My Swap Package came today... and My Partner really outdid herself ...
The yarn is sooooooooooooo NICE... Patons Silk Bamboo and Brown Sheep Handpaint Originals.... Now what will they be???
Have a Cup of Nestle Chocolate or Tea.? .. Thank You.. I think I will !!! :)
A Great book which I have not seen or read yet.. The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club...
Can't wait to dive into it...
Lovely Note Cards and a Oh So Soft Washcloth made from Island Cotton Yarn.... Wonderfully Soft!!!
A Spicey Smelly Handmade Soap and a Beautiful Little Sttich Market..
Thank You Margaret for Spoiling me so!!!!

I finished the Shawl for Ally.. My Grandaughter...
Its in The Mail..
I hope you like it Ally!!! :)

Here are some scarves I made ..
I sent most of them to My Daughter and Grandaughters...


This is a nice Soft One..It is either cashmere or alpaca.. My friend gave me the yarn last year..
I did the yarn harlot easy scarf..


This Little Cutie is another Sweater that I made for Claire... The Pattern is Duck Soup..
I should take a better photo so you could see it better...

This is My Grandaughter Natalie.... She is Ten Years Old and she just started taking Knitting Lessons :)
Look at her Very First Project... What a cute little purse.. Natalie made it for her Little Cousin Samantha..
I am so Happy that she is Knitting and I am so Proud of her work... I can't wait to see what she is going to knit next...
I only wish I could be near her so we could knit together...but we live very far away from each other :(
Keep up the Great Work Natalie... You are doing Great!!!!
I love you... Grandma XXOO

Hats

Two Little Hats for two Little Babies :)

MEOW.........

The Forever Scarf......................Why oh Why is it taking me so long?????
My Daughter Terry has been waiting and waiting for me to send her a scarf... I don't know what it is with me and scarves... I have so many of them on needles but I have such a hard time getting them finished... I do a little and then start knitting something else.. I can make a sweater or a blanket or a shawl in less time then it takes me to Finish a darn little scarf..
What is it??? Do I just have a thing against scarves???
I think its the fact that they go on and on forever in the same stitch and the same number of stitches that it just gets me so darn BORED !!! It practically gives me Anxiety just thinking of it while I am knitting.. LOL.. I would almost rather clean the house than have to kit a scarf from start to finish... Well... ALMOST!!!
I did this one with a feather & fan bottom and then started stockinette stitch because I liked the feel of the yarn in St . Stitch..
I did garter on the ends so that it would not roll. BUT Guess What??? yes.. It rolls right up and it bothers me to no end...
I will continue to torture myself and get this thing finished so Terry can be warm up in Buffalo But I will not enjoy doing it...
I'm going to do another FAST one for her but this time I will use bulky yarn and BIG needles... It will be a shorter Torture Time...
Soooo I guess if you want me to knit you something... Don't expect a scarf....

Oh No.. No.. No.. This can not be my "LITTLE" First Grandaughter Allie!!!!
How could she be so All Grown Up???? Where did the years go... Oh I am so sad that I do not live close so I could have watched her grow ..
She sure does look pretty!!
I love You Allie!!!

(((((((((((HUGS)))))))))) From Grammie

April & John .. Sami & Felix received The Hats yesterday :)

Cute !!!

And Another Hat...
This is The Irish Hiking Pattern and it is for a Girl who works at Burger King :)

More Hats.. I have Hats coming out of my Head... LOL
One for Sami just like Mommies .......

I did pretty GOOD at The Sale!!!! The add said it started at 12:00 so we got there at 11:45 but The Add was wrong ..It started at 11:00 Sooooooooooooooo The place was packed and lots of the "good" stuff was gone already :( But I still managed to grab some of it before it was all gone :) I see some shawls.. Some sweaters and some blamkets here!! Don't you!!!



MORE Hats!!!! One for Daddy and One for Felix!!!! I just "played" around with the black and did a design on the top.....

Tomorrow Catherine and I are going to Smileys Hotel Sale in Plainview...
I will do my Best to Control My Urge to Buy Massive Amounts of Yarn to add To My Stash!!!! Ha.. Ohhhhhh yeaaaaaa !!!! :)




Hats Hats Hats !!!!!

I ahve been in a Hat Mood lately and here are some of My Toppers !!!
Nice and Bright, Right?? Guess it will make it easy to see where the kids are :)
One is for Felix and I made Sami's more "Girly"
I was up 'digging" into my age old Stash in the attic and Catherine commented about this antique yarn I had ... so I was "Thinking" Hummm.. I bet that would make some cute hats!!! And I think it did!!! The yarn is belonged to my stash that is at least 12 years old!!!! :)
Good Stash Busters!!!!

So.. My Daughter *April* sent me a photo of this Hat and said " Can you make me one?"
Well... I did the best I could.. Its a little different but more or less the same :) When I saw the photo I wasn't even sure that it was knitted... It looks like a stretch fabric hat but I think she will like this one.. I tried it on and it looks cute... Naturally it will look much better on April :)
I did a little rib becaue it was rolling too much but when its on you don't even notice the rib that much..
Anyway.. It goes off in the mail this week along with the other hats...

My Grandaughter Natalie just started Knitting Lessons.. She is 10 years Old...
So I made her this little Knitting bag :)

Made This Hoodies for Claire...
Started with my basic.. Mary Goodwin Top Down Hooded Cardigan from her Kids to Adults Book.. Which I have well used for many years... I have done this hoodie so many times but I just change designs in it to my own .. This is a size Two.

First Day of School for Sami & Felix.........

Beautiful Artwork !!!!!


I think Sami is a little Nervous but Felix is Helping her... :)


Awwwwwwwwww !!!

This is My Grandson Will...
And This is What you get when you hit The Winning Run of The Game ...
Cold Stone Gotta Have it!!!!

He sure looks Happy!!!

Another Shawl finished :)

This one is definately for "Me".....
It is the perfect size that I like and the weight is how I like it and the color is nice... Its a green with specks of red-yellow-white and black in it... A cotton yarn.. I do not know the name because I bought skeins of it years ago without labels on them...
The Pattern is from Ravelry.. Elanas Simple Shawl... I did a border on it with points.. I didn't block it so thats whay they are not so "pointy".. But I plan on just throwning it in the washer like my Friend Mary does with her cotton shawl.. Hopefully I will get some wear out of this one..

Now I have a few more shawls that I just have to make BUT... Its time to do some sweaters for the Kiddos being that it will be getting cold pretty soon... First on the list is Claire because she is in Buffalo... Brrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!