Cinco de Mayo!

 Hello everyone.  Happy Cinco de Mayo!  

How have yall been?  I have been up to no good (I should have a Marauder's Map...LOL)!  Before I fill you in on my shenanigans, let me list what I finished in April.  

1.  The virus shawl for Coley

2.  Lupe's mom Chemo Hat

3.  Lupe's mom Jupiter Beanie

4. Good Vibes throw for baby Casey

5. Techno hat for Mia

6. Lupe's niece Chemo Hat (to match his mom's)

Not too shabby, but I will say that 4 of the 6 are new cast ons....LOL!

Well, I decided to join a new KAL.  Yeah, Yeah, I know....I still need to finish the HAP KAL with Wooly Thistle....don't worry!  Okay, maybe worry a lot!  LOL!  I have mentioned in the past that the Advent Stole I did lasst year was going to be Brigit's last one.  So, I needed to find something else to knit for Darlene for Christmas.  Well, the Never Enough Lace group was having a KAL with a beautiful shawl called Teemant by Tiziana Samurai...so I decided to join.  What I did not know what that I would end up casting on 3 of these shawls because I could not figure out which yarn I liked the best.

Here is the winner:

However, I still want to make the speckly one (last pic before winner), but I feel like that was more "my colors" and since this is for Darlene, I wanted to pic something for her.  This is a Wollmeise Lace Garn that has subtle tonals throughout.  One lady on ravelry said it was Moody like dark clouds rolling over mountains and I was like....this is the one!  This KAL goes to mid June or July but I really want to finish no later than early June...but we will see.  As always, I have a lot going on.

Now, for the Wolly Thistly HAP KAL....I just have 2 sides of border to go!

It will be Amria's birthday this Thursday and Paige is having a party on Saturday.....so I frogged and re-started this basket.....I hope I get it done in time!

I also worked on Nia's Chevron Blanket.

I got an amazing box of chocolates from Scotland.  I am embarassed to say that Lupe and I have eaten most of it and this was the only pic I got.  There was so much more than just this!  Chocolate from Scotland blows american chocolate out of the running!

Lupe got me some gorgeous daisies!  I love them!

but I swear they have gotten bigger since he got them

We took our larger dogs for a walk last week and look and how pooped they were.  Purl does not like walking....her legs are 1.5" high...LOL!

Well, that is all I have.....I hope you have a fabulous week!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Christmas Done.....Here comes 2021

 Hey everyone.....I am sure I am not the only one that is ready to say goodbye to 2020......Christmas is done and it was very good to me.  I finished Darlene's wrap, and I also gifted her the test knit I do every year for my friend, Brigit, in The Netherlands.....her Advent Stole is a dream to test knit every year!

I even squeezed out a hat for Bizz and an ornament for Ped.

Now, the ornament above took me 5 hours......like for real maybe even a little more than 5 hours....but this much simpler pattern takes a lot less time (but I did not try this one till after Christmas)......so this is what my future ornament knitting will be:

Darlene got me my annual tea calendar and mug that I absolutely love, but she also made me the most gorgeous quilt that is as soft as butter!  Thank you Darlene!

I also finished that hat I was working on for a friend's father, and the Christmas tree I was crocheting....Paige stole the Christmas tree, put it in her house with lights in it.....

I also finished my Hedgehog Fibers blanket....and signed up for next years blanket with Jimmy Beans Wool....Next year is Malabrigo Rios Yarn.

Darlene's grandson wants a Rasta hat.....so I found this yarn in stash:

Antonio got a Y Flicker scooter and learned to shoot a BB gun......

A special someone got me some beautiful Daisies.....they make me smile everyday!

Lastly, my kids got me a Food Saver (Yeah!!!) and some amazingly soft pants (not pictured because they are on my body) and my parents got me a Lululamon oversized 1/2 sweat shirt....I love it all!  I was definitely spoiled this year!

Well, I think that is all I have.......good bye 2020.....Hello 2021, and please be better to us.....I hope to be more consistent with my blog next year.....thanks for following me!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!