This blog is about my life....and I am completely addicted to knitting, so it is the Life of a Knitphomaniac! You will hear about my knitting, kids, grandkids, and just things going on. I hope you enjoy!
Hi everyone.....how as your week? Mine was okay.....it was the last week of Fiesta.....Paige and Bizz went to NIOSA (Night In Old San Antonio) last Friday and had a great time.
I love these two.....but sometimes they drive me nuts......they got 2 more dogs......GRRRRRRR
Meet Chief and Princess
and speaking of dogs....my parents brought Bella to Antonio's soccer game....she had a great time
I finally got Precious to the groomer!!!
Darlene got 2 new dogs too.....Cooper and Betty!
I did not really get a lot of knitting done....I was trying to not go too far on the test knit....I'm on chart D
It is that time of year again....Fiesta in San Antonio!
While I do not really participate in any fiesta activities....it is worthy of a mention (Paige, Chris and Antonio went to an event last night).
How was your week? Mine was great.....I am going to jump right into the knitting.
I finished my And Then Some Shawl! It is not blocked yet, but I still love it! Yahoo!
I worked on my Mystery, Experimental, Stress-Free Fade! I hope to start my 5th color this week!
And.....I finally started my April Socks (Yes, I know it is already the 24th). I changed my mind on what color to use this month. Instead of the Exclusive Colorway from last year, I switched to the Color Accents Orange colorway:
Now, I have been debating on going forward with this DVD sock a month kal....and for now, I am going to keep doing it. I went ahead and used my 30% off coupon and bought 2 skeins of yarn....they were both on sale, and then I used the coupon so I ordered 2 skeins for under $40....that is a bargain....so, if I later decide to stop this KAL and destash the yarn later, I will be able to break even!
I also worked on my VooDoo You Love Doll. Antonio loves this and I wanted to finish it last night....but I am just one leg short! I hope I can finish it tonight!
That is all I knitted on this week....but I also posted yesterday about the Second Annual BIG 4 RETREAT....it will be starting in about a week. The Blog Post is here.....I do hope you can join us!
Okay....now that I have announced the Big 4 Retreat starting soon....I did want to add that along with the Retreat, I will also be joining a new KAL. Joji has a "Rare" Mystery KAL coming up (I had no clue she did a Mystery KAL in the past).....it is called "Starting Point" and I cannot wait to start! It will be a true rectangle shape and here are my colors! I cannot wait for May 12th to start!
I also got this interesting Promo Box from Vista Print!!!! I ran out of notepads that I have with my Name, Blog URL, and Ravelry Name....so I ordered some more and they offered this free Promo Box so I thought....Sure, why not!
Here are my new notepads.....they arrived first.
Then a couple of days later I got this box.....it was so much fun!
Now, future boxes will be $24.99...and I was going to cancel after my free box....but I really loved getting this box that I think I will stay subscribed for a 2nd box....I cannot wait to get it!
Well, I think that is all I have....but I leave you with some pictures of Antonio this past weekend. He is either sleeping, or eating at Taste of New Orleans last night (a Fiesta Event).
It is the 125th year of Fiesta here in San Antonio! This is a wonderful days filled with tons of events! You can check it out here.
How have you been! I hope you have had a fabulous week filled with everything your heart desired!
I am going to jump right into stash enhancements....remember I told you I was waiting on some yarn from Knit Picks for a blanket for Paige? Well, it arrived....but I have started the blanket yet (shhhhhh, don't tell her...LOL)!
I got the final part of my prize from the Down Cellar Studios Podcast Pigskin Party winnings....stitch markers! Thank you IsnknitCharming! The stitch markers are very pretty!
Darlene asked Jeanette from the Bookish Stitcher Podcast to pick us up some Must Stash yarn while she was at the DFW Fiber Fest....and the did....Eeyore's Rainbow.....I love it!
My last stash enhancement are some needles....these are the new ChiaoGoo Sock interchangeable needles....I did not buy the whole set (You guys know I love to do two at a time socks but on separate needles) so I got two pairs of the 2.5 mm (size US 1.5) plus some of the small accessories to go with them:
Now, what do you think should happen if one acquires new sock yarn and new sock needles? Yup, you guessed it....Cast on some new socks!
I do like these needles....my Dyakcraft Heavy Metal Sock Interchangeable needles will probably always be my favorites...but these are a nice, affordable alternative.
So, as for the knitting....you a,ready know I started a pair of socks....and I continued to work on my April Socks....I am doing a new to me heel and I really like it...I have one heel done and one that I just started:
I also worked on my test knit...I need to get with it on this...I was hoping to finish by end of the month, but it is not looking good :(
The last thing I worked on is my 3 color cashmere shawl....these rows are crazy long (I think I am at 457 stitches for one row...and they are still increasing)...I am 1/2 way through the lace part...I kind of wanted to see if I could finish it this past weekend...but as you can see, that did not happen....I feel the 'need' to finish something!
That is pretty much all I have on the knitting front.....Antonio did come over this week and insisted on a selfie with Ga-Ma!
We also had a pretty bad hail storm...My area did not get it as bad as other areas...but I did get some golf balled sized hail:
