Happy Halloween.......

Whoa..........

The fronts are done....I matched up the stripes pretty good, Julie!"Martha" from Catwalk Book 1, by Jenny Watson.

Oh yeah...........

Look what Julie's letting me play with.....

WTF......

I'm finally getting around to posting about my birthday gift from my daughter. I know she hasn't been knitting long, but is there some rule out there that knitters' should NOT have to finish their own birthday presents. She did a pretty good job, but I had to finish off the neck and sleeve edges. It's a lovely bamboo yarn from Berocco, and I love the colour. I think I need more red sweaters!

And I finished the top down version of my raglan baby sweater, and I even got down the rough draft. Once I punch in a couple of more sizes and set in some pictures I'll post it in my side bar.And because I have no idea what the gender of the baby is, it's plain old vanilla and duck buttons.

My poor son was working all the way out in BC over Thanksgiving, and he missed out on his momma's turkey dinner. So we did it up on Wednesday had all the trimmings. The only problem is Mr. D is still away and I've had too eat a lot of leftovers by myself. (Well, Lady dog has helped a little).
So today, I did up a big pot of homemade turkey soup.

Best thing on a grey day like today. Mmmmmmm!!! I'll have to find someone to share it with.

Wait till you see what I'm knitting up for the Alpaca Farm.

Alone again....

Well, Mr. D has left me once again for his annual hunting trip. As you can see somebody didn't want him to go. Lady dog is showing signs of separation anxiety. And me, I'm enjoying the peace and quite today. My girls came out Friday for a visit and we thought we would try RoBo baby in the exersaucer. It fits like a glove. She's pretty strong for 4 months and wants to stand all the time. Miss "P" decided to spend the whole weekend, (I think she thought gramma might be a little lonely) but, she actually let me get some knitting done. So I finished up my socks and I started another baby cardigan. This time from the top down and I'll be putting the pattern down on paper soon. Pattern: Spring Forward-- From Knitty.

Yarn: Tofutsie--less than 1 ball. colour 785

Needles: 2.5mm

This is a great pattern to knit. Easy to memorize, and knit up quick. The only thing I did differently was use 4 needles instead of 5. That way your stitches worked out 22, 22, 22.

Today was also a day of hard decisions....while trying to straighten out my wall o' wool, I came to the conclusion that it will take forever to knit with everything I have in that room. Sooooooooo....I grit my teeth and weeded out some yarns and am listing them on ebay. (EGADS!!!!!)
I think I better go lie down now!

Happy Thanksgiving....

I am thankful for my wonderful family....and another gorgeous fall weekend.

And I finished my next baby sweater! I don't seem to find a lot of patterns out there for little boys so I knit this pattern of my own design. I took some features I liked from another cardigan and actually changed quite a lot. I'll be writing out the pattern soon and tweaking a few things and I hope to add some extra sizes. This one is for a 3-6months size baby.... and I loved every minute of it, right down to the barrel buttons. It had minimal sewing and I'm thinking of redoing it from the top down to omit the sewing all together. It has basket weave at the bottom of the sweater, the hood and at the bottom of the sleeves. I used 3-- 50g balls of Sirdar Snuggly DK from my stash. I think this is perfect for the little boy it was made for and can be just as easily suited for a little girl.And once again thank-you to Baillie Bear for stepping up to the plate to model.

I'm back..........

Well after messing up my computer once again, I'm up and running. Thanks to my Computer Guru (you're the best). Boy, did I learn a lot of new stuff. But I don't plan on being down again! So what have I been doing with all my down time?

I finished Tater! (rav link).I've been wanting to make this cardigan for awhile, and finally was knit for a friend at work.
Although there are somethings I didn't like about the pattern, there were lots I did. I plan on making this one for Miss "P", but I'll be doing a few subtle changes.

My partner in crime found the perfect buttons.Pattern: Tater by Marie Grace Designs Size 6 yrs

Yarn: Sirdar Snuggly DK 4--50g balls

Needle: 3.25mm & 4mm

Now I've started the next baby cardigan, it'll be done soon.

Happy Birthday to me....

All that's missing is the big red ribbon and a cake..............I am the luckiest woman alive!!!!I Love You Honey!

Two of a kind....

Sometimes life turns around and bites you right in the a....!!! My baby 30 years ago and his baby now. They're about the same age here. Scary but true!!!!Boy is he going to have his hands full!!!!

Jeanie.....

Julie took a picture of Jeanie for me. So there you go, I think it looks pretty much the same.

Just made it...

I got Jeanie in just under the wire for Julie and the Knitter's Fair on Saturday. I ran short on yarn so I'll have to lengthen the collar later. And with all the running around I had to do on Friday, I forgot to take a picture of the finished product. So, I'll leave you with the pic from the book and all my blocked pieces till I take my own.Pattern and Yarn: Rowan Cocoon 10 balls for the medium size
Needles: 6mm & 7mm
The yarn was like butter to knit with and the cables just popped. And with the large needles it went quite quickly. (Quicker if I had less interruptions.)

And after that I got to enjoy a little bath time with Miss "P" and Miss "R". This girls are just growing up too fast for me.

Now I'll be knitting up a succession of baby and kids stuff because it seems I'm at that age where all my friends are having grandchildren. Then maybe I might get something knit for myself. Stay tuned.

Ooops.....

Well, I was motoring right along until I saw this....... one of these things is not like the others!

So I had to tink back half the left front, but it's fixed now! I thought these things only happened to the Harlot. Must concentrate.

You can check out our latest dye party results here! I'll post mine this weekend after I skein them.

Long weekends.........

This has been one of those long weekends I just didn't want to end.

Saturday I found a couple of lazy cats who had snuck into the wool room and made themselves comfortable. Yes, that is Duece laying on a lovely nest of merino. Ssh, don't tell Leslie. He's never bothered with the wool before.And Russell is just happy with any cardboard box.

I've been working on this new project for Julie. A cabled cardigan from the new Rowan Cocoon. The yarn is like butter. It's knit on 7mm needles and going quite quick.

The daughter and I spent a girls day in the back yard dying some more yarn. It was alot of fun doing it outside and this is much nicer to look at than laundry drying.

And Lady-dog ended up having a play date with two wandering Retrievers. We finally found they're owners looking for them, they just moved in a couple of doors down and I guess they decided to check out the neighbourhood. And now that they know Lady has a pool I think we'll be seeing more of them. You know how that is.

Can I please stay home the rest of the week?

Warm summer day.....

Today was a visit to the Alpaca Farm for Miss "P" and I. These guys are so cute.
From this..... to this......
The reason for the visit was to drop of Leslie's new sweater. My own design, top down raglan with a stag horn cable and side vents. 100% Alpaca and it took approximately 1250 yds of light worsted weight. I'm in the process of writing the pattern out, but this one was a learning process for me and there are a few things I need to tweak. But all in all I'm pretty happy with it. And there are still a couple of skeins left to make some socks.

And yes, that is a pair of Fetching to go with it.P.S.: Thank-you to my model. (it was pretty warm out to be wearing a sweater)

Now I'm working on a cardigan for Julie for the Knitter's Fair. Pictures soon.

So big....

It's amazing how fast they grow...Rowan is already smiling and cooing and sticking her tongue out alot.
Paisley is swimming like a fish and not afraid to go in the pool by herself anymore. (As long as gramma is close by, of course!)And little Miss Rowan is wearing her Yarni Cardigan already, the sleeves are just a little long. I guess I'll have to knit one in DK weight just to get a bigger size.
And during this lovely photo shoot she christened it with a little spew!!!! Good thing it's superwash.In other knitting news, I finished the Alpaca sweater for Leslie. I'll take some photos when it has dried. And I had enough yarn left over to knit a pair of Fetching for her. (still in progress)

Egads.....

I was sent this to post on my blog but the funny thing is I was attacked by a cat once. It was a mail slot in a door and when I lifted it to push the mail through a black paw with claws popped through and nailed my hand. Scared the crap out of me too!!!!!!

Holy lightning bolts Batman........

There's nothing quite like having to work outside in a thunderstorm.......lightning flashing over your head while your delivering mail to metal boxes........I'm soaked to the bone.

But now that I'm home safe and sound, my wrinkled fingers and toes drying, I think I'll sit with my Timmie's and knit, knit, and knit.

Here's a little peak at our dye job.

We'll definately be doing some more of this!!!!

I almost forgot...when you can't buy wool, the next best thing......Namaste!!!!