The sun came up

The Summer is going sooooooo fast! Yesterday was one of the most Wonderful days of the year! The hubby's PET scan came back clean!!! The tumor is gone and the surgery is in 4 weeks to remove the residue left and get rid of the cancer cells. Life, its a wonderful thing, when you are given it back! Through all of this I have been sitting next to my guy as he endured the rounds of heavy Chemo. And while he slept, what did I do? Yeah you know me too well. Knitted!!! I am so proud of myself. I finished not one but 2 UFO's.

The  Daylily by Nashua was finished last week. Love the look. Not so crazy about the feel of the yarn.  It was an easy knit and worked up quickly.

The shrug on the right was a beach purchase. And it was a UFO that has been resting in my sewing room for two years! Come on, it was on size 17 needles!!! I could have finished that in a evening!!! But I was at one of America's most beautiful places, Outer Banks, and who wants to knit?  Check that off as DONE!!! I like it. I will get a plan pink or orange long sleeve tee to wear under it. The yarn was YUMMY!!!  The pattern came from and written by a wonderful shop owner down in NC. Love, Love the shop. If you are there go here!

This little lovely is on its way to being done in a few hours. I figure I will get it done up at camp in two weeks. A simple vest that the daughter picked out awhile ago. Very simple. Fun yarn. Perfect for the 21 year old college student.  She has been on my case about, not making her anything in awhile!!! Excuse me. Go back a few post and see all the knitting I did for you girl!!!!!!! It does make me feel good that she wants me to knit for her!!

And, not that I am, NOT, knitting for her now, I AM!!!  Picked up the new edition of "Knit Simple" and we both fell in love with the hooded pullover.  While waiting on the PET scan 

to be over, I sat in the waiting room and knitted much further than the picture. I am at the sleeves. It is a fun sweater that you knit top down. I like that.

I love the yarn I chose. Daughter wanted a grey. And she loves this shade. I hope make a matching hat and mittens with some of the same color I bought last fall.

Writing is so much easier this morning. Sleep came so much faster last night and the sun came up so much brighter today. Life, has some deep valleys. But the coming up and out of the valley makes everything so much more..........MORE. 

Thank you GOD for prayers answered and for the blessings ahead. Thank you for making my husband one of your miracles.

Sitting in the Sun.

Enjoying the very warm temps. All I want is to be outside, after a long cold worry filled winter. Every part of the beginning of this year has been an ugly memory.
As we move forward with healing, we stepped back, for another round of Chemo. Just to be sure we kicked it in the ass good! The next step is a PET scan and then surgery to rid his body of this monster.  His spirits are good and my vibes are positive that the outcome is excellent.


 So, the knitting is coming along.  The cardi above is a work in progress, and is on its way to be being complete. Very easy, very pretty. 


The book, excellent, quick read.  Love it. If you are a Blossom Street fan, the book stays on Blossom Street, and all the same characters remain.  I look forward to finishing it up this week, so I can start, "Summer on Blossom Street". 


Looking forward to many warm days, ahead and lots of knitting, reading, sewing and scrapping. Oh yeah and I guess some cleaning. 
I guess its back to the sun and sitting and knitting. 
Hope your summer is a good, warm one.

Done during Chemo

After just 5 hours of Chemo with the hubby, I finished the baby sweater and it went home with the baby tonight. 


I passed on the ribbon around the neckline. Ribbons around a babies neck? Please! 
So, I am off to the next project.  A summer shell for the daughter. It is in bright turquoise with bright pink and black. I have a feeling she isn't going to like it. But what can you do. 
Not too much other knitting to speak of. To much thinking is too heavy a task right now.  Simple and fast is the new game plan.
Back to what I love.........Knitting

Quick and Easy

It is finally MAY! I have never wanted to see a year pass as quickly as I do this one. And Its only for one reason. So my family can have their life back.

I want to be able to go places and not worry about my husband. That my kids can laugh a little harder and worry a little less. I just want to be normal and boring again.

Knitting has been hard. Hard to concentrate on a difficult pattern. So I decided just to give in and do something mindless.

The baby sweater was a KAL from Carol's Needleworks. I don't plan on going to the KAL, but I thought it was a cute spring, summer, fall sweater for the newest baby. It is going to be fast and fun. I really like the yarn. I think it will be easy on the mom for care.

Well, the soon to be 16 year old is reading this and making fun. So I think I will get back to what I need to do.........Knit

Rip it Rip it....FROG

I made this, goodness, 5 maybe 6 years ago. Big Wool from Rowan. Made it for my 95lb daughter. When she put it on she looked....well lets just say it was lost till today. I found it in the very back of my closet. I had completely forgotten about it.

So I it pulled out, brushed it off and considered showing it to my 95lb soon to be twenty one year old. But then thought, nah she'll remember it and how it looked. This bulky sweater on her tiny frame. Just laughable.

That's when I decided, it was time to do what needed to be done...

RIPPPPP ITTTT OUT!!!!! I sat down as some good TV started. I ripped through two hours of television. And now I have these lovely pink balls of yummy Big Wool.

It wasn't hard to rip out this project. I don't remember knitting it. It didn't hold any good memories. I think I just needed something to do and probably got the yarn on sale.

I can't remember. So it didn't hurt.

At all. Not even a little bit.

What to make with this new yarn? I made this lovely green scarf and mitten set for the Hubby's Chemo Nurse. She is a old friend and very Irish. She will get it this coming Friday for St.Patrick's Day. Appropiate I think. So the daughter sees this set and makes the comment, "I love this scarf. I love the yarn." HA! Well it will look good on you, in pink! And, so that is how the bulky sweater became a frog and turned into.....A scarf!!!!

That is where I am. The orange vest is staring at me. It's halfway done. But I am too scared to continue.

And the hubby is doing good. We are halfway through Chemo and radiation. He is feeling really good. He has a sore bum. BUT, his spirits are good. And my knitting has helped me through a lot of this. Glad I have it.

Happy knitting! Peace out my peeps....till next time

Crash and Burn

Yes this is our Gold medalist, crashing. Just like me...

The orange sweater.... So cute, right? Well I am 2 skeins short!!! And the yarn shop had 1 Skein!!! So that project will not see gold.

The two opening ceremonies hat....Well has anyone looked at the pattern? The chart did not match up! Did anyone else have this problem with the chart? Please tell me yes... After going back to Ravelry I did notice many of the knitters modified the hat pattern and they look GREAT! So I am going to copy one knitter and follow her pattern. Going to duplicate stitch the trees and reindeer, and carry the bottom pattern all the way around.

So that's why I never get myself into a contest. It takes me right back to being 7 and racing my bike against other kids from other playgrounds. Watching some fly right by and me doing the same.....till I looked back. And it was all over....

Week one of the Olympics

Wooohoo, yeah that's a good feeling. First week in of the Olympic games and , my back is done!!! Love it. The pattern is (ahummm) a bit to easy for my skill level maybe. But it is fun... And even better that its going as fast as it is.

I am adding to the mix. I found the opening

ceremonies hat pattern and started that this evening. So I added to my challenge. 2 Hats and a vest before next Sunday! We will see.... stay tuned....