Already February?

Can you believe it is already February....January went by pretty quickly!

First I want to say a huge congrats to the Philadelphia Eagles.....I watched the game last night and it was AMAZING.....great job and well deserved (and yes, I was rooting for the Eagles!) FLY EAGLES FLY!!

So what have I been up to knitting wise?  Well, I got the yarn that Paige bought for me to make her Gryiffindo socks......so that is a stash enhancement

I also got the cutest mini scissors from Never Not Knitting....the little sweaters are magnetized on the inside so they hold on to the scissors.

Then I got the brown yarn bowls and Darlene bought one from me

And Jen at TurtleMade offered to make me a candy apple red yarn bowl so I could give away the first red yarn bowl on the podcast!  She is so amazing!

Now Darlene and I each will have one brown and one candy apple red yarn bowl.

I started a pair of socks with the Harry Potter Club Sock Yarn....I love this yarn....Thank you Darlene for my amazing Christmas gift!

Clue 3 came out in the LoveFool MKAL Socks...so I worked on those...just one more clue this coming Friday.

I also started and finished a Hat for my Aunt and Uncle....they got me this yarn from New Zealand....so I made a hat and I am going to offer it to them since I think they will get more wear out of it...the pattern is called Gridiron.

and lastly I worked on my sister's Ranger....I think I have about 1 1/2 inches and I can start short rows and then join the sleeves....Yeah!

Other interesting stuff from the week:

Antonio got a 2nd stripe on his yellow belt....

He has been playing with cups

And I made the most amazing Cinnamon Roll Layer Cake....I only made mine 2 layers and saved the third layer without frosting...but this is by far the best cake I have ever baked!  Antonio, Paige, Jaime and I all loved it!

That is all I have......Have a great week everyone!

This was drawn by someone in a FB group I am a member of...it is called The Last Stitch...amazing!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Hi everyone.....how have you been?  I've been great......I wrote a couple of weeks ago that I was in a bit of a knitting funk, but I got lots of knitting done this past week, so I must have snapped out of my funk.....so on to it.

First stash enhancement....I got my first skein of yarn from the Home Spun House Harry Potter Yarn club....this is January.....Knight Bus!

Here is Harry with the Knight Bus

 

Here is the yarn!

 

When Paige found out there are Harry Potter Themed yarns she said she wanted Gryffindor socks.....I told her I was on a yarn diet and I could not buy yarn....but she said she would buy the yarn....so now it looks like I am going to put Paige in the poor house....lol.....this is what is on the way:

Speaking of Harry....I watch all the Harry Potter Movies from 1 to 8 this past weekend....it was fabulous and yes, my house is a disaster, I did not clean a thing!

Last Thursday I got a wild hair up my knitting needles that I wanted to do a mystery sock kal.....so I got some stash yarn....Evil Little Goat....(Thank you Dion!!)  and I started.

I was home all day Friday with a bit of a stomach bug so I worked on clue 1 all day....but 9 pm at night....I had finally finished clue 1 and was ready for clue 2

I almost finished clue 2 on Saturday, but I had 4 rounds I still had to do on Sunday, but I finished clue 2....now I have to wait till this Friday to get clue 3.....but I am enjoying them....which is surprising to me...I usually do not enjoy patterned socks....but the change feels good.

Now, I am not sure if you noticed, but I have a new yarn bowl.......it is from Turtle Made and it is amazing.  I am going to order a brown one to go with my red one.

During the week and on Sunday I worked on my sister's ranger....I finished both sleeves and started the body.  I only have about 6 inches on the body and still need 8 1/2 more before I start the short rows...but it is coming along

That is all I have knitting wise.....but I did have a great friend send me some chapstick from the Netherlands and it arrived.  I will probably put each one in a knitting bag....this is the best chapstick/lip balm ever! 

This Lip Balm is only available in Europe...and speaking of only available in Europe, this candy used to be only in Europe...it is my favorite and Paige got me a pack from our local grocery store...I love this stuff!

I also had Antonio this past weekend and he and I played with his legos...he loves creating things.

Lastly I leave you with 4 sunrises....sorry, they were all too good to pass up...these are each a different day, view from my desk in the morning....I just love sunrises and sunsets!

Have a great week!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!



STITCHES TEXAS 2015

Hello everyone!  I had a FABULOUS time at Stitches Texas.....my only regrets.....not getting enough pictures!  I will take you on my little journey....but first....I have a couple of stash enhancements that are not Stitches related.

I got some Rub a dub to make Antonio a hooded towel.

And, some awesome yarn from The Cozy Knitter called Haunted.....this yarn feels soooooooo good.  I love the base...it is bouncy and squishy!  I am just in love!

Okay.....now for Stitches fun.....first, we were off!  Driving was part one!

When we got to the hotel, I saw some ducks taking a nap.....I thought they were too cute not to share!

Then it was time to catch the bus!  Yes, we were excited!

Look at that line.....thankfully, Melissa had the 3rd spot in line for us to get into the sneak preview Market on Thursday night......Thanks Melissa!

Of course I had to go see my Ruby!  She was showing me some 'Big Easy' Bags......she also had to leave early because she was not feeling well....I hope you feel better Ruby!

There were Jumbo Yarn Bowls......

And here is day one haul.....pretty much all at Must Stash Yarns....Stacie custom dyed me a Penny color that I absolutely love (far right).....the left haul is Darlene's stuff, the right is mine.

We had dinner at a great Pizza place that had gluten free crust....I had a Gyro....but clearly Melissa enjoyed as we take our signature licking picture with her (Yes, we always have to get a picture of Melissa licking her plate!)!

The official PJ party was Friday night, but we did our own PJ party Thursday night in the lobby of the hotel!

Friday Morning, I had my Switching to Continental Knitting class.....one of the supplies was a roller type pen with specific instructions not to bring a regular ball point pen....I wondered what for.....well, it was to color on me to help learn to knit continental!

The class was FANTASTIC....Leslye Solomon is a great teacher....she also has a video that I happened to already own.  It is called "The Absolute Best Way to Learn How to Knit"...I pulled it out last night and I will be watching it for reference soon.  My only problem with immediately switching to Continental knitting....is I have about eleventy billion things on the needles already....and I think going to continental is going to change my gauge a little.....so on the side, I am going to work on a couple of weigh it shawls....and just practice knitting....getting the great feel of the yarn in my left hand....and then watch the video for reference to purls when I am ready.....wish me luck!  I will let you know how it goes in further blog posts!  Anyway, here is my swatch from class!

Okay, back to Stitches....I got some of the cutest sock blockers with Dachshunds on them.....LOVE!

Here are some of the stitch markers I collected on the swap (this is not all of them).

I got a Front Range Bag.....just because it matches my Graces Cases needle holder....I am in love with the Lewe's balloon fabric collection!

Then, it was PJ Party night....now, what happens at the PJ party, stays at the PJ party.....but I can share one small pics of my gals....from Left to Right.....Mickie, Melissa, Tami, and Kim.

Here is EVERYONE's Haul (so far) as of end of day Saturday.....

Then it was off to Tallywackers!

Our view when our waiter helped the booth next to us!

Yes, our waiter is the guy on the poster for Rainbow Pride!

Another view that Mickie got with her phone.....

Then we made our waiter pose with all of us!
Me

Melissa

Tami

Mickie

On Sunday, we hung out for the grand prize drawings.....and of course had to get another one of Melissa's licking pictures....that I just had to get my crazy face into!

Then it was time to go home.....so sad.....but when I got home, I had some fancy sheep PJ's waiting for me.....they are WAY TOO BIG....but instead of sending them back, I think I will see if I can get them (just the pants) to be a bit smaller.

Some final pictures....Here is Darlene's Haul!

And my final haul....see all the stitch markers on the sock blockers...the stitch marker swap was fun!

Well, that pretty much wraps up Stitches Texas......as for my knitting this week....it was super minimal!  All I really worked on was my 'The Wall' socks.....

And I started socks with the new Cozy Knitter Yarn......Now, Melissa and I plan do to a pair of socks every month starting in October.....I think I am going to have to beg her to let me use these as my October socks since I barely have the toes started....heck, I do not even mind frogging them and maybe restarting them continental knitting.....

Yup.....that is it!  That is all I knitted on....pretty sad....but I had a GREAT time at Stitches and I am looking forward to DFW Fiber Fest in April next year!

Since I have picture overload above (approx 40 pics), I will not overload you with more at the end of the post like I normally do......

Happy Happy Knitting!