Welcome New Ramirez Famiy Members!

Hi everyone!  Sorry I did not blog yesterday, but Tuesday is going to have to be this week's Monday.....On Sunday, Darlene and I went to go get the newest members of the Ramirez Family......Meet Max (right) and Purl (left) !

These dogs were in Oklahoma and Darlene and I met the lady who had them in the Ft Worth Area......I really think these dogs were just meant to be mine!  They are great!  I fell instantly in love with them!

I have a few stash enhancements to show this week.....two were gifts and only one purchased and the purchased one is not yarn......

I got a new Harley ring that I really like:

I also wanted to show you a picture of my nails glowing in the dark....it is very hard to photograph....they are a little brighter in real life:

I got my prizes from the Hiya Hiya Group......two of these sets are going to Darlene

and one set along with lots of Panda Li clicks will be prizes on the Podcast!

Louise sent me a beautiful Bis Sock yarn for my work in the Biscotte Group.....the colorway is Lilas et moi.

As for knitting....all I worked on are my mom's socks.  I did not have as much knitting time this week as I usually do....especially with such a busy past weekend.  One is bound off and needs a heel, the other just needs ribbing, bind off and heel.

I also got caught up to the 12th of June on my temperature blanket....it is growing!  I have even hit the red and cranberry colors....pretty soon we will hit mixed berry.

and I just barely started some toes for Paige's socks!

Well, that is all I have for the past week.  I hope to get more knitting in this coming weekend as I have zero plans except knitting :)

Here are Max and Purl picture overload:

Have a great week everyone!

Happy Veteran's Day!!

So, I prefer to be a couple days early other than a couple days late....I want to say Happy Veteran's Day to all our Veterans out there and a Big 'Ole Texas THANK YOU!

I am going to start with some stash enhancements that I do not have a good picture of.....but do you remember my Haunted Sock yarn from The Cozy Knitter?

Here it is if you do not remember:

Well, I had her do two custom colorways for me....one with Large stripes and one with Small stripes...this is what she drew up for me....I am going to have to get some pics and share them next week.

I got my new Northern Lights Black Nickel 5" set....my 3.5" set should be here this week!

And I bought myself a ring....I know this is not knitting related, but I love it!

Okay, as for the knitting.....I do not have much.  I worked a lot on Paige's socks....I got both of them past the heel...then did some increases because she wants the legs 'loose' and kind of puffy.

Then it was time for clue 1 to the Stephen West MKAL.....well, I started Friday at lunch....

But I realized I did it wrong (the pic above is the wrong way)......so when I got home, I re-started:

and I spent a lot of time on this guy.....

I am TRYING (and I do mean trying) to do this whole shawl with continental knitting...it is going, but it is going slow....sometimes I find myself going back to my throwing...but I try to change back to continental right away......

I got done with the 10th wedge....I still have 7 more wedges to go...and the rows are getting longer....so these last few wedges will take a while...I hope to finish by Friday before clue 2 comes out....now there are some finishers of clue one (of course) and clue 1 seams to take all of yarn color A....so I am really curious as to where he goes with the next clues with only colors B and C.

We had a little bit of a cold front come in this past weekend.....and I decided to make a fire....it was nice and cozy with a cup of tea, football on the TV and knitting in hand.

Well, that is all I have....only 2 things...wow!  I am slacking....ha, ha!

Have a great week!