I did all The Seaming Last Night and
The Purple Sweater is Complete!!!!


















This is My Grandaughter Paige who has been Happily wearing Grandmas Sweaters !!!
Hi Paige..... Big Hugs and Kisses from Grandma XXXXOOOO

Looks Like its Time for a seaming party !!!!
This Sweater is for My Grandaughter Paige ...... I still have the bottonbands and the trim to do after I sew it together but I just wanted to let you know what Iwas working on this week!!
The yarn is a Reynolds..."Signature" It is wool and acrylic and it has different shades of purple through it as you can see :)
Finished Photo Coming Soon !!!!!!

I received this beautiful Knit Picks yarn and Pattern in the mail yesterday...
It was sent to me byKate....
Last Month I made some Fur Hats for the Children in the Cancer Hospital and Kate sent me this to Thank Me for making them....
She wrote a lovely note to go with it :

"Your individual contribution of your time, energy and talent did not go unnoticed ! The Kids have thoroughly enjoyed the hats.... and as one of the Child Life Specialists from The Floating Hospital :
"You provided these kids with something they don't often have: A Choice. They are taking so much time choosing and selecting their hats. Something so Simple, like picking the right hat to wear gives them a sense of control in a very uncontrollable situation.

:) Kate, Dan (PC) and of course, Pumpkin !
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I did not expect anything except to know the Kids were having Fun with the Hats..
Thank You Kate and Bless Those Children !
Penny

I know !!! I know !!!! I know !!!! Its Too Cute, right? :)
I found this Little Bolero pattern in a Sirdar Book but I changed a few things around and came up with this !!!!
Its going to look adorable on "Little Penny" !!!
I used Bernart So Soft and trimed it with Lucci... a yarn I bought last year in the Yarn shop... The same one I made the TuTu out of a while ago !!

HELP... I can't get my Button in the sidebar???

Bob found this Photo in a magazine that he was reading....
Anyone who visits us frequently would say this is Penny & Bob ( in a few years of course) !!!!!
The Title for the Article was " Clutter"... Ha.... Its NOT clutter .. its improtant " STUFF"..
I'm sure there is plenty of yarn hidden in there somewhere !!!!!

All this Talk about Eggs and Easter and Bunnies put me in the mood to make one !!
The pattern is from a Filatura DiCrosa Book..
I had one skein of Jaeger Merino just waiting to be a Bunny.. :)
I also finished three of the cable squares which are next to her !!
I'm not too sure just what I am going to do about the Cable Blanket..I am really not a "square" person and they are driving me nuts... I might just have to change "plans" for this Blanket...
I have several colors of the Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece and what comes to mind is maybe a log cabin blanket???
Or maybe just a simple diagonal with the colors changing????
Hummmmmmmmmm???????? Decisions... Decisions.. !!!!
And People think its EASY being Creative.. Ha !!!

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..