Friday, November 30, 2007
Fastest FO in a long time!!! It's RAINING!
The downside is, my fibro does not like the rain. The rest of me loves it. You folks in the Pacific Northwest probably aren't impressed. But I love the rain. Probably because it's such a rarity in my life. Perfect knitting, sleeping, reading hot cocoa or tea weather!!! (Speaking of tea...the poll closes in a week!)
Oh, and the Camo Earflap hat is DONE!!! An FO in less than a week. Maybe I'm slipping. My knitting ADD took a sabbatical. I don't know, but it is done, and done in plenty of time. Note this day, it may never happen again. Of course, now Josh wants me to make one for ALL the bassists in the Orchestra. That would mean 4 more hats. Before December 17. I find out today if this is something the rest of them want to do....and I was all set to do a scarf (already cast on in that truly obnoxious orange!) and possibly wristwarmers to match. Oh well, we will see. Here's the hat in all it's pom-pommed and tasseled glory:
Off to knit on aforementioned scarf.....
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Cloudy Days, Earflap Hat Movin' Along! 8 days left to vote
Today was a very November-y, overcast day. I don't think I've seen any sun. Quite different for the AZ desert. Good tea, reading, and knitting weather. Not too bad for blogging, either!
I checked out Debbie Macomber's book Susannah's Garden on Monday, and finished it yesterday. Since Susannah was mentioned in the latest of her knitting books, Back on Blossom Street, I wanted to get her story. A nice, quick read. I figured out the "mystery" within the book maybe halfway through, but I still enjoyed it.
The kitties are loving the weather, all except poor old Beas, his arthritis and the cold don't mix too well. I need to get him back on his glucosomine. It's good snuggle weather, so they all pull up an afghan or a lap, and nap their furry little buns off. Milo and Frosty are trying to work out sharing our bed with us. First one in seems to get my side, the other get's Ron's. Beasley likes the blanket on the sofa downstairs, so he usually doesn't come up 'til it's time to yell at me for breakfast.
The tea poll closes in 8 days...vote even if you don't drink tea!
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Prayer Shawl is Done, New WIP, don't forget the poll!
Well, I finally finished Gloria's Prayer Shawl. I hope and pray she will feel God's love and comfort wrapped around her. I'll get it off to Oklahoma today.
Friday, November 23, 2007
No shopping for me today! Take my tea poll!
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Happy Thanksgiving
I am so grateful this year for my wonderful family. The blessing of my faithful man, my awesome kids, a healthy new great-nephew (Happy first Thanksgiving, Austin!), all my nephews and nieces. I'm thankful for my furry children, without whom my life would be so much emptier and lonelier. They bring so much comfort and joy.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Another chapter in the saga of Cats and Yarn, Zoe goes hi-tech,and some knitting progress!
I really like the photo on the left, it shows his flamepoint mask better than any I've taken. Most of the photos I have, he looks white.
There was a low-cost microchipping clinic at the local Pete & Mac's on Saturday, so Zoe finally has entered the computer age! It's a real relief to know that if she got loose (God forbid) and didn't have her collar (yikes, naked puppy!), she could still find her way back to us!
Despite the busy-ness with the furry fam, I did make some headway with my knitting! I've finally gotten over second-sock-syndrome with my pink and white socks, hooray! It started Wednesday in the waiting room at the lab...I had to get some bloodwork done, and apparently so did the rest of the town! I only had my first row done, but got a good inch or so of cuff there! Then the doctor's office was running behind, so I worked on it for a good hour and a half. Did some more on Saturday, here are the results:
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Cats and Yarn, the ongoing saga...
In the above photo, Milo was still okay with checking out the tablecloths.
Then:
Look at ME!!!!
And, of course, Beasley HAD to get in on the action...
I may be old, but I look GOOD! Gimme some of that yarn!
All this before 10 a.m. on a Saturday!
Friday, November 16, 2007
LYS trip today....
I also stopped by another LYS on my way home, as they carry Elsebeth Lavold's books, and TYF doesn't. They didn't have the one I want, but will call me when it comes in. It's her 13th book, which I want for a pattern I saw in an ad in the Vogue Knitting 25th anniversary issue-it's called "Grove," and it's really beautiful! Yet another pattern to add to my ever-growing queue on Ravelry!!! I don't know how I'll ever knit all the patterns I fall in love with...or find patterns for all the yarns I fall in love with!!! Every knitter's delimma, I suppose.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Yarn Eating Cat....arrgh!!!
Is that the face of destruction????
This little darling chewed through the working yarn of a prayer shawl I've been working on for a few months!!!!
Thank goodness the little termite didn't eat the shawl itself...I REALLY need to get it done, and had been working at a nice clip. I was so bent out of shape, I didn't think to get a picture of the drooly, chewed end.
Here's the shawl itself:
The photo isn't the best quality, I took it with my cell phone
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The pattern is from Elann.com, it's the Pacific Waves shawl.
I'm using Red Heart Super Saver Yarn in
colorway Cherry Chip. It's actually a much nicer color than the photo shows. Because the gauge of the yarn is quite a bit heavier than the pattern calls for, I modified it by doing fewer waves so that it would be fit for a human being, rather than Bigfoot!
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Kitty Wake Up Call!
Notice the damages to furniture and other goodies. The joy of my Friday was Frosty chewing through the working yarn of my prayer shawl, right in the middle,when so far I had managed only to change yarns at a new row. Sigh...
Monday, November 05, 2007
Austin Shane is here!
As you can see, he found his thumb right away!
Welcome to the world, little guy:)
Yea for Ravelry!!! Austin on the way?!?!
Well, my great-nephew, scheduled to be born on Thursday, has a mind of his own. Mom has been in early labor for at least 2 days now...so we may be at the hospital today:) I'm so excited to be able to be there for the birth.
Sunday, November 04, 2007
Austin's Blankie
Now all I have to do is figure out how to get this photo onto Ravelry...
Friday, November 02, 2007
Thursday, November 01, 2007
I finally got my Ravelry invite:) Homecoming and Halloween, too
Thid kids had Homecoming this past Saturday...I'm waiting on DH for my photos, he takes his camera everywhere with him....time for me to get a digital of my own! They looked so cute...photos ASAP.
We had quite a few kids for Halloween, though I do have some leftover chocolate (TOO bad!) Lots of Hannah Montana's and Star Wars characters. Zoe loved handing out candy...though I think she really wanted some for herself. Naomi and Anthony handed out...and watched scary movies with us. I fell asleep during the Omen. 1408 was pretty good....gotta love John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson! It was hot yesterday, a typical Arizona Halloween.