Can We Please Talk Knitting?

 I love to knit...

if I could pick any one thing to do...I would knit.

If you have two sticks and some yarn, you can create anything.

I am currently working on this 

Donnie's Hat

for the "Make for Another 2026 Makealong"

I am knitting this with 2 shades of gray alpaca yarn.

If I finish this hat by February 15th, I will have 3 hats and one cowl to donate to this makealong.

When I finish the hat...next up for the needles is a 

Sierra Yarn Dream Blanket

This will be the third blanket I have knitted, one for my mom and one for son Mike.

This is a kit that includes all the yarn you need, a circular needle and the 

"handmade by me tag".

This is Mike's blanket all finished up...you may remember that I gifted this to him this past Christmas.

I joined in on a "Beat The Winter Blues Swap" with my knitting group.

Everyone who joins in, fills out a form with their yarn preferences,

likes, dislikes and what genre book they like to read.

 Everyone's name goes into a "hat" then you receive the information on the fiber friend  

to send a surprise package to.

You have to send one skein of yarn and a book...but look at all the goodies I recieved.

The package I received was sent to me by Mary Ellen, someone I have only met through zoom,

but she is part of the fiber group.

My box included...

2 skeins of yarn, a beautiful cookbook, a needle punch kit, chocolates, 

cocoa mix and marshmallows.

Thank you Mary Ellen, I enjoyed receiving this special package.

I have not completed putting my package together, when I do, I will share a picture before I send it.

I made this

Boursin Cheese Pasta

again last night, this time I used rigatoni pasta.

I liked using the larger pasta as the sauce settled nicely into the tubes of pasta and held onto it well.

I like these New York Style Breadsticks.

This And That

~ this post is all over the place, but it's all I have to offer ~

I made Grilled Cheese Sandwiches to enjoy with the rest of the 

Potato Soup

It was so yummy.

I love a good homemade soup that feeds us twice.

During this cold snap, the hubs has been forced to play games with me to pass the time indoors.

Racko is my favorite.

I think I like it so much because I usually win.

Do you remember when I wrote about the 

Alestorm Sailboat 

The 32 foot Catalina Sailboat beached during a storm on September 20, 2025,

while traveling from New York to Florida.

- it's still on the beach in Sea Girt -

I spotted this "beer keg tree" at a local brewery...it was so cool.

I have fallen in love with these laundry sheets.

Earth Breeze Laundry Sheets

Have you tried these or a similar product?

My Paperwhites are at peak right now and they look and smell glorious.

The Paperwhites are like indoor sunshine,

I am so happy I planted them!

We have been home so much, I may have to start making things up for blog content!