Comments on: WIPs and Praying Mantis

By: barb

barb — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:31:04 +0000

a praying mantis will kill a hummingbird by piercing its chest and ripping it apart.

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:49:38 +0000

Do you realize the praying mantis are know to watch the humming birds, learn their pattern, and then strike and kill the birds? If you love your birds…get rid of the insect….do the research…

By: knittingphilistine

knittingphilistine — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:10:38 +0000

You are flying through your WIPS, woman! I continue to struggle on with the never-ending ribbing for my wide collar deal. In doing so, I vow never to knit a scarf again. Ever.

By: Janet

Janet — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:12:09 +0000

Lovely WIP’s — I’m intrigued by the Clarence Border Scarf — love the color too!

BTW . . . I popped by because I hadn’t seen an update in a while and wanted to make sure all is okay!

By: Judy G.

Judy G. — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:44:27 +0000

I always have to get DH to deal with insects. We don’t have any praying manitses (sp?) here; but some of the spiders are pretty big. this time of year they’re all trying to get into the house, too. I can deal with dead birds (never should have washed my windows) and live rodents, but insects? Not so much.

The Clarence Border scarf is on my to-do list for this winter. Yours looks awful nice!

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:07:26 +0000

I just found your blog–what riches! Your wips are all stunning, and what could be better than a praying mantis?

By: Alison

Alison — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:48:38 +0000

Great praying mantis shot. I found one in our garage the other day and “rescued” it. Admittedly, I did have to put on a gardening glove, but I put him in my flower bed. I love them and ladybugs.

Wonderful WIPS!

By: lisa

lisa — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:36:26 +0000

You’ve got to go look at this… http://www.dm.net/~bahwolf/spider.htm

By: Paula

Paula — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:39:10 +0000

Brenda, those are all great pictures, including the mantis! If I tried to get that close to our feeders, I think the hummers would dive bomb me.

By: pamela wynne

pamela wynne — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 20:07:16 +0000

Such good WIPs!!
In my experience, stockinette roll will block out, but never entirely, unless it’s got a fat border. Most of the photos I’ve seen of the Minimalist have a bit of roll on the front.

Can’t wait to see the VLT scarf. Oh, and YES, Anne is splitty for me too.