Time waits for no one

Ok, how did these two cute kids grow up and become really great adults. My daughter graduated last year from high school. In less than three hours the nephew will enter the real world. No more reading, no more writing, no more teachers dirty looks! Well, at least till fall and college.

Life goes so fast. There is an ad on TV, that hits  home. A young mom comes in with a fertility statue and the house fills with things and babies and ends with a young girl grabbing her dads keys and saying "Don't wait up". Yep it goes that fast. So if you are a young mom reading this, grab those babies and love them. Kiss those chubby bellies and eat up those tiny cute toes.

I gave the Prayer Shawl to my dying friend. She cried and we hugged. We cried. She loved it and said chemo sometimes makes her cold. And it is perfect.  I took some pictures, but my phone camera made the colors so ugly I don't want to post it. It was beautiful.  

All the yarn came from Knit One. Rochelle could not have been more helpful. My friends and I had spent most of the morning there, and she offered to serve us lunch right in front of the yarn we were smelling and cooing over for the last hour. We all needed the laugh. Love that place. 

Well, as I check my clock I see that I need to gather my tissues and Gatorade(Its outside and its about 95 degrees!) and get ready to go to the graduation. 

Oh what is on my needles..... LOTS... Started a summer vest with cotton fleece. Two pairs of socks are on needles and a sweater that the yarn smells like lilac, and a vest. There's more, but you know that. Keep knitting, peace out.

Booga bag

BOOGA BAG

  This is my version of the booga bag.  Very fast and easy. Made it for the daughter, but she feels it is too bright. 

I love it! The first pic is of the pre-felted bag.  I used 3 skeins of Noro 100% wool. In the brightest colors I could find.

The directions don't tel

l you, but I didn't want any leftover yarn. I used two full skeins, then made a 6 foot strap. with the rest of the yarn I continued on the bag, till I used up all the yarn, bound off and felted. I liked the "no yarn left". Just a thought if you make one. I like making the bag and would probably make another.  It takes a weekend to do. Or a good road trip.  

Not much to blog, I am starting the baby cardigan. It is going to be cute. I can see the fair isle starting. I have to have this done before we leave for summer break. 

I will post a pic soon. That's it for now. Take care, keep knitting.  

I love my socks!!!

It is so much fun to see a little boy light up when he gets a pair of handmade

 socks.  The nephew turned 4 and wanted a bowling party.  When I asked him what he wanted, He said, " A Tonka crane and socks!" He got them both from us. And he was soooo excited.  After all the gifts were opened and he played a few frames he realized he got socks from his aunt. Grandma helped put them on. The picture says it all. His dad took the picture. After this one, he took another of him with a huge smile on his face. He then put on his shoes jumped off the table and bowled a few more frames. Cute as can be!  And, of course he

 made his aunt's day! 

Just one

I love, LOVE, to make flower arrangements. I have been making them since high school. Why I never went into the profession, I will never know. Well, I think I do know. I love it, and why ruin it by having to do it everyday, all the time. It's my nephews prom tomorrow and he asked me to make flowers for his girlfriend. You can't see them, but there are two zombies in the flowers. She loves zombies. It was fun to do.

So, I am at the craft store,picking up the things needed to make the bouquet, and happen to end up by the yarn. Oh yea, its on the other side of the store. BUT, I had to walk by and see if they had anything interesting. I spot it. The cutest ball of baby yarn. Blue and pink and soft and well cute... At this point, hubby, whom I told would I would be 15 min, has now made his way into the store after being in the car over 30 min, finds me. "What are you doing over here? I thought you needed flower stuff over there?" No, I got that stuff honey, I'm just visiting over here. He replies, "I have been in the car almost a hour, can you visit later, without me." OK, I'll be out. The one ball of yarn had to come home with me. It's really sweet. I have to make something with it. I am thinking about holding it together with another baby yarn and making a baby blanket, for the friend who is expecting. I know, I will have to return and buy more if I do that, but I will make the sacrifice.

This is short and sweet, because I need to knit!

The Circle of Life

Life. It never ceases to amaze me. I am feeling like a bi polar knitter. Let me explain. It's not what you think.
I have a friend at school. She is wonderful. Kind, generous and always giving positive uplifting comments. She is dying. Pancreatic cancer. Boom, just like that.
A few weeks ago a precious little fifth grader pops in my room. huge smile. Tells me he misses my class, gives me a hug and looks me dead in the eye and shares the most frightening thing he could ever imagine. His mom was diagnosed with breast cancer.
What do we knitters do with this pain. We knit. We knit prayer Shaw's and chemo caps. With each stitch we pray. Pray for comfort. For a cure, for hope, for strength. Then we finish it, wrap it, and pray, that it gives them all of those things and more.

And then it happens. the darkness lifts. Another friend tells you, after many tries and a miscarriage, she is pregnant. She is glowing, her happiness radiates and captures you. You begin to feel good. Even great. Thankful, she got her wish. She is past the 3 months of worry and looking and feeling better than she ever has. And as a knitter, how do you share in her happiness. You knit! You knit little tiny things. brightly colored things. Things that make you feel GOOD!

SO my invisible friends, what I mean about the Bi polar part is the two extremes in my life at the moment. Each at the extreme end of our emotions. And how do you deal with all of it.
OK, You got it. You knit. And each project is so different, so..........bi polar.

I am knitting bright things! Keeping it up beat and happy! This is a booga bag for my daughter. It is soooooo fast and soooo much fun. I did have to put it aside to make the chemo cap. But I plan on felting it before I leave school tomorrow. Yes, I have a washer in my class room. I am a FCS teacher. And my washer here at home, does not have a agitator, so nothing felts right. My other washer at school is perfect.
And the nephews sweater is so fast, I have stopped to do all the other projects. It is still as cute as can be! And brings a smile to everyone who sees his socks and the half done sweater.

My prized afghan that I won is upstairs waiting for me. I work a few rows before I put my very tired body to rest. It is very beautiful. I would post a pic, but I am too lazy to go upstairs and get it. I may just take the camera and laptop to bed with me and grab a pic and post it. You will see. But for now, I NEED TO KNIT!
I did it. I am not as tired as I thought.
Here are the 30 plus rows that are done.
The colors are totally opposite of me. I am a blue person. But the daughter said I needed to step out of the box, and go opposite of my safe zone. I am enjoying the color change.

Finally! I wanted to be done by the end of march. Well, I guess April will do. The sweater was fun. Knitted from the top down. Straight knitting, Not a lot of thought. Probably a good thing considering the month we have had.
I blocked it and it washed beautifully. I think I made it a size to big. I seems to have grown while in the wash. Oh well.
I love the color. Circus Peanuts.......


The nephews socks are finished. Lots and lots of fun. I picked up some Comfort at Bloomin a few weeks ago. All the colors in the socks. SO I am making the cute sweater in the picture.

I am having fun with this stuff. It takes me back to when my kids were little. Making cute little things. They are not time consuming and lots of fun.
Hubby is on the mend. He spent 3 days in the hospital. came home last sunday. And is doing OK....He has a long road ahead of him. Mending that is. Things are slow. He is happy he is home and knows it's only temporary. He was a little depressed. I figured it was from being home all week by himself and not being able to go anywhere. So I called all the extended family and threw some burgers and dogs on the grill. It was a wonderful night for cooking out. And it was the perfect medicine for hubby! He got lots of laughs and was brought back to the real world. Work, friends, family and all its problems and all the other stuff in between.
Oh the throw. I started it I will get a pic on here real soon, Promise! It is fast. I am lovin it!

The sun will come out tomorrow

Day 2 of the second surgery. He is off the IV. And with a little prayer and hope he will come home for good tomorrow. His Surgery was 25 min and uneventful according to the surgeon. Works for me.

I thought about bringing the afghan, but remembered how cramped the waiting area was last time. It was the right move. The waiting room was filled with little seating. The socks were a perfect project. I finished the second pair, today . I had to run back to Bloomin to get more. One skein is not quite enough. I needed 2inches more of work. It seemed like a waste to buy all that yarn for 2 inches, so I bought two skeins, figured I would make my daughter a pair.

I am going to get the afghan as soon as I am done posting. Will add pictures as soon as I get a few rows on.

It seems like things are looking up. I am finishing projects and my husband is healing. We have been blessed.

I told the surgeon yesterday, God brought us to you. Hows that he asked. I said, I had my gallbladder taken out sooner than I planned, we were going to wait till summer, but decided on sooner at the last minute. that's when we realized what a caring, compassionate man you were. My husband trusted you immediately You told my husband you would do his Colonoscopy, and a two weeks later you saved my husbands life. If I would have waited, or never went to the doctors, who is to say when my husband would have gotten the colonoscopy? When the cancer cells broke through the tumors? No... God took care of all that. He then looked at me and smiled. He knew too.