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Happy Thanksgiving from Lucy and her mom
When your dad is a minister, some old lady is sticking a pair of knitting needles in your hands before you can walk. Like tuna noodle casserole and out-of-tune pianos in the basement, it’s a staple of a church upbringing.
So I’ve been knitting for as long as I can remember. I like to pick up patterns over at Ravelry (I’m JaneHamsher, if you’re on Ravelry, friend me!) My best friend from high school, Mary Jane M, is a bit of a star knitter over there and sometimes I do test knitting for her. I knitted the Fair Isle sock in this pattern (and took the photo too as I recall, though I think I just snapped the shutter since it was Mary Jane’s foot in the sock.)
Recently I knitted this Burberry-inspired cowl pattern in green. I picked up the yarn at the Knit and Stitch yarn shop in Bethesda. I wish I could remember what the name of the yarn is because it knits up really nicely.
The dogs and I have a fire going in the fireplace, we’re watching the Macy’s parade, and I’m working on these mittens, worn by Kristen Stewart in possibly the stupidest movie of all time, Twilight.
Lucy wanted to say “happy Thanksgiving” too, so she jumped in the photo. That’s me in the green cowl and new red hair. Katie was attending to other urgent business in the yard.
So happy Thanksgiving, from all of us to all of you.
What’s your hobby, and how are you faring this fine Thanksgiving day?
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My mother used to knit ALL the time. I still have and sometimes wear a sweater she knitted for me when I was 13 to my specifications – chocolate brown, v-neck, cable knit. She also knitted a bunch of sweaters for herself and my sister. After Mom died, I think we gave all her knitting needles and yarn to one of our cousins.
I don’t really have a hobby per se, other than maybe reading. Excessively (if there can be such a thing).
Getting ready to head out to spend the afternoon and T’giving dinner with the son of one of my sister’s friends who we shared many T’givings with over the years.
Happy Thanksgiving, dakine!
I don’t believe you about “no hobbies.” You love music!
Happy Turkey Day, Jane. Bet the pooches welcome this day!!!
Knitting is one of my hobbies too, although over the last several years it’s been replaced by quilting. Needlepoint works too.
All of these “hand crafts” are a result of a) a “crafty” grandmother who too taught me to knit when it was probably dangerous to put sharp objects in my hands; and b) a Scotch Presbyterian dad who thought you always should be doing something “useful.”
Although my dad was not a minister, he had that “get to work” attitude. I remember that when we got a television [yes, children, some of us lived in the days when there was no tv], I would justify my watching by “doing” something else; in those days, usually ironing. To this day, I can only watch television if I’m knitting, quilting or doing some craft.
Happy Thanksgiving everybody. What a knitting artist you are Jane. Fabulous work. My hobby I suppose is still multiple mediums of art, primary graphic, (pencil, ink, oils, water colors, etc), along with sculpting with clay and wax. I haven’t really done anything of that nature in quite a long time as doing that sort of thing at work sorta burns me out. Also most of my time is currently devoted to writing my book, which is ever growing and possibly never ending.
I’m about to put a turkey breast in the oven, which Kuroneko will insist on me sharing with her. Along with my bean and corn casserole, mashed potato, yam, stuffing, mixed fruit cup and fresh chocolate chip cookies, it should make a fine meal. Afterward, I’m going to try sipping eggnog spiked with Patron Silver. Today is mainly about relaxing as, though it doesn’t involve shopping, I’m going to have a busy day tomorrow.
Well yeah. But I don’t consider that a hobby since I don’t play music but just listen to all sorts all the time. I have over 3340 songs loaded on my machine and just have the iTunes set to play random all day. Makes it interesting to go from the Allman Brothers to some old blues to Charlie Parker to the soundtrack of O Brother Where Art Thou to Dr Demento to Sweet Honey in the Rock
I used to quilt a lot, but it’s kind of expansive — the machine, all the pieces, the batting, the quilting hoops — it takes over your life.
In recent years I’ve gravitated to knitting because I can put it away in a small bag, and there you have it.
Any photos online? I want to see them!
C’mon, Margaret, I want to see some photos! Any old artwork around?
I remember Dr Demento, (and the wonder dog Damascus). I wonder if is music collection is still the largest in the world? I’ll bet his record collection still holds that title.
Mmmm, I’m coming to your house, Margaret.
The dogs had pork loin and cauliflower for breakfast, with a little orange rind and ginger seasoning. I’m drinking some Chinese herbs which most people would find noxious but I actually kind of like.
I’ll see what I can do Jane. Give me a few.
Happy Thanksgiving Jane.
I am cooking dinner and working on my boat in the spaces. I occasionally check my net sites and am gratefully avoiding commercial activity.
I am thankful for and my spirit is frequently bolstered by the work that you do. Keep it up.
Some wingnut heads are going to explode when they read this.
For years I’ve been trying unsuccessfully to get the woman who cuts my hair to read FDL. She’s a quilter, this will help.
Happy Turkey Day to Jane and everyone else.
Dr. Demento — that is a blast from the past.
Thanks, and enjoy your day. I haven’t knitted since the 80′s, and of course here in TX you can’t wear those cuddly warm things two times a year, but it was nice to turn out sweaters, mittens, hats years back.
The internet is my hobby, thanks for FDL where I can relax and enjoy the company. Sorry, it’s going almost to 80F today, and my windows are up, about to make a steak.
My daughter knits and hangs out on Ravelry. She’s self-taught. She made all my leg warmers and matching socks.
Just finished watching the Macy’s Parade with my cats & an Live blog with my blog-partner, ek hornbeck at our two web sites.
Now it’s time to help get the birds in the oven. We are having a Thanksgiving block party since many of my neighbors are still cleaning up after Sandy. The idea came up after over two weeks without power when we all got together to help each other. My home has solar, so it became the central location for warmth at night, hot showers and a central kitchen. The big gas grill came in really handy and one of the turkey will be cooked on it and another on the charcoal kettle grill.
We all may not have the same politics but when it comes to helping each other in a disaster, we all the same.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving, Jane and everyone at FDL
Happy Thanksgiving! You two look warm and snuggly.
I picked up the 20th Anniversary 2 CD a few years ago (I guess about 20 years now itself now that I think about it). Some “interesting” tunes included to say the least.
Dakine! We share the reading hobby, I know. So many times, I’ve said out loud, at the Lake, what was that book with the such and such and so and so, and you pop your sweet face up with the answer.
I wish you a wonderful and yummy with your friends this afternoon.
And, I’m thankful for all of the helpful things you do here at the Lake. Thanks, honey!
Good for you, glad you are there to help out.
One of my other hobbies, besides reading, is to play in my garden. I’ve got a wonderful and healthy batch of red leaf lettuce which I’m going to place around the edge of the bowl I’m putting the Waldorf Salad in to take to Mom’s later. Not bragging, but it does add a nice touch. :)
What part of Texas are you in? I’ve frozen my ass off in icy Houston winters, but I know the terrain is vastly different from one place to the other.
Hey Coach Bill, happy Thanksgiving! I know you are in Houston, and I’ve seen photos of that beautiful boat.
Hope your family is doing well.
LOL, no doubt. Hope it helps persuade your quilting friend.
Happy Thanksgiving Boo, and thanks for all your constant support & encouragement!
Okay, I don’t really have a lot of my work around the apartment because my graphic portfolio was destroyed in a flood several years ago but this piece was hand carved out of a piece of hardened plaster back in 1983, then painted. These two are commercial pieces left over from when I used to work Renaissance Festivals and art fairs. The glazes were mixed by a friend of mine.
The red hair looks good.
That is so wonderful, themomcat. What a wonderful thing to do. Kinda like the pilgrims with solar panels.
;)
Best wishes to you and everyone you graciously extend your hospitality to today.
Happy Holidays! Those are some scrumptious socks. If they are wool they are perfect for the Pacific NW!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood and chilly.
I’m thankful for many things today and FDL is one of them. It’s really nice to be able to know what’s going on around the earth.
Hope that all of you have a wonderful day.
Almost OK, I can see it from my back porch, well, not really. Smalltown Sherman. Still not far enough north to survive the summers, though. It can be cold, but only for a few hours at a time.
Thanks, I’m still trying to get comfortable with it. Nice contrast with greens, I find.
Happy Thanksgiving, tryggth!
Happy Thanksgiving, mzchief. Stay warm there in Portland. They need you!
I love the castle/turret looking one! I have a small collection of grail type goblets, wood, silver, ceramic. Nice!
We weathered Sandy pretty much unscathed. I’ve been spending time in the Rockaways helping with medical care. Recovery is going to take some time for far too many people in poor neighborhoods & public housing. The conditions are appalling. I just wish I could do more.
My next clay project is going to be a chess set. I’m very excited about it. The rooks are going to be similar to the cup.
What a wonderful project for you. Yes, rooks with that shape would be awesome. Can’t wait to hear what the queen will look like.
(((HunnyBunny)))
Doesn’t it? A whole new look. I can’t carry off the red that well.
The Queen will look just like you, demi. :)
Oh Hai!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours Jane.
Hobbies? Pfft, I have kids.
Jane – I stayed blond but went three shades darker just this morning. Ain’t autumn fun?
Happy Thanksgiving, Twain. How goes it on the left coast?
So far so good on the staying warm, Jane. We’ll just keep on truckin’. Good job on #OccupySupply for blankets to Sandy folks. I’ll keep making sure folks know about it. Hugs to both of you.
My mother used to knit argyle socks in the movies, in the dark! I used to knit too, until the pain in my hands and wrists put a stop to it. Now I do counted cross stitch (or I’ll be getting back into it when I retire — in ONE WEEK).
Jane, I just LOVE your new red hair. You look great! Happy Thanksgiving to you and the dogs from me, Mr. Marion in Savannah and all the cats.
You never post these on Art Saturdays, and I do wish you would.
Gorgeous, Margaret! You were definitely ahead of your time.
Peg, you’re too much. :)
Ooh, that’s going to be beautiful.
The left coast seems to be just fine. We’ve even had some rain which is a blessing. Hope we get lots more. But today is really gorgeous.
Hope you and lucy are doing well and I love the red hair!
My Saturday mornings are usually filled with chores after PUAC. Maybe I’ll sit in one weekend.
I used to do all sorts of fiber and fabric art, fine thread crocheting, appliqued beads on leather. Now I mainly take portraits of birrrds and four-legged critters who come visiting (well, okay; I bribe some of ‘em). ;o) Oh, and I make greeting cards out of the photos, try to sell them in town to make some pin money (lotta pins these days).
I like your hair red, too. Happy Thanksgiving to all. All our kids and
grandkids canceled at the last minute, so we’re having Pumpkin Pie for the entree. ;o)
Hey demi, I bet the home-grown salad is going to be delicious.
I love to garden but it gets hard to do here in DC because of the mosquitoes. They eat me alive. It makes it hard to be outside for any meaningful amount of time during the summer months, but in the spring and fall it’s a delight.
You took those photos, Wendy? Those are like Audobon quality. They’re really, really well done.
Mosquitoes that seemed almost as big as hummingbirds were one of the primary reasons I moved inland. The ones in Houston would carry you off!
Oops; turns out flickr does slideshows; this is kinda fun. ;o)
One day when you have the time, do a post and schedule ahead for Saturday morning, any time. I do that occasionally, anyway.
I have photos of my garden, but they’re in the computer whose hard drive crashed a few weeks ago and which we have yet to do a excavation project on. (I know, I’m dangling.)
I know you spent time out here on the left coast, and now live in DC. Was it a challenge to adjust to the weather?
Hey Marion, congratulations on your retirement!
My mom started doing needlepoint when her hands got arthritic. I bet cross stitch has similar ease if you have pain in your hands.
Glad you like the red hair. I keep looking at my avatar and going “need to change that” but I think I’ve got commitment issues.
;)
LOL, I have an old computer or two sitting in the basement with old photos waiting for similar excavation projects. It’s probably going on a decade.
It wasn’t much trouble getting used to the climate. I was born in Massachusetts, so it wasn’t a total shock. As long as it’s not Seattle-style rain. That’s the only climate I’ve had trouble with.
It’s early yet but I couldn’t wait. Eggnog with Patron Silver = excellent!
That’s breakfast for me, too. Sorry we missed you at Over Easy, Thanksgiving presented a chance to talk about the tribes’ experience of that holiday.
LMAO! I have one in the back of my bedroom closet waiting for the same thing.
Here’s to you!
Actually, here’s to the whole FDL community. We don’t always agree but we do always come back because of that community.
I’ll be right there.
(knock, knock)
That we do agree on.
Happy Thanksgiving to all my great Pup friends. Hope you day turns out just the way you had hoped for! Oh and don’t forget to turn your scale back 10 – 15 Lbs!!!
These are my in-progress mittens from the aforementioned stupid but beautifully shot movie Twilight:
http://my.firedoglake.com/Jane-2/files/2012/11/bellas-mittens.jpg
I may run out of yarn today, though. Just have to start something else till the weekend, because the hounds of hell themselves could not drag me out to buy more on Black Friday.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.
It’s an absolutely beautiful day in Michigan: sunny with temperatures headed for the low 60s. Mrs. Tiger and I are about to put out some cheese and crackers and open a bottle of bubbles.
1,300 miles in a few seconds. A tribute to the power of tequila.
Is your daughter a lovely young blonde? If so I just friended her on Ravelry.
If you give them to somebody with no thumbs, they’d be done!
Hey!
Going out for bagels now. See you and all loving pups later.
You’re a smart one, nahant!
Happy Thanksgiving. Hope you are having a wonderful day.
Thanks for the good company, do have a good Thanksgiving day. Been up since too early, must fade now.
Mmmm, cheese and crackers. And bubbles.
Happy Thanksgiving wishes from the dogs and me to you and the lovely Mrs. tammanytiger.
Let me introduce you to hand quilting: not just the quilting itself, but the piecing as well. Just like our “ancestors” used to do, before the advent of sewing machines.
I have the top of a bed quilt that I’m putting together for my daughter. The entire top was hand pieced by me on various trips together — one memorable one on the train to and from Stonehenge, others on trips to look at colleges. She’s now 27, so that’s how long it’s been worked on.
And Hawaiian quilting is ALL by hand.
These days most of my quilts are made to welcome friends’ grandchildren: piecing by machine, then hand quilting. The size of each quilt is manageable and portable. “Useful” activity on those two 5-1/2 hours flights each way between Maui & DC.
Just getting going.. Had coffee now for a mimosa! Pancakes & Maple sausage for brunch! We go to the sister in-laws for the mail event late this afternoon.
I will be brining my second bird for a Sunday lazy football day..
Rhicat is a brunette, in her mid 40′s. Her avatar is a calico cat.
Happy Thanksgiving, firepups. What a great idea for a T-Day post.
Ms. ET and I have invited a couple I know from work over for dinner, who are relatively new to Alaska and don’t have family here, and a couple of my students from UAA. We have a very traditional Thanksgiving dinner, with a 17-pound turkey, homemade stuffing, mashed potatoes and turkey gravy, green beans with almonds, and root ribbons and sage – with pumpkin and pecan pies for dessert. Some Rosenblum zinfandels and St. Michelle Eroica riesling.
It has been cold and windy for 11 days now – plus 9 F and blowing 15 to 30 knots this morning. Our furnace died last Saturday, so we’ve been heating with the wood stove since then. Chopping a lot of firewood, which used to be a hobby when we heated in our old house entirely with wood.
I’ve got a lot of hobbies, but three I share with Ms. ET are gourmet cooking, gardening and hiking. One we haven’t shared has been volunteering on local progressive’s political campaigns. She’s too busy with her jobs.
We both take a lot of photographs, but it seems with the incredible advances in digital photography that everyone does that now. I suppose my series of ice pictures over the years qualify as hobby-level, and I’ve thought about approaching a gallery with a show proposal.
My blog, Progressive Alaska, is more like a bizarre obsession than a true hobby.
Best today to all my dear friends here. Back to chopping wood and cleaning floors, counters, bathrooms ………….
Time to get things together and put another urn of coffee on, the feasting and celebrating our blessings begins. My mother-in-law has arrived with two cases of Nouveau Beaujolais.
Everyone, have a safe, healthy & happy Thanksgiving.
I used to have two copies of Beth Gutcheon’s The Perfect Patchwork Primer, 1973. If I can find them and you’d like one, I’ll be happy to send it to a good home.
And all the best to you, Jane. Keep fighting!
Jane: Do you knit “German” style? A college classmate did and she looked like a knitting machine!
Today is a national treasure as long as you’re not driving. It is not so unlike Easter in Ireland; when everything is shut down and folks reflect on what it means to be alive.
I do wish people would be careful eating. Do as the French. Peck away like a pigeon.
My hobby is blogging. I am in the midst of schtick evaluation. I enjoy the Gonzo style but my dwindling audience of twelve is requesting more balanced reporting and less narcissism.
I’m not a reporter, for crying out loud. Hey, I didn’t see Natural Born Killers yet. Is that any good? Which reminds me of another hobby of mine. I enjoy cinema, especially excellent films including those with subtitles. I abhor dubbing. That isn’t swell. Hmmph.
Happy Thanksgiving Jane Hamsher and all the rest of the FDL community.
Hope your day is filled with family and friends today and every day !
We have so much to be thankful for but remember to spare a moment today to reflect on those who are less lucky and in need as well and keep them in your thoughts and prayers.
We are all in this together .
Blessings to each and every one of you !
Hi Nahant, if you get back to read.
Bought more Vermont maple syrup for the gingerbread recipe my son was making yesterday. ‘Course woulda been cheaper to buy ready made or even a box, but, man! Nothing beats like that from scratch and the Kid wanting to do his thing. We are so thankful.
As I keep saying on FDL, Happy Thanks to all. Jane, I lived in Houston for a long time; we sometimes had chilly winters, but nothing that lasted for very long and seldom got below freezing. The winters were a nice break from the summer. The complaints to have about Houston are the hot and muggy summers that last about 10 months.
Hi demi Happy Thanksgiving to you & Yours! Sounds like yummy cookies!When do some of them get here??
Feels so good to find knitters here among my progressive friends. FDL has been a lifesaver for me throughout the campaigns. I even forgive you, Jane, for the Grover incident. I started knitting again a few years ago, and all my friends say I knit wierd. Just found out that means Combination style – it is a challenge to adapt Western style patterns. Anyone else here? We have a knitting group that meets at the local brewery – Pints and Purls! See you on Ravelry. Karen
You are certainly a man of many interests ET! Happy Thanksgiving to you and Mrs. ET. That stinging nettle pesto sounds (and looks) divine.
I do knit continental style, which is the same as German style I believe, with a crochet-style feed. It’s much faster than English “throw” style, which is how I learned.
I also do Andean knitting, which requires feeds in both hands. That’s a bit tricky.
HT, I trust your day will be tasty!
Happy Thanksgiving, socrates. I hate movies myself. Always have.
I have a cousin like that, knits complicated patterns at the movies – math major
Happy Thanksgiving, bearcountry! Yeah the Houston summers were murer. Barricade yourself in the AC and don’t come out til it passes.
See you at Ravelry! Happy thanksgiving.
We were meant to be nomadic but then we got stuck in the sedentary approach a few thousand years ago and convinced to hunker down in place in order to hold down jobs to pay for the place we got stuck hunkering down in .
Are you a gypsy ….. no mad .
Happy Thanksgiving, folks.
My wife craftysue is a knitter and taught beginning knitting at our library branch until two years ago. She’s doing a paying gig as a special Thanksgiving activities person at an assisted care facility today. Going to use a deck of cards to play tabletop football; folks there will create the rules; gonna be a hoot.
The hobby I’ve been paying most attention to recently is genealogy. I’ve been researching my family’s roots for almost 40 years now. Always run into dead ends that later a piece of information opens up something surprising. It is by far the best way to get one part of a peoples history of the US in all its complexity. My grandfather was a tenant farmer who grew cotton in the part of South Carolina that is now in Jim Clyburn’s district. One year in the 1920s, his total income from cotton was $75 — for the year and having mortgaged (rather than sharecropping) to finance planting. But he was also on the school board that built a new high school building during the New Deal; his names on the bronzes plaque at the entrance.
And I have done some work on my daughters’ in-laws families. My son-in-law from New York state. He knew that he was a descendant of one of Alabama’s Reconstruction governors. What he didn’t know that he was also a descendant of a prominent North Alabama slaveholder who was a Unionist Democrat and who was compensated by Congress after the Civil War for his expenses as a spy during the Tennessee campaign. Or that twenty of his now emancipated slaves first went to the Freedman’s camp in Shiloh, TN. The story of Camp Shiloh is an interesting forgotten piece of history on its own. On the other side, my son-in-law from Alabama, whose family arrived there in the 1820s, so far has zero Confederate veterans. And his ancestors lived within thirty miles of those of my New York son-in-law’s kin.
The first principle of genealogy is to start with yourself. My mom kept all sorts of records about me that I was not aware of until we sorted through her estate. Of course, there are all the report cards and any news clippings from our small town newspaper of even minor accomplishments. And there’s are the drawings like those that now-a-days go on the refrigerator for a few weeks. But all of the hospital receipts from when I was born? There are some things one really isn’t interested in knowing the cost of. And the comments from the teachers on my report cards, asking for a conference; an my mom’s reply “See you this afternoon” (i.e. the next day, when I dutifully returned the signed report card).
Lots of stuff to be thankful for indeed.
Yet you’ve produced them, including at least one damn good one. Glad you didn’t let your personal dislike get in the way of that!
Not gingerbreadpeople cookies. Just a gingerbread loaf.
But, I’m also making sugar cookies. :)
It’s the challenge, I see. Yes, German, Continental, European, all the same. I gather a keen and experienced eye can detect the differences, but not I.
I almost made sugar cookies but in the end I opted for chocolate chip. Everything’s better with chocolate!
Actually, I have lived in many places. When I was a kid in Texas (pre-teen) I used to tell people that I wanted to travel. One man asked me why I would want to travel outside of Texas. I just felt that the world was so big that there had to be more than just Texas. The man thought that I was a crazy kid.
You are so correct. Bought a couple of Hershey bars the other day, buy one get one free, and have been nibbling.
My hair turned out great by the way. DIY works for me every time.
Now that the cookies are in, it’s time to cut the apples, celery and walnuts to make that salad.
How’s your breast smell? (Gosh, aren’t I a brat?)
There’s no putting of the egg nog once the turkey starts wafting, drifing, being odiferous.
Turkey just went in the oven. Am waiting for the aromas. Happy T Day, demi.
Starting to smell tasty. :)
Jane: you + Houston?????
I grew up in Houston, left to go to college & never looked back.
While there may be some occasional cold days, I remember one Christmas Day when I gifted my high school sweetheart, then in his first year @ Georgia Tech while I remained @ high school, with a sweater I’d hand knit. It was 85 degrees [on Christmas Day!!!]
He sweetly put it on an wore it for an hour or two.
Jane: you + Houston?????
I grew up in Houston, left to go to college & never looked back.
While there may be some occasional cold days, I remember one Christmas Day when I gifted my high school sweetheart, then in his first year @ Georgia Tech while I remained @ high school, with a sweater I’d hand knit. It was 85 degrees [on Christmas Day!!!]
He sweetly put it on an wore it for an hour or two.
[I'm having REAL problems getting on FDL today. Site or my internet connection must be taking a holiday.]
Well as you can see, my “system” decided to post twice!!
Sorry.
And, back attcha.
Lovely weather we’re having, ain’t it?
Good to be able to say Hi Twain!
Is Neko deigning to at least smile at you for that?
((Neko)) Cat’s got great taste in hoomans.
They will do… Our son had one of his student’s Mom gave him pumpkin bread…. We won’t go without…
To the tryptophane impaired and for those about to join us.
Happy Thanksgiving!
We’re Rich, Rich, Rich, I tell you. :)
That won’t be for 6 hours from now. Here anyways.
But, yes, Happy Thanksgiving, Spud.
I didn’t know you were a PK (preacher’s kid), Jane.
I come bearing a song about a broken Hallelujah, sung by a sorta childhood friend of mine.
http://www.atheistexile.com/2012/06/28/hallelujah/
To all my activist and internet family:
Happy Turkey Day.
:)
Sitting in my MIL’s house with my knitting bag beside me. There are three sockcs in various stages of progress within.
P Dub…Happy Day to ya.
Knit one, pearl two for me, please. I don’t do that, but apparently a few smart folks around here do. Hmmmm. Maybe I should think about…
Nah. :)
Knitting is a hobby for me too. Don’t think “loving kittehs” is a hobby, but it’s up there with my “favorite things”.
It’s good to find things to be thankful about on Thanksgiving.
So, I’d like to give thanks to Om Ali for all of her work in keeping in touch with our dear Southern Dragon, and for working to find homes for his rescue kitties. Thanks to her work, and the “cat people” at FDL, they will be well taken care of. I hope Om will post about this. Or, perhaps she has and I’ve missed it.
I don’t know what I love the most – the red hair, that gorgeous green cowl or those amazing fair isle socks. ok, it’s the sox. i want to knit a pair!
i knit, i hike, i work on political and environmental campaigns. and i hang out in epu land.
belated thanksgiving to all. i went to an early thanksgiving with folks who went to the ut/tcu game. we had chili and cornbread and salad and various alcoholic beverages. pie and ice cream. i enjoyed it.
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone,
Jane, thank you ever so much for this invaluable gathering place.
I probably have too many potential hobbies, but until I can secure a proper workspace, gardening in season has got to be my, “hobby,” of most importance at the moment. I have begun saving heirloom seed along with having some decent food and plenty to share, for a good part of the year. With some experience in ceramics, I am also a professional woodworker, though the unfinished instrument in the photos is not what pays the bills currently. Recreational rowing and construction/renovation of traditional small boats comes to be part of my play, too.
Had the great pleasure of spending half the day with my siblings and our extended families. Best wishes. Peace and Resolve.
Happy Thanksgiving to Jane and all the rest. I hope everyone had a lovely day filled with friends, family, and activity. My family spent a wonderful day with all of the above. We had a big outdoor
Picnic Style Thanksgiving at the home of some dear old friends. It was a special treat to see one friend in particular; he’s been going through chemotherapy and no one was sure if he’d be able to join us. He looked battered and worn, but we were thrilled to have him there.
There was quite a feast of Toms…Tom Turkey, Thomas Ham, and even a roasted boar called Tom TeBoor. He was roasted in the usual way, but, as the evening went on, progressed to a Lampoon Style roasting, as well.
I took a hobby with me; a couple of books to read. Books almost always sooth my agitation when crowds of people, even when they’re friends and family, become too much stimulation.
From the comments above, it looks like nearly everyone had an enjoyable day. Best wishes for continued happiness and peace through the night. :)
Happy Thanksgiving. It’s the celebration of Union victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg.
Knitting is such a cool hobby; my mother knit a really cool blanket for me when I was younger. I plan on taking up beading in the next couple of months. Currently, I do a lot of hiking, especially in Shenandoah National Park and the mountain ranges to its west.
Had a really good time with my extended family in Buffalo. Lots of turkey, corn, and mashed potatoes followed by tea and apple pie covered with whipped cream. Chilled out and watched football after dinner.
I’m starting to doze off from all of the food. Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Hello Greenwarrior and happy toikey day!
Oops I see others stopped by too. Happy Thanksgiving all.
My hobby is sewing. And I guess bicycling.
Awesome mittens and even better red hair! wow!
Looking at the bag across the room with the knitting project I keep meaning to get going with – thanks for the nudge! (project is an infinity cowl in a nice soft multicolor yarn)
Excellent! Are you hooked to the grid — and if so, were you able to unhook fairly easily? (Apparently a lot of solar users who are hooked to the grid had their power turned off when the substations went down.)
I’m so glad you are able to help your neighbors.
I just got a chance to look in on this thread, Jane. My SIL is a Ravelry fan. She made me a wonderful triangle shawl, kind of a mini-shawl, that is beautiful, not sure, but I think it came from there. Not sure if she participates, I could look or ask her. She has a fantastic sense of humor and has had blogs on and off, but not under her name. Blogging took too much time from her other writing. She works for a quilting company and has also done fabric design for them. Very creative.
Now I really have to leave for our WM action.