Happy Happy Happy Club Deliveries!

Hi everyone!  My blog today ha a title with club deliveries because I got two packages this week.  Both the Miss Babs Knitting Tour 2014 package and the Martina Behm Strickmich!Club pacakge were delivered this week....I also had a few other stash enhancements I will explain (is an explanation really needed?) in a little bit.

Here are the two club packages:

1)  Miss Babs Knitting Tour 2014:

2:  Strickmich!Club 2014:

Aren't they awesome!

After making a few dishcloths last week for the KAL with BagsByAwesomegrannie....I decided I wanted to make some more so I ordered some red and brown (colors of my kitchen)...so here are a couple of stash enhancements:

Then, The Loopy Ewe announced a new 'thing' called Loopy Academy....I was resisting and I was not going to join, but then my friend MK (Mary Kay) started talking about her doing Loopy Academy and before I knew it, items were in my cart and I was checked out.  There is a long detail here for Loopy Academy, but the bottom line is you need to make a Cowl with 2 colors in it in fingering weight, a hat in DK weight and some mittens in Worsted weight by the end of the year.  Here is my yarn:

The cowl will be in the red and beige self striping yarn, and the hat and mittens will both be in black (hey, I am not really sure who these will be for, and black goes with everything!)  I did start the mittens, but I only have like 2 inches done.

I finished my socks for my niece...but I have a small dilemma:  I asked my mom for her favorite colors and she told me red, blue and black....somewhere in my head, it took that to mean red, white and black....so know that these socks are done (and I love them).....do I give these to her?  OR.....get a skein of blue, red and black yarn and make her a new pair of socks?  There is no deadline for this....just because I love my niece (and nephew) and my mom thought she might like a pair of hand knit socks....

Here are the finished socks

This is the yarn I am thinking of getting for a new pair of socks for her.

What do you think?

I also worked on Paige's sweater a little...can you tell it is growing?

 I also started one sleeve, but Paige is always worried about the arm hole (at the underarm) being too tight...it said to pick up and knit 8 stitches at the underarm, and then do 2 decreases every 11 rounds, but I picked up and knit 14 stitches at the underarm and I am doing decreases every 9 rounds.

Then.......on Saturday it was Mystery KAL time....this is my second attempt at a Mystery KAL.....the first one I bombed, and frogged years later...I hope that does not happen this time.  This is a Susanna IC pattern and it is her 6th MKAL....I chose some awesome pearl lace yarn with clear translucent beads....I got my knitters ready, beads, and crochet hook and went at it.....

and at it.....

and at it.....

and at it.....

I am still not done....I have lots more short rows to do....bit I think it is looking pretty good....my lace yarn has a cute little hole thru the middle.....

Oh, and I also knit a little on my scarf swap scarf, but I cannot show you that.....till the recipient has it!


Before I share some great pictures at the end of my blog like I usually do....I want to thank Always Alice of the LSSK group.....I also want to give her credit for finding almost all of these pictures....not all, but almost....thank you Alice!

 (but just as addictive!)

Happy Happy Happy Knitting everyone!  I hope you have a great week!

Moving Stinks!

How was everyone's Thanksgiving?  I had a great Thanksgiving with family, but the days before and after were crazy pants!  I have not posted in 2 weeks and I am very sorry.  Last week was a short week at work for me.  I was off Wednesday, Thursday (Turkey day of course) and Friday....then my regular Saturday and Sunday off and I was in chaos for 5 days.  Did I knit a lot you ask?  How many projects did I finish you ask?  The answer is a big fat NONE!

So....what was I doing you ask?  Moving!  and it STINKS!

I worked harder these last 5 days than I have worked in my last 5 years!  No joke!  I wish I had lots of pictures to show you, but the truth is that I was just too exhausted to remember to even take pictures.

I hurt my foot sometime Saturday (the movers were doing the heavy furniture moving on Saturday).  I have no clue what I did and I do not know why it is just my left foot and not both feet.....but my left foot is super swollen and very hard to walk on.  I took this picture late Saturday (I think, it is all kind of a blur), and I think the swelling got a little worse, then I put ice on it and it has stayed the same.

In the midst of moving craziness, I did ask my BF, Darlene, to text me at certain times so I could sign up for a yarn club.  My favorite designer, Martina Behm, is doing a yarn club for 2014.  It is a little pricey, but she is my favorite designer and I knew if I did not sign up, I would regret it later.  Jaime said he wanted to get me this yarn club as a Christmas Present.....he is so awesome!  Anyway, Darlene texted me at all the right times and I was able to get a membership (here if you are interested).  I am super excited and I cannot wait for February to get here for the first shipment.

Prior to the moving craziness....I had a bit of a scare from my daughter.  I get this text out of the blue from her that says "Mom thank god I'm okay".  So I am thinking to myself, "Holy cow she has been an a car accident!" (this just after I have a long talk with her that the insurance is going up because of all her fender benders).  I call her right away and send texts at the same time to see what happened.  Turns out a car drove into her school....seriously.  A suburban was in the middle of the school and thankfully my daughter is fine and was on the other side of the school doing a hair cut.  You can read about it here.

Oh, and some really great news is that I did not need to move Tito with us to the 'new' house (it's not really new, but if I call it the old house then it gets too confusing).  Paige's friend took him and things are much calmer in the dog area than before.  I do miss him (sometimes), but I am glad he found a good home as I just could not give him the patience and attention he deserved.

So my blog is a little here and there today but that kind of matches how I have been the past few days....disorder and lack of organization....but we did end up sleeping at the 'new' house Saturday night.  Antonio's dad watched him from Thursday to Saturday evening so we could get as much moving done as possible (it was a great help).  Paige's TV in her room is not working yet, so she and Antonio came to my room and we decided to have breakfast in bed (Paige went to Chachos as we do not have a working stove or microwave yet)....here is my handsome grandson having breakfast in my bed....and then later after he found my q-tips (Don't worry, I made him take them right out after I snapped the picture as I did not want him walking around with anything sticking out of his ears).

Lastly, I leave you with a picture for all my OCD friends....I have OKD.....and I think I have a few friends that have both of these disorders!  Ha, Ha!!!

Happy Happy Knitting!!!