Feeling Better!

Well, I am feeling much better!  Apparently I was feeling worse than I thought last week because I just realized that I never published last weeks blog post......GRRRRRRR....if you are interested, I finally posted it here.

I still have a few days of antibiotics and I cannot wait to finish them....they make my mouth taste like metal...LOL!

So what have I been up to?  Well, I finished the Augusta Shawl!

And then worked on my friend's Parallel Waves Shawl....I got like 25 more rows done (from the stitch marker in the picture all the way up)....I still need about 50 more rows to finish.

Then Paige told me that Bizzle (her best friend) is about to have a nephew (Bizzle's brother's wife is due) and the baby shower is Sunday at noon (she told me this on Saturday).....

I sent her pics of blue yarn

She picked the dark one......Then Jaime and I went to have nachos and Margaritas :)

Yup, in the midst of knitting emergency, we had date night.

So on Sunday I cast on the hat for Paige and finished in a few hours....and she thinks I am amazing :)

 

I was also very proud of Paige....she went to give free back to school hair cuts this past weekend.

 

The only other thing I knit on this week was my hitofude....I am still not caught up because I started over a week later...but I am still trying to catch up.  LOL!

Lastly, I got a new t-shirt that I love!  It is a little snug (I need to loose weight) so I ordered a man's size too in red, but it has not come in yet.

 

That is all I have.......Have a great week!

 

 

 

 

Happy Happy Happy Knitting



Foggy Me Means Froggy Knitting and Crocheting

NOTE:  This was supposed to be posted last Wednesday the 1st of August, but apparently I was still feeling worse than I thought because I never hit the publish button (and did not realize it till today when I went to blog again).....Here it is all late!

Hi guys and gals....how have ya'll been?  Me?  I have been foggy the last few days.  I did go to the dr and she said I have a sinus infection and an ear infection (funny thing is, my ears were not even bothering me....my head and stomach were)....this in turn lead to more frogging than I care to admit to.

The biggest of which was Rosanna's shawl.

I was knitting.....

 and knitting....and so happy with my progress....

 when I realized I attached a wrong color

 frogging 6 rows

 grrrrrr

 but now corrected...and I picked up all 288 stitches from the provisional cast on and am ready to do the other side!  Yahoo!

Then there is a new project.....I blame this all on the LSSK gals (Beverly and Alice for the most part)...it is a crocheted blanket that I thought was sooooo cute...so I got the yarn (yes, bad me on a yarn diet)....

 and watched the video and got started....I LOVE IT!

 

Even with the video, I screwed up....so I had to rip out a couple of rows of the grey you see here...but I hope to get that one back on track soon.

Then there is the Hitofude......remember I started it with Darlene....well, she noticed that mine was bigger than hers and we were at the same point of knitting.....and she was right....so I did not even frog, I just cut the yarn and started over after doing a couple of gauge swatches.

 Swatches

 New Start

 Trying to catch up

Lastly the Augusta Shawls seems to be the only thing I have not screwed up.....I am completely out of white and black now and only have the oranges and reds to go:

I had Antonio on Saturday and he is just like his Ga-Ma....I made bacon and he ate the whole plate (he ate his eggs first):

He also wanted to make a cake....so we did....can you see Max trying to get some too?

On Sunday was when I started feeling bad....in the morning my babies all sat with me....too bad Alexa can't get me a cup of coffee....

By Monday, Max knew I was not feeling well and did not want to leave my side.

Then yesterday I got the see the dr and get some antibiotics to help me feel better

That is also the reason I am delayed in blogging....so sorry.

Oh, earlier in the week, Paige gave me a hair cut...she cut off about 5-7 inches....I love it!

Well, that is all I have......Have a great week everyone.



Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Stage One Done.....Stage Two Pass

Hey everyone....How are you?  I am great!  I finished Stage One of TdS!

Stage Two came out last Wednesday, but I am passing on it.  It has the small little 2 and 3 stitch cables and I really worked my fingers to the bone to get stage one done, that I was afraid that phase 2 would really hurt my hands.

Then, Louise from Biscotte Yarns had to come out with a free Biscotte Brioche sock pattern.....I fell in love

For the above sock, she used these colors:

so I pus some of my Biscotte stash together and came up with these two....what do you think?  I think the dark brown will be the best!

It has been really hot here lately, and the dogs have been surviving the heat.....being lazy

But the grass really needed mowing (they were making paths and trails in the back yard)....so I finally mowed the backyard on Saturday morning and the front yard on Sunday morning (there is a big pile of grass behind precious (a little to the left), but it is hard to see....the grass was super tall.

As for knitting.....well, I already showed you that I finished Stage One......so I guess I should show you what I cast on new.......Hitofude.....again!  Yes, I started a Hitofude in 2014 and frogged it a couple of years ago and now I am doing another one.  This one is going to be gradient and in cotton/acrylic (Wolltraum Yarn).  I am super excited about this cardigan.  I am a little worried that I will not get to the outside black color....possibly not even to the 2nd to last color.  But we will see.  Maybe we need to buy a smaller skein for the next hitofude (Oh yes, there will be more)!

I worked on my temperature blanket (apparently, Purl thought she could help)...I am still about 12 days behind, but that is better than 22 days behind...LOL!

and I worked on Rosanna's shawl.  It is a fairly mindless pattern and I am enjoying it.

That is really all I have for the week.  Oh, I got a new Instant Pot and made Baby Back Ribs and a roast.....they were both yummy....I was really proud of myself (probably too proud).  I did not get a picture of the roast, but you have to trust me that it was good...and the ribs were falling off the bone...so good!

I did have Celeste and Cat on Friday....they wanted to see the dogs (I like to think they wanted to see Oma too, but I am sure they just wanted to see the dogs)......I got a picture of Celeste with Precious....but Cat was off being crazy with Antonio....LOL!

While Precious was with Celeste, Purl and Max hung out with me....LOL!

Antonio was playing with play foam and said, "Ga-Ma!  Look, I'm knitting!"

Well, that is really all I have.  If you are in one of the states that are melting right now....stay cool.  We have a heat advisory today till 7 pm....it is supposed to hit 107 Fahrenheit today.

Have a great week!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!