Knitting projects

Time to post photos of my latest knitting projects! I made two more dishcloths to send off to a person in the Handmade RAK group on Ravelry:






They are ready to go, I just need to take them to the post office. The colors are so fun!

I made a very quick project, a felted clutch bag. It is totally impractical to carry on a daily basis since it is so small. But what a fun pop of color for dressier occasions:



I have two projects in progress. The first is a baby hat for a much-desired baby boy who will soon be born in North Carolina:


Love love love the color but, wow, knitting tiny items can be tough on the hands.

I am also making a book bag for me, which will be felted when it is done:


It will alternate stripes of red and the red/grey mix - does the color combo remind anyone of a certain college sports team? Anyone?

The cruellest month

Branch Davidians, Waco TX - 19 April, 1993

Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Oklahoma City OK - 19 April, 1995

Columbine High School, Colu - 20 April, 1999

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA - 16 April 2007

and now American Civic Association, Binghamton NY - 3 April 2009

These events, and these types of events, were not at all what T.S. Eliot had in mind when he wrote the opening words of The Waste Land, but I can't help thinking of those words each year when April rolls around.

April is the month of my birth, as well as my friends Laurel and Geri, and is a wonderful time of the year as spring makes its entrance. But since 1993, it has also been a time of sadness. Too many times in the month of April, we learn of tremendous acts of violence and we are left asking "why?"

"I will show you fear in a handful of dust."
- The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot, 1922