It may be the grid quilting

Looky here!

I found this basics of Crochet pictorial in my knitting magazine stash, which will help me learn the names of the stitches so I can KNOW what I am doing. So you don't need to bring your Crochet book on Saturday.
This is my 'prize' from Jill who made several of these for sale at the Christmas studio walk.
It's reversible.
And I got all these books for $10 at a garage sale. I goofed and got duplicates of two books. O well. At 25 cents each I guess I can afford it.

Everyone Showed Up!

I am really glad now that we got the smaller model. Just the right size and leaving us plenty of room for a stage, or dance floor, or outdoor dining room.

Two more moebius

Gee whiz, Grandma lives! I used the whole skein of Melody yarn for this moebius. It is really heavy and warm, perfect for walking from the L to the office, for Rose. Both of these are hers. I 'owe' her. She spent $300 bucks to visit me this past summer, and now her job is cutting back pay. Terrible.

I must be nutso. Right?

Not ready for prime time

The idea was that it the shelf unit (what is that called?) would make the dining room cozier and more inviting. I am not sure it does that at all. I may move it to the wall on the right of this picture, you know the one that is to the right as you enter from the front door, where the bench is in the next shot. And then what to do with the bench? Perhaps that will be solved when I move the shelf. I suppose it can go to the studio...

I am sure we will be using this room MUCH more than we have all summer, now that it is cooler. I have already set my laptop here in my chair by the fireplace. And the white chairs look so much better here than the Poangs, being brighter.

I don't know why Dave put these facing the railing, but of course they can be changed.

The black chairs went (1) into my bedroom and (2) the studio.
The little stereo that used to be in the living room went upstairs to Dave's room and the TV set up has the receiver under the dvd player has FM (Npr comes in clearly, and all I really listen to) so I can really get big sound, if I wanted it. Eight speakers, surround sound. O my. The dvd player also plays cds. All of the stuff I want in one place.