Happy Birthday T2!!

Today is T2's 11th birthday. Happy birthday my love. Where has the time gone?

We had a very exciting birthday eve. He fell off a scooter and hit the road. We are very lucky to have great neighbors that saw him and his little brother at the side of the road and stopped to help and slow down traffic until he was safe. He got to ride in the ambulance in a neck brace and on a back board. He broke his collar bone and got a good bit of road rash on his left eye. No concussion which is a miracle since he was not wearing his helmet. When do they learn not to ride faster than their guardian angles? He is learning the wonder of Tylenol with codeine. Hell of a way to send out 10!!

I will knit with anything...

I have dreams about what I can knit with and what to do with it when I have cast off the final stitch. Like many knitters, some of these things will never leave my head. I am envious of knitters that accomplish great quantities of knitting (they must have house keepers). I am in awe of those that publish patterns to inspire us and feed my daydreams. Thank you!

One of the things I do get done is my jewelry. Knitting with wire is very satisfying for me. (I do dream about these too.) I enjoy the flow of the idea in my mind to the result and they are usually more sparkly in my hand!! Wow, shinny moments that are good! Here are a few examples.

The Aleita Shell

I really enjoyed this pattern. It was written very well as I am a huge fan of anything already in the round. I like to be done with the garment when I am done knitting. Written by Bonne Marie Burns the pattern is in the spring '08 issue of Interweave Knits. I used Fibranatura - Sea Song by Universal Yarns. It is a cotton and sea kelp blend, very soft. Color way ember #40152. The yarn came from The Knitting Cove in fabulous Port Jefferson, NY. Please stop by and say "Hi" to Bobbie if you are ever in the area!

This was a quick project and I enjoyed wearing it this summer. Definitely a pattern to make again. Thank you Bonne!

Waves of PINK

I wrote this entry after I finished the shawl months ago and just now took pictures.


Here is a May FO. (For those non knitters that is Finished Objects, which makes UFOs Unfinished objects.) I was actually very knitty in May. It is a Knit Picks pattern, the Waves Scarf, mostly. I used the worsted weight Brown Sheep's Lambs Pride. color is Lotus Pink. I added 24 stitches, another cable, for width, and knit to the pattern gauge of 3 spi which required size 11 needles. It took 7 skeins to get this length which is 69 inches. I am very happy with the results and look forward to wearing it. I have not worn it yet because the one sure fire way to warm up the weather is to finish a nice warm wool garment!!

I understand Brown Sheep will be having a trunk show and the great shop I purchased this yarn and can't wait for show and tell. The shop is Sutter's Gold n' Fleece in my "little piece of heaven on earth" St. Germain, WI.

Francie Socks

These are sock I knit for my Mr. in May. The pattern is Francie from Rebekkah Kerner Designs. The yarn is left over from a previous project, Tofutsies yarn by South West Trading Co. It is a very fine yarn and probably too thin for the socks, they are very soft and don't hold their shape well. The pattern is fun to work and is fairly fast. I ran out of yarn just in time for a new trend - Red toes!! Now I will need to make all his socks with red toes. The yarn was first used in a agryle vest so now he has sock to match his vest.

School bells, school bells

I love the first few days of school. It was always exciting to start a new year. New classes, new teachers, new clothes, new and old friends. I don't think the Ts are quite as fond of school as I was when I was in school. Maybe it is a boy/girl thing too. Now that I am a mom I love the first day of school. It is so nice a quite in the house. Not heavy into the homework yet and no major events. The time I get to sit and knit without interruption makes me giddy. There are yarn stores to visit without worry of boys invading. Coffee to drink and luncheons to attend. School started today and I had other work to do and never touched my knitting! Dang! Tomorrow is another day and knitting will be done!

I will also take pictures of what I have been doing. The whole summer got away from me and I didn't have an opportunity for any pictures of my knitting. The broken toe thing sucked and I didn't get that much more time to work on stuff. I found it hard to focus on stiches while on pain meds. I never thought bamboo needles qualified as heavy machinery. Maybe it was me.