Granny Air Bag

My sister sent me this funny video.  I laughed so hard, I had tears in my eyes.

Rippley and Emma

My friend, Bridgett, over at Rambling Designs has just designed another pattern for me to test knit.  It is a wrap called Rippley.  She has designed some beautiful shawls and stoles which I have had the privilege to test knit for her.  I sure wish I could meet her in person, since we have so much in common.

My granddaughter, Emma, who is 10, lives in Indiana and spends a week with us each summer.  This year we took her to Wisconsin Dells and had a blast.  The trip home, however, was another story.  We spent the last 70 miles driving and sitting along side the road in a terrible thunderstorm.  We actually arrived back to our hometown just as tornadic winds hit. 

Anyway, the day before the trip we stopped over at my dad's farm.  My middle brother came down to give Emma her first horseback riding lesson.  She is a natural and rode for quite a while without any help.  I keep kidding my brother by telling him he looks like ZZ Top.  ;~}

Abstract Rhombus & Nightingale

Here are pictures of two socks I am knitting for the July Sock Knitters Anonymous group.  The first is Abstract Rhombus.

The second is Nightingale.  Excuse the picture.  I smashed everything in my scanner.  I have already begun this sock but don't have a current picture.

Both socks have to be finished by the end of August.  It will be close, since I am working on several other things at the moment, including test knitting the Spoon Chrysanthemum shawl for MMario. 

In the meantime, I am off to bake some Braided Lemon Bread, Strawberry Shortcake Cookies and Cherry Clafouti.  Yummm!

Fixed!

Apparently, the trouble I was having with Blogger has fixed itself.  What do you think of my spruced up blog page?  I really like it!

What the . . . .???

I tried to spruce up my blog today by changing the wallpaper, etc. Blogger is not cooperating. It doesn't show any of the changes I made. This is what it decided to give me. Help!! I am hoping it will straighten itself out, or let me correct it in a day or two.

Darn It!

Look at this gorgeous darning egg I just ordered.

I have also ordered 2 more to be custom made for me. I don't know how to link to anything in my blogs, so I will just post the information to the artist's website and Etsy shop.


His website is: www.west.net/~harley/wood/darnaids.htm

and his Etsy shop is: www.etsy.com/shop/CustomWoodDesigns



Hmmmm, maybe I have linked it accidently. ;~}

I'm Officially a Designer

Yep! Thanks to the challenge for the June Sockknitter's Anonymous Group, I have designed my first sock. It is a toe-up sock with a sideways cable band and picot edging. When I get the pattern written up, I will include instructions for knitting the pattern cuff down, along with an alternate method of making the cable band. It's not an elaborate sock, but I am very proud of it - - like giving birth for the first time. :~} Hey Bridgett, does this mean I can join the elite designers' group? LOL

I'm Back . . .

I said that I don't post very often, but 2 1/2 years? Anyway, I will try to check in a little more often.

I finally made it to a Fiber Arts Meeting at our local library. Only a handful of people there during this warm weather but still a good time. The Fiber Arts group just finished decorating a chair (one of 12 rocking chairs decorated by various groups) that will be on a float for the 4th of July parade and then placed for a silent auction. Front and back pictures above. The seat cushion looks like grass on top and the bottom looks like dirt. So cute! There are even a couple bumble bees and butterflies in some of the flowers.

Tea For Ten!

I have a big thirst for knitting! ;0} Take a look at the size of this tea cup - 7 1/2 inches high and 9 inches across (not counting the handle). I saw this beauty in a Kitchen Collections outlet store when I was visiting my aunt and uncle in Denver last month. The tea cup is not an item sold in the store. It is actual a display that holds a bunch of tea infusers with miniature copies of this tea cup on the end. I asked the store manager if there was any way that I could buy this tea cup and was told that I could purchase it once the tea infusers were all sold. I quickly gave her my aunt's phone number, since she graciously consented to mail the tea cup to me. It just arrived today. I was going to display the cup with my collection of quirky tea pots, but like it much better sitting beside me while I knit. I just love it!!

Kauni Jeanie Shawl Finished!

As you can see, I am not much of a talker. It has been months since my last post.



The Kauni Jeanie Shawl is finally finished. This is only the second knitting project I have ever finished. I have literally 100 sock and shawl projects started on needles, but I can't quit starting other patterns I see. I was knitting this shawl for myself, but my daughter-in-law saw me working on it this summer and said she would like to have it. I didn't say anything but gave it to her Monday for her birthday. I don't know if I am more proud of how it looks, the fact I made it through a confusing chart pattern or that I actually finished something! It has been almost 2 years since I started to teach myself to knit.




Kauni Jeanie Shawl pattern free with purchase of yarn from Astrid's Dutch Obsession. http://astridsdutchobsessions.com/scripts/default.asp Yarn is Kauni EQ Rainbow, which is all one colorway.


Hopefully, I can begin to finish some of the other projects on the needles. It will have to wait till after Christmas, though. I have some quilts I am suppose to make for gifts (not making much progress on them). Oh, and I have to finish the turtleneck poncho I am knitting for my grandaughter's birthday tomorrow. I am using the same yarn I used on the Kauni shawl. I will post a picture later. Then there are all the other crafts I do . . . I feel like the rabbit in "Alice in Wonderland", but instead I am in the Tortoise Club. (sigh)



Happy Holidays to you all!!

Fumbling With Photo

So much for quickly setting up my blog. I have spent far too long trying to post my picture at the top of my blog with my Profile. After checking and rechecking the Help page and following the instructions exactly, I still can't get it to work. So . . . . my picture is staying in my first post. At least for now. :~}