Warm fuzzy Feelings!

The mittens are done! What a great feeling that is. A WARM FUZZY kinda feeling. I know why I didn't finish them the first time around. The pattern SUCKS!  Not written very well, and many steps could have either been eliminated or altered and made easier.

Ahhhh, the socks. Coming along nicely. I am only getting 

a chance to work on them alittle bit here and there. Lunch at school, right before bed. Nothing to serious. They are moving quickly. I believe I have a few more inches then I turn the heel. I like the yarn. It is a tad rough, but I think the wash will soften them up.

And finally.... I started a new project. I thought it would be a weekend project, and would have been if I didn't have anything else to do.  The dog was shivering next to me Friday night, and I remembered some yarn that has been in storage for at least 15 years.  Maratona. Sound familiar? I bought it at a shop that was closing. In its day it was the softest, most expensive stuff out there. I bought 5 balls. different dye lots and all. I felt so proud walking out of the shop, with MARATONA! But what the h#$ I was going to make is beyond me. Then 15 years later I found it... I hope that young knitter in me is OK with it.

Gilbert is getting a beautiful new sweater in the finest Italian wool around.....15 years ago anyway. It is a beautiful shade of pink burgundy.   

So, thats it for this week.  Desperate House Wives is on. Love it!  And I really need to knit!

                                     

Happy New Projects!

New year, New projects..... OK, two new, one old that needs finished.

I put my yarn and book down to take the shot for the blog, and Larry felt the need to be a part of the picture! So here he is, posing of course. Cats, who can figure them out. Any other time, I am just a means to filling and empty food bowl! 

I digress.

Hope your New Year has been a good one!  I know mine is already. Why? Last year at this time I was recovering from surgery! I feel much better this year. 

I started the sweater on the left the Saturday after Christmas. It moves quickly. I love the colors. Kaffe 

Fasset, colourscapes.  If I work on it tonight, I will be done with the back. Its that quick!

Now that Hubby has fallen in love with his new hand knit socks, I searched my stash, and found this yarn, for a quick Valentine's day gift.  The pattern is the very best one out there for basic socks. And my husband is as basic as you're going to get.  Nothing fancy for him.  

You maybe wondering about the knit two at a time book.......... Well.....I didn't like using two circular needles, and the gapping that occurs. I think it is something I need to work on. Updates later on that subject.

And finally, the old project. These mittens have been sitting in the UFO pile for probably, a, a, well, ok, oldest was in a, middle....no elementary!! well......now tell me you have nothing that old!!  I mean what is 9 years!!! Nothing. It flies. Just ask the mittens!

Time to get to some knitting.... Think I will finish the mittens...... yea thats a good idea! 

When you know you got it right!

How do you know you got exactly what they wanted!  How.......Just look at the smiles on their faces!

It says it all.

Mom  is still trying to figure out how I made her gloves.   How ... easy I tell her.  And it was. Got the pattern out of the book "The knitter's bible"

knitted accessories. 

She called this morning and told me how much she loved her gifts. Job well done. Yippee to me!

Oldest daughter LOVED her mini laptop! She thinks its the cutest thing she has ever seen.

I got this great shot right after she figured out what it was. It was priceless!

And then young son.... Surround sound.

He was so surprised.  Both were extremely excited and happy!

I hope you had the same great feelings. That you found everything you wanted under your tree. 

Hope there were blessing on top of blessings.

                                                                                                                          Christmas goes so fast. We prepare and buy and make and in an instant, its over. But the pictures and the feelings, they last a lifetime!

This is hubby's scarf. The noro one that everyone is making. It was a really fun scarf. I gave it to him just like the picture, but finished it up Christmas morning and he was able to wear it to my mom's.  Along with his first pair of handmade socks. Which he said were the best pair of socks he has ever worn. He is a hand knit sock virgin. And has become addicted. Asking if there might be more in his future.  

So with that said, I picked up my, 2 at time socks.

And as soon as I finish here I am going to try that method.  I will keep you posted! 

Keep warm and keep knitting! The fun months are just ahead!!! 

Its all knitting togther

  Finally. I love it! It was so much fun to do. And she looks so cute in it!  She told me it was her favorite sweater! Go mom, yea go mom, YEA! 

Now that the melabrigo is complete I am finishing up small no nonsense projects. Like???

My moms scarf was crying out for gloves! So one is done the left hand are on the needles tonight. It took me two evenings to finish one glove. Yea its that quick.

I also have hubby's scarf 3/4 of the way finished. 

Will post that picture soon. He is sitting next to me watching the game(STEELERS) or I would be working on it now!

This is moms scarf and one glove. I only put the bling on the cuff of the glove. I thought it might 

get uncomfortable if the sequin were running through her fingers. I like the way it came out. 

I ordered the yarn from a shop in Maine, It was not the same dye lot. It is noticeable, but what can I do! 

I should get her other one started, but this is more fun right now! 

Ok, I know, get something done!!! YOU TOO! 

Get that project out right now and start clicking those needles!  GO ahead! You will be glad you did.

Peace out! Keep knitting

St. Nick

When I met my husband, Many moons ago, I was touched  by a tradition done at his home. Every Dec 6th, to honor St. Nicholas, they would put their shoes out by the tree and the next day, a small gift would be left. This let the kids know they were being good and there was a good chance that Santa would visit soon. If they were not so good, an onion may be in their shoe. My husband has had his share of onions.  The onion meant, get with the program and shape up or else! 

We continue this fun tradition. The shoes used to be so tiny, now.... well.... time waits for no one. 

Ah, you may notice the space heater. Yea its cold here in the Burgh. REAL cold. And the best part. Our heat pumps went. We are running on one, that is on its last leg. 

SO, tomorrow we get the fun job of buying new ones!!! WHY is it this always happens before the holidays,  Yippee..........

I got my "Purse Exchange" that I participated in on Ravelry. WHAT FUN!!!! And my NEW friend Jean, put the best bag together ever! I loved it all. I mean all of it!! 

She sent me a Frank Sinatra CD. My folks picked me up to go to the new, Garden Ridge(Total waste of time) and dad played it all the way there and back! It was great!

Finished my Daughter's malabrigo sweater yesterday, waiting for her to put it on for a pic.

 

Working on the Noro stripe scarf for hubby. I haven't made him a scarf since we dated, about 24 years ago! It is fun trying to knit without him seeing it! 

 I also decided to make my mom gloves to match her scarf. I had to order more yarn. No one around here carries it! Blah!  

Oh yea, I bought one of the shelves from the yarn shop that went out of business and spent saturday putting it together and gathering up all my,(ADDICTION) yarn and lovingly placing it on the new shelves. Very nice. I now have a yarn shop in my house! I am hoping this curbs my need to run to Bloomin and drop toooo much money on some more yarn!!!

 NAH, what am I thinking. Michelle may forget me!!!!

It's one more done!

AHHHHHHHH, The feeling of finishing something. And finishing weeks before it is needed! Yippee, jumping up and down, doing happy dance.

Mom's gifts are complete. All that is needed is the wrapping. Thank goodness she doesn't read my blog.

The scarf is really pretty. The photo does not do it justice. No matter how many pictures I took, I could not get the flash refection off the clock. The cross stitch is so cute. I am really happy with the way it came out. 

Well, its back to work tomorrow! Man, time flies.... Thanksgiving is a blurr. 

What's on my needles you ask? I am almost finished with daughter's melbrigo sweater. I have about 4 more inches of a 10 inch neck. BORING!

I want to finish my dad's socks. They have a glass of beer on them. Really cute!  Its a pattern from I think the 40's. Really fun, I have one done. I will have to post a pic.

I want to start a vest that I picked up from Bloomin yarns. It should be fast and fun. Its a Kaffe Fassett. Michelle did one and I loved it. She has the book and yarn it calls for. I really want to get that going. Her sweater is here!

I also have the grey vest on the inside of Debbie Bliss' new magazine I want to do. It is cables and a turtle neck. 

So that's all for now. O wait, there's also another green helmet liner almost finished! Yippee. 

THINK SNOW DAYS!

Peace out, keep your needles clicking

Deb

Happy Thanksgiving

AWWW Thanksgiving. Giving thanks. Thanks for a gallbladder surgery that went smoothly. Thanks for a healthy husband with no cancer. Thanks for new babies born and friends who are still with us.

Thanks for new friends made and for family!

Hope your Thanksgiving was a blessed one. 

Oh yea, the picture is of Nephew who needed warmth while hunting deer on Monday. Made him a helmet liner pattern. Made from Melabrigo. Olive green. His color choice. Made not one but three. Yea, I got a lot of my own knitting done this week.  He asked me for this last sunday. Sweetie. Can't help it, when one of the nephews ask.... I gotta do it. And it is usually on short notice. Gotta love them!!!!

I am hoping to log on and get all Christmas shopping done via internet. I am not a big crowd shopper.  I hate crowds. They totally freak me out. No thanks. No lines, No getting up early. No NO NO! If I can't get it later I don't need it. 

Hope you had A great day. Blessing to all!