WOW: The time has gotten away.

Let see, we now have a 9 year old in a few days, and in the next couple of months a teenager!  I have been knitting up a storm.  I've been doing several test knits and am really enjoying them. 

I have been bitten by the Wollmeise bug since March, and have acquired quite a few skeins.  They seem to be my favorites so far and am totally addicted to the grab bags. 

I have finished several shawls over the last 2 years:

The Maia shawl (crocheted).  I love this shawl and was fun to crochet.  This was made with JaggerSpun in Mushroom

 

Then I was finally bitten by the Swallowtail Shawl.  This was in my queue for so long, I had to cast on.  I did extra repeats of the lace before doing the border.  This was made with Misti Alpaca that I bought ages ago.

 Lastly, this is the La Crochetta, that was a test knit for the wonderful Simone.  My first ever finished project using Wollmeise in Madame Souris.  A mixture of knit and crochet.  I am working on another pattern for her now.  She makes so wonderful stuff!

One last bit, hubby and I will be heading for Vegas in November.  Our first time ever going.  We are going with a bunch of my family to watch my brother and aunt run in a marathon.  I can't wait.  This will be our first vacation alone since having children.  I hope we win big!

I hope to have my Nuvem done before Vegas.  I am using Wollmeise Blau Tinte and am loving it so far.  It has been put on the back burner in order to finish several other things.  I'll be picking it back up in the next month or two.  It has to be done before November!

It's been a while

Well lets see... Halloween came and gone. I got some stuff knitted for Christmas. In December I got engrossed in the Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon. Awesome series. I just finished the last book Thursday night. I am alittle depressed that I don't have Jamie and Claire to read about now. I'll have to wait about 1-2 years before the next book. It took me 5 months to read 7 books with about 1400 pages per book. Very good!!!

Back in March our computer quit. Couldn't even turn it on. We decided to buy an Apple. Love it! Hubby did fix the other computer. The power supply went out in it. Now we have 2 computers and there's no more fighting over who gets it first.

School is almost over and I can't wait. The end of the school year is like pulling teeth. I am so done with the whole going to pick the kids up and doing homework. I know the boys are ready. We are all just getting burnt out.

In 11 days is my 15 year anniversary. My hubby and I have been together since high school and we got married when I was 20 and he was 22. It doesn't seem like we've known each other for 20 years. It's amazing how time flies. I actually think that I love him more now then I did when we got married. Is that possible? He's an awesome father and husband. He's a great provider and doesn't complain about anything. He's a terrific man. Words can't describe the feelings I have for him.

Last month hubby's mom moved to Arkansas. We may go to visit them this summer. We will have to wait and see. The boys didn't do baseball this year. They both decided they didn't want to. So I can see the summer being filled with a ton of boys at my house. The only downfall to this summer is Brock's birthday is Father's Day this year. I wanted him to have a sleep over so it may have to be the Friday before.

That's about it for now. Knitting wise I am working on 2 baby blankets. They are both having boys so I have a lot of blue things coming. Actually one blanket is white because I didn't know what Bailey was having at the time I started it. The second one if for a friend of mine sister in law. They like the Chicago Bears, so Layne decided she wanted Bears colors. The blanket is looking good. Shawls have been put on hold til I get these 2 done.

Until next time...

It feels like fall

This is going to be a very picture intense post. Things have been busy. Cody started Chess after school at the public Library on Monday and Tuesdays. It's a battle every morning to get Brock to go to school. He's only in 1st grade and he is already difficult. When will it stop?

This isn't the best picture in the bunch but it shows both of the boys' pumpkins. Brock's is the ghost with the headstone and Cody's is the other ghost. Cody did his all by his self and is mighty proud of it. We carved them Saturday night and Sunday morning Brock woke me to ask if we can light them. He's so impatient sometimes.

This bush is up by our house and every fall it turns a reddish-pink color. Hubby took this picture the other day because the color was so much more vivid than previous years. I love this bush and want to get pictures of the boys by it before all the leaves fall off. The trees have all finally turned colors and it is so pretty.

Cody's modeling this Chevron scarf because it is for his teacher. He picked the color because it's his teacher's favorite color. I loved the way it turned out. I hope she likes it. I am making the Old Shale Scarf for Brock's teacher but it isn't done yet. Soon though. I would like to finish several things for my nieces and nephews first.

I made this for myself of course. It's the Love Bites scarf. The yarn is the Twilight colorway and I plan on wearing it next month to see the New Moon movie. Hubby and I and a close couple of ours already have a no kid date night planned. Dinner then the movie. It will be the first time in over a year going out without the kids. Can't wait! Then the same friend, she wants to take her daughter to see it, so we will take the older kids after we see it first.

This is for my niece for Christmas. The Swing Thing. I started with the second increase as my cast on, thanks to some fellow Ravelers who recommended it. I then felted it because it was way to big. It will be a nice coat for Spring and Fall. I hope she likes it. I made the 2-3 year old size and like I said was way to big. Now I think it will fit her this Spring. I have one more of these to make for my other baby niece. It only took about 4 days to make so hopefully I'll start it soon.

I have a lot of projects that need to get done. I want something handmade for all my nieces and nephews and time is running out. I hope I can make my deadline.

All the patterns I've done are on my projects page. I didn't feel like linking today. I have things to sew for my dad and knitting to do before Christmas. So happy knitting!

Not Much

School has started a week and a half ago and I've been so busy. I've been busy canning from the garden and helping a friend can since this is her first time. Also I watched another friend of mine's little boy. He is so cute and such a good baby. I will have him again a couple of times next week because they are going to be painting there brand new house and she doesn't want him in the smell.

Today, I need to do beans and juice my tomatoes. So another weekend of cooking tomato sauce is on it's way. With all this going on I've neglected the laundry and house work. Knitting has been a nightly thing. I have startitis really bad. So last night I casted on for the Best Friends Scarf in Malabrigo Silk Wool in Blackberry. I love the color. It's a nice dark purple. So soft. I was going to make it for one of my good friend's birthday (she love purple) but I still have teachers to think about. I thought about making scarves for the teachers but don't yet.

Well the kids need to get ready for school so I should go. Hopefully I'll have more next time.

So Long

Boy, it's been a while since I last posted. So far this summer has been about lace for me. I don't know why, but it seems like every new year I start out knitting lace. Well this year it has stayed with me.


MiaBella I love. This shawl I knit with Malabrigo lace and have to say I am in love. This is the first time I've knit with this yarn and I won't quit either. It's so soft and yummy. The color in watergreen (I believe). I still have 1 skein left and am not sure what to do with it yet.

This last shawl is Spring Swirl Surprise. I knit it with Knit Pick Bare lace weight. I love this shawl. First time making a circle one. I think if I ever what to tackle this shawl again I am going to use worsted weight yarn and make a blanket. I love it that much. The edging took forever but it was well worth it.

On the home front, the garden is starting to come in. The green beans are unbelievable. I've frozen 10 bags of them so far. Good eat come winter. I have to register the boys for school next week. I can't wait. They are driving me nuts. The constant fighting is getting really old. Hubby is still working. He called me Friday afternoon to see if anything was going on this week because they wanted him to go to Wisconsin to check out a machine that is being built. So he will be home some time Wednesday night or Thursday morning.

That's about it. I need to go and work on the Victorian Romance shawl from Goddess Knits. It's okay. Maybe when it's done and blocked I'd fell better about it.

May Phat Fiber Box

Can you say yarnie goodness. I love this box. This is the first box that has had more yarn in it than the last 2 months before. I can't believe what I got. Love all of it and can't be happier.
With this being the 3rd box I've gotten I still am not sure what to do with the samples. I may try making a sampler blanket with all the samples. I know the yarns are different weights but I think I could make small and big blocks and strategically place them. I will try to continue to get a box every month. They sell out in about 30 seconds and I can't believe how lucky and grateful I've been to receive one.

On the home front, school is starting to come to an end. With all the snow days they don't get out until June 10th. Today Brock goes on a field trip, which is the first time he has ever ridden in a big bus. He is very excited. Yesterday I went to pick the kids up from school and the librarian was sitting on the roof of the school reading books to the kids because they reached their 3,500th book. The competition was the principal (3,000 books) would kiss a pig which she did last month. Great motivation for the kids I think. Our school is K-12th grade with maybe 400 kids so for the younger classes to read that many books is a great accomplishment.

We (hubby and I) have been busy planting the garden and just loving the time together with the kids still in school. We know it is coming to an end but I really can't wait for summer vacation. We still haven't heard if he is getting layed off. June 1st-15th is the time frame. Of course they are waiting til the last minute. A couple of the bosses are going to try and keep him because they think he is awesome. That is really nice to hear.

Time to get ready for school. A girlfriend and I walk the kids to school and then we walk for about an hour everyday. Time to start losing the weight that the kids put on me when I was pregnant.

Things Going On

Things have been hectic here. I finished several things and trying to prepare for our town-wide garage sale this weekend.

Brock wants to be Yoda for Halloween this year so I made him the Yoda hat. It felted like a dream but I need to decide what to do about the ears.
The next is a shawl that I love. For some reason at the beginning of each new year I get an itch for lace. The yarn is Kauni Effekt. It's nice yarn but very scratchy. I have one ball left but not sure what to make with it yet.

I've decided to do a garage sale this year. I told hubby that whatever is left to throw out. I can't keep this stuff anymore. Things just keep piling up in the basement and around the house. So hopefully I get unload a bunch.