifully done!

And I am mega impressed with your grands, too. It’s funny... you use these machines and if you ever think about their creators at all, you generally envision some MIT engineer working in the research dept of some big machinery company. What you almost never think of is a quietly brilliant farmer and his brother with a problem to solve. So inspiring. You must be very proud of them. Truly impressive.