Easy Spirits


I also got these Easy Spirits From April and John for My Birthday !!!!
They are so comfortable !!!

Sheep


Finished The First Sweater for My Baby Gifts this weekend !!!
This is the Sheep Sweater :)

Baby Sweaters


Now I have started the Second Sweater.. This one is a Quack....... :)
Can you tell ???
This will be a Cardigan with the Duck on the left front......Two more days to finish!!!!

Bye- Bye for now.. Time To Knit !!!!!

Next weekend I need to have Two Baby Gifts and yesterday I went up in the attic to check my sweaters and suddenly realized that I did not bring the right sweaters home here from Florida !!! yikes.... Thats when the Panic Mode set in !!!!! Now What am I going to give ??? Can you imagine that with all the baby things I make I now do not have anything to give for a Gift ??
Ok Ok.... Pick out something from your Favorite Patterns... Fumble my way thru the stash in the attic and come up with something nice to make, right !!
One tiny skein of yarn that I just HAD to use was missing... Oh No !!! I also left THAT in Florida... no ..no... It can't be ... I KNOW I hid that somewhere in my luggage **#@#$%^$#!!!
My Daughter told me to pray this little prayer about ... I lost something that must be Found... After searching for an hour I started to re search saying her prayer... Guess What ?? I FOUND that one tiny skein of yarn !!! :)
OK.. So now.. I need to make Two Gifts in 6 Days !!!!
Last night I plugged in My Turbo needle ( yea, right)... LOL... and this is the First one I started !!! Time for Some Speed Knitting!!!
In case you can't tell.. Those are Sheep on the Front..
" Baa... Baa.. Black ( White) Sheep... Have You ANY Wool ????...
Ohhhhhhhhhh YES Sir.. Yes Sir... I Have An Attic Full !!!! " Ha Ha


Baaaaaaa

Green


Finished The Green Spiral Socks pretty Quickly :)
Its been awhile since I made socks... Sort of had to relearn how to avoid those sharp points on the dpns that just seem to want to stab the heck out of my wrists !!! But I made it thru without too many wounds !!!

Cozy Feet


Its kinda hard to see how they will look on a Baby's feet without a Baby to try them on... so it was all up to Snuggles to show ya !!!

The Sock


Whats That Growing in My Bushes ??? :)

Green... Green... Green !!! Spring is Here on Long Island !!!!

The Beginning of a Baby Sock that My Daughter requested...
She asked for " Canned Pea " Green But the closest I had was this lime green... I think its just as pretty !!! April seems to associate her colors with Vegetables.... Maybe because she is a vegetarian ???
Her other Greens are... Frozen Pea Green and Grass Green :)
I have not found them in a yarn color either !!!!

Lacy Baby Dress


Progress on My Amazing Lace Project as of today :)
Here is a quick shot .. remember it still has to be blocked..
I was almost done with the front and came out very short on my stitch count :(... So I had to frog it back to the waisteline.... Now I'll redue the top of the front... Sew the shoulder seams... Block it and then make the sleves.. !!!
I have really stuck to my guns on trying to get this finished even tho my mind keeps wandering on to other projects..... The temptation is almost overwelming.. ha !

So... Our Two Day Stress Test is over for this Season... Thats the Drive from Florida to New York ... Its not one of my Favorite things to do :(
I am a terrible.. nervous passenger... Ask Bob.. He'll tell you... LOL

Anyway.. I got some of what I call " STAK" done... (" Stay Awake.. Nervous.. Knitting " :)
I finished the back of Natalies purple sweater... I'll post a picture soon..
And I did some of my Lacy Baby Dress.... It is really turning out nice !
I have been working my buns off since Sunday trying to clean and dust and get things in order around here... I'm even too pooped to take pictures of my project progress...
Tomorrow..... Tomorrow...... " Its Only A Day Away" !!! :)

I guess my blood has turned into Florida temperature because I have been sooooooooooooooo COLD since we got back... I have been sleeping in my Long Flannel P.J.'s and have 4 blankets on me... When I try to roll over the blankets are so heavy!!! LOL..Bob is not as cold as I am so I guess I am just more " Fragile" :)

The weatherman is promising warmer weather on its way... Some Rain too.. But warmer :)

Friday I have a day planned with two of my Knitting Pals to go to Smileys in Jamica...
The Temptation will be overwelming I am sure but I hope to just get some Baby Yarn that I want for a few Baby things that I have planned... If I only bring a certain amoust of $$$$$ then thats all I can spend because Smileys does not take Credit Cards in the Store !! OK.. Thats My Plan then !!!!
Happy Knitting!!!

We arrived back in new York this weekend after our Winters Stay in Florida... As you can see .. We are in the usual New York Traffic.... This was the most traffic we had in two days :)
Looking straight ahead you can see the Empire State Building.. It looks tiny in this photo bit I think you can see it...

New York... New York


Here in this Photo you can see the New Building... The Tall one that is actially triangle shaped and Glassy looking!
Its still not the Old New Your Skylite..
Missing The Twin Towers

There Go My Buttons Again ???!!!!

Today most of my Buttons fell down to the bottom of this page.. Does anyone know the reason or How I can fix it ???

I Just LOVE This Painting !!!!

Birthday Card :) Yesterday.. May 15th was My Birthday and here is one of the Birthday Cards I got via email from My Grandchildren in Buffalo :)

Aren't they Cute :) How about Little Paige with that darn " Binky" in her mouth... She reminds me of her Auntie April :)

Projects of The Week !!!

These are the Three Projects that I am working on at the moment... Its just too hard for me to stay on one project at a time... :)

First Try
This is the First attempt at making My Lacy Baby Diana Dress...
As you can see in the photo below I was somehow forgetting to do the scallop design every 7th row...
So I frogged it and started over again.. Hopefully I am on the right track now...
I am doing this project for The Amazing Lace Kal....

Amazing Lace Kal
Now This is the way the Dress pattern was supposed to look..
Don't go telling me that you like the first one better because I am not frogging it AGAIN.... :)
It really is a dainty looking pattern in person..
Come On Over... I'll show you :)

Multidirectional Scarf.......................... My First attempt at the multidirectional scarf.... It is an interesting pattern but one that I have to make sure I am on the right row at all times... I had to do the first triangle twice because I was " talking" and miss counted my rows... :(
But it is coming out nice now and I am already "Thinking" Baby Blanket... So I guess that is where this multidirectionaal road is going to take me eventually... On the Road to Making a Multidirectional Baby Blanket :)
You can join this group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/multidirectional/

Natalies Sweater.................. Take a look at the right front of the sweater on the bottom...
I restarted this half using yarn that I had started a part of the sweater with weeks ago but ripped it out because it was the wrong size that I was doing... Anyway when I rewound it the yarn had little " curlys" in it.. Then when I did the front it shows up "funny" in the knitting...
I saw it right away but I thought that after a while it would conform to the fabric...
However as you can see .. its still there... Do you think that if I steamed it lightly it would smooth out that spot there???
Or do you have any other suggestions besides redoing the WHOLE half of the front... No.. No Don't say that.. I want to get this sweater done already!!!!

RAIN in The Horizon ???????................. Looking out this morning I could see rain on its way... We desperately need some rain here in Florida to help get some of the fires out.... The ground is so dry that they just can not get them stopped... The air is filled with smoke and you can smell it... We live quite a way from it .. so I can imagine how awful it must be for the people who are right near it... RAIN... RAIN..... Pour Down on Your People!!!! :)

Hummmmmmmm???? It looks as tho Now I have Lost My Buttons.. I don't see them on the sidebar..... Oh Gosh... This Blogging can be frustrating... humpf !!!!

Well... Anyway.. Today I stopped at a Local Second Hand store and look what I got fo $4.00..
Wahoooooooo.... 2 Kitchen Cottons...
1 Peaches N Cream..... 3 Saucy Sport.. 1 Santos Aran... and a Pink Pound of Love...
Knit Book.. Cross Stitch Book because I love the cover stitch...
and 4 see thru zipper case to put my Knit tools in .. One for each project bag...
Pretty Good Deal... huh ? :)

FROGGED
Last night I discovered that I was doing something wrong in my lacy dress design... so I ripped it out back to the 6th row..... Then I decided that it was coming out way to WIDE for the size dress that I wanted..
This is an older pattern and it calls for Botney Win-Sport.. 7 stitches =1inch on #4 needles..
Well.. I am using J&P Coats Luster sheen cotton thread and I thought it would be thin enough but why does it look so wide...
So I FROGGED the whole thing this morning..
Then I did a swatch.. yes, you heard me.. I DID A SWATCH... now this is something that I very rarely do... Anyway... I did one with a #3 needle and one with a #2 needle and they BOTH came out the same... Now.. What is the purpose of a SWATCH ???? I still have to "guess" which needle to use now... So they both look like 7 stitches to the inch... Now that means the dress should come out the correct size this time... RIGHT?????
Well... This is my venture for this evening.... I'll be starting My Amazing Lace all over again from the beginning.... Wish me Luck !!!

LACE
I joined the Amazing Lace KAL and this is what I will be making.....
It is the Lacy Baby Diana Dress That I started a while ago and never got back to it.. I only did a few inches so this is a great opportunity for me to get it done :)
I am using Buttercup Yellow baby cotton.....
Its such a pretty dress and I am glad to get it going again !!!
Kniting On for the Amazing Lace Team .....................

My Birthday is May 15th

How do you like my New " Nicole" Birthday Shoes :)
Aren't they cute ?
I got them delivered by the UPS Guy just a while ago..
They are from My Grandchildren in Buffalo........
Boy... Do they know how to treat Grandma right !!!!

Thank You Allie, Will, Natalie, Thomas and Paige :) XXXXXOOOOO
They are so cute and comfy... I LOVE them :)

Well.. Stupid is as Stupid does..... :)
Here is My Dashboard....
Low and Behold it did not dissapear!!!!

OK.. So what happened I don't know but somehow I signed on as the user with one letter off on my name :(
Oh Boy... " Banging my head against the wall" How Stupid is THAT ??? :)
So here I am... Guess I can just forget abut the other blog and continue along on my origional.. Well.. Thats as long as I don't forget my name again :)

So.. Here I am Back in the Blogging World.. All is well again :)

I'm working on the purple sweater for my Granddaughter Natalie.... I started it along with several other projects a while ago and now I picked it up again... I did the two front pieces and now I am working my way up the " boring" back :)
Lets hope I can keep myself from working on another UFO before I finish this one :)

Cotton Dress

Panda Sweater

PANDA

SUNSHINE


Here is a bit of Sumshine from Sunnyland Florida :)
I knitted up this washcloth for a Friend of mine today.. Isn't she cute :) LOL
Notice I said " she " :)

SUNSET


I just ran out on the balcony to snap a picture of the Beautiful Sunset!!!

Sundown........ 7: 52.................

Time for Mr Moon :)

Little Penny's Loungers


Well.. This is one of my Favorite now!!! :)

I am calling these .. Little Penny's Loungers!!!! They are made from Red Heart Teri yarn and they are so soft and cozy!!!
Pattern ??? Well.. No Not really.... I made the pants up myself and the top is on the same line as the Cutie Patootie Top...
I think my Daughter will really like this little number... :)

Blankie

I had several requests for the Baby Blankie that I have posted several posts back..
It is a free on line pattern which was pased on to me and I do not have the link...
I did type it up for you because my copy is so worn out...
Use what ever yarn you like.. I used a DK weight...and I sewed on the silky edge :)
Here it is... ENJOY!!!


Crochet Baby Blanket
20 oz. pombadour yarn or yarn of your choice!
6 oz. white trim yarn ( If you want)

ROW 1: Ch. 126, SC in 2nd ch from hook and across.
ROW 2: Ch 1 turn, ( sc, ch3, 3 dc) in 1st sc, *Skip 3 sc, ( sc, ch3, 3 dc) in next sc, Repeat * across to last 4 sc, skip next 3 sc, sc in last sc.
ROW 3: Ch 3 turn, 3 dc in 1st sc, ( sc, ch3, 3 dc) in each ch space across. ending with sc in last space.
========================================================
Repeat ROW 3 approximately 55 rows.
LAST ROW : Ch 3 turn, sc in ch-3 space, sc in sc, * ( sc in next 3 dc, skip next ch 3 space, sc in sc ) repeat* across.. Do not finish off

TRIM:
Working in rounds
Round 1: Ch 1 turn, 3sc in 1st sc, [* sc in each sc, repeat*across, 3 sc in last sc,* ( 3 sc in ch-space, sc in sc) repeat* across, working in free loops of beginning chain, 3 sc in 1st ch, sc in each ch across, ] 3 sc in last, repeat* around, last round repeat between [ ].
slip stitch in 1st sc, (changing colors here if using contrast)
ROUND 2-3: With white, ch 1, sc around with 3 sc in corners, slip st.
ROUND 4: Ch 2, Do not Turn, *skip sc, sc,ch 2, repeat* around slip st in 1st sc.
ROUND 5: Ch1, turn, sc in slip st, * sc in ch- space, sc around with 3 sc in corners.
Repeat *around.
Round 6: Ch 1, turn, * ( sc,ch3, 3 dc)
skip 3 sc, repeat* around slip st to 1st sc. Finish Off

Red Hat Days


Oh My... Ain't We Sweet!!!!

LOL.. Just thought I would give you a "chuckle"...
This is Marilyn and I a few years ago during our Red Hat Society Days !!!
Are'nt we a site :) LOL
We did have fun going out with all the "Ladies"... LOL

Knitting :)


Today was our Knitting Day at Paneras....
This is Marilyn .... It was chilly in our room today and I was showing My capelet that I made last year.. Marilyn tried it on and kept it on because it was so cozy in the airconditioning...
After knitting we went to Lunch and to JoAnns where Marilyn bought some Homespun so I can teach her how to make a Capelet for herself... :) She is new to the Knitting World and is catching on very well.. I think she will be able to make one of these with no problem..
Its so much Fun to recruit new knitters and watch them enjoy their accomplishments!!!!
What Fun!!!

Bird


Yesterday after Bob and I washed and waxed the Van..
I sat in Bobs Sons Backyard knitting while Bob did some fishing...
Then along came a little birdie to check out my knitting... Hummmm???? Do you think he thought that my yarn was a bag of worms ???? :)

Beach Walk


Today was a Beautiful Day for a Walk on the beach... So.. Thats what I did.. :)
We actually sat under the umbrella for a few hours because the sun was pretty hot today! But under the umbrella and with the Ocean Breeze it was a Perfect Morning!
I hope you all had a Nice Day too!

Sweater


Oh Boy! I haven't posted in over a week !!!
But I have done some knitting .. Finished one of my UFO's...
This is the " Dinosour" Sweater for Little Ella who LOVES Dinosours............
This is such a cute sweater.. I hope to make another one soon..
Its from a Sirdar Book that I have.This is probably the first sweater that I did with all the design work in it... After I got going it wasn't too hard, just takes a little concentration !
I used Simply Soft which is becoming a Favorite of mine lately...

Pink Fluffy


Here is the Progress on last weeks projects... The Fluffy " Soft as Butter" Pink Jacket is Done!!!
I absolutely LOVE how soft this is... I used Patons Be Mine yarn and a Sirdar Pattern which you can see a few photos below this..
I have done one front on the purple sweater and a little on the Blue Ruffle one.. But I also started a little Dress.. which I have finished the top and the sleeves :) It is a nice soft cotton ...
I will post a picture this week...

Natalies Sweater


These are the Projects I started this week :)

I know... I know.... Three more??? I just can't be Happy working on one thing at a Time !!!
This is for My Grandaughter Natalie if I ever get it done ...
As you can see I am using Simply Soft... one of my favorite yarns...
I am doing the size 11 and I had to change the bottom a bit so that it would not roll up....
I added an extra row of garter stitch to do that!!! Simple!!

Projects


Here is a VERY SOFT CUDDLY sweater done in Be Mine Yarn... Ohhhhhhhh I just LOVE this stuff.... It is as soft as buttercream..
And.. Yes.. I am also changing this pattern a bit too... First I am making it shorter and then I am making the neck wider... Hope my " adjustments" work out........
I am also "Thinking" of putting a Flower on the front... I'll go thru my stash and see what colors will work... :)

A VERY cute Sweater, right ?
I am again using Simply Soft in two colors... I really like the way it is working out. The pattern takes some concentration so I do some " mindless" knitting.. in between....Like the back of Natalies Sweater ..
This is for My Daughter Aprils Friend... Little Ellafor her Birthday ( which has already passed)...Oh Well.. Creativity does take Time !!!!
It all started because I mentioned some dinasore buttons that I have... They will be adorning the front of the Sweater... Ella LOVES them :)

Color Me Happy !


Here is the Baby Sweater for My Daughters Friend who is having a Baby..
April requested there colors... So this is what I came up with... :)

I did it in the stripe sequence explained in Mag Knits..http://www.magknits.com/chilly04/patterns/fib.htm
I had to shorten my numbers because I did not want the stripes any wider.. So I did 2- 2- 4..
I think it workd out very well.. This way the colors " shift" and each one gets a wide and a narrow stripe... The colors are Red.. Black .. Gold and Green.. I used wool ease worsted weight...
Its a very " Happy Sweater".... Right !

Periwinkle Sweater

Finished the Periwinkle sweater... :)

I am very satisfied with the yarn.. It is Caron Wintuck and it knitted up very nicely .. It feels nice and cozy on and I love the color!
I did a few changes to the pattern along the way!
First I made it about one inch shorter because it is a Ladies Small but it is for a ten Year Old !!! ( My Grandaughter Allie )
Then I made a buttonband instead of a zipper.. Just because that is ny preference!!!.. Actually I did not want to have to sew in a zipper .. LOL and besides.. Where would I find a Periwinkle Zipper anyway!!!
Then instead of binding off in the rib pattern on the collar.. I did a crochet bind off and did a three stitch crochet over the drop stitch rib to give the collar more of a " swing" to it..
I liked this pattern and I will no doubt do another one......
Below is a close up of the beads that I knitted in .. I put them in all the places where there are Ribs...

Beads

Bumble Bee


So My Daughter saw in My Stash Photo that I had some Black Fur...

" Hummmmmm??? That would look nice on a Hat trim and booties " said April !!!

So This is what I came up with :)

Spring is in The Air.... Here come the Bumble bees !!!

Blankie


Baby's Cuddle Blankie with a " Silky "Edge.....
This one is crocheted..... Yes Knitters..... Sometimes I do drag out the old crochet hooks.... :)

Sac Pants


These are " Little Sac Pants" that April saw and wanted me to make ..
Aren't they cute :)
I used Baby Soft yarn and a #3-4 needle...

Progress


Here is The Progress on Allies sweater... It is working out very nicely so far!
I am really liking the pattern and the yarn...You can't see the beads in the photo but they are in the Ribbing!

Fluffy!!


I just made This Sweater for Paige... My almost Two and 1/2 Year old Grandaughter.......
The Pattern is from one of The Bouton d' Or Books that I have...
I used some Bernart Chunky Yarn for the Cream Part and then I had some left over yarn from The " Snug As a Bug " Sweater so I used that for the Trims...
The Whole Sweater is Really " Soft n Cozy"
Paige will Love it :)
When she wears my Knitted or sewn clothes.. She always tells people
" Grandma Made it "....LOL
I guess she is one of my Biggest " Fans" :)

A Duck ???


OK.. So .. Let me just Jump in here with a Bit of " Humor" * Grin*
I have this "Duck" or should I say " Potatoe" ???? .. Now is that with an " E" or without???..LOL
How did Dan Q. spell it again ??? LOL
So.. What do you think..... Should I put it on Ebay??? LOL
" Anyone What To Buy A Duck ? " :) $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Sweater


I just started this Sweater for My Grandaughter...
It is from Interweave Knits Fall 2005...................
Her favorite color is Periwinkle so that is what I chose... I decided to "Jazz" it up a bit and knitted some beads into the Rib.. I will be knitting beads into all the Ribs because they are nice wide 4 inch Ribs...
The yarn ????? You ask !!!!!............ Oh .. Thats just Caron...........But it is working up real nice !!!

Sis

So I joined the Secret Sister Group and it seems that I am so lucky that I have Two Secret Sisters :)
This is from one of them... Look at all the Goodies !!!
The Magazine has some great Patterns in it ...
There is a sachet and some Lavander ...
And Ohhhhhhhhhh Wow... A beautiful skein of Bamboo... Now I am searching patterns to see what I can make .. It has 250 yards so I am thinking about a scarf..
She really did reasearch me .. Right down to My Lorna Doones and Couscous!! Now if I can get My Daughter to make me her Couscous Salad..... Yummy!!!!
Thank You " Secret Sis"

Sis
Here we go with another Secret Sis... :)
She sent me a soft skein of Dalegarn Svale.. which I know I will use right up in one of my Baby sweaters..
And such a lovely jar of Relaxation Cream...........
Thank You so much " Secret Sis"
Boy.. This is FUN !!!!