It's March......already!

Wow does time fly!  It is already March 2nd.  Which means....today is my first day back at work since January 27th....Yuck!  I have had a busy week.......Instead of jumping to the knitting, I am going to jump to stash enhancements.....one of these I got last week, but I did not want to show it along with all the retreat talk.....This is a needle holder that Darlene got me as another part of my birthday gift (I keep telling you guys she is too good to me!)...it is by Grace's Cases.....and I LOVE the sheep material....it matches the same material I have for my sock needle interchangeable set.

I love this case.....it holds A LOT of my needles!  4 sets!!!

I also got some yarn....I got some Knit Picks DK because I want to make a Newsboy Hat.  I got some more Miss Babs Yowza in the BFF colorway (this may be another Weigh it shawl because I love them so much), I got some Miss Babs K2 Chunky in the Deep Sea Jellyfish colorway to make the Lattice Cowl, I had a friend contact me for a baby hat as a gift......so I got some Baby Bee Hushabye solids in brown and beige, my turtle purl yarn came in for a pair of socks for me, and then I got a wonderful surprise when I got back to work....a lady on ravelry (her name is Debbie) saw my pom pom blankets that I made and she had a skein of pom pom yarn in greys and purples....and she sent it to me!  She said she was never going to make anything with it so she sent it to me (she even included a pattern).....Thank you soooooo much Debbie!  I love it!

 

My birthday was this past weekend....and my daughter is soooooo awesome, she cleaned my entire yarn room:

BEFORE:

AFTER:

VIDEO:

I love it sooooo much!  Oh, and as she was cleaning it.....Paige said she found a little baby in a basket.....ha, ha!

This past weekend I also took a trip to Paris......Paris, TX that is!  It is a long story, but Jaime was going with a friend, friend's wife, and friend's wife's sister.....so I tagged along for a knitting ride!  The friend rented a big bus A class RV....and we traveled in comfort!  It was snowing in Paris, so I got a few snow selfies:

I also finished my 2nd Weigh it Shawl...and I took a picture of it in the snow

I played yarn chicken with this shawl......and I lost.  I used a solid black in a fingering weight to finish bind off.  I may see if anyone on ravelry has some of this yarn, but I doubt I will buy another skein just for the end....if I take a close up...it is pretty obvious...but this shawl is for me and it does not bother me that much to have the solid black in the bind off.

I worked on my rainbow socks....and I love these!

I also worked on that mystery KAL....I got 3 rows done...I know that does not seem like a lot, but there are 1083 stitches for 1 row and 903 for the other two rows....I still have 8 more rows to finish clue 2 (and clue 3 came out today), but every other row does some decreases to get it down to 363 stitches :)

I finished Antonio's 2nd Ninja Turtles Hat.

And, I started that baby hat for a friend (where I got the brown and beige yarn above).  The pattern is like this....

But I am going to TRY to add these goggles:

Here is the start:

Well, I think that is all I have.....I am going to leave you with some pictures from my trip to Paris, TX....they have an Eiffel Tower with a Cowboy Hat!!

Here I am with Jaime for an Eiffel Tower Selfie

These are the dogs that traveled with us..Sophie in the red to the left and Missy in her bed to the right.

Now just some nice snow pictures:

(I do not know why this last one is so 'bluish').

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Happy Monday!

Happy Monday!  How has everyone's week been?  Mine has been grand!  Last week I told you that I finished the Waves Scarf...well, I got it blocked too....I love the stitch definition!  The second picture best captures the color of the scarf/yarn.

It appears I finished it just in time too.....guess what I got in the mail?  The Strickmich!Club package number 2.....it is delightful!

The Welthase yarn is delightful to knit with...it is soooooo soft and squishy!  I took the skeins home to wind them (mine and Darlene's...remember, she is a member of the club too) and she went home and sewed us custom bags just for this project.....remember, I am Darlene's sewing guinea pig so if you ever see something wrong on a sewn bag she made for me....no worries....I love them any way she sews them for me....Here is the yarn and the bags (the small bag has some upside down material)......

Let me tell you how awesome these bags are....I posted them on the Strickmich!Club forum and a lady that is also a member of the group loved then so much, she ordered some from Darlene.....this might have a little bit to do with the soon to come announcement about Darlene...but my lips are still semi-sealed......

I actually want to give a HUGE shout out to Paula Henderson in Tyler Texas......I found out that she reads my blog (we first got to know each other through the first shipment of this club).  In fact, she knew about this blog where Darlene made me the Eiffel Tower Pink Sock Sack!  She placed an order with Darlene for 3 bags.....the bags above (large and small matching) and a sock sack.  Thank you Paula for reading my blog and the awesome order of bags from Darlene!!!!  

The last comment on the Strichmich!Club is my current progress on the latest project....

This past Saturday evening, Jaime and I went to a Hot Rod Car Show.....Back in October of last year, Jaime bought a 1972 Chrysler Scamp.....it is the perfect orange color!  Well, we took the scamp to hot rod night at Soda Pops in Boerne.....it was awesome because Jaime brought me a folding table and chair....I sat in the corner and knitted on my socks (that match the car) and gabbed with the girls while the guys did car talk.....

One of the guys could not believe I was just sitting there knitting....he said "Really?" and I said "Really!"  A good friend of mine, Julie, came out too....I was able to give her the beautiful baby blanket for her grand daughter and she made me this awesome cup....I love it!  It is perfect burnt orange color....Thank you Julie!!!!!

I also got quite a bit of knitting done on the Miss Bab's knitting tour project number 1.....Silver fern.  I have the 1st 1/2 done and have cast on from the other end and am on the second color from that at....I am loving the way this is turning out.

I also got the yarn to start my friend's son's Dr Who Scarf.....I am using this pattern, for the Season 12 scarf....but I cast on 56 stitches instead of 66...it is 10 inches wide and I am sure it will block wider.....so far I only have 8 rows done...but hey, it is started!  I will probably need more yarn later, but this is a great start!

Lastly, I have a little bit of braggin' to do on Jaime....I got to do NOTHING but KNIT on Sunday and I loved every bit of it....he BBQ'd some awesome ribs....I brought some for lunch and I had 3 or 4 ppl stop by my desk to drool at them.....I know they do not look all that appetizing in the bag...but trust me....they were delish!  Thank you Jaime!  :)

Well, that is really all I have for this week......as always, have a great week and Happy Happy Happy Knitting!