Three Item kind of week...plus an FO!

Hello everyone!  How was your week?  Mine was fabulous!  It was a "Three Item" kind of week.....I knitted on 3 items....and started and finished a crocheted item.

First, Stash enhancements......I got that sock blank with lips on it.  I love it!  I cannot wait to knit on this!  I am going to make Stephen West's Briochevron Cowl with this....I have paired it up with a skein of Biscotte Cie Sock yarn that will go perfectly with it (the Biscotte Cie is super soft!)!

I also got my yarn from Miss Babs....I am going to use this for my Celestarium.  I should have been good an just used a skein of black or grey Wollmeise Lace I have in my stash....but I wanted to knit with this Katahdin (selfish, I know!).

I added this skein of Yummy 2 Ply sock yarn in the Naked colorway to get free shipping, and because everyone needs a 'Naked' in their life.....I may dye it or use it as is...not sure!

Now for my FO......I took off this past Friday to watch Antonio...so I had him Thursday night, Friday and Saturday...on Saturday he saw me knitting (he has seen me knit many times) and said, "Ga-Ma, will you make me a mask?"  I did not really understand what he meant till he pointed to my knitting and said "A Captain America Mask!"  So off to Ravelry I went and I found a cute crocheted pattern.  So, while he worked on making himself a spaceship (with a spray bottle, paper towel roll, colored electrical tape, and markers)....I made him this hat.  He really loved it!

Now for WIPS.....well, I had the never ending spire......I have exactly 1/2 of the edging done...this edging is taking FOREVER!

Last week I worked 4 repeats on one of the front panels of the black sweater....this week I worked 4 repeats on the other front panel of the black sweater....I think maybe 4 repeats a week and I might actually get this thing moving along!

Then there is Rennandi....I am on my LAST stripe of the Volcanic Ash/Grey color.  I am very excited to finish this....maybe I will be able to finish it this week (fingers crossed):

Well, that is all I have for knitting.  I hope to get lots of knitting done this coming week.  Jaime and I leave to Rockport on Thursday and come back Sunday......I have tons of lazy knitting plans for all 4 days :)

As I mentioned earlier....I had Antonio for most of the weekend....we had lots of fun and even had Celeste and Cataleya come over for a while....so here are some of my favorite pics...

Breakfast...a biscuit and a peach!

I got a new "Life of Pets" Dachshund over at my Baba's house (which is my mom...Baba is short for Babushka...which is Russian for Grandma).

Making my spaceship (Yes, I am watching Knotty Knit Wits in the background).

Trying on the hat as it is being made:

 Beautiful Celeste and crazy Peace Sign Antonio (and precious of course):

Cataleya and Antonio making more peace signs....and again, Precious is there.

Cataleya with Precious....she loves the dogs!

Oh, and Precious got a new dog bed from my sister....her did did not fit in it....now I have a small bed for Star and a small bed for Precious!

Busy August Already

Hi everyone....How have you been?  I have been busy....I had a nice relaxing weekend and got lots of knitting done.

First....Stash Enhancements.  Have you seen all the cool sock blanks by so many fabulous artists?  Well, last Monday I snagged one of those awesome sock blanks by AndreSueKnits, but then realized it was not really the one I wanted (hey, when you are just trying to 'get one' it gets a little crazy)...but that is okay because I have a friend that wanted this one.....so she bought it from me and I asked the dyer to send it straight to her.....it was a Hot Air Balloons Sock Blank and it went to my great friend, Melissa!

Then, I snagged another sock blank from AndreSueKnits yesterday....I do not have it yet, but it is the Lips Sock Blank:...I cannot wait to get it.  I was also able to score a second blank in these lips pattern this morning for my other great friend, Tami!  So excited!

I also got some beads......yes, I know beads can be boring...but not these beads.  See, Darlene has been wanting to make Celestarium for a long time....then, Michelle from the Knotty Knit Wits podcast decides to start one and then both Darlene and I have the itch to make this gorgeous shawl.  I will use yarn from stash...and Darlene will use some yarn from my stash plus an extra small skein more to get enough yardage, but it was only like $20.00.  Anyway, I wanted to try the 'silver lining' beads....so we got some from Knit Picks:

Then, early this morning I get tagged on Instagram....Michelle finished hers!  She is leaving on a cruise in a week and I had made her a spreadsheet to help her keep up with how much she needed to knit per day to get it done and she did it!  It is sooooooo gorgeous!  Congrats Michelle!

This just makes me want to cast on now....but I will be good and finish my spire first (I hope)!

Speaking of Spire....I finally started the applied border and I got one side done!  Now just 3 more sides to go!

I finished the blanket for my boss this week....I hope he and his wife like it.  The nursery is purple and white, but I had to add some pink in there....1,117 yards crocheted!  :)

I also worked on Teresa's sweater....I did 4 repeats on one of the front panels:

and I worked a little on my Rennandi.....

Jaime and I had another Hot Rot Night this past weekend.....so I started my socks with tiny cuffs and then worked on them at Hot Rod Night....sock are the easiest thing for me to work on while I am there:

Then we went to the Deer Lease yesterday....that is all knitting time for me....so I worked on them a little more (I was craving the pure stockinette after working on Spire so much):

That is all the knitting I have for this week.....I do have some pictures to share of me when I was a little girl....maybe 10ish....in Wakefield, Nebraska on my Aunt and Uncle's ranch next to the church he was a pastor at:

Lastly....possibly the cutest knitting picture ever.  I have lots of friends doing the spouse challenge on FB where they post a picture of them and their spouse 7 days in a row (or something like that)....well, Melissa (the same one above that got the Hot Air Balloons Blank) posted this picture on her day one.....I just love it!!!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting everyone!

The Big Retreat Update!

Hi Everyone!  How was your week?  Mine was fabulous!  I only knit on TWO things all week.  More on that later....First on to stash enhancements:

I got yarn to make Antonio a Lego Blanket.....I friend of mine is making one for her grandson....and I fell in love with the pattern....and Antonio LOVES Legos!  The pattern is in Crochet....but my friend converted it to knit.  I have not decided which way I will do it yet.  I think I will try making blocks in both ways and see which one I like better.  I got 3 skeins of each color and 6 skeins of black.

Here is the lego blanket (© Breejan):

Here is a pillow done with the pattern(© taraleigh)....which made me fall in love with the black around the blocks.  I do not think I will use any white in the blanket (I will have to see how it looks)

Here is the yarn I purchased:

Then, I got an extra skein of the lace for my Knit Swirl Cardigan.  I kind of like this one better and might start using it right away and alternating skeins.  Darlene ordered it for me because she needed to place an order too....so we got to split shipping.

Okay.....so on to the knitting....along with my Big 4 retreat.....you all know I am also doing my Sock a Month.....well, I took my socks to Hot Rod Night and worked on them there....  My friend snagged a picture of me, Jaime and her husband Bobby:

Jaime's Scamp

My Knitting:

Trying them on as it gets darker outside:

Finished :)

Now, for August, I am going to do my "Martian" socks....I love the oranges!

Okay....now for The Big 4 Retreat Update....I finished my Chart C on my Spire!!!!!  Yahoo!  One chart left....Chart D.  Chart D is the applied border.  I have cut the yarn and done 8 rows of a 12 row repeat.  I need to do 4-5 12 row repeats every day to finish by the end of August!  I made myself a new chart and I am ready to go!

So, that is it!  I am on track for my Big 4 retreat.....wish my luck!  Have a great week everyone!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!