The big 50

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Getting Closer to the end....

I am so excited! This picture does not do this

 sweater justice. It is almost done. The hubby is untangling the last skein as I type.  For some unknown reason the last skein is a disaster!  And he loves to untangle stuff. Lucky me.

The green really shows up on the picture.  The buttons are the best. I still need two more. If you know anyone

who has them, please let me know so I can get them!!!!  I plan on 

getting the ten inch neck done by this weekend. Ok maybe wendesday.  

I had a Big party for hubby's big 50 today, and tomor

row is our nephews birthday. SOOOO, time will not be my own....

I can take the knitting with me... But Hubby is still unwinding!  

I did pick up this beautiful yarn at the shop going out of business. It is Cherry Tree Hill, and it is Possum!! And a merino wool. Pretty cool. 

The other is a nice yarn that has little sequins on it. Its for my mom for Christmas. 

I am making her a scarf to go with her new purse. Her very first Coach. And it is red. She wants to carry her red purse When she wears her Black leather coat.

I found the yarn, and thought it was a perfect compliment to the purse and coat. And my mom has recently taken a liking to BLING, the tiny sequins play off the yarn nicely, giving her BLING

Once again the picture on the left is not 

doing the pattern justice. 

It is difficult to get a picture of a scarf. I will have her put it on at Christmas and then take a better pict

ure.   I have about 3/4 of the scarf complete. It's and easy 4 row repeat. It lends itself to tak

ing places and being able to carry on a conversation and work on a project. I like it.  The yarn does halo but it knits through with ease and is very pretty. I like it.

It is almost my bedtime. I am exhausted. I cooked and cooked and, well you know. Lots of really good food and family close by. A nice birthday for the hubby. My  Family suprised him with a HUGE snowblower.   I didn't know they made them that big!  We have a huge driveway, and he is old now, so it should come in handy! Lets hope it snows lots this winter. 

                                                          Good night my knittin peeps. Peace out and keep knitting.

BEARS!

This is a picture my 14 year old son took outside the cabin, he and the hubby went to a few weeks ago. CRAZY! Not this girl. Thank you very much. Best part, it is the mommy bear. The cubs came for a visit too!

I haven't been able to find my camera, so I don't have my WIP pictures to show.  I am on the neck of daughters sweater. I have to knit a 10 inch neck! Boring. I did some frogging on young sons socks. It was way to wide! He has a very narrow flat foot. He would never be able to wear it.  BOO HOO!

I think I mentioned about the yarn shop closing in cannonsburgh. Went on saturday. I saved $397.00!!!! I left with two white garbage bags full of future projects.

I spent.........$103.00!!! All the patterns were a $1.00 and the yarn was $1.00 or 70% off.

Bloomin is Movin!!!! Just down the road. Closer to me!!! I like that. I can't wait to see the new shop. I love it there! Michelle is so sweet. I look forward to seeing all the new yarns and how the shop looks!

I will write more later. Its late , I need to pack lunches and make coffee. Bed is calling me......

Peace out, knit on!

MY FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR!

This is my FAVORITE time of the year! 

I LOVE fall!!!    I have made a full recovery.

Feel much better. Thanks Michelle for your post! Now I know one person reads my blog. 

The pic on the right is my fire place topper.. Paper pieced. Not fun! To many little pieces.

During my little kidney attack, I did not knit at all. I also fell a week behind at work, and the kids were very mad at me.  Teachers are not allowed to get sick, grow old or miss more than a day of work!. So I have had little knitting time. YUCK! 

I am getting the sleeves done on the melabrigo. It is turning out cuter(I know not a word) than expected.  The skull buttons are as cute as can be.  Funny thing, I went all the way to North Carolina and found the extra buttons.............Guess what I can't find. DEET DA DEET!!! Rolling eyes and sighing.  I know I have them somewhere! 

I am hoping to have the sleeves done today! I am going to look for the buttons at the bottom of my knitting bag. I have a feeling that is where they may

be.  

Knit night was good. Jody brought in her show and tell and I should have taken pictures. She made the throw, I won, in cream. OMG!!! It was the prettiest thing I have ever seen!!! It made me want to run upstairs and grab mine and FINISH IT!! It is next on the list of must finish!

I am so excited, I ordered GLOW IN THE DARK yarn.

Yes it does! Making hats and hopefully some sweaters for the nephews, FOR NEXT YEAR , of course.

It can only be found Here ! A must have for all of you who like a little fun in your knitting.

And for those of you who are big time readers... The perfect Christmas gift  is here. Get while you can.....The Kindle.

It was featured on Oprah and I fell for it immediately! She is giving a $50. off for 5 more days. Just go to her site for info.

Well, my knittin peeps, the sunday morning blues is playin its same old tune. Clothes are cryin they are dirty and floors need swept. So I leave you in cyber world, with thoughts of everything in its place and nothing to do, except..................KNIT!

kidney stones!!

So, I write the post last night before I went to bed. I WAS FINE! At 2 o'clock in the morning I woke up with some pain, figured I had to go to the bathroom. Not so. The pain just kept getting worse and worse. I popped an ibuprofen and went back to bed. For about two minutes! By four in the morning I was doubled over in pain and throwing up. The pain in my left side was the worse pain ( including childbirth) I have ever had!

So off to the hospital again. I sat, stood, walked and waited with incredible pain for the doctor. Who promptly came in 2 hours later! Only to order the best drugs in the world!  Went for a CAT scan and xrays. And there it was a spiky, ugly mean 4mm stone! We came home and went to bed. I woke up and passed the lovely picture you see. Pure evil. Thank God its over! Hope NO one ever has to experience that!

baby pumpkin hat

If you read my blog all the time...you will remember my entry about my two friends. One who has pancreatic cancer and one who is expecting her first baby.  Well, the cancer friend is surviving.  The other is extremely uncomfortable and in labor. she may have already had the baby. Will find out tomorrow when I go to school.  

I decided to pop off this extremely cute pumpkin hat to her before she went on leave. But it was too late she didn't come in on thursday.  But, I do work with her husband as well, so he was taking it home with him. I found the free pattern on Ravelry. It was fast and really, really cute!!! All the teachers loved it! It practically fit in my hand. It was that small and cute! Did I say how CUTE it was? It was very cute.

Just kicking back, had young sons Confirmation party this afternoon, so I am a tad burned out. Had about 30 people. Tons of good food and lots of good conversation, all in all a great day!   know I am sitting with my feet up on my lazyboy, with needles and yarn next to me. I am ready to knit the evening away while my family watches the Steelers.

Have a great week and knit at least once a day!

FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR!

Knitting and Fall just go together.  As said best by Forest Gump,"Like Peas and carrots". 

The air is cooling off and the nights are coming quicker.  And so my knitting is calling me. Come enjoy the warmth of my wool. And I of course fall helplessly into it.

The Malabrigo yarn is working up beautifully. The pattern is addictive. Each panel is a race. Can I finish before the end of two and half men? I am on the bottom ribbing. Skipping the sleeves till later, as I want to see the ribbing first!

Some sad news in Pittsburgh. The Knit Shoppe in Canonsburgh is closing.  The shop was one of the first to emerge when the knitting craze hit. The ladies are five of the nicest around. They will be missed.  My friend and I stopped by yesterday to see what was what. Everything, Everything was 50% off. I controlled my knitting ego and only purchased things I knew I have been wanting. The three books in the picture, and yarn. Not a lot, just some I have wanted to make a shrug with and the mittens on the cover of Vogue Knitting.  And a pair of Lantern moon needles. I was a good girl.

I am trying something different. Only working on one project at a time. I know, surely you jest! 

But, it seems to be a good thing. The Malabrgo is much further along than I ever imagined. I am only able to work on it after dinner, which leaves me about 2 solid hours or 4 off and on. It feels good to be focused. Kinda  my whole new approach to life. Order and organization.  I have applied it to my house, my work, my classroom, and now my knitting. It is hard to change old habits, and I get the erg to grab another project, or not put something back where it belongs, but in the end, the organization wins, and its all good in the hood!

And so my dear friends as Summer ends and Fall begins, I hope you will be blessed with limber fingers and long stretches of quiet time to knit all the wonderful things you have on your needles and all the things that are waiting in the wings.  Have a really great week.