Wips of Seven Years Past!

Hey everyone....how are you?  I am hanging in there...I will just jumo into it:

So, I will start with a couple of Amira updates......last year I got her two sets of onesies all for one pattern.....the burnt orange with black hearts....well, I finally have a pic of her wearing one.

Here she is wearing another onsie from the pack

Here she is beause....big BOW

Here is what I recently bought her

Here is a gift from a great friend, Margi, who I saw at the lakehouse retreat this past weekend (more on that later)

I got May's Blanket yarn and finished April's blanket stuff and started May's

I ordered yarn to make Paige some chicken's...Yup, she wants stuffed chickens.

                                            © Jocelyn Elizabeth

                                                        © Jocelyn Elizabeth

                                            © Anna Zander

Here is some of the yarn

Wish me luck on that...I am not the best crocheter, and with bulky, it makes the stitches even harder to see.

Now for Lakehouse retreat news.....I only took 4 projects....I know, I know....that is still a lot, but that is GREAT for me.

I took my oldest blanket (a crochet blanket from 2017) and I did almost 20 rows on it...which I think is great.  I was at my "*uck" marker

and I took my newest blanket (the Haruki to do with Darlene)

Then my oldest sweater, Rugged Coat from 2018

and my newest sweater, No frills Cardigan

Now for the Lakehouse retreat photo dump.  I think I might have missed getting Jackson on camera, but I promise he was there!

Have a great week everyone!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Sock Madness Round 2

Hi everyone....how was your week?  Mine was great, although I wish I was still on a cruise a ship somewhere....but it was time to get back to work and back to reality.

On the day I got back from the cruise, the pattern for sock madness round 2 was sent out.......and speaking of reality, I was going to be realistic and I did not have time to knit these socks, so I did not start them.  Instead I started the fingerless mitts I need to do a test knit on.....I think I showed them to you last week....here is my progress:

I hit a snag on the first mitt and had to rip back...

 but I got back on track:

Then I hit a bump on the mitts and they needed to go into time out for a bit....so instead of knitting on the eleventy billion other things I have started....what did I do?  I started the round 2 sock madness socks.....what was I thinking?  It's all Darlene's fault, she is the one that told me to do them.....

I started on Thursday and I got 1 and 1/2 done this past weekend......

I also dropped a stitch in the brioche and after picking it up, I have a little hole....but I think it is going to have to stay there.....cuz I am pretty sure I am not tinking back!

I worked very little on my Rugged Coat, Cruse shawl, and Harry Potter socks.......

Lastly I have some stash enhancements......Knitterly Things dyed yarn called As Ewe Like it....and I got the Bags By Awesomegrannie back to match it....this yarn was dyed to match this fabric and had a kit....but of course I only love Bags By Awesomegrannie bags...I am in LOVE!

Recently I watched the first 2 Fifty Shades movies (I love them)....and Annastasia had a purse I immediately fell in love with!

So I found it and ordered in black (the maroon was sold out anyway):

Yes, on top of being a Yarn Ho....I am a Purse/Bag Ho....I just love them!

Well, that is all I have....Here is Precious being a lazy butt (after keeping me up all night during a thunderstorm)....Have a great week everyone!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!