My First square for The Lily Chin Heirloom Reversible Cable Blanket..
I saw her working on this blanket on Knitty Gritty a few weeks ago and loved it..
I am using different colors of Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece that I had in my stash.... two of them were from a swap... :)

It is working up REALLY SOFT and the reversible cables are fantastic... They look and feel so cuddly !!!
I think this will be a Wonderful Blanket when I finish it...
Its the first time I have started off with a crochet chain cast on... It will be pulled out to make the joining of the squares easier... I Think :)
I know I will get the first three squares done right away because I want to see each of the colors worked up... Lets hope I can stay on a roll and do the entire blanket before I get bored... :)

I am making this blanket which I am embroidering all different Little Girls on it.. I made each one with a different color hair... The Little redhead looks so cute !!
The backing will be done with this fabric that I have .. it says Grandma in all different languages on it... Very Cute !!
Anyway ... What I wanted to show you was another use for the Ball Winders.....
The pearl cotton that I am using comes in a sort of small skein..it was getting all tangled up.. so I cut up little sleeves from a saran wrap cardboard roll and put it on my winder..... then I wound the pearl cotton on it....... Its great now !!! No More Tangles !!!

I finished this sweater today !

I designed it myself using Debbie Bliss Cotton Cashmere....
I love how soft it is.....

Looks like I forgot to fold down the collar correctly.. Sorry !!
It is not uneven as it looks in the photo...

Now I can sent this one off to Paige with the pink one.!!!
Grandma hopes you like them Paige !!!! :) XXXXOOOO

I decide to "play" around with some more felting so I did it the easy way.. without knitting it first.. :)

So I bought this sweater at a garage sale for 50 cents...
I cut off the sleeves and sewed it up ..then make some straps with the ribbing and the neckline...

Looks good this way but I wanted to see it felted...


So... Here is the result...

All felted and drying !!!

Now I'll just make a little liner for the inside !!


Boy.. That was alot faster then knitting it first !!! :)

This is The Great Bargin I found today while roaming around the Second hand store..One of My Favorite places to Browse!!!
The Tote is really super ...
Its Pink Leather
And it stands so nice ..
Perfect for My Knitting !!!

I also found the yarn there.. Its Phildar Brushed..

I see a Cute Soft Little Sweater being created with this ...
I know..I know... What happened to the not buying yarn????
Well.. This was one of those "exceptions"...Don't ya think ? :)

Yarn... 50 cents a skein...
Leather Tote... $2.00

Total= $5.50... Pretty Good, huh ?

See How Nice The Yarn fits inside :)

I bought these shower curtain rings last week because Bob said he wanted them for something...
(You can get a bunch for $1.00 in the dollar store )

Well.. It turns out that he just wanted one... so I had them sitting on the table where I was knitting and while doing this sweater I needed another stitch holder so being this ring was so handy.. I used it.. and it worked fine..
So there you go... An inexpensive stitch holder... LOL

This is a sweater that I started last week at my knitting group.....I am finally using the Debbie Bliss Cotton Cashmere Yarn which I bought last year at a yarn sale... Its really a very pretty sage green and I am triming it with a cream color..
I don't have a pattern for this one I am just using symetics and doing a wide rib pattern with a fancy pleated ruffle on the bottom and the sleeves... So far.. so good ! This one is also for My GD Paige !

Remember last season when I made this Little Asian Sweater for Penny .. who will be coming from China soon !!!!!








Well... Look Below at The One I finished a few weeks ago.....

Here is The Grown Up Version that I designed for April ( The Mom) :)


I was waiting to post it in My Blog until after April recieved it in the mail......
Well.. She got it yesterday and she LOVED it... It was a surprise and she didn't know I was making her one :)

The Clouds Here Are So Cool To Watch........

This Afternoon We Had A Storm Heading Our Way

Here Come The Clouds.....

This Afternoon we had a Storm Heading Our Way.......................

And Then Came The Rainbow.............................
Where is My Pot of Gold??????

There's My Friend Marilyn looking down to My Balcony from Her Balcony.........
Thats how we call each other from one floor to the other... :)
"YooooooooooHooooooooo"

I finished the pretty little sweater for Paige.. My Grandaughter... Its such a nice fluffy soft feeling pattern..
It is an Anny Blatt Pattern and I made it in Bernart So Soft DK yarn.......

My Little Red Felted Hat & Shoes !!!!




I had left over yarn from the Patons Wool and wanted to make something else... So this is what I came up with..... I didn't have a pattern for a little hat so I started with a BIG one and slowly did some decreases here and there and there and here until I came up with what I thought was a good enough size to be Shrunk ... Oh.. I mean " Felted " :)
Then I rolled up the brim and crimped the edges like an Apple Pie and Here is The result !!!!
Its still drying and its not sunny the past two days so it will take a while for it to dry enought so I can pack it up and mail it to California.....
Now I STILL have a bit more yarn left... Hummmmm.. What can I make next ???
I was never a Big Fan of Felting but I gotta tell ya.... I really love these two items.....
And like the shoes... I did felt the hat by hand in the same way... It did not tke long at all..

Here is a Birdseye view of the Hat :)

So Sweet !!!

I recieved this email from My Favorite New York neighbor today and I just wanted to share it with you... As you all know.. we are in Florida for the Winter...
Ryan is the little boy who lives next door to us in New York.. He is three years old.....
This is the email from his Grandma...... :)
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Just had to tell you what Ryan said:tonight
I brought Ryan home a Hostess Snowball for dessert and of course he asked "why" it was called that "cause it looks just like a snowball I told him. and when/if we get snow we'll go outside and make lots of snowballs. We then went on to talk about other things to do in the Winter like building snowmen, riding on sled , drinking hot chocolate......
Then I asked him "so what happens in the Spring?"
And Ryans says " BOB AND PENNY COME HOME FROM FLORIDA"

we all had a good laugh !!! see we do miss you in NY

The morning begun with some of Our Knitters at Paneras.......From left to right is Charlene...Mary...Me 'Penny"....Betty and Lori !!!

Its always a Nice Fun Time every Wednesday when we meet to Knit and Chat and Eat !!!
I am finishing up a project here which I hope to post soon but first I have to get it to the recipient because its a "Surprise" and I don't want them to see it here on My Blog :)

LOL... OK... So now everyone will be waiting for me to send them this Surprise !!!!
Sorry.. There is only one right now... I'll have to work on another real soon :)

And here's Sharon... who took the photo :)

After our morning at Paneras knitting and eating....
Betty and I went to Marys House so I could do some work on a sewing project I have going on....
As you can see here... Mary has quite the Sewing..Crafting Room.. and it is equipped with everything you could possibly need... I think I could spend a very big part of my Day in there...

Hummm... I think she could use it as a Stage for a Sewing Show... :)

Whats going on here.. This new Blogger stinks !!!!!

I keep trying to post pictures and it doesn't happen... When I sign in it tells me its the wrong password...

All the problems we had with the Old Blogger wasn't half as bad as this New Blogger..

Can someone tell me How to post my photos with the New Stuff !!!!

Here is a Better Picture of the Little Red Shoes after I put some Tiny Heart Buttons on them :) 

I received this Request from My Daughter as you all know is anxiously STILL waiting for her Baby from China...


Mom ......I need some more booties sent to me. Can you put out another post. Here's the reason...
As some of you may know as it's been a public news issue the past month:
China is putting forth new rules for applicants applying this year. Due to the fact that they have so many more applicants then babies "supply and demand" the time frames have increased to 24-36 months from start to finish. Its a long and frustrating wait...You may think there's no way but it is true. There are hundreds of orphanages in China that are not open to the international adoption program therefore many babies are there waiting to be adopted by the Chinese. Unfortunately with all these babies there is still a long waiting list. The Chinese that are adopting babies for themselves just look for a certain type of baby-certain features etc. It's nothing bad, it's just the way the culture is in China. Looks are #1 for women.
So I'd like to give my bootie collection to the orphanages that are domestic within China only. It just makes sense. They have more little babies waiting around then mine does and those little babies really need things .. They don't have very much..Most of the money for adoptions go to the Government and not to the orphanages.. :(
So PLEASE send more booties. They don't have to be fancy just made with love. We don't plan on traveling to China for several months so there's plenty of time.
Thank You for any that you can do..
Love April.. who is Still waiting for her China Baby...
Please email My Mom for my mailing address; peneloercola@aol.com

I was just reminded by a friend ( Barbara) not to use white yarn... They use the color white in China for Mourning......

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" Little Penny" can Fill Grandmas Shoes :)

Here are the Before and After Photos of My Little Shoes :) ....... Hope you can all see these photos because I had to send them a different way.. I don't know whats up with Blogger...



This was my First experience with "felting"or as My Daughter April said.... The first time I used " Shrinky Dink Yarn" :).......and I must say I did enjoy watching the process...
I first put them in a pail in the tub with a teaspoon of Euculan.. which I have to tell you smells absolutely wonderful ! Then I used a plunger to agitate the water... I did this for several minutes and still no shrinkage??? hum??? So I changed the water and did it hot again.... kept plunging....
Then I decided to add some boiled kettle water and kept plunging... Now I could see it starting to shrink... I then remembered someone saying to rub the item while in the water and this is when I could see the Big felting really happening... So I would reccomend that you rub the item while it is in the water... Soon I had these sweet little shoes .. I put them in cold water to stop the shrinking and shaped them and put plastic supermarket bag in each to hold the shape while they were drying... After a while I took out the bags and now they are outside finishing up the drying.. :)
It was a Fun Experience .. Not only did I get these Little Shoes but I think I got some muscles in my arms from all that plunging :)
Sorry.. I forgot to post the pattern... I got in in Donna Koolers Encyclopedia of Knitting and I used Patons 100% Wool Yarn.. I REALLY loved working with this yarn but I would be afraid to use it for anything other than felting because of the shrinkage... Maybe if the item was washed by hand it would be OK but I am way to lazy to do that :)

What Have I Been doing this week ???

Let me see now. *I have been Sitting on The Beach..reading, walking, eating, Knitting, Sleeping *
Repeat from * to *... Thats what I will be doing next week also :)

" LIFE IS GOOD" Yup.. Thats what the hat says that April got me.... How True It Is !!! :)

Six Hats


These are Six Hats I finished for The Childrens Cancer Hospital in Boston... Very FUN Hats !!!
The Pattern is Here..........http://www.headhuggers.org/patterns/kpatt10.htm