Life of a Knitphomaniac: Chelsea Yarns

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Monday, February 23, 2026

Happy Birthday to ME!

Hey everyone.....I hope you are well. I have tons of pics this week so buckle up!

It is my birthday this coming Wednesday (the 25th) and even though Lupe has already bought me everything my heart desires, he continues to spoil me daily!

He bought me a new bag/tote/purse from knit trolley (check her out on instagram or etsy)....it is not here yet, but this is from the listing:

He ordered me the February enchanted pages from chelsea yarns and it came in

He took me to Rolando's (the best taco place on the planet) and a new to us place called Mavericks in Floresville (it was delicious)

and he bought me a new curing iron

it curls my hair well.

He is also getting my pearls restrung...these are from my grandmother (who passed before I was born).....My aunt Natasha gave them to me several years ago and I wore them till they broke....then they sat for too long waiting to get restrung.

Lastly, he bought us a new loveseat with HEAT and MASSAGE!!! along with a new coffee table

The loveseat gets here today and I cannot wait for him to put it together!

We worked on cleaning out the shed this past weekend and found 4 newborn kittens. We left them alone, but mom only came back for 2, and left 2. My dogs thought they were a squeeky toy (I promise no kittens were hurt). We took them to the shelter on Sunday......but my they were adorable.

As for knitting......I managed to get 12.5 grams knit on the Nuvem. I switched cords too and took a pic with 2 cords on it

I worked on my lime green sweater

and my scrappy granny square sweater

I am starting a test knit for a little shawlette with this yarn

I also made some bread......one of my starters is an over achiever!

and while I tell you all about Lupe spoiling me, I promise I am good to him too....I made him schnitzel!

and I finally took a pic of him (isn't he so handsome!!) with his truck in daylight

Lastly......my best friend is so awesome! Darlene made me the most gorgeous quilt and new bags by awesome grannie bag....did you know they come with a pocket now? I love it! Thank you Darlene!

Have a great week!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Monday, February 2, 2026

New Truck and a New Month!!!!

Hey Everyone! How are you? Can you believe it is already February? I cannot....but I have great news! My guy bought a new truck.....I am so proud of him. This is his first ever purchase from a dealership and it is a beauty! He even let me drive it this past Friday to see Ped.....it was a joy to drive and it is even so somfortable to be a passenger.

Okay....knitting.....I have been wanting to order a "enchanged pages" set from Chelsea Yarns for a while now....so when she posted that she had some extras for January, I jumped on it and I am so thrilled I did. I have even already ordered February's.

I have been knitting on a very very very old project from..........2017. There is a blog post here from 2017 when Darlene and I were at the lakehouse and we decided to make double nuvem's. So that means a nuvem that is like twice as large with 600 grams of yarn instead of 300. I have had mine on the needles since then and have posted about it several times over the years. My great friend, Jennifer, even took it one year and finished the first skein of yarn. So I am officially on my second skein. Darlene decided to frog hers somewhere along the way and I ended up with both of her skeins of yarn.

Here we are in 2017 starting them

Anyway, I mentioned to Darlene that I pulled out my Nuvem for some mindless knitting and she mentioned that she wanted to do one too. So, I have restarted hers and got it to the point where you do not need two needles....I am going to ship it to her today.

Here is mine...I managed to knit about 16 grams on mine this past week.

Lupe bought me some Apple Airpod Max Headphones (because he spoils me) and I ordered him some sour candies......I know I got the better deal here......but he does love his candies.