My DD is on Ravelry

I was logging in to Ravelry the other day in order to waste away a few hours of my life when I saw that I had three new messages. The first was from a lovely lady who wants to know if my mitered purse would be a suitable laptop bag, which, by the way, it would not, but what a great idea! The second was from a wonderful knitter who shared with me her particular formula for fabulously full felted Noni flowers. And the last was from "Bibis". "Bibis", as many of you know, is the nickname Colton unwittingly gave our oldest daughter, Elizabeth, when he could not manage the four syllable mouthful that was the name of his favorite person on the planet. So I was delighted to see that my darling Elizabeth has joined Ravelry and chosen me as her first friend. What a nice surprise for a mom!

Beads from Ocracoke for my teal Silken Straw

We went to a cute little bead shop today on Ocracoke Island so that I could get beads for my next Silken Straw Scarf. The color of the yarn is an incredibly intense teal (although this picture shows it as cobalt blue), and I wanted something that would both show up and enhance the yarn. There weren’t 120 of any single bead, so I opted for two different teal beads. The small round one has a cool fused glass center, and the other is sort of striped, as you can see. I totally loved them both. I think they’ll be just right for the yarn.