May the 4th be with you!

Did you know it is Star Wars Day today?  I remember watching an episode of The Big Bang Theory when Penny asked what day is Star Wars Day:

Leonard: "Well, it's not May the fifth and it's not May the third...it's May the...fourth!"
Sheldon: "Get it?"
Raj: "May the fourth be with you!"

Anyway......today is May the fourth.....so, May the 4th be with you!

I am gonna jump into knitting.....I actually got a lot of knitting done this past weekend!  My boyfriend, Jaime, goes on two motorcycle rides a year with 'the guys'....and this past weekend was the first one this year....so I just hung out with my doggies!

I worked on my Ves Shawl for the Miss Babs Tour:

I worked on my secret test knit (some people know what it is...but I do not want to 'say' it just yet).  I am so close to hitting yellow/gold...I can almost taste it!

and I worked on some socks for a HiyaHiya KAL:

Those are really the only three things I worked on this week...but I think I got a nice amount done on each.

I have a few stash enhancements.....a couple of months ago I got some new stops for my heavy metal needles...well, they came unscrewed while I knit....now, I am sure this is a reflection of the way I knit....plus most people are not knitting on an item while they have stops on needles...but I use the stops for the cord I have where the afterthought heel is going to go....so I would knit...and the item would 'rock back and fourth' and the weight of the stops on the cords would cause them to slowly come unscrewed....the lady I got them from was so nice to let me exchange the stops for lighter ones...and the lighter ones do not come unscrewed while I knit....yeah!

I think I mentioned that I am planning on making my dad a golf club cover....well, a friend of mine sent me her general pattern for club covers for her hubby and said she was using the clover pom pom maker and really liked it....so I got one...I have not used it yet...but I am looking forward to using it.

A friend of mine tagged me on facebook with a certain wine glass.....so I got 4....one for me, one for Darlene, one for my mom and one for my sister....all for Mother's day this weekend.  I could not wait to give Darlene hers (plus, she saw the huge box on my desk)...so I gave hers to her early....it is hard to read but it says "It's not really drinking alone if the dog is home" and then a tiny paw print.

Package number 2 from Strickmich!Club came it!  It is called Baltic Summer.  I got the double yarn option and I am a little disappointed that my two skeins are pretty different.....I emailed the club about it and Martina gave me some suggestions how to merge them together...so now I am anxious to start.

I also stumbled across some Shaun the Sheep Cross Stitch Sets...I have not done cross stitch in a long time, but I bought 4 kits....I hope to make these soon....I think they will decorate my yarn room nicely!  Aren't they CUTE!

Do you remember back at the beginning of the year, a friend of mine asked me to make her some knitted headbands....and she was going to make me a yarn bowl?

Well, she started it!  Here it is....so far....no done of course!  I am super excited!

Lastly....I am sure many of you know that the Maryland Sheep and Wool show was this past weekend.  Well, one of my friends lives in VA and was going to the event.....she offered to get any items we wanted for us and ship them to us.  I asked for Miss Babs (of course) and she got me 2 skeins Mad Hatter colorway in Yowza, 2 of the exclusive "Maryland Sheep and Wool" colorway in yummy 2-ply and 2 Drunken Watermelon in the new base called Hot Shot (the pictures shown is one hot shot and one yummy 2 ply for comparison, but I got 2 hot shot).

She also got me some fiber from Loop...it is called Abracadabra (I guess I better get with it and start some real spindling spinning)

and a mug from Jenny the Potter...I do not know what color mine is...so it will be a surprise when the box comes!

I am soooooo excited and I cannot Thank Sara enough for doing this for us...there were several gals getting stuff.  Sara was messaging us all Saturday morning....the line to pay for Miss Babs was SUPER long....so she took some pics of peoples faces when they came out and saw how long the line was.

And there were some serious buyers who had been to this rodeo before:

Sara was in the line for one hour and here she is with her son, Hunter, and her Ikea bag full of yarn!

That's my week!  Happy Happy Happy knitting!

New Car = Proud Mom!

My big news of the week is that my daughter bought a new car!  I am soooooo proud of her!

Way to go Princess!!

So, you know the saying.....April Showers Bring May Flowers....if the saying is true, then we are going to have lots and lots of May flowers.....we have been pounded with rain lately...over 5" this month!

Well, on to the stash enhancements:

Do you remember some yarn I got from a friend last week?  It was FiberNymph in the Total Eclipse color....well, I loved it so much, I had to get another skein.....It is hard to capture this color...but it is gorgeous!

I also got some yarn to make my dad a golf club cover....I have pictures of the two covers he currently uses to cover a very large driver (I think it is a driver)...One is of a min-pin because we used to have one....I will not be making him an animal one....I will try to make him one with black and greyish stripes....and a pom pom on top.

I also got some yarn to make myself either a hat of fingerless gloves...this yarn is cotton, but I think it matches my new purse very well!  I found a hat pattern that I think is so cute...but I honestly do not wear many hats.....so I think fingerless gloves may be more useful....

I also got some really cute needle gauges.....they are from succaplokki and they are super cute....I got them to just be the sock needle sizes so I can put them in my cases that have my dyakcraft heavy metal needles.

Now, on to the knitting!  I only worked on 4 things this week....I finished the Felted Hot Pad for Loopy Academy:

I worked on my secret project knitting...I am getting really close to the next color!  Now, I had a friend ask me about the yarn...pulling from the inside or the outside....it does not matter with this yarn....you just need to pull from where you want the color to start

Now, I had a friend ask me about the yarn...pulling from the inside or the outside....it does not matter with this yarn....you just need to pull from where you want the color to start.  I knew this shawl is a bottom up shawl...and I wanted my darker color at the bottom, so I pulled from the outside.  But I could have easily pulled from the inside if it was a top down shawl and I did not want to re-cake it.

I also worked on my Ves from the Miss Babs Destination 1, Sri Lanka...I have completed 4 repeats...but sadly, I am only barely past 50%

and my Team Spirit socks for a HiyaHiya KAL....I have started the first toe decrease....I usually have both socks going at the same time...but because it was colorwork and I was already using 2 cakes of yarn, I did not want to pull from inside and outside of yarn for 2 socks...I figured it would make a huge tangly mess.

That is all I have for knitting.....sad, I know...but I had a crazy busy week at work, and with Paige buying a new car, and then I went out of town this past weekend to see my son....and well, it was just busy!

I got to see 2 of my grand daughters this past weekend...Celetse and Cataleya

Now, I usually do not post about movies here...but two movies that I have been wanting to see came out today....so tonight it will be me with my knitting and movies!

Oh, and I had a friend tag me in facebook with this post....I love it because when friends see knitting, they think of me....but mostly because it is also Dachshunds!

Lastly....I think all of you know what an online shopper I am....so I see this as me in the near future (let's all hope my computer does not crash!)  Have a great week!

Happy Happy Knitting!

Happy Fiesta!

Hello Everyone!  How was your week?  Mine was great!  Here in San Antonio, TX we are in the middle of Fiesta.....it is a festive time with lots of parades and celebrations all around.  You can read about it here.  It is rare that I ever go to a fiesta event....but it is fun to see and hear about all the events on the news here.

So, on to the knitting.....I have a few stash enhancements......Jennifer from BugBear Woolens offered out a discount code to the HiyaHiya ravelry group (here)....so I had to snag this gorgeous orange!

Then, there is a new lady in my knitting group at work....she has really taken off in knitting, buying many supplies and stash.....and she wanted to Thank me and Darlene for all the help we have given her with her knitting.....she got me this Fiber Nymph Yarn and I am completely in LOVE with this color....this has to be one of the most perfect Burnt Orange Colors ever!  Thank you so much Marla!!!!

I also ordered some sock needle holders.  They are usually called DPN holders, but I use them for magic loop.....

That is it for Stash Enhancements.....but I think I got lots of knitting done this past week.  I have kept up with my Miss Babs Destination one to Sri Lanka, the pattern is called Ves.....

My friend got the scarf for her son....and he LOVED it....she posted that he was sleeping in it that night.........that just makes my heart soar!  Here he is:

I also worked on my secret project....I think as long as I do not tell you what it is (yet), I can show you....my gradient yarn started to change colors....so exciting!

I also started and finished a dishcloth.....this is for my Lonestar State Knitters Group....we are doing what it called Texas Highway Dishrag Tag!  So, someone (or more than one) starts a box...in the box is a hand knitted dishrag and 2 skeins of kitchen cotton yarn, along with some trinkets (tea, chocolate, knitting notions, etc)....they send it to person number 2.....person number 2 takes out all the contents.  They pick one skein of the kitchen cotton to knit a dishrag with, and one skein to keep for themselves.....then they put in the box the hand knitted dishrag (knitted out of one of the skeins that was sent to them in their box) and two new skeins of kitchen cotton and some trinkets to the next person....and so on and so on...and then the last person sends a box to the first person......I think this will be super fun.  I knitted my dishcloth and sent my box to the next recipient.....so I will be able to post pics next week of what I sent her!

Lastly, I finished one (just one) of my rainbow socks.....so I have a HO!

That is all I have for this week......I am going out of town next weekend so I am not sure how much knitting I will get done.....but I hope it is a lot!

I leave you with:

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!!!!