Its getting better all the time

I decided to add my April Kal to this post. I don't have much to add. The weather is beautiful here. So we spent our day out in it!

I thought the dishcloth was appropriate. Spring is finally here!

Have a wonderful day!

I wanted this done by today. Oh Well. I am almost to the armholes. I have to keep reminding myself that, not only am I doing the front, but the back and sleeves all at the same time. SOO the process is a little slower, but not.
I am on the fence with the yarn. Blue Skies Organic Cotton. It does get dirty, easily. Peels a little. I will have to wash it when I finish. I will make my final decision after it is finished.
This is a great book. Lots of inspiration. If you are looking for your purpose in life, this book gives you some thoughts.
I had the pleasure of meeting Debbie, at a signing and reading last fall. She is charming. She tells her story of how she came to be the writer she is today. I have read all her books about the Shop on Blossom street. Its a good read.


These are recovering hubby's socks. I started
one of them on the Florida trip. When his surgery turned out to be more than we bargained for, I felt a profound need to work on them. I can't wait to finish them. The yarn is stiff, not very soft to the touch. I will wash them in some wool lite and hope to soften them.
He is coming along nicely. He had a eight day stay at the hospital. We brought him home on Tuesday morning. Since then he is doing great. A nurse comes every other day or so. And all have been happy with his progress. He sees the surgeon on Thursday and will schedule his second and final surgery. And after that, we will hopefully resume our boring, suburban life again.
In all the drama and sadness that went on in my life last week, a good thing happened. I, who never ever wins anything, won this beautiful kit. Laurie http://laurieg63.blogspot.com/had a contest during lent. Do something nice
for someone. If you want to see what I wrote go to Laurie's blog Feb 2008 and you'll see.
I couldn't believe she was so generous to give away such a beautiful gift! I am so excited and cannot wait to get it and get started on it! She does want me to post the progress. I can and will do that! That way, I have to finish it!!! Look for that page someday soon!
Well, I have some cross-stitch to do. Yes I said cross stitch. I found a new stitch shop not far from Bloomin yarns! We have not had a cross stitch shop since Noble craftsmen. Which closed! The shop is called "The French Knot" BEAUTIFUL! worth the trip to see her shop. It is just so pretty! She is right across the street from Donaldson crossroads. I think it on east mcmurray. Call for times. She has little ones and works around them.
Till the next post, keep knitting!

God will bring you through

They say; If God brings you to it, he will bring you through it.

I cannot agree more. The surgery was Monday. We, my husband and I, planned a 3 hour procedure, a short stay and back home to a normal life.

Not so. Surgery lasted 4 and a half hours. He has a temporary bag attached and another surgery ahead in 3 weeks.

He has been in the hospital for 5 days. Maybe, he gets to come home tomorrow. When he does, A nurse will visit and he will have to replace the temporary bag every 3 to 5 days.

But, the blessings outweigh all of that. There was no cancer. And if he hadn't pushed for the colonoscopy, cancer would have developed.

SO, I looked at all my UFO's to take to the hospital to work on, and none, called out to me. But this one, bright ,beautiful, sock yarn.

I wound it the other day, before the surgery. I bought at Bloomin Yarns, it was in the one skein basket. marked down drastically, and just as pretty and bright as could be.

It made me smile when I picked it up. So I bought it, hoping to get a pair of anklets out of it.

So, there it was, the morning of what was to be a dark part of our 22 years of marriage, a symbol of what our marriage is. Bright and cheerful, always making me smile. I had to knit it. And I did. I have the first sock done. The next I will work on when we return to the hospital to put him back together.

My advice to this lesson."Listen to your body, it will tell you when something isn't right. Push for the test you need. Most of all pray for the strength to accept what you will be given."

God is good, he will lead you to and through it.

March Kal and some knitting

The March KAL really had me guessing. I could not figure it out till I went to the designers site and she explained it. Then it was a AHHHH moment.

I did mine in the prettiest shade of blue.

Looking forward to the next KAL. I will probably be doing it from my husband's hospital bed. Bad news, he has to have some of his colon removed due to some tumors. The good news is he doesn't have cancer. Please keep him in your prayers.

So I have my knitting planned for the three to four hour surgery. And the waiting for him to recover too.
I finished this, umm, well, I liked the picture, but it didn't turn out as cute as what I expected. Its from "The Knitter's Stash" .

I put it on and it was too thick around my neck. I think it needs some short rowing in the back to minimize the thickness. And it would probably lay and look much better. That's my two cents on that.

What else is new? Tuesday knit class has turned into, Tuesday laugh a lot knit a little class. We have the best time ever. The ladies are the best around, and make you look forward to the very unpopular Tuesday, no where near friday, night. Everyone is working on their square of the month. One other knitter beside myself, is sticking to the plan. Knit on square a month. The other "Show Offs"(lol) are almost, if not done! GEE WEEZ.

I have decided to add some other colors to the mix, and may rip out what I have done. We will see.

Well its late sunday night and I have an early rise, thanks to the clocks getting pushed forward an hour. Till the next post, Keep knitting, because All I know is I need to knit!

Mid month KAL. complete. How fun is that! Just watching my favorite show,COPS ,while I blog.

Whats on your needles? I am putting away some heavier projects, and bringing out the cotton.

I started a project out of the new "Knit 'n Style" mag. I am doing it Blue skies organic cotton. The color....Brings back many good childhood memories....Circus peanuts! A yummy peach.The cropped top is knitted from the top down. Nothing to complicated, just fun, and pure enjoyment of the soft yarn going gently through my fingers.

As we leave February, I hope to finish the three spring/summer sweaters on my needles, by the end of March.

I hope that when I post the next KAL, this project will be finished. That would be wonderful!

Cops is over, time to get serious, I NEED TO KNIT!

A glass of wine is cleansing

Did you ever start cleaning, one thing leads to another, then another and before you know it, its all over. I started right after my first post.
Cleaned two bathrooms. Moved onto my bedroom, finished up the laundry, and headed downstairs to have breakfast. That lead to the kitchen and living room. After that, I thought, you need a break. A big one!
SO, I Grabed the car keys and headed to one of my fav LYS, "Bloomin Yarns", an bought some yummy cottons to start some spring sweaters!
Michelle is always so sweet and helpful. And 9 times out of ten, she always has the exact yarn you want!!! Thats good and bad! I bought yarn for three sweaters!

After that, it was time to put the yarn somewhere so I start it. I looked at my knitting basket................As you can tell from the first picture, the cleaning bug bit again. I dumped it. I know CRAZY!!! I am taking away from knitting time!



I found, LOTS of labels, lots of markers, notes, phone numbers, bills, and a button from a sweater I knit almost 15 years ago. thats it in the picture below. I made a white with blue accent, cotton cardigan. Everything was bought on vacation at the Outer Banks.

I think at that point I decided a glass of wine would help me tackle this project. It did. I was able to get ALL my needles put in order and labled if double or circluar. Put away yarn that was left over. Threw away all those lables. Put the bills where they belonged, and traded out winter projects for new spring projects!
Looks pretty good! And I am sober! It is a clean feeling. Like, gee I wish someone would come over unexpectedly, cause this place looks and smells really good!
Now, with all this cleaning out of the way, for at least a day! I can sit back, pick up my needles and feel good about, not only the yarn going through my fingers, but the clean orginized surroundings. AHHHH, the fun!

Stay warm and KNIT!

Three little kittens lost their mittens

Oh my. Things did not go as planned. How does that go?"The best made plans...."
Anyway.
I was going to town knitting mittens, then, of course life stepped in.
The walk way had to be shoveled, and I had to cancel knit class,make dinner, clean up dinner, listen to hubby's stories about the roads, etc. etc, etc.....
So I sat down to finish the darker pair of mittens, and Larry the rescue (supposed to be small, found out he's maine coon) cat decided my yarn was yummy, and ate some of it!
I felt that was my sign, that the contest was over and once again I go home without the grand prize. Sigh.

I continue to work on my blue felted purse. I am working on the cream color lace that goes around the flap. If you don't know what I am talking about, its a couple of blogs below. I hope to start the flowers tonight.
Oldest wants to go shopping(she was paid yesterday) and I have about 4 more loads of laundry. Here we go again, and all I need to do is KNIT!

SNOW DAY!

It is beautiful outside! I love, love, love SNOW!!! This is my front porch, taken from my dining room window. I am going to have my daughter get a better picture, she is much better at capturing the beauty of nature.

EWWWW, a free day, what will I work on? First of course laundry): then the sewing room. I am working on two quilts. One for each of my children. I will post pictures as the quilt grows.

I am working on mittens. I found a pattern and its only taking me a little less than 1 hour to make one mitten, minus the thumb. So maybe I will do a mitten marathon this afternoon. I will start after lunch and see how many mittens I can make! I will post the pictures.

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I challenge anyone reading this to do the same! We will have a contest!!! Start at 12:30 and work till dinner! say 5. then break to eat and continue till 9!*****************************************************************
I may not be able to post my mitten pic's till friday, with work and kids, well you know how it goes, but I will do my best!

I am headed up to the sewing room for a bonus day! Then after lunch let the knitting begin!

Have a wonderful SNOW DAY, where ever you are!

I sat down to start my marathon. Oldest needed help with her sweeties Valentines day gift. She is making him a fleece tie blanket(cute) and needed help on cutting the sides.

Then younger son needed to eat AGAIN! He doesn't like to get his picture taken. He is 13. Need I say more. He is playing xbox live with his friends from school and far away.

OH, SO,needless to say the marathon is not going as planned. Its after 6pm, time to get serious~I need to knit~!