Triple Play........FO's FO's FO's

Hi everyone!  I hope you all had a great week!  I had a triple play week.  I am not sure this has ever happened before or will ever happen again, so I gotta live it up!  I finished 3, YES THREE, items....okay, they are not HUGE items, but they are finished just the same.

Item 1 is the Fox Cowl I made for a friend's daughter.....I was babysitting Celeste yesterday, so I got her to model it for me.  There are supposed to be two buttons in the front, but I do not have any buttons....so I will have to look for some (Hey, I am still calling it finished!)

Then, I have a finished COWL where I have not even had a chance to tell you about the yarn being a stash enhancement.....my mother asked me to make a cowl (she called it an eternity scarf) for a friend of hers....I recommended the Gaptastic Cowl (because it has been on my list forever!) and she liked it.  She picked out some yarn, I ordered it...it came in on Wednesday and I finished on Sunday!  It was a great knit....I see more of these in my future...I am actually thinking of casting on one for me in black!  I played a little bit of Yarn Chicken...but I won!

Then....I finished my Scarf Swap Scarf.  I ordered a few extras for my scarf swap recipient and it came in last week....so I am all ready to mail off my scarf swap....I just need to wait till Nov 1 to mail it.....Come on November!  I do not want to ruin the surprise for my scarf swap recipient....so I had to fudge the picture a little....but I promise it is done and it is blocking!

I have a couple of stash enhancements......I participated in a "SWAP" and got some of the new Hiya Hiya Point Protectors......aren't they cute?

I got a cool wine glass when I ordered that knit picks yarn above for my mom's friend's cowl.....this wine glass went on sale right after I bought it...but Knit Picks gave me on account credit and I ordered some more.....I love this wine glass!  Notice how full I had to fill it in order to be able to read what it says?

I started a new hat this past weekend too (Hey, I did finish 3 things!).....the Down Cellar Studio Podcast had a Rhinebeck Weekend Show the Love KAL start....so this will count towards that KAL and also for my Loopy Academy.....the pattern is called "Le bonnet d'Elsa" and I think it will be super cute!

I think that is all I have.....I leave you with a picture of Antonio (Happy Birthday on Thursday) that Paige sent me.....a beautiful picture of Celeste smiling...and a picture of me with my son.....I wore my hypercrazy to go see him this past weekend and he loved it.....Oh, I should give some credit on my FO's to Jaime my boyfriend.....as he drove the whole way to see Erich and back....which is probably why I finished 3 things....thanks Babe!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Happy Fall!!!

Is it fall for you?  It is officially fall here in Texas, but that does not mean much.  We have been bless with a little bit of cooler weather.  So yesterday the Hi yesterday was 85 and the low was 63.  We will be getting back into the 90's later this week....but the 85 and 63 degree temps have been welcomed!

So....whatcha knitting on?  Well, back in August, I started the Tan House Brook Shawl in a colorway called Queen of Hearts.....then, a couple of weeks ago, I had a friend come to SNB and she was using the exact same yarn as the contrast of a lazy girl sweater...so I ripped out my THBShawl and was going to do a lazy girl with it....but then, I did not have just the right contrast colors....so, I restarted as a THBShawl (it must have been meant to be).....

Then there is the Susanna IC MKAL...this is clue 3 done....sorry for the 2nd pics, the white of the yarn is a little washed out with my bed duvet/comforter in the background.

I also got some Hiya Hiya SHARP 9" sock needles.  I had some regular stainless steel needles, but wanted to try the SHARPS with the new Panda Li point protectors....these needles take a little getting used to...but I am told that if I stick with it, I will love them......

Trinh from Purl Pointe takes such good care to wrap your packages and always throws in some 'extras'

I won a pattern this week....from Hot Pink Socks Review, I won the Quibble for Girls pattern by Amanda Woeger.....I cannot wait to make the grand daughters this sweater....here is a picture stolen from the pattern, so the copyright is to niteowl on Ravelry:

I started that fox cowl for my friend.  I just have like 7 more inches and then to attach the ears (already knitted)....so I am hoping maybe I can finish tonight during Monday Night Football....we will see!

I got some new yarn for a SAL/KAL....now that is supposed to be a Spin A Long and then Knit A Long (with the yarn you spun) but being that I am not a spinner, the lady who dyed the fiber for this SAL/KAL also dyed some yarn for us non spinners...but I think it is just a matter of time before I give spinning a 'spin'.....ha, ha!

Darlene, aka AwesomeGrannie, came to SNB with her granddaughter, Peyton, this past Saturday.  I started to teach Peyton how to knit.  It was funny because Peyton said to Darlene, "Grannie, this is hard." and Darlene replied, "Well of course, if it were easy, boys would do it.".....that was so cute, I had to share!

Well, I think that is about all I have....sometimes when I recap the week it feels like I knit all week, but then when I post the pictures on Monday, it does not seem like that much....I guess that just means I need to knit more and knit faster!

I know I usually close with pics of my grands or of cute sayings....well this week I close with a picture of my two kids (A huge treat for me).....Yes, I know you have seen pics of Paige before, but not many of you have seen my son Erich...I try to see him as often as I can and so does Paige (he lives in North Texas)....well, Paige went to see him a few weeks ago....and they took a picture just for me.....I love this picture (of course, they both hate it).

Till Next Week.......Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Same thing....different week!

Well, it is a new week, but I am still doing the same thing......KNITTING!  What have you been knitting on?  I got done with clue 2 of the Susanna IC MKAL shawl and I must say it is looking good and I am really enjoying it.  I am not much of a lace knitter, so I am a little surprised how much I am enjoying it.

Remember those awesome socks I finished last week and I could not decide on whether or not to give them to my niece?  Well, my sister said the second yarn was more her current school colors.....so I bought 3 skeins of the yarn

and I started some new socks for Grace

I am also planning on making the monster cowl with it and a smaller version of the sock head hat.....that is why I got 3 skeins.

Other than the mystery shawl and the socks, all I have been knitting on is Paige's sweater.....can you tell it further along?

I also have some stash enhancements.....Darlene of course had some new Halloween bags in her shop I had to snag....I love the one with the spider on the inside going down it's web....the outside of the bag is actually a light purple...lilac-ish...it is hard to photograph.

Then, I had a friend text me....and she asked if I could make her kids this:

So I went searching and I found the pattern here.  I ordered some Lion Brand Thick and Quick in Apricot, Fisherman, and Black....it should be here tomorrow so I can get started on this cute hat/cowl....this designer has tons of cute designs!!!!

Well, I honestly felt like I did a lot more knitting.....but I guess since I worked in 3 different things, it does not look like I have progressed much.....Maybe I can have more done for next week......

Happy Happy Happy Knitting everyone!