Wyoming Breezes

snowy morning April 22, 2023 Centennial, CO Snow days make for wonderful sewing days. I’m at Marilyn’s house this week for a Sisters’ Quilting Retreat. I’m working on some Quilt of Valor kits I prepared a couple of weeks ago, and Marilyn is working on an on-going project.  trimming half-square triangles for star points I prepared five kits to work on while I’m here, but I don’t think I’ll need all of them. I also have my knitting with me and work on it in the evening. 

April 2023 Every year Tiger Salamanders migrate to a large pond in a local park - LaBonte Park. Locals have called the pond "Stink Lake" for years for good reason. Volunteers gather to help the amphibians cross busy streets during migration.  The University of Wyoming Biodiversity Institute states on their web page: Each spring, volunteers show up at LaBonte Park on potential migration nights to patrol 9th and Canby streets. Salamanders are picked up off the roads as they cross and brought safely to the edge of LaBonte Pond. Volunteers spend however long they’d like helping to protect and conserve this population of salamanders. Are you interested in volunteering to help Laramie’s salamanders safely complete their annual migration? Children 8 years and above are welcome to become a volunteer if accompanied by an adult. Friday and Saturday were wet days with snow falling almost all day - good migration conditions for the salamanders.  The Tiger Salamander is Wyoming's sta...

display in a local grocery store  made with Pepsi products April 2023 Do the beverage companies in your area create similar displays, using their products? 

size 10 women’s/size 9.5 men’s March 2023 These socks seemed to fly off the needles.  Pattern : none, just a 2x2 rib cuff and a plain foot, using 64 stitches  Needles : US size 2 Yarn : Paton’s Kroy Socks            Blue Brown Marl #55101 (two 50 gram balls — 100 grams total) Remaining Yarn :  28 grams total            13 grams from one ball            15 grams from the other

one side of the reversible hat March 2023 I am very pleased with this scrappy Silver Lining (reversible) hat. It’s knit with five/six different sock yarn scraps, using the helical stripe technique. The helical stripes help the scraps to blend more completely than just alternating yarn for each row. other side of the reversible hat It’s still Winter in this area, but the hat will go in the donation box for next year.