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