So.... yes I have been mia... but I have been knitting and busy. I finally finished the first sock and started the second sock. I have been knitting really slowly.. well I knit at a good pace but I haven't spent as much time knitting as I usually do. I blame it on the heat this year. I do like how the colors are changing in the sock and I'm waiting for this pretty aqua to show up in the stripes sometime soon.
This delicious desert was made by my son-law from scratch for my birthday. May I say that it was so yummy and light and chocolaty!!
One of the reasons I haven't spent time knitting is home renovation. I started painting my kitchen and family room this week. I got half of it done and have to finish the second half some time this week on a day off. I also have family visiting and hope to spend some time with them... A busy week.
Yes it has been a while. I think I was really exhausted from my NY trip and then lots of changes in my work schedule... I just couldn't catch up on my sleep. Anyway I feel a bit better today after a day off and a trip to wholefoods. I ran right to the juice bar and had the juice of the day. The beautiful tomatoes were the first thing I saw as I walked in the door.. so pretty and picture worthy. Yes this is what is in my juice... kale, celery, cilantro, carrots apples and some super green powder. Yummy.
As you can see I have been working on my Burning stripes sock. Can I say that I love this yarn. LOVE!!! I think I only want to knit socks with this yarn from now on. After I fixed the tangling problem.. I love it.. Oh I said that already..As for the sock.. this is the first time I knit a boomerang heal and although it is really easy, it took me a day to work it out... sigh... but once figured out it is pretty easy and fun. I think my tired state had something to do with that.
I picked up the new Vogue and I'm hoping to pick up the new Vogue crochet that should be on the shelf by now and I have always wanted the first Mason-Dixon Knitting book. I never seemed to have the money on hand for it but at that discounted price I purchased it also. I still love the book and want to make a few items in it already.
Another view of my sock.. I think the short row stitches are twisted even though I reset them on the needles.. who knows.. I have another sock to work it out on. Running off to work now.. Happy knitting.
If you look in the background.. Yoko Ono is crocheting.. (^_^)
I actually thought that I would knit more when in NY, but obviously that didn't happen. There was lots of visiting and traveling to see my Mom and going out at night. Good stuff. My sock grew a little and I am now up to the boomerang heal. Never having made this kind of heal before is going to take a little bit of figuring out. Hopefully before I go to my knitting group tomorrow night I will be able to work it out. My poor Seascape shawl has seen very little progress. At this rate I will have this finished by the fall of this year.. sigh.
Today all I have done is catch up on cleaning and deleting emails and doing laundry. Tomorrow it is back to work and then knit group in the evening. Tonight my son in law is cooking up a storm.. MMMM smells good. He recently started to attend a culinary school. Looking forward to all the practice cooking. (^_^)
I went to NY state this week to visit with family. The change from the already hot weather was nice even though it was cold. A view of the trees from the air. I love the hilly winding roads. There are no hills in Florida.
I stayed with my sister and the first place she drove me to was the Montgomery yarn mill. Such beautiful yarn. I wanted to dive in the pounds and pounds of bulk yarns. I was unable to purchase anything that day and then we never made it back because of limited time and a busy schedule.
The next day we stopped at DWS in the Galleria Mall in Middletown, NY. My sister was in need of a new handbag and shoes. I bought her a pretty black patten Guess bag that she loves. Unfortunately there were no shoes her size because she has such small feet. At least we found a nice handbag on sale.
My sister lives in a quaint little town in NY full of history, beautiful old buildings and little museums. On Saturday morning they were taking out all the antique fire trucks.
Ok no one said that Crazy Zauberball gets all crazy and tangled up all by it self. I think I'm spending more time untangling than knitting. As you can see I started my Burning stripes socks that I actually purchased this yarn to make. I love the colors so far, it's just the tangling issue I'm unhappy with. I might have to wrap it up or something. Below is a little picture I painted. I don't know how I feel about it haha. I looks nice I suppose and I actually have a place to hang it. Well off to work again.
Super fast update before work. I knit a few rows on the Seascape shawl and last night was my knitting group. Debra, one of our group, hosted the meeting at her home and cooked us a dinner, gave us wine and desert. I don't think I need to say much else. I don't think we wanted to leave. I did start a pair of socks from my knitting queue that I have been wanting to make.
I drew this little Hobo guy on my iphone .. hehe
And a picture of the little ones.. omy they are getting so big. I will get to see them in less than 2 weeks..(^_^)
For some reason I have been starting lots of projects, not liking them and frogging them to start something new. Who knows.. anyway I started to crochet a top and realized I would be very close to not having enough yarn for the project, then discovered this very easy knit top in the same style and decided to make that instead. I actually knit it on my knitting machine in an afternoon and then sewed up the seams the next day. TaDa!! I actually finished something. Well it turned out like I thought it would but it is a tad big for me. Yes it is supposed to be over sized but it's a little over over sized on my petite body. I used Lion brand Recycled Cotton and the pattern is Linen top by Kat Coyle. I love this pattern because it is so simple and wearable plus no fitting good for a beginner. I think I will make it again in a lighter yarn when I get a chance to go to a yarn shop. Something summery I think.
This is part of what I do at work... picking up shoes and trying to keep the store pretty and clean for the next day shoppers..
