What a cool day!

Tuesday was all good. I got a few errands done without losing energy, then made it to the Tuesday Knitting Group, three familiar knitting friends, two new ones.

Here's some action

New member tackling an unfinished project from her deceased mother, trying to remember how, not having done any crochet for years.

Regular member, the other dpn user in the group, with a sock in progress. She loves all the textile arts and is now, having seen my little basket,  planning on making cordage. She brought in some daffodil and iris leaves to ask about drying them. I hesitate to mention Textiles and Tea in case I'm an enabler.

And a regular member helping a new member get going in crochet. I belatedly realized that the regular member D., on the left, is the person who freecycled me the supply of bright yarn I used for the Izzy dolls.

There's a lovely atmosphere in this group. Chat ranged over building houses personally by hand (!), inheriting a yarn stash, the LIRR, the lack of public transportation locally, the library history, neighbors, common local names, the new Library of Things (borrow all kinds of devices and tools). 

Then home to one of the most fun Textiles and Tea evah. Meg Stump and pinloom weaving. Debra, there's something for you, read on.

She's a pinloom expert and wants to be the Johnny Appleseed of pinlooms!  She makes all kinds of clothing, bags, teacosies, animals, gnomes (!) The flat rat bookmarks are the beginning of her Roadkill Series! Yes, she's a pistol. 

I've already ordered one of her books from the library, and may make a pinloom..

Meanwhile, in addition to the current fiction, I've started this

Tattered old library copy 

He's very entertaining here. One of my knitting buds tells me he married a dancer and hung out in Bloomsbury or something. I never knew anything about his life, just his political positions.

Happy day, everyone, enjoy whatever comes at you! And here's a new take on supporting Ukraine.