I bet you thought that title meant something about birds using yarn, right? Nope. I just wanted to show ya’ll my ‘birdie friends’ and my latest projects. 🙂
Let’s see my birdie friends first. These two showed up about a week ago (when they knew I needed some sunshine and happiness, I guess) and I can’t for the life of me figure out what kind of birds they are. I’m pretty sure that they are mates, since they are normally not far from one another. And I see them several times a day, sitting on the branches of the tree that is right off the front porch. The mystery of what they are drives me nuts. Normally the only birds you see around here are robins, blue jays, cardinals, mocking birds and these brown finches. The occasional blue bird is a treat (usually only see one a year) and I saw a Chickadee once. 😀
Here’s the yellow birdie in the tree. I’ve got a close up of it, too. I think it’s the female.
Here are pics of the red one. And as the kids and I were at the sink in the kitchen yesterday, it just decided to fly right up to it and check out this old, dead wasp nest. (I’m ashamed of how the window looks, but it is too hard to reach it and clean it because a big a/c unit is in the way underneath it. 😦 If only our hose would reach to the backyard.)
And on to other animal stuff, look at this next pic (NOT THE ONE BELOW IT YET!) and tell me if you can figure out what it is?
What is that in the tree?
Well……………………it’s my cat, Munchkin. A really small cat that is one year old, but about the size of a 4 month old kitten. I looked out the window and there was a cat, chillin’ in the tree. LOL!
Ok, now I can talk about yarny stuff. 😀 First, we have the Schooner socks that I made on the Kiss Sock Loom.
Then we have the dragonfly dishcloth that was Angel’s surprise pattern in the Kiss group a couple weeks ago:
And (OH! I see my little birdie friends!) Drumroll please…dadadadadadadadadadada! MY FIRST NEEDLE KNIT SOCKS! They’re Stephanie’s (awesome to have a 2 1/2yo to try out socks for because they don’t take too long before you have your final result. :D) She loves her pink socks, of course! They were made using two circular needles, US size 2. I used this ‘magic cast on’ from a back issue of Knitty. And this wonderful way to get no hole heels without doing wrap and turns or yarn overs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu5YAKsAEpY
I’m determined to figure out how to do these short rows on the loom, so keep your eyes open for that, OK? 😀
guppylovesshark
May 21, 2009 @ 19:51:06
Fun post 🙂 I love the little birds! And the socks look fabulous ❤ Hugs
Brenda GA
May 31, 2009 @ 15:39:45
Those socks rock! You did a fantastic job, Robin!
Lyndsey
Jun 18, 2009 @ 21:30:11
I think your little red bird is called a Summer Tanager (otherwise known as the “beebird”).They love to eat bees ans wasps which is probably why he’s hanging out near that beehive on your window. I saw this bird today on my lunch break and was wondering what it was myself. Your photo helped me figure it out. Thanks!
PL
Jun 25, 2011 @ 00:25:02
Didn’t know Tanagers were that small, they are about 61/2 inches, which isn’t that much smaller than a Cardinal. My daughter just saw a really small red bird here in Arkansas, and couldn’t identify it either, but she only got a glimpse, I am hoping she’ll see it again and we’ll have more to go on. The small yellow bird is some kind of a warbler, they are our smallest birds except for the hummingbird. There are many kinds of warblers, and I don’t know them that well, but I will guess that it could be a common Yellow Warbler. The bird at the window is probably a Tanager, so maybe the other one is too. Good Luck!