You Can Now Search my Blog

I now have 100 posts so I don't remember where to look for something I wrote even if it's only a month or so ago since it was written. For instance, someone at the end of the work week on Friday came into my office to talk about her knitting project, and of course I had to talk about mine. I mentioned the wall flower project and she asked if I had a photo on my blog. I knew there was one, but for the life of me I couldn't remember the title of the post or when I posted it. I did find it eventually but the process took far too long.

Part of the reason for writing here is to help ensure I can remember where I found patterns, store the photos of my final projects after they have been shared, and to have a tool to show others what I'm doing. Yes, indeed, it is a very selfish endeavour. But what good is any of this if I can't find what I want when I want it. So I took a quick trip through Blogger's help section, and even for me, with my limited tech skills, found everything I needed to set up a search function for this blog. All it took was clicking the appropriate "yes," to one option and save. The change couldn't have been easier.

If you're inclined to want to search my blog check out the search box in the upper left-hand corner above the name, Flagel Knitting Files. There's a University of Texas (this ones for you, Sue), burnt orange colour block with a stylised capital B. Type the word you're looking for and all my posts using that word will appear.

Before closing here's a photo of those buttons I thought I might use on the kimono sweater. There are 7 of them on the top of a penny. (This is the most difficult photo I've ever taken; I have about 30 photo rejects on my camera. There's something about getting the close up without a shadow and having everything clear.) These little cuties will show up on something, you can be sure.

My tiny little colourful buttons

Micaela, thanks for asking about the search engine for my blog. Who knows how long it might have taken to get me to look into it without your suggestion. (Now, I just have to figure out how to get the Labels alphabetized instead of merely listed in chronological order and/or times used; but that's for another time. I don't want to press my luck with the technology gods today.)

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Ode to the Cat

It has been six months since Mike, the cat's, passing. I think of him every day and miss him especially when Paul is away. Mike was a being in the house with me and we were close. Grieving his death has been muddled with my Dad's passing and sometimes I feel guilty about that happening. As time passes the ache becomes less hurtful for both and I am starting to get mostly good memories in its place. Recently I helped celebrate Pablo Neruda's birthday with Jami, my poet and overall very creative friend. Guests were asked to select one poem written by Neruda to read to the small group who gathered for the celebration. I picked this one: Ode To The Cat -- Pablo Neruda There was something wrong with the animals: their tails were too long, and they had unfortunate heads. Then they started coming together, little by little fitting together to make a landscape, developing birthmarks, grace, flight. But the cat, only the cat turned out finished, and

Anatomy of a Sock

I've been knitting socks for a relatively short time. One of the disconcerting things for me as I started following patterns for socks is the pattern designer assumes the knitter (in this case that would be me) knows all the parts of a sock. So I thought I'd devote a post to improve my own knowledge about the anatomy of a sock and maybe some of you will learn something about the humble yet necessary sock as well. Here's the names of the parts of the foot as I know them. #49 ankle, #50 heel, #51, instep, #52 ball, #53 big toe, #54 toe, #55 little toe, #56 toenail. There are some parts more important for this discussion; first the heel of a foot is generally used to refer to the entire C-shape from the ankle to the instep. Speaking of the instep, it refers to that curve near the bottom of the foot. And what seems to be missing in the design above is the sole which generally refers to the bottom of the foot in total or plantar aspect in more technical terms. (BTW

Yarn Barf

It's back to quirkiness and time to step away again from the cuteness for a while. But as you see I'm someone who slips from one to the other without much effort so anticipate this back and forth to be my new normal. A dramatization of me in the midst of my startitist frenzy Yarn barf . I'm willing to bet you hadn't thought of putting those two words together, had you? It just so happens yarn barf can be a reoccurring pain for those of us who use yarns that come in a skein instead of a hank. (No pun intended regarding the current Noro virus, well maybe a little pun.) Skeins of yarn wound by the manufacturer These are hanks which need to be wound into balls If you look closely at the picture on the right you'll see the start on the millet yellow skein at the centre right of the photo. Its start can easily be seen coming from the centre of the skein onto the violet skein to the left. Easy to find, right! Sure but what about the remaining 4

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