Need some updating!

I definitely need to update some photos. I've decided that this might be a good way for me to keep track of my projects now that I am not using Ravelry any longer. I support President Trump and they support banning those who support our president, so I no longer use their service. I have found a new home on Our Unraveled.  Because of being displaced from and "all inclusive" knitting platform, I  have chosen to frequent Our Unraveled and Fiberocity. I will be creating links to them on my blog soon, I have forgotten how to do all of this!

I was privileged to be allowed to test knit for a new pattern by Deplorable Knitter, the Trump 2020 cowl, and other Trump related knitting patterns designer. I have a few of her patterns purchased already and I have plans to knit them, but this new pattern popped into my Instagram feed and I just had to get a taste!  I love it!  I was picked to knit the baby pattern which is great because I have tons of baby yarn and our Tuesday night Panera Bread knitting group is doing a baby shower in September for the Detroit Veterans Hospital. The Tuesday group and our Wednesday Library knitting group (some of the same ladies attend both) knit, crochet, and sew up all sorts of stuff for babies through the year and then gift everything to a representative of the DVH for veterans and their wives and their little ones.  So I just love that I was able to test knit this pattern and it's so quick and easy and it's beautiful as a baby hat!!  I finished my second one today and am going to cast on for a third one this evening after I do all my posting things. They will make perfect additions to the donations for DVH and when the pattern is released, I will be making my own hat for me in my own size.

This is the first hat I made, I did not follow the directions closely and forgot to change to size 6 needles after the ribbing, but it still turned out  cute. I thought I would have more contrast between the two yarns but not quite.

My second attempt was much better!  I followed the directions closely and chose a little more contrasting yarn.

Both turned out really cute though and I'm ready for a third!

Today has been a very quiet day. My daughter has been away all day with the Youth group from church and my husband is working , I'm getting caught up on my knitting!

Holy Cow!

I was looking around and saw how long it's been since I have posted anything!  My little baby girl is now 11 and has braces already!  She's growing up so fast. 

She started taking violin lessons again and is getting better and better!

Me?  I have one Grandie already and another on the way (No, not Bekah's, Julie's! )

I still cannot get over all that hair!  I love it!

I have been knitting.  Our local library started a knitting group on Wednesday Mornings. I am loving it!  learning so much and just having a grand time getting out and being with others who love playing with fiber. I've made some hats to donate and now I'm working on a blanket for the newest grandie coming in June.

I started the year out rather poor and decided that I didn't need to be buying new yarn for projects when I have so much already started and yarn bought for projects never started....so I am Cold Sheeping this year. It started out from necessity and now it's become a drive to stay away from buying now yarn. Full confession, I did buy the gray yarn pictured in the photo above, but in my defense I am letting go of 6 other skeins in order to complete this blanket. I had the others in my  stash, but needed a bit more to make up the full yardage I wanted. so I bought 2 skeins to let go of 6 others. IMHO, I'm still cold sheeping!

I did make a visit to my BFF in Ohio last September. I helped her out and she taught me to quilt. Now I have gotten back into sewing and have been making bags and another quilt. More bags and other projects, Lots of bibs for Ethan and some to give away. I'm having grand fun on my Grandmother's 1970's Bernina! I'll find those pictures later!  Enough for now.

What I am grateful for today: My family.

A funny thing happened on the way to Community Service

So Sunday was a day my Stepson was scheduled to do some community service. From what I understand, there is a requirement for community service during the 4 years of High School. Being that Chris is part of the football team, his coach provides some opportunities for service. Not a bad thing at all...So Sunday was Chris' turn to work at a fall festival at a local church. We figured that we would drop him off and pick him back up in 2 hours. We had no idea!

Once Rebekah saw the horse and ponies in the back...there was no going home and coming back...we were doomed to stay. And we had a blast doing so!  Chris had his work to do and Jim and I followed Rebekah around as she played on the inflatables, rode the horse and both ponies, played on the inflatables some more, and got her face painted like a butterfly, played on more inflatables and met a little girl with whom she bonded quickly and they played on the inflatable obstacle course together. Jim and I enjoyed some great food and I caught up with one of my cousins who attends the church!  It was great family fun and all because Chris had to do community service!  Gee Thanks buddy!

Learning something new!

 

My Best Friend, De-De, came for a visit in August. We crammed a lot of activities into 10 days!  We cruised in the Dream Cruise in a '63 Cadillac Convertible. We cleaned out my spare bedroom that is a computer room and yarn stash room...wish I had before and after pictures...but I didn't do that. Suffice it to say, it was about a 4 day job to clean that room up and organize yarn and books, and then clean the dining room up and organize the yarn in there and De-De carried it upstairs to help me organize all my yarn into one room. It was such a labor of love and it is truly appreciated!

We stayed up late and knit and watched movies and talked and looked at pictures and just had a fabulous time together!  We visited the Michigan Fiber Festival on Saturday and I learned how to weave a basket...This was one of the new things I learned. I've never done any basket weaving before and this class was a great way to learn it! Just before I left, I shot off an email to a friend of ours, Sally, who lives right near the fairgrounds. She stopped by to visit and invited us to dinner after the Festival closed for the day. What a special treat!!  Sally and her daughter were such gracious hostesses!  They treated us to a meal that would rival any 5 star restaurant!!  Delicious and beautifully served. It was sweet fellowship! It was the cream on top of a great day!

By far the best thing about De-De's visit was learning to spin!!  De-De taught me proper drop spindling and stick spinning. And I was finally able to get the hang of pre-drafting and then drafting fiber while spinning.  Then De-De taught me how to spin on my very own Fricke Spinning wheel. This thing is perfect!!  It has a whorl with 5 different speeds, came with 4 bobbins, and a lazy kate to boot!  I absolutely love it!!! And I realized that I don't have to be afraid of spinning anymore!

De-De takes these awesome pictures!!

You can truly tell this is beginner yarn but I love it!!! Rebekah and I both enjoyed having De-De's attention and even though she is visiting her daughter now, we miss her company!Told you...awesome pictures!

And yet again...It's been a long time

Just the other day my Step son was complaining because his summer is almost gone and he "didn't really get to relax" He's been going to football practice because he'll be playing Freshman Football for the Waterford Kettering Captains!! I've never been a "Football Mom" so there's lots to learn...But it's all good. I'm proud of him.

But I was realizing that my summer is almost gone too...not that I got any time to relax with responsibilities of a home and family and a full time job with overtime required to pay bills...But here it is halfway through August and I'm still wondering where July went! It has been a great summer though. We managed to make it to the beach owned by our association and really enjoyed the sun and sand...and we will still have time to enjoy it more! We also got to enjoy Rebekah's first Carnival. We paid for the wrist band and let her pick the rides...She kept wanting to go on the Ferris Wheel....Mom or Dad had to ride with her. needless to say...she' is still waiting to ride the Ferris Wheel!! She was almost fearless going on those kiddie rides alone. Some even flew in the air...and she loved it...Even put her hands up on the Kiddie Coaster!!  She had a blast and my heart was full of enjoyment at her fun!!! We even enjoyed a few trips to the ice cream store!

In the middle of all this fun, we managed to help Chris get his stuff together for football and starting High School this year. It's a daunting task to take on a child when he is entering High School and try to make that experience enjoyable for him. But I really believe that Chris is not only having a good time being part of a team but that he is also going to succeed in the 9th grade!!

On top of all of this...I managed to knit project one and 2 of the Camp Loopy Challenge. The first project was knitting a shawl using 2 colors. It only had to be a shawlette...but I'm not much of one for little shawls...so I used 6 skeins of yarn!  Considering that I finished that shawl in the one month given (June 15-July 15) and it used 1200 yards of yarn...I should have no trouble finishing the last project...using 800 yards of yarn! Only 800!  That's easy! I knitted my Pamuya and added some yardage. I'll be knitting Old Shale for project 3 and won't be adding any right now. I also managed to finish my Baudelaire socks for Project 2.  So tonight...I plan to cast on my Malibrigo Rios for the 3rd Camp project.  And why, you may ask, do I do this...It's all for Wollmeisse...a free skein of Wollmeisse yarn...That ellusive yarn that is incredibly hard to obtain and so I am doing all of this for a freebie!!

Camp Loopy Cast on!

I've been waiting to Cast on for my Camp Loopy project and then fell asleep before the official time! So I got up early this morning and got started! YEAH! I'm camping with my dear friend De-De and we are both knitting Pamuya but with different yarn. The Loopy Ewe has so many cool ideas and this is a hit for the owner. Have to buy the yarn from them and there will be 3 projects this summer. Very creative marketing!

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Happy Easter!

Rebekah had a blast finding eggs after church today. Then she hid them and made Mom and Dad find them! That was incredibly fun for us!

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