Happy Columbus Day!

Happy Monday everyone....I hope you are having a fabulous Columbus Day!  I am just thankful that Columbus has his own day that gives me a day off :)

So, I have a fabulous friend that dies some gorgeous yarn.....she also recently designed a pattern to go with her fabulous yarn and she sews stuff too.....so she put together a kit for the local Yarn Crawl.  Her yarn is called Guilty Treasures....her FB page is here....I love this kit....another friend knit it as a test knit and it is gorgeous!  The pattern is Pescalli's Diamonds.

Here it is knit up (Copyright to Amy McFadden):

Another fabulous and very generous friend, Ruby, went to Stitches Texas a few weeks ago....she saw a knitting kit at the Stephen Be booth and just knew it was MY color....perfect Longhorn Orange.....so she got a kit for me and Darlene (she knows how much we love to knit the same thing together).....Ruby, we cannot thank you enough....we love our new kits!!  Here is a pic of me and Darlene with our new yarn!!  The yarn is Three Irish Girls.  THANK YOU RUBY! Muah!

Speaking of 'Steven Be', the Stephen West Mystery KAL started this past Friday.....I have not decided if I am going to do it or not ( I am actually waiting to see if Darlene wants to do it....again, because we love knitting the same thing together).....Here is all the Hedgehog yarn I have purchased lately.  I love some of these neutrals so much, I ordered some more of them recently (and maybe some more Film Noir (far right) because it is my favorite).  Anyway, we are going to do something from Stephen West for the Bags By Awesome Grannie ravelry group 4th qtr KAL...and I will use some of this yarn....just not sure which ones yet:

Oh....and it is Yarn Crawl right now here in SA....and my roommate, Carol, has been on the crawl and also helping out at Inskein Yarns....she got me the mos awesome sock blank from Brazen Stitchery....thank you Carol!

She also got this gorgeous fall color skein of self striping yarn...she does not like to knit socks and she also has a large foot (13 E)...but I told her I would knit her some socks with this yarn....it is too pretty not to keep some feet warm!

Last week I told you I was going car shopping with Paige.....well, she bought a car!  She loves it.  2015 Jeep Patriot Altitude...they even put a bow on it for her.

Now for the knitting.....I do not have much....I have only knit on my Celestarium and my October socks.

Here is my Celestarium.....just a few more rows in Chart F:

Here are my Halloween Moon socks....one heel done and one that is ready to be worked....then just 2 legs :)

That is it....Antonio's Halloween costume came in so he wanted to try it on....BEWARE...You might get scared:

He also wanted to play with some of my scrap yarn....Paige came over and saw this and almost had a heart attack because she did not know he had permission to do this....LOL!

I leave you with:

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Makeup is a BIG DEAL!

I am back from California....I went with my daughter to LA and Pasadena to IMATS.  It is International Makeup Artists Trade Show....let me tell you what....Makeup is a BIG DEAL!  The lines where LONG....here is just one line (time lapsed):

After we got in, there were just more and more lines.....but we had a fantastic time!  She even snap chatted how good I was doing!

Paige got some stuff that was regularly sold out...and some exclusive stuff....she even saw Jaclyn Hill (who is a very big deal).  There was even a kiosk/vending machine for makeup at the airport (yes, we got some).

The apple really does not fall far from the tree here....these are her makeup purchases just for Saturday (look familiar to a bunch of yarn laying out on a bed?)....while she did not buy a whole lot on Sunday, we did still go again on Sunday before flying home.

Here are the bands for both days:

I did go to one yarn store called The Altered Stitch (I think they host Stephen and Steven soon)...it was a lovely shop, but a little ironic for me.  I wanted to get some local to CA yarn and they not only had Madelinetosh (from Dallas) but they also had Texas Dyed Wools yarn (from Austin)....ha, ha!  I did not buy anything (see how good I am), but it was nice to go.

Now you are probably wondering if I got to knit at all (I mean, this is a knitting blog)....well, I did....while I was in line!  I did not knit much on the planes, but that is because my ears were bothering me (they still are).

I worked on the fingerless mitts for my cousin.....remember I barely had them started at the beginning of the year...I saved them for this trip:

I have the second mitt to the second red stripe....so they are coming along.  I also finished my January Socks!  These are Desert Vista Dyeworks in the Flintstones Colorway!

Lastly, I worked on my Karee Shawl:

Now, I have a couple of stash enhancements....but I won one of them!

I won a skein from Brazen Stitchery in the Northman colorway!  I love it!  Thanks Stacey!

and I bought a bag for a cross stitch project....along with Q Snap Covers!  I love the sheep!!

Oh, I also have to tell you that I had to take Antonio to the dr this past week for his vaccinations....he was such a great trooper, we got a 529 pc lego set.....he loved putting it together and playing with it!

Well, that is all I have...but I leave you with a sight seeing picture (Pinches Tacos...LOL) and pictures of the sunset at the Santa Monica Pier.

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Bitten Off More Than I Can Chew?

Hi everyone!  I am sorry I am a day late in posting.....It has been a crazy week.  This past weekend we went to Rockport and I did not take my laptop and very rarely checked my phones!  It was great!

I have quite a few stash enhancements.  After Finishing Celeste's sweater last week, I decided I wanted to make her and Cataleya matching coats/jackets.....I want to make it look like Elsa's Coronation dress (from the movie Frozen).  I picked the Three Tier Coat/Jacket pattern.....I want to do it 3 colors like this one:

Photo inspiration

My Colors (that pink has a bit more purple in it)

I also got in some yarn for the Reine Cardigan for Paige:

I ordered some fiber to practice spinning:

And, I had a friend on Ravelry contact me that she has some Miss Babs in an orange that is like a Texas Orange.....and she was right.....It is perfect Longhorn Orange!  Thank you Debbie for the yarn and the cute little Eiffel Tower Keychain!  You are the greatest!

My Miss Babs Destination 1 yarn came in....we are going to Sri Lanka.....I forgot to take a picture of my extras (candy, elephant stitch marker, tea)....but I do love this yarn.  The pattern (called Ves) shows two colors....I really liked the red/pink better (and I got the blueish/turquoise)....so I ordered the red pink and I think Darlene will want to buy my blue/teal/turquoise one!

I finally got the District 12 colorway of yarn from Brazen Stitchery....one is mine and one is Darlene's

I also got some yarn to make a hat for Paige...it is Blue Sky Alpaca Suri Merino.

And, I got some new pajama pants....I love these (I got Darlene a pair too)....I love them so much, I ordered myself a second pair because I know I am going to wear these out.  I saw them posted on Instagram and had to buy them!

Lastly, I got a YarnIt....I have not started using it yet, but I am anxious to try it.

I think that might be it for the enhancements.....well, I may have one or two more...but will save them till next week.

Now....what did I knit on?  Well, do you remember that Weigh It Shawl where I ran out of yarn and used black?  I super sweet person on Ravelry had some left over Volcanic Eruption and sent it to me...so I tinked the picot bind off (yes, it was a pain) and re-bound off with the correct yarn and I am soooooo happy with it!

 I started a "secret" project....I will show you a picture of the yarn I am using and the beginning....I cannot wait to show you the whole thing...but it will be a few weeks.

You know that yarn I posted above to make a hat for Paige.....well, I finished it!  It was a complete surprise for her and she was not wild about the color....so I am making a 2nd one in red....she went to Tinsmith's wife to get the red yarn for me (Blue Sky Alpaca) and I need to finish it by Friday because she leaves for Colorado on Saturday...and she wants the hat for Colorado.....the picture of the hat on my head shows the color the best.

While Paige was at Tinsmith's Wife, she found some bed socks she wants me to make her and she picked up Madeline Tosh Dandelion Yarn for me to make them for her.

I worked on my rainbow socks a little

And, I started some new socks with Dragonfly Fibers Djinni Sock yarn.....these are for a Hiya Hiya KAL

That about does it......Yes, I know....I got lots of yarn this week....that is why I feel like I have bitten off more than I can chew with everything I want to make....and I want to make it NOW!

Anyway, my little Antonio has been sick, so I wanted to share a couple of pictures of him yesterday with the new legos Ga-Ma got him...I know he does not look 'sick', but it is a stomach bug...

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!