No pictures, darn it!

Well................the past two weeks have been very busy! I've been doing extra training workshops at work and they require longer days with me having to get up much earlier than normal, too. I slept in this morning to help get "caught up!" It sure did feel good.

Last weekend we spent with our daughter and son-in-law and saw how good they feel about the pregnancy. She is feeling wonderful now, fortunately. Baby is progressing well, too. The sex of the baby has yet to be determined and there are no more ultrasounds scheduled, so we may just have to wait until it is born. That's not so bad, though. We had to wait to find out this baby's mother was a girl, too. Turned out great!

I have been doing a little knitting along the way. I finished a pair of socks, which I wore immediately! I'll eventually get a picture, I hope. I've started a log cabin baby blanket with Cottontots yarn and it's coming out really pretty. We shopped for baby curtains last weekend and I brought home the fabric to make them. We hope to go back in a couple more weeks, so I'm working pretty hard to get them done by then. Working full-time makes my hobbie time very valuable. We also bought a boppy pillow, which came with a simple pattern, so I can make a bunch of slip covers for it. Nice!

That's all for now! ;-)

Knitting and family pictures

This is our daughter, with her German Shepherd, Gabby. Grandbaby is 4 1/2 months along at this point and she is looking wonderful!
This is a picture of my most recent stash enhancements. All are intended for either daughter or grandbaby, at this point. I have some ideas, but am not certain, yet, what I'll do with them. I have more of each, so there's no problem with having enough.
This is the baby kimono (from Mason-Dixon). I just need to add the ribbons and it's done. I used Paton's Astra yarn and I'm not sure I'll use it again. It seems a bit bulkier than I wanted and a bit stiff. Hopefully when I wash it, it will soften up. I certainly hope so, since the booties and one of the hats I've knit are out of it, too.

Well, off to do taxes (ugh!) and then knit while watching the Las Vegas Nascar race this afternoon. ;-)

No pictures, once again

I have finished a diaper sweater in the green color of the booties and cap. Just need to put some ribbon ties on it. I've started a sweater in yellow and hopefully will be finished with the multicolored blanket soon. I'll take some pictures tomorrow, I hope. I've also received a couple of new yarns in the mail.

Yesterday my DH was at our daughter's helping her pick up baby furniture and bring it home. I got pictures of her at 4 1/2 months. I'll see her in about a month, so I'm really excited to see these pictures.

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I'm back!!

I have several things to report and these two bags are just a start on my newthings. The red bag holds a baby blanket that I'll show later this week, but the second, clear bag, holds a lot of new items. The bag came from KnitPicks, so that just gives you a hint about what came with it and what might be inside right now. I've progressed on many of my projects, fortunately, along with being really busy. I truly hope I've taken enough pictures to post frequently for a while. I'll try to post more regularly, now that we have MIL settled in the nursing home. I've been her daughter for almost 30 years and she means so much to me and her 3 sons. Hopefully things will level off for all of us now. We got a lot of work done this weekend clearing out her apartment, and even got to watch the Datona 500 today, so things are feeling much more normal. ;-)

Big Blue

This is another picture of Big Blue. My daughter and son-in-law are his people and he's named for the mascot of Old Dominion University where they both graduated. He and his sister, Katrina, were adopted from the Norfolk SPCA several years ago and they are the sweetest kitties. Blue is the welcomer of the house along with their dogs, Falco and Gabbi. The dogs are German Shepherds and they love the kitties, too.
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No knitting pictures

I still don't have knitting pictures, but have been knitting quite a bit. I've almost finished Tom's scarf. Just have the ends to weave in and it's done, so I hope to finish before the end of the week and will try to take a picture to post. I've been working on my purple sock and am almost finished with the one. I'll start the second one, soon. I've also been knitting on my burgundy merino wool shawl. It's so plain, but it is so easy to knit. No thinking involved, so it is really theraputic when I need no thinking.

This picture is my brother's kitty, Squeeky. She's a scardie cat, but really pretty and when she gets to know you she's nice.

Happy Thanksgiving Eve!

This is how OK sleeps most of the time. It is his chair! We rarely sit there because he has it coated with his fur. The pillow belongs there, but not in the middle, only on the side so he can stretch out whenever he wants. He sits there to watch us and the tv. Watching me knitting and my DH reclining and watching tv. Ok was a stray who adopted us a couple of years ago and he knows how good he has it now. He's a sweet animal, too. We are really lucky!
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Newest project

I purchased this yarn in Williamsburg, too! It is for Tom! A scarf to match a cap he already has. As a matter of fact, we just got home from a trip to Las Vegas and I was able to get quite a lot of this scarf done while we were gone. Airports are great places to knit. So is my brother's house. I worked on my beautiful merino purple socks, too, so I'll soon have more to show off.

Our trip was fun. We stayed with Ward for 3 nights and then spent 2 free nights at Main Street Station. David and I entered a slots tournament and even got to the finals, just didn't win. It was different and fun. Downtown Las Vegas is fun and the Fremont experience still is worth seeing any evening. We like the strip, but it is much more expensive.
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It's finished!

Here is the brick doorstop all finished! Isn't it pretty? Mom really did do a good job. Anonymous asked if it was to be a doorstop and, yes, that's correct. Thanks for asking! I'm really pleased with the end result. I sure do hope Helen and Chris will be, too!
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Soctoberfest!

This is my newest sock yarn from Scout and I'm going to try to get started on a pair of socks for myself with this. It is yummy!! I can hardly wait. I had Tom try on the short socks the other night and they're too small for him, so I'm going to lengthen them and give them to Helen, who's feet are smaller. She doesn't care for short socks, however. Now I have to find something in my stash to knit for Tom. I'm looking for a scarf yarn for him, too. Something tweedy with a brown or tan base color. I've bought a Noro yarn on Ebay and hope it arrives soon. Maybe it will work for Tom's scarf. We'll just have to wait and see.

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One of my favorite pictures and a great memory

This is a picture of Morro Rock in the bay at Morro Bay, CA. My family moved there when I started high school in 1960 and my mother still lives there with a gorgeous view from her home. Mom was an avid knitter. Each fall as my sister and I would be starting school we would go to the stores to buy new skirts and then Mom would take our skirt to the yarn shop to find matching yarn to knit a sweater. When I started college, I had several sets of handknit sweaters with matching skirts. Wasn't I lucky? Mom is now 91 years old and cannot knit anymore with major arthritis in her hands. She still wears a lot of handknit sweaters and they still look beautiful. I'm trying to carry on the tradition with knitting for my whole family. It's fun! Socks, scarves, sweaters, etc!!!