It's been a while since I blogged & I decided to start over totally fresh! It's been a quiet weekend with 1 of my grandchildren. It was C's 10th birthday this weekend & she wanted to make sure that nothing changed that when she found it out. We rented 3 movies from RedBox - Treasure Buddies, Barbie in a Mermaid Tale 2 & We Bought A Zoo. Then we got out our knitting! She chose to buy some fun fur yarn when we visited Hobby Lobby to use on the knitting machine to make a scarf. Originally she wanted to use her plastic Singer circular machine/loom, but she kept having issues with it. So we finally got out my Bond Fashion Knitter & set her up to knit on 11 needles. That worked pretty good for her.
For me - I have several projects going at the moment. I am making an afghan for an August wedding in crochet. I have 2 pair of socks for the grandkids Christmas gifts of the needles. I had the granddaughter try on the 1 pair & she wants the ribbing to be about another inch longer, then I will bind off those. That gives me measurements to use also for her oldest sister since they wear nearly the same size shoes. I decided to try making some baby socks as well - it's the first time I have ever followed a pattern for the socks I make, so it has been interesting & they are just so darn cute! I also hae a couple baby afghans going. One I have a recipient in mind, but the other is just to have on hand finished in case I need a gift. I have about 4 shawls in the works as well as about 6 pair of socks for myself. I want to try to get at least the 5 grandkids their socks & 1 of the shawls done before Christmas.
I recently finished a shawl & gave it away to a niece. She had mentioned one day that she would love to have a fine lace piece & I just happened to have just started working on the Sugar Plum Fairy shawl project by Bad Cat Designs & it was in a color I was sure she would like! Here is my version of that shawl:
We had thunderstorms in our area last night & at least 1 tornado was spotted, but it was a ways away from us. I kind of enjoyed the drop in the temperature that came with it, but as the granddaughter said - it also will be more humid again because of the rain. But it is only mid-May & our front yard is already mostly brown here in central Kansas! That's about 2 months earlier than normal, but then I also read where a friend on Facebook says that she saw a combine harvesting a wheat field near here this weekend! And that is quite early as well!
Well, going to get off here. Waiting for a family member & his wife to arrive. They plan to spend the night here while they are in town & they are supposed to have a new toy for me to play with when they come!
Have fun & Happy Crafting until the next time!
For me - I have several projects going at the moment. I am making an afghan for an August wedding in crochet. I have 2 pair of socks for the grandkids Christmas gifts of the needles. I had the granddaughter try on the 1 pair & she wants the ribbing to be about another inch longer, then I will bind off those. That gives me measurements to use also for her oldest sister since they wear nearly the same size shoes. I decided to try making some baby socks as well - it's the first time I have ever followed a pattern for the socks I make, so it has been interesting & they are just so darn cute! I also hae a couple baby afghans going. One I have a recipient in mind, but the other is just to have on hand finished in case I need a gift. I have about 4 shawls in the works as well as about 6 pair of socks for myself. I want to try to get at least the 5 grandkids their socks & 1 of the shawls done before Christmas.
I recently finished a shawl & gave it away to a niece. She had mentioned one day that she would love to have a fine lace piece & I just happened to have just started working on the Sugar Plum Fairy shawl project by Bad Cat Designs & it was in a color I was sure she would like! Here is my version of that shawl:
We had thunderstorms in our area last night & at least 1 tornado was spotted, but it was a ways away from us. I kind of enjoyed the drop in the temperature that came with it, but as the granddaughter said - it also will be more humid again because of the rain. But it is only mid-May & our front yard is already mostly brown here in central Kansas! That's about 2 months earlier than normal, but then I also read where a friend on Facebook says that she saw a combine harvesting a wheat field near here this weekend! And that is quite early as well!
Well, going to get off here. Waiting for a family member & his wife to arrive. They plan to spend the night here while they are in town & they are supposed to have a new toy for me to play with when they come!
Have fun & Happy Crafting until the next time!
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