First day of School for Big Brother!

 Hey everyone! I hope you had a great weekend.  I did, but it was too short.

I finished the last min crochet blanket and took to baby shower on Friday evening

and Sean and Leilan's shower was yesterday....they loved the blanket I made them

Antonio started school last week......Sister Amira was not a fan of day one pictures.

but she lovese the rabbit her brother got her

I got my prize yarn from the Teemant Shawl.....this yarn is gorgeous and so soft....the pics do not do it justice!

I ordered yarn to make Amira a Bluey....she loves the cartoon.  It will not be as amazing as her rabbit, but I am sure she will still like it.

My hummingbird, whom I have named Ziggy, loves my feeders where he can sit down....he has become quite lazy (as do all my pets....LOL)! I have 4 feeders, but his favorites are the ones with a place to sit and eat.  PS, I am certain I have more than one humming bird come and drink....but they are all called Ziggy....LOL!

I finally got to work on my Wilfreda (it has been neglected)

and I am catching up on the test knit.

Lastly, I got gorgeous flowers from Lupe

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

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Happy Birthday Darlene!

Hey everyone!  How are you?  Today is Darlene's birthday and I am going to be late with her present...more on her present later....but here is why I will be late

 Yup, another busted (well, leaking) pipe....this is the 3rd time this pipe has leaked in the last 4 years.  It seems the cold weather causes pressure on the pipe or the tree roots....I am honestly not sure which is the bigger culprit.

We got snow....and while it was below freezing, I had a humming bird come to my feeder.  I was SHOCKED!

Since my last post, I have pretty much done nothing but work on Darlene's birthday present.  So much that my hands were hurting from all the knitting, so I took a short break to crochet 2 dishcloths that look like they have a knit stitch row in them.

Crumbl had their tres leches back this week, but not just regular tres leches, but COOKIE BUTTER tres leches....so this happened

I got that new yarn I ordered from Hobbii.  This will (one day) be a blanket/throw in my living room.

My aunt Natasha was in town from Washington State, so we had a great dinner at my sister's house

Okay.....now for Darlene's present.  The knitting is done, but with lack of water (from leaking pipe), I could not block it.....but now it is blocking and I will give it to her tomorrow!!

That is all I have.  Have a great week!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Quick Socks

Hey everyone.....how are you?  I am okay.  Just after my last post, my son called and asked me to knit some socks for his girlfriend in Scotland.....so I was off to buy some yarn and make some socks!!

Sometimes I forget how much I love to knit dk socks......I think my next pair will be green

The other day Paige made a dinner and posted the picture to Instagram......it looked so good so I tried to recreate it.

Paige's:

Mine:

It was really good!!

That is really all I have except a beutiful hummingbird at my feeder

Have a great week!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Half and Half and Half!

 Hey guys!  Can you believe we are more than half way done with the year?  WOW!  What have you been up to?

I finished Crocheting and doing the ribbon on BOTH the crocheted baby blanets.....does anyone elses watch think they are doing an eliptical exercise while crocheting?

I have been working on the nuvem baby blanket too...pictured with a new bag from my co-podcaster, Elizabeth...she has a shop here.

We did a new podcast, link here

I finished the shawl I showed you last time...and finished June's color on the monthly blanket

I donated blood and got a cool tshirt....

I have been walking with Jackson along some paths behind my neighborhood...and we see some deer...this deer was very curious about us

speaking of Jackson...here are some cute shot of him.  I dont get as many cute shots of Purl because she is anti social and stays in my room most days....but I did get one of her....sleeping.

I have been catching one or two hummingbirds at the feeder, but I wish I saw more....I guess this takes time

My favorite bose headphones recently died on me....I cried and then ordered some new powerbeats because of a recommendation...I am not sure if I love them yet or not.  

I am still buying too much yarn....but I have plans for (almost) everything...that has to count for something...LOL!

I got this DK Zooey yarn from Juniper Moon Farm. The pink will be Sunshine Coast, and the grey will be Léger Redux.

I got some new Emma's DK yarn....these will be hats or socks.

Okay....now for another part of all the "Half" in my blog titile...not only are we Half way though the year, but I have decided to jump on the Half and Half Triangle train.....this pattern looks like it is right up my alley with lots of garter.  It is knit with Linen Quill....which I 'might' of had a hard time picking my colors so I ordered 19 skeins.

While waiting (not as patiently as most ppl are) on the yarn to arrive, I started one with my Alpaca Boucle I showed you last post....this is the Matchstick colorway and the crystal colorway will be the 2nd triangle....I cant wait to start one with the linen quill!

The Purled in Texas podcast (that I am part of) is also doing a Gifting KAL for Christmas in July.....so I ordered more ornaments to kit covers for.....

Here are pics of my gorgeous children (just because I don't share pics of them enough).

Here are Paige, Tone and Bizz living their fittest life

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

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!