New Member of the Family

Knitting gifts for the boys is done!

I finished JUST before midnight last night with Derek's. Which made me done! He gets a "gator"/cowl/neck warmer. Deven and Logan get the scarves. I think I already posted pictures. If not I will go ahead and do it again ;)

Derek's Neck Warmer. It's a tube you pull over your head. He'll love it. Especially since the yarn color name is Blackwatch. Picture is a little dim.


Deven's Irish Hiking scarf. Done in a color changing yarn. I loved the way the cables worked. Very fast pattern. Another 1/2 a skein and it would be truly the perfect length for his tall self. ;)


Logan's My So Called Scarf. Took FOREVER! Or at least felt that way LOL. Same yarn as Deven's just green. It's a 2 row repeat that I began to hate after 1 skein of the yarn. :( I quit after 1.5 skeins of yarn. This pattern makes a long scarf!

Sewing Day!

I sat down to sew this afternoon.
Step 1 cut fabric
Step 2 cut interfacing
Step 3 run around like a maniac... no interfacing!


So I ended up rummaging around the closet and finding a box from Grandma B, FULL of wonderful fabric. In I found a quilt top of what looks like vintage piecework. And I wonder if her mom made it? It's full of pinks and baby blues. I would like to finish it. How do I do that and make it look right? I don't think modern fabrics will work.


Step 4 is washing in the machine right now. A scrap piece of like weight of material. I'll "pretend" it's sew-in interfacing, and move on.

Traveling Scarf sections

I have been participating in 3 Traveling Scarves, and knitting sections as they come to me. we are about to wind up this swap and hopefully the 1st of my 3 scarves will be here soon.
Here are a few of the sections I have recently been working on

Project Done!

Deven's Irish Hiking Scarf came out great. Would be perfect with one more skein of yarn but I am out and I can't get it locally anymore. Fits Derek perfectly. Of course he is quite a bit shorter haha.

Pictures

Yarn I custom dyed. The Pansy I am happy with. The other not so much. I am mailed it as mentioned before. Now I wait and see if she wants a redo on the left skein. The dark blue looks VERY black, until you lay it on a pair of of black jeans. Not what she was going for I think....



Logan. Can you believe he will be 13 this month!


And look at Deven!!! 15 in a few days....

I LOVE this picture. My oldest son Derek & youngest nephew Zander. the 2 biggest hams ever ;)

Ornaments

I made some ornaments for a couple swaps. They are now off in post traveling their way to new homes

SPecial Orders

We've had a few yarny special orders.
Deven had one where there was a skein of yarn that a person wanted to buy but they needed another to match. He said "Mom, This is one time I am glad I had a journal that you made me keep!" LOL . those two skeins should be at their new homes now.

the other 3 will be soon. Here are the pictures. My camera is trying to die on me so some colors aren't true. In Pansy that is a beautiful purple not blue. The Moonlit Sky is a very dark midnight blue not black.

Merino Bamboo in Moldy Zombi

Kona Bear in Pansy

Huggybears' Sock Moonlit Sky

It's going to freeze!

I am so cold!
It may snow Friday. Can you believe that?!
I am literally an ice cube hand wise already. The family runs when they see me coming LOL

Something New

I made 4 sets of 5 stitch markers. They are made of porcelain chips. Each stitch marker is different. I think they are cute. It looks like they will fit knitting needles US 10-6.0mm. I haven't listed them yet on Etsy, but I think I will :)

German Yarn

My Tausendshoen order came in today! and they are pretty! 2 Herbstfeuer and 1 Elfenblume.
The Herbstfeuer is a ton lighter than I expected & they don't match but I am sure I can find a project for them. Maybe even the one I had in mind will still work. :)

My Etsy

There is no update like planned.
I was sick for a week. It has gone from one family member to the next. :( lasting about a week. So far only relapsing on Deven. We had an ER visit with him the other night. Of course my broke tooth and wisdoms being pulled have added to the delays. When this is all over hopefully I will be back on track and dyeing up a storm. I certainly have things to do!

Wisdom Aftermath

All went well. The teeth pulling itself took 30 minutes!!! according to Phillip. Can you believe that?! Today I feel butchered. The swelling is going down, but my mouth doesn't feel like it on the inside. My teeth hurt. My face hurts. When it's not throbbing it stings. The stinging is actually my inside cheeks. I think they are cut or torn. :( The Minty Mouthwash burns too. I think it's an acid that eats away the dead flesh....really! I'm not a happy camper. Sleeping in the living room recliner. I'm afraid I'll roll over in the bed and land on my face. The boys made me laugh last night. That DID hurt, but dang it sure was funny!

Wisdom Teeth Tomorrow

I have been putting off my wisdom teeth for a while now. Well two days ago i was eating a hamburger and broke a tooth. It was a wisdom. they say i broke it at the gum line :/ So! tomorrow morning at 8am I will be getting it and the other 3 pulled. Wish me luck. And hope for no seizures. i haven't had one in 2 years.

More Wool!

I have more roving in the house to dye for my Etsy shop! I'm very excited about it. Superwash wool, Merino-Tencel, Wool. MCN (Merino Cashmere Nylon), and Merino-Seacell is on the way. Some of it may be in pieces, and if it is, I'll need to decide whether to dye and sell as is or dye, spin, then sell.

Here is a picture of some Superwash wool I have ready for sale soon. I just need to dye up few more things to go with it!

Swap Time

And they are starting to come in!

I LOVE the big swaps :)You never know what will be in the box/bag. It's like Christmas. And the Secret Swaps are super fun because you don't even know WHO is sending the the stuff to you! Last night I received my Fiber box from Kelly in the SSS group on Ravelry. It was great. Fingerless gloves from yarn she spun! Of course Phillip claimed the quick. He thought I made them for him. I have some similar wool that I have been spinning MUCH thicker.... and he does love the browns and green :)

There were also some more of the wool like the gloves were made from, a white/brown mix, and some pretty red batts. I've never spun from batts before. Lots of tea, cookie mix, a sheep soap (really cute!), stitch markers, sparklie thread, bath bombs, lotion, and some flower seeds for the Spring. All in all a really nice package.

Now I must wait for a yarny one in October from my "Secret Stalker" haha

Is it right yet?

Its funny how things look perfect when they are wet. But when they dry out you just aren't quite sure. It's like that with my consignment. Really dark purple that its almost black. What I have is beautiful. When it was wet it was exact. It is not now that it's dry :( So I must figure it out. Where did I go wrong.....

What I've Done This Week

I grabbed this at HEB thinking "Ooh! Fluffy nutter only with nutella!" I haven't opened it yet to find out because my my nutella jar isn't empty yet. But now that I look closer it may be a vanilla/chocolate thing. Either way it looks YUMMY!


Here is the little chick we have. It's really growing! Hardly any fluff left at all...


This is a Wisp. It is a shawl pattern using the fisherman lace pattern. I used Jojoland Harmony yarn on it, which is cobweb lace. It was SO thin! I did not do it this week. I finished it and mailed it off to my swap partner. She recieved and LOVES it. Whew! Her favorite color. Because of the size of yarn it's a scarf size instead of a shawl :) It's really soft and warm she says.


Here are some rovings I did. 100% Superwash wool. The 2nd batch feels VERY Autumny to me.

Our cat died this week

She was old.
She was here when we bought the house.
The dog liked her. They slept together as if they had grown up together.
Callie dug in under the house and never woke up.

More Dyeing

Deven is busy dyeing yarn so he can have some up in the update tomorrow :) They are looking great! Logan is even going to have one up for sale too :D I'll try to have a preview picture like normal soon.

It Almost Time For School Again!

Can you believe it!

Poor Logan is starting to freak out. He did SO well last year at public school. It was his first time. He finished 5th grade. He got the help he needed from the special ed department. He made a few friends. It all worked out. But now He will be going to the Middle School and his "routine" will be drastically different! So the panic is setting in. And the attitude. Poor guy! We keep telling him his friends will be the same and so will his helpers. Just different teachers and a different building. Deven will across the parking lot. Deven was in the Middle School last year. Just ask him, he knows where everything is. :) The people are super nice there. BUT these words aren't helping him LOL. Orientation/schedule pickups are this Thursday.

Deven! on the other hand has been ready to go back for over a month now, Hah! Mr. Socialite.... He will be at the High School this year. He is excited High School yea! Freshman boo! (bottom of heap.) LOL His words in jest. 8th graders were the "big guys on campus" now the 9th grader are the "little guys" he was speculating. Truely he will never be a "little guy". He is already 6ft 4 and 253 lbs at 14yrs old.

Then there is Derek....
He wanted to be an Air Force Pilot. Of high altitude planes. He recently found out that will not be possible. He has asthma. and they won't let him be a navigator for one either :( Now he is looking into Helicoptors ! Looks like he is Homeschooling his last year of school this year too.
Derek has added a few classes to his list. We'll try to get them added in.

Driver's Ed-- Doing now
Government & Politics -- on the way
Intro to Physics -- on the way
Math -- have
Language Arts-- Working on it
Modern History -- Working on it
Spanish -- have
Drafting (1 Semester) -- need to get
C Programming (1 Semester) -- need to get
British Literature -- working on it
Scuba -- PE credit ? Maybe if the college has it. Would be perfect!
Home Economics aka Life Skills -- Have it
Art/Business -- Have it

Mini Update Today on Etsy

The only thing that made it to todays update was the lower row of yarns and the roving. The lace will have to wait until next week. I didn't have enough umph to get it skeined up. It is Merino Cobweb Lace over 1000 yards.

Texas Etsy Swap Package Here!

Yes it is here! And thank you so much :)
Pepper my pug will look great after his bath in the new collar :D
Everything is very pretty. I loved the wrapping.



My secret swapper was Crazyforcollars from my Texas Etsy Team

Thank you!!!

One Lonely Chick

After many tries Prissy has one little chick! Several weeks ago 3 days before she was ready to hatch her brood all 11 of her eggs disappeared over night! she was a mess. Attacking other hens squacking. It was aweful. So we put some more eggs in her nest. Then Phillip caught Honey eat an egg... whole... you couldn't tell there was ever an egg there. He put out of the hen house and before his back was turned she was at it again! A few days later Granny was attacking Honey..... So! We have a problem..

And we moved Prissy and her new batch of eggs. She ended up with one little chick this year instead of 1/2 dozen like last year. But with all the drama I'm glad she finally got something. even if it did take a couple months longer than normal :D

1st Monday!

It's 1st Monday again!
And that means it's time for the 1st Monday Sale with the Team Etsy Texas group.
I am offering Buy One Get One 25% off anything in my Etsy Shop.
Take a look :)

Pictures

Derek's Birthday cake Raspberry truffle something


Group picture


Wyatt & Pepper






Wyatt's Chicken


Fallon's Dye job
Christmas Lights



Jenna's Dye job
Summer Breeze



Everytime we open the back door



George posing