Too Many Yarn Purchases??

 Hey everyone....how have you been?   I have been well.  I am trying to keep more up to date om this blog.....20 days is not ideal, but I am trying.

I have been trying not to buy a lot of yarn this past year or two....but I feel like I have let that slide recently.....so I thought I would share some yarn purchases.

First some cotton.....knit picks dishie...new colors:

I got my monthly blanket yarn

I have been purchasing some sock yarn to hopefully get me off my arse and to start cranking some socks.

Yarn Circus Cute as a bug

I got some Ollivanders from Nicole Mendez on Etsy

Moodswings from The Yarn Mafia

I had to share some pics of Antonio.....plus, he won 1st place at his bike rodeo

I had dinner with my mom, dad and sister.....us 3 ladies holding our drinks up to my daddy!

I was eatting an orgnanic rainbow carrot the other day and noticed it matched my Love Note....which I finished by the way

I made another one of those fuzzy cowls in Pink for Chloe (Paige's friend, Sam's, daughter).

I have been working on Trenton's child's blanket

I am almost done with Abdiel's (Celeste's brother) blanket:

I also started a Highland Cow....Darlene's grandaughter, Kagan, wants one so we are both making one...I will give mine to Jackson as a toy

Speaking of Jackson and Purl....look at this amazing drawing

Lastly, I want to try to make some tunisian crochet kitchen towels and potholders for Paige...the Merci Cloth by Toni Lipsey...it is barely started and these addi click hooks do not slide well (or maybe it is the dishie yarn)....but we will see how it goes

I have really been enjoying a running series on my new treadmill...this trainer's story is truly inspirational (he just completed the Boston Marathon after fighting cancer)

Lastly, I have to share a picture of my gorgeous niece.....Grace

Have a great week everyone!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!!

Happy Belated Easter!

Hi everyone!  I hope you had a fabulous Easter!  I stole this picture from Jimmy Beans Wool.....I thought it was so cute.

My Easter was very uneventful.  Antonio did spend the night Saturday night, and Paige came to pick him up in the morning so he could go home and see what the Easter Bunny brought him.  I got the grands some chocolate bunnies and chocolate eggs

I also had Paige's dogs.....so all the dogs got treats in the morning and Jaz monopolized my lap!

I got some new yarn for me from Yarn Circus.....I saw a shawl done in this colorway and feel in love....so I got some for matching socks.

I knit on my Vortex a little bit and got to a color change!

And I restarted those Taraxacum mitts in the Bussi colorway to support Anja:

The only other thing I worked on was the Moondrip test swoncho I told you about.....I changed up my colors one more time and Darlene and I are using the same colors.

That is all the knitting/yarny stuff I have for the week...but I do have some random pics from things that happened this week.

Antonio fell off a bike and scraped his knee

I found goldfish in the shape of Mickey Mouse....they are awesome!

and I mowed my yard and had my first rose of the Spring.  Now, I do not talk about this much....but my late husband planted this rose bush about 15-20 years ago....I have tried to kill this rose bush so many times mainly just because it is in the most awkard place (right on the fence line and by the AC unit) and sometimes over grows and gets to be too much to maintain...and I am not really a yard person.....however, it will not die....so I have stopped trying to kill it.....on Tuesday I was mowing the yard and saw the rose.....in the midst of mowing I snapped a pic and sent to Paige with no words.....I knew she would know what I was trying to tell her....and she did....it made her day!

Well, that is all I have.  Have a great week everyone!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!