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!

Snow in South Texas!!

Hi everyone....did you get snow this past week?  I did!  I was so excited (you can make fun of me if you want)!  The official reading at the airport said 1.9 inches.....and the last time South Texas got that much snow was 32 years ago in 1985 when we got 13 inches (that was the first winter after I moved here....I was in 7th grade)!  I only say all that so you know how rare it is for us to get snow that 'sticks'.  Here are some pics around my house:

Pics of Antonio enjoying the snow:

The bad side of all this snow is the accidents that can happen....Most San Antonioians (myself at the top of the list) do not know how to drive in snow or ice because we never get it to practice or learn.  There was a large multi car pile up on the highway:

Which is why the city usually shuts down with ice and snow....LOL!

Okay, Okay...enough of the weather and traffic reports (LOL).....as far as knitting goes, I finished my dads sweater (sans buttons)!  It is a little big on me, so I hope it fits him okay....we will see on Christmas Eve!

I worked a little on Paige's socks!

I did a little work on my Portage:

I started a new crochet blanket (for me or my sister...I'm not sure yet):

I started this blanket with a stash enhancement....I got the Bernat Blanket in a Dark Grey, Vintage White and Pumpkin Spice color to make like a Longhorn blanket!  Hopefully it comes out okay!

Lastly, I finished that crochet blanket for a co-worker.  She loved it!

I have a picture of my weeks worth of mini's from my swap partner.....I love them all!

Well, that is really all I have for this week......I do have a picture of Precious trying to claim a blanket and a beautiful sunrise this morning from my work view.

Have a great week everyone! 

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

It's March......already!

Wow does time fly!  It is already March 2nd.  Which means....today is my first day back at work since January 27th....Yuck!  I have had a busy week.......Instead of jumping to the knitting, I am going to jump to stash enhancements.....one of these I got last week, but I did not want to show it along with all the retreat talk.....This is a needle holder that Darlene got me as another part of my birthday gift (I keep telling you guys she is too good to me!)...it is by Grace's Cases.....and I LOVE the sheep material....it matches the same material I have for my sock needle interchangeable set.

I love this case.....it holds A LOT of my needles!  4 sets!!!

I also got some yarn....I got some Knit Picks DK because I want to make a Newsboy Hat.  I got some more Miss Babs Yowza in the BFF colorway (this may be another Weigh it shawl because I love them so much), I got some Miss Babs K2 Chunky in the Deep Sea Jellyfish colorway to make the Lattice Cowl, I had a friend contact me for a baby hat as a gift......so I got some Baby Bee Hushabye solids in brown and beige, my turtle purl yarn came in for a pair of socks for me, and then I got a wonderful surprise when I got back to work....a lady on ravelry (her name is Debbie) saw my pom pom blankets that I made and she had a skein of pom pom yarn in greys and purples....and she sent it to me!  She said she was never going to make anything with it so she sent it to me (she even included a pattern).....Thank you soooooo much Debbie!  I love it!

 

My birthday was this past weekend....and my daughter is soooooo awesome, she cleaned my entire yarn room:

BEFORE:

AFTER:

VIDEO:

I love it sooooo much!  Oh, and as she was cleaning it.....Paige said she found a little baby in a basket.....ha, ha!

This past weekend I also took a trip to Paris......Paris, TX that is!  It is a long story, but Jaime was going with a friend, friend's wife, and friend's wife's sister.....so I tagged along for a knitting ride!  The friend rented a big bus A class RV....and we traveled in comfort!  It was snowing in Paris, so I got a few snow selfies:

I also finished my 2nd Weigh it Shawl...and I took a picture of it in the snow

I played yarn chicken with this shawl......and I lost.  I used a solid black in a fingering weight to finish bind off.  I may see if anyone on ravelry has some of this yarn, but I doubt I will buy another skein just for the end....if I take a close up...it is pretty obvious...but this shawl is for me and it does not bother me that much to have the solid black in the bind off.

I worked on my rainbow socks....and I love these!

I also worked on that mystery KAL....I got 3 rows done...I know that does not seem like a lot, but there are 1083 stitches for 1 row and 903 for the other two rows....I still have 8 more rows to finish clue 2 (and clue 3 came out today), but every other row does some decreases to get it down to 363 stitches :)

I finished Antonio's 2nd Ninja Turtles Hat.

And, I started that baby hat for a friend (where I got the brown and beige yarn above).  The pattern is like this....

But I am going to TRY to add these goggles:

Here is the start:

Well, I think that is all I have.....I am going to leave you with some pictures from my trip to Paris, TX....they have an Eiffel Tower with a Cowboy Hat!!

Here I am for an Eiffel Tower Selfie

These are the dogs that traveled with us..Sophie in the red to the left and Missy in her bed to the right.

Now just some nice snow pictures:

(I do not know why this last one is so 'bluish').

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!