Ticking away the moments
That make up a dull day Fritter and waste the hours
In an off-hand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground
In your home town
Waiting for someone or something
To show you the way
Tired of lying in the sunshine
Staying home to watch the rain
You are young and life is long
And there is time to kill today
And then the one day you find
Ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run
You missed the starting gun
And you run and you run
To catch up with the sun
But it's sinking
Racing around
To come up behind you again
The sun is the same
In a relative way
But you're older
Shorter of breath
And one day closer to death
Every year is getting shorter
Never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught
Or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation
Is the English way
The time is gone
The song is over
Thought I'd something more to say
Home
Home again
I like to be here
When I can
When I come home
Cold and tired
It's good to warm my bones
Beside the fire
Far away
Across the field
Tolling on the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spell...
time - pink floyd
and so it goes...another year ended and over 1/6th of the way into a new one! jeepers, where does the time go?
i think pink floyd hit the nail on the head 40 years ago (40 years ago - can you believe it!) on the album 'dark side of the moon', when they waxed poetically the following:
"and then one day you find
ten years have got behind you
no one told you when to run
you missed the starting gun"
ain't it the truth! boy, one day its 2012 and shazam! just like that, its march of 2013 and the clock keeps ticking....so without further ado, i'd like to share a couple of items i completed before the door slammed shut on 2012.
i may have already shared this but since i'm too lazy at this point to look back at previous posts, please indulge me!
this hat was the fifth yarn shipment and pattern from blue moon fiber arts rocking sock club of 2012. the hat pattern was designed by franklin habit and is called 'buckthorn cap' and involved stranded colorwork. the yarn is: socks that rock silkie "it's about me. it's about me all the time." and socks that rock lightweight "it's not all about me brown".
with the remains, i was able to make a co-ordinating pair of socks with this pattern by jc briar. the pattern is 'butch and femme bobby socks' - i made the femme version.
to cover her from head to toe, i gifted this set to my niece, whitney, for christmas!
speaking of christmas, i also cranked out two of these that i knocked off from a hat i found on ravelry. the real pattern is 'robin hood' by grace akhrem. by analyzing the pictures and notes of other ravelers i was able to create my own version - a bold step for this old cowgirl - stepping outside of the box and givin' it a go on my own - yeehaw! they were a hit with the young women who received them - stylish and a great stash buster!
ditto with the cowl below. the original pattern that i ripped off was 'betula ring' by carina spencer. what i loved about this pattern was its versatility - it can be worn six different ways - is that not cool? i knit three of these out of a bulky weight yarn that has been languishing in my stash for years in various other life forms. i think this yummy yarn, a combo of warm wool and luscious mohair has finally met its match - uuum, uuum, good!
these mittens designed by spilly jane were another blue moon fiber arts rockin' sock club shipment from earlier in 2012 and yes, you are only viewing one of two because this gloves mate hasn't quite made it off the needles yet - tsk! tsk! tsk! i really should get on that...really, this glove was a pretty quick knit, only about eight hours!
my december shawl was 'taygete' by romi hill and is from the ebook 'seven small shawls to knit; year one; the pleiades'. the yarn is blue moon fiber arts lightweight socks that rock in the colorways 'pond scum' (my all time favorite color! yum! yum!) and 'hrh crown princess of purple, violetta' (the january 2012 shipment of the rockin' sock club).
and as a final wrap for 2012 - a pair of plain vanilla mittens in a reclaimed worsted weight wool yarn. i was out for a walk on my birthday, which was a sunny but chilly day (32 degrees - brrrr!) i had on fingerless mitts but they just didn't cut it so this pair are now part of my walking costume.
and that my friends, brings 2012 to a close! whew, glad to have that wrapped!
