Ahhhhhhhhhh


This is Todays Lovely Bag of String !!!
Dorethea made the mistake of telling me yesterday that a local yarn shop is closing... So naturally I had to go and check it out....
I didn't do too bad... Take a Peek in My Bag !!!They had everything for 50% Off !!! Now.. Tell me.. Could YOU resist such a Bargin ???? I already have "Plans" for each glorious skein of yarn here...

:)


This Trip was made on Wednesday when I had Lunch with other Knitting Buddies... Diana and Mary!!!
I tell ya.. These girls just get me in trouble all the time... I certainly had no intentions of buying yarn.... even tho we did go to the yarn store.. I was only going to " Browse"
And "Yes" I already have "plans" for this pile of yarn also!!!!!

Stash :)


This is My pile from A.C. Moore..... Hey.. Come on... Most of it was on Sale.... Well.. Some of it was !!!
But I do know what I am going to make with them.. really I Do !!!
All I need to do now is plug in some Turbo Needles and Knit..Knit.. Knit..
Watch.. You'll see.. I'll get this stuff made up into something in Record Time :)

What ??? Who said I am and obsessive Knitter???? :)

WHAT ????????????


Oh .. Come On Now Interweave Knits... What are they Thinking???
This has got to be on The Most Ugliest Knitted 'Thing" List!!!!
I can't decide what it reminds me of ??????
But it certainly is not something I would wear out in Public!!!
What do You Think ????........... OK......... It was just suggested to me that perhaps this is supposed to be a " Boob Warmer".... Now surely That Must be it !!!!

Father and Daughter Jane

Fathers Day Weekend

We spent the weekend at Bobs Daughters House in new Jersey...
His Daughters and His Grandaughters and us all gather at Janies ( Bobs Daughter) for Our Traditional Fathers Day Weekend of Eating and Cathing up !!!

TV and Chat Time


Cooling Off indoors for a while..........

See Ya Later !!!

Way Out


Here we come... Rowing Back to Land ..
Only problem with a two Man Kayac is that Bob wants to go this way
and I want to go That Way !!!!.. The Sun was pretty hot so Now I Want to Go back !!!

Soaking Time


Boy It got pretty Hot out... Time for me to Cool Off !!

Kayac Time

There goes Me and Bob heading out for a ride !!!

Knitting Time


Well Of Course I Brought My Knitting!!!!
Just can't leave home without it !!

Lazy Day


All sorts of relaxing Going on here

Janie and Kurts Home


Janie and Kurts Home in Point Plesant, New Jersey!!

Family Gathering


This is where we spent most of our time....at The Table :)
There was Lots of Good Food and Good Company Chatter going on .....

Thrifty Find


Boy Did I Get Lucky Today !!!!!
Look at the Great Find I got at the Goodwill today...
Eight Skeins of Classic Elite Cotton and Four Skeins of Mission Falls Cotton.. All for 99 cents each...
Wahooooooooooo Now How could I resist such a Bargin!!! :)

Lacy Dress


Here is My Lacy Baby Dress that I did for The Amazing Lace Kal.....
I used a Buttercup Yellow thin cotton by Lustersheen...
I had it finished for a few days but was trying to get those baby Sweaters done before I attempted to sew the dress together... All in all... The dress went together very well...
Its such a Dainty Little Dress ... Don't ya think ?

Quack Quack


The Second Baby Sweater Set is now Complete.... :)
For this one I used Pound of Love Yarn by Lion Brand... Another one of my Favorites !!!

Links

After several hours of trying to straighten out this mess of a Blog here..
I just could not handle the stress of it anymore...
Things were getting way out of Hand ......My links were falling down .. My Buttons were dropping and nothing was where it was supposed to be...
So I had to call in for some expert help all the way to Canada.....
Hooray for Michele in Alberta...
She popped in on my template and got it all neat and tidy for me...
Now my Links are "clicking: and My Buttons are in line and All is Well in BlogLand again!!!!
Thanks Michele for not letting those Technology Deamons Win Us Over!!!!

And Hat

And Hat :)


Here is The Sheep Sweater and A Little Hat I did to go with it !!

For Meeeeeeeeee??????


Yesterday The Ups Girl brought me Two Big Boxes ... I wonder what is in them ??? * Grin*

WOW


Look What was inside those Boxes... Did you Guess ???
A whole New Computer Set up.. Look at that Flat Screen.. It is just sooooooooo Cool !!!
I have so much room on my Desk now to write ...
And look at The Printer/ Scanner... Its Super !!!!
This is My Mothers Day present from My Daughter April and Hubby John !!!!
Wow.. Aren't I a Lucky Mom !!!!!
I think I finally got it all set up and everything running !!!

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... :)