Glad to be back!

Hi everyone....how was your week?  Mine was fabulous!  I only had a 4 day work week....Jaime and I left to go look at my property on Thursday evening and we came back last night....it was a great mini vacay and I got lots of knitting done....but I am glad to be back home!

I'm gonna jump right into things......First, some stash enhancements:

Darlene and I got our July Colorway from Leading Men Fiber Arts...Grease Lightning...I love it!

I got another skein of BugBear Woolens...this is called Fire and Smoke..I am sure you know why I bought it....Love the colors!  I asked Jennifer to wind in a center pull cake because I hope to use this yarn for Tour De Sock.

I also got a skein of yarn from Biscotte....Louise is so generous, she sent 2 skeins of yarn for me and Darlene with a note "To the new Podcast girls :) have fun <3"

Thank you Louise....we can't wait to show them on the podcast!

Darlene gave me her skein of Junk Yarn....I will use this in my Outline.....now I just need 2 more colors....Thank you Darlene!  You are too good to me!

I do have a little bit more yarn on the way to me....I think I had a few moments of weakness and had a 'buying' urge.....Bad Carrie!

I finished my Llama Drama Shawl....Love it.  I even blocked it on my own (I am sure Darlene was relieved)....It is amazing what blocking can do sometimes.

Before Blocking

Blocking:

 After Blocking

Tour de Sock 2017 started....so I frogged the small start of my July socks and I am using this yarn for Tour de Sock and double dipping with DVD sock a month.

I also started and finished a hat for Darlene's niece.  I still need to block it...but I finished it while on the road to NM with Jaime.

I did about 5" on my briochevron cowl.....it is coming along, but man do I need to pay attention.

Well, that is all I have......I am gonna share some pictures of my trip.....two puppies (of which, one will be mine) and me and Antonio after I got home....man did I miss him!

Pictures never show the real beauty of sunsets and sunrises...but that does not keep me from taking the picture!

Saw this in some tiny town...Love longhorns!

Antonio went to Incredible Pizza while I was gone...here he is in the bumper cars with his mom!

He took care of Precious while I was gone...this is Antonio, sitting in Precious' bed, with his power rangers jacket, comforting Precious.

And this is Antonio impersonating me....GaMa!

One of these will be mine soon.....

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!

Happy 4th of July

Hi everyone.....tomorrow is the 4th of July (Can you believe 1/2 the year is gone!)  Are you out of town with big celebratory plans?  At a Beach?  Having a BBQ?  Well, I hope you have a fabulous 4th of July!

I finally finished my Joji Mystery Wrap....this sucker is HUGE!

Darlene took it over the weekend to block for me.  She said if we put hers and mine together (hers is gorgeous!), we will have a nice blanket....oh, and her dog, Susie, had to check it out too!

The LSSK gals are doing Dish Rag tag again this year.....I made a dishcloth for a recipient.....and she got it already....yeah!  I hope she liked it!

 

 

Then, I finished my 2nd BIG 4 Retreat item.  I was a day late.  My goal is to finish one item per month, so I should have finished by Friday the 30th, but I finished on Saturday the 1st of July.  I blocked it yesterday.  My friend, Ruby, gave me this yarn and recommended making Convergent with it, but when this Snowmelt Mystery KAL came out....I think the yarn was meant to be this gorgeous shawl.  Thank You Ruby....from the bottom of my heart...this yarn said Carrie all the way!

 

 

 

 

 

I also worked on my Miss Babs 2nd Destination tour package...this is Llama Drama and the destination is Peru.

 

 

 

 

Then,  I got my July socks started.

 

 

I think all in all, it was a fairly productive week.

 

I did have a stash enhancement of some Must Stash yarn.....it is for Sock School 2017.  Stacie dyes this yarn here in SA, TX....but my package took a scenic tour through Virginia and finally made it to me...it was worth the wait!

 

 

Well, that is really all I have....one of my friends from LSSK got a Dr. Pepper soda with the most amazing wrapping/packaging.....Isn't it cute!  Pet paws and Yarn!

 

 

Have a great week!

 

I have lots of friends knitting knockers lately....it is a great cause!

 

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!