Where does the time go?

Hi everyone.....how was your week?  Mine was great but it felt like it flew by too quickly!

What have I done?  Well, I worked on my socks for Tour De Sock...these had a completely different heel construction....they called it an afterthought leg....I worked my fingers to the bone on these and finished on Sunday (9 days).....my submission was somewhere around #420.

Those took most of my time....but I was also able to make another Chemo Hat for Darlene's Niece!  First, I got the yarn From England.  It is called Rosy Green Wool Cheeky Merino....this yarn is super soft to me.  I used this yarn as the pink and white in my 3 color cashmere shawl and loved it....and I wanted to use something super soft for Cynthia, so I ordered this yarn:

I made the hat in the far left colorway, called Rose Garden (the two on the right are called Ruby).

Antonio loved the hat, so I may have to make him one:

 

 

I also got some of my DVD swag for being up to 70 Instagram posts.....some minis, needle holders and a key ring holder:

 

 

For August, I think I am going to do Curious George.....what bag should I use...1, 2, or 3?

 

What else have I been up to?  Well, casting on 2 new things.....sorry, I just NEEDED some mindless knitting and with Fins and Briochevron cowl (my two priorities) both being 'thinkers', I needed something else.  So, I started a Boxy Cape for me and a Ranger Cardigan for my Daddy.  The Cardigan is all Darlene's fault (no surprise there) because she is making the same pattern for her hubby, Bruce.


My Boxy Cape:

Daddy's Ranger:

I think that is just about all that I have......Oh, our Knitter's Gotta Knit 2nd podcast episode is up and we have a giveaway from Yarn Café Creations...I felt this yarn and I had to buy some.  I have 3 colors on their way to me (should be delivered today).  Jason Voorhees, Just Speckles Pumpkin, and Peach Blossom.....

Our Giveaway yarn is in the Twinkle sock base, called Mermaid Party:

Lastly, I had a mammogram today in a Mobile Mammogram unit....and they gave me a Rose....it was so sweet!  Be sure to get your girls checked.....Have a great week everyone!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!





First Ever Podcast!

Hi everyone.....I hope you had a fabulous week!  I am not sure if you remember a while back when I told you I had some exciting news....that Darlene and I were going to start a podcast.  Well, WE DID IT!  We did our first podcast this past Saturday.....we were SUPER NERVOUS, but I think we both had a great time doing it!  It is called the Knitter's Gotta Knit Podcast.  Here is the ravelry group, and Stitch One:

If you watch the podcast, you probably do not need to read the rest of the blog because it is kinda the same stuff....but here is what I did this past week.

I worked on the Miss Babs Tour, Llama Drama shawl.  I am 82.45% done :)  You can see how much I got done from the progress keeper ( so this is what got the most attention this past week ):

I worked a little on my Big 4 project #3...the Briochevron Cowl.  I have a small stitch marker to show where I used to be, so you sand see I made a little progress...but this is a thinking project and you guys know I much I prefer to not think!  LOL!

I got a new bag set from Darlene!  It is HIPPO's!  Who doesn't love a cute Hippo?

This coming weekend I am going to NM with Jaime....I have some property there that I need to check out and it is just a nice little 'get away from reality' trip for me and Jaime.  So, I hope to get lots of knitting done.  Tour De Sock starts on Saturday, so I am hoping to start my socks in the morning and knit on them for the trip...we will see how much I get done!

I will probably frog these and use this for my first Tour De Sock pair of socks.

That is pretty much all I have.....sad, huh!

Have a great week everyone!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!