Welcome Labor Day!

Hi everyone......I am welcoming Labor Day with open arms!!!  While I know many are out there laboring to rebuild their homes/lives after Hurricane Harvey, I am truly thankful for all the blessings I have and am very thankful for the long weekend.

What have I been up to?  I have a few stash enhancement this week....my free skein of yarn from DVD for completing 6 months.

Darlene placed a knit picks order for more Biggo to make her niece more Decemberist shawls....along with that order,I got some cotton yarn to make Paige some kitchen items for her new house....she wanted greys....

Here is the pink yarn for the next Decemberist I will make:

Darlene got a new sheep mug from David's tea....so of course I had to copy her.....Igot two...This one changes colors when there is hot water in the mug.  It starts out with black sheep

When there is hot water in it, the sheep turn yellow and white.

Here is the other mug (this is the one Darlene got too)...it does not change colors....the sheep are always this color....and I love them both!!

Here are the decemberists we already finished....I helped Darlene finish up the red one.....Darlene blocked them:

I finished the hat for Jaime.....I think it is a little too big so I am thinking of making another one and doing the decreases sooner.

Then there was the new MKAL.....What the Fade?!

I had a lady on ravelry help me with my order...

Thursday at lunch...Darlene and I started.....Now hold on to your britches...we got a whole lot accomplished at lunch:

LOL!  Hey, it's a start!

I had a few more starts during the weekend.  I had a goof, tried to tink, it was a mess, so I started again.  I got pretty far...then counted my stitches and realized I forgot a left side increase quite a few rows back....

so, I had to frog....

and restarted....who knew this thing would get started 3 times (I hope this is the last time)!

Oh, and I got my Miss Babs September Tour Package....we are going to Italy.  I got the cool colors, but prefer the warm ones (I saw pictures of other tour memeber's packages) so I have ordered the warm package...it should be here this week.  The warm is wine and tan colors.  I am actually thinking of putting wine and this grey together to be different!

A little Hurricane Harvey Update...My thoughts and prayers go out to all affected by Harvey.   I donated along with some friends to the local animal care services for items they were in desperate need of....I also bought yarn from LoloDidIt where her proceeds go to the Red Cross Hurricane Harvey Fund....she sent an email saying she raised $26,000....Yahoo!

 My sister's place had a little damage....but all in all, we know how blessed we are to not have had it any worse.

Have a great week everyone......

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

The Eclipse!

Hey everyone.....are you ready for the eclipse?  I have no clue if I am going to be able to break away from work to see it, but I will try since there will not be another one till 7/2/19. (Live Stream Here)

 How has your past week been?  Mine was CRAPPY!  I am soooooooo glad it is over!  I am hoping and praying this upcoming week is MUCH better!

As far as knitting.....well, I really only knit on a few things....I guess that is a good thing because I do see progress.

I finished my socks.....I really kinda messed these up and started decreasing for the toe too soon, and then had to compensate for it in the heel....but they still came out okay, so I am happy!

I worked a little on my Aunt's slippers......but I have a dilemma.

I am out of white....and I am not buying anymore....I have tons of white acrylic.  However, the yarn I used for the slipper's soles and laces is in this semi off white.....and I cannot quite match the off white....so I thought of going with just pure white.  You will rarely see the bottom of the soles...but you will see the laces.  If I go with the pure white, I may have to reknit the I-cords (over 120 inches)...but we will see when I get to that point.

Lastly.....I worked on my mindless Boxy Cape.....

Crazy Darlene and I have decided to do Andrea Mowry's What the Fade?! MKAL.  I thought I had all my colors lined up...but not sure of the order of where to put my Creative Obsession Yarn (the yellowish one)....in the middle between the Junk yarn, or before the Junk yarn?  I am thinking the first picture....before the Junk Yarn.

Well, that is all I have......oh, Antonio did make brownies yesterday and the were yummy.....he adds sprinkles to everything:

Have a great week:

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Loving Lake House Living

Hi everyone.....I hope you had a fabulous week....I had an amazing week because I went to my sister's lake house for the last 3 days with some great knitting friends (Picture overload at the end of post)....but now it is time to get Back to Life and Back to Reality.....Like Soul II Soul


First I had to get a mani and pedi before wearing flip flops in front of friends......

As far as knitting......I did get that yarn for Paige's Hat.....but I have not started yet.....

And I got some cotton yarn to make a baby blanket with.....sorry for the terrible picture.

I got my August socks started......Curious George colorway:

I took way too many projects to the lake house...but here is what I actually worked on:

My Daddy's Ranger got some love and so did my Boxy Cape

I started my double nuvem along with Darlene and Evelyn....we all started at the Lakehouse (Evelyn is making a regular sized Nuvem, but Darlene and I are doing double).

Here is what I got done:

My friend Melissa worked on my socks for me....now I hope I can match her gauge:

 That is all I have knitting wise......but now for some fun stuff....first, Paige knows I love the pink starburst and she found this limited edition pack of ALL PINK starburst for me:

Then, Yvette came over with Celeste and Cataleya and the two PUPPIES!  I am getting one of these puppies soon...I wanted to see their personality and how they interacted with Precious.  I know the spotted one is ridiculously cute....but I am leaning towards the brown one.  She is more 'chill' (if that is possible for a puppy) and I just think she will do better with us.....we will see, we have not decided yet.

 

Antonio got a hair cut......how handsome

 

Lakehouse Picture Overload!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!