Can I please have my hour back?

Hey everyone.....Springing forward always gets me!  I love the fall when we "Fall Back", but this loss of an hour always feels like so much more than an hour.  In addition, my spring allergies are when my allergies are the worst!  I have a raw nose and no matter how many meds I take, my nose never stops running.  Okay....I will stop being a whiney baby now and get on with it.

I am moving forward with lots of finished things....I finished 2 hats.  One was a new start and one wa a year old.....so yea to me.  After finishing the unicorn wrap last week, I had a lot of yarn left over and made a hat with it.

 I also finished this colorwork hat that I started on my 52nd birthday (last year)!

I am also plugging away on 2 baby girl blankets.  One for my cousin's soon to be born granddaughter and one for an "extra" to have available when a new baby is due.

I also worked on my niece's sweater.  I asked my sister to try it on for me to make sure it looked okay.  My niece is a little smaller than my sister, but I still think it will still look great on her.  I sent my niece a pic and she likes it!  yeah!

I got my nails done for St Patty's day.....I love them

I also plan on making more granny square blankets (I have really been digging crocheting lately) so I got this board to help keep themthe same shape.  Plus, I want to make the Battenberg blanket, and while that is not crochet, it is squares and I think this board will help!  I really like it!

Lupe noticed the water pump on our car was leaking so we needed to get it replaced.  His nephew does mechanic works, so we asked him to come over to work on it and his niece and some of their kids came over too.  I ordered a bunch of pizza and soda and it was so fabulous having them over....and I did not get one pic (excpet of the car being worked on) but I loved having them over.

Lupe's Niece's Niece (Nia is her name) really loved my crocheting and saw Lupe's 49ers blanket and asked for one in pink and purple....so I ordered some yarn and I cannot wait to make this for her.

Lastly, it was my dad's 88th birthday this past Friday....so we had dinner at my sister's house last night.  It was a fabulous night!  My family is so beautiful!  I am so blessed!!

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

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Back on Track

 Hey everyone.....I was trying to get back on track with posting on Monday or Tuesday....but here it is Wednesday, but I tried.

I finished the Unicorn Wrap!

I also finished the Playstation cover I made Lupe for his PS5 Pro.  The color is blown out, but it is all cotton and looks good on the gaming system

That is about all I have in the way of knitting....but I did decide I wanted to add a cabinet to my yarn room to put the stuff that never fit in other places in.  I found this on Marketplace.  I bought it from a lady that was getting it out of her craft room....she cross stitches.

I will have to show ya'll when I am done setting it up.

That is all I really have this week....Look at what a rough life Jackson has and poor Flower is just begging Daddy for attention!

Have a great week yall!!

Happy Happy Knitting!!!

This is 53!

 Hey everyone!  I hope yall are well!  I am sorry I am late on my blog, but I have been on vacation for my 53rd birthday!  I went to my sister's lakehouse and it was FABULOUS!  I have tons of pics to share!

First.....I have the most amazing best friend in the world!  She made me TWO gorgeous quilts, got me tea with flavored honey sticks and some pens and gorgeous yarn!  Lupe is trying to steal a quilt, but it is not happening!  LOL!

Before we left to the lakehouse, I made a new hat for Lupe, and I fixed his Crystal Lattice Beanie....he wanted it a little longer to cover his ears, so I frogged some and added 1/2 a repeat and re-did decreases and then bound off.

I got some one of a kind Madtosh Vintage Yarn.....like a "you don't know what you are gonna get and it is not refundable" kind of thing.....I hit the jackpot with Leopard and Mooreland

I also bought a skein of this color called Foofschia for the Foof character on Yo Gabba Gabba.....and if you have a little girl in your life....this is a perfect pink!

I also ordered some Berroco Vintage in the Ballet Slipper colorway to make Amira an ear flap hat.....it is totally so cute on her!  She got to wear it for a few more of the really cold and windy days we had here!

I also made Lupe another water is life hat in black and a regular red hat.  He likes the purl side, but I knit this all stockinette and then turned it inside out for him.

Lupe got me another rose and my amaryllis bloomed for the THIRD time!

I got the yarn in for Grace's sweater....it is so pretty!

I also did a swatch on size 19's (the size the pattern calls for) and I think the stitches are too airy

So I did some calculating of my gauge and the gauge of the pattern and I am doing the next size larger  to get the correct results with size 17's (instead of 19's).

Before I go on with my Lakehouse trip....I got a water dispenser that I have wanted for a while (my sister has 2 at the lakehouse and they are great).  It has a 5 gallon bottom loading dispenser and dispenses Hot, Cold or Colder water.  I love it!  The best part.....I got it for $86.  It is originally $179.99 and it was on sale for $139.99 and then I had a 40% off one household item which made it $86 after tax, title and license.....Squeee!!

Okay....now, the lakehouse trip.....the septic at the lakehouse was frozen and a guy needed to come do some repair before we could use it.  So, a week at the lakehouse without water would have been miserable if it was not for the Moynihan's!  My sister's neighbors who let us use their restroom in their home.  It was so sweet of them.....so I made them each a hat.  The black one is for him and the one with the pom pom is for her (pom pom totally removeable).

So....in the month of January, I finished 6 items.  This February, I finished 7 items......6 hats and one blanket....wow!

Okay....that is all I have.....now for Lakehouse Vacation Picture Dump!

Have a great week everyone!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!