Ball to cake

On By CarynIn Craft

Every knitter or crocheter has their own preference for the form of their yarn. My friend prefers to wind her yarn into balls before she gets started. With purchased yarn, I dig into the middle and pull the yarn from the inside, then wind the remains as cakes on a winder, or nostepinne style balls. I have a whole bag of remnants that are balled and I am rewinding them as cakes.

Photo description: yarn bowl with hand wrapped ball of yellow yarn going to a Royal ball winder clamped to the counter

I tried using my ceramic yarn bowl, but it isn’t up to the speed produced by the winder, so I dropped the ball into a basket so it didn’t roll around on the floor.

Achievement

On By CarynIn Cats, Craft
Photo description: calico cat sitting on crochet made with wool

Izzy the calico cat has been trying to lay on the wool vest I am crocheting for weeks. She finally found me distracted and cuddled in. I did continue to work on the piece and just rotated her as I went. She still stayed put. Purring.

Size comparison

On By CarynIn Cats, photography, Wildlife

The trail cam pictures gave a good way to compare the size of the new raccoon vs a cat.

Photo description: night vision view of a long haired white cat with his front feet on a wood bench
Photo description: night vision view of a raccoon with his front feet on a wood bench

These two photos were also taken just under two hours apart, so the depth of the ice is the same.

The ice accumulation from the last storm did finally all go away. I can’t recall that I’ve ever seen it stay as long as it did in Texas. I still refuse to call it snow.

Throwback Thursday: doll riding helmet

On By CarynIn Craft, throwback

Back in October of 2016, my kids were taking horseback riding lessons. My youngest had trouble keeping her hands forward, and her instructor had the idea of having a stuffed toy sit in front of her on the saddle and she had to keep her hands in front of the toy. She chose one of her baby dolls, and of course baby had to have a helmet if she was riding horseback, so I crocheted a helmet with black yarn.

Photo description: crocheted riding helmet with straps and a button closure on a baby doll toy

I don’t have any pictures of my youngest riding with the doll, but her hands are forward with the reins in all the pictures after, so something clicked.

Mid-jump

On By CarynIn Cats, photography

Scrolling through the trail cam pictures, I usually skip downloading most of the neighborhood cat pictures, but I noticed a trend as I scrolled. The camera was catching the cats mid-jump. Some of the photos are quite amusing, like the cat is awkwardly suspended.

Yes, I put out food for them, as do at least three of my neighbors. Yes, I get them fixed. They are excellent for snake and rodent control. None of them use the inside of the insulated cat house. I don’t think I designed it right.