my christmas knitting and a lovely day spent w/ the fam. lots of good food. my darling daughter is a wonderful cook and the crablegs and steak made by my darling son in law on christmas eve weren't too shabby either.
hat for son #2, 2x2 rib in brown wool-ease.
wearing said hat
my family, son in law, daughter, darling granddaughter and son #2. son #1 is missing from the pic. he is hiking the pacific crest trail and hopes to be done by jan.1.
brother #1 wearing his 2x2 ribbed scarf and hat knitted in woolease light gray. he's now up for some ice fishing if we ever get ice in michigan.
last but not least, my gift to myself from the dudes at threadbear, rob is such a shameless yarn pimp and i am sooooooo damn easy. (www.threadbearfiberarts.com) and this link freakin' works!
jitterbug sock yarn and lantern moon sock stix. purchased last wednesday and now almost done! should have pics by thursday or friday.
now onward to the new year!
How do you take your tea or coffee?
Submitted by Vasquez.
coffee w/ 1/3 1/2 and 1/2
tea iced or w/ honey and lemon
some eye candy to tide you over until i have time to upload my sock story.
kristi over at red dog knits has a 2 new baby boys and we have decided one of them will make a darling husband for ella. scrappy can't come out to play yet, but we have this picture for the wedding scrapbook.
the tag doesn't work so try www.reddogknits.@wordpress.com
dang, that son't does doesn't work either, google it.
wednesday is beginning to be one of my favorite days of the week. an afternoon at threadbear w/ some good knitting peeps is great therapy for the winter blahs. thanks to sharon, laura, emily, jean, eleanor, kristi, sarita,wendy, darlene et al for an especially entertaining and fun day yesterday. thanks too, to matt, rob and sabrina along w/ the other staff at the store who put up w/ our shenanigans. i did forget to bring my knitting........left it home on the kitchen counter along w/ my trusty debit card, but i had a back up card and they stock lots of great yarn and needles so i was saved.
ella brought her mom for another appearence at threadbear, you can see how excited she was!
picture #1 is a top down hat i got from a blog, (ahhh, i can't remember which one, i am soooo sorry. when i find it i will post it.) i obviously screwed up somewhere and only a huge conehead could wear this one. picture #2--off to the frog pond and out the other side. it will become a 2x2 rib hat from yesterday's post.
more centurion bouton d'or in brown for one 2x2 rib hat for christmas gifting. all the browns in these pictures are much darker than they appear.
gray woolease in 2x2 rib for scarf and hat for my brother and cardinal red bouton d'on centurion for a bias knit scarf for the wife of one of the doctors who works at our clinic.
i just got a phone call from son #1. he is a long distance hiker who has hiked the appalachian trail from cape gaspe, quebec to the florida keys and is currently hiking the pacific crest trail from vancouver, british colombia to southern tip of california. he always has stories of trail magic and today was no exception. he was coming into a town and needed information about how far he was from his destination. two police cars were parked close by and although he usually doesn't approach them because he looks and smells suspicious, and in order to protect and serve, they usually ask him lots of questions, this time he did. he got the info he wanted and started to walk away.
the trooper asked, "what's your name?"
son #1 think "here it comes" and tells him.
"what's your last name?"
son #1 tells him, thinking how long is this going to last.
the trooper says "hello, cousin."
it turns out to be his cousin whom he hasn't seen in many years. they spent a few minutes catching up and then both moved on.
i love stories about the connections we have and how they sometimes turn up unexpectedly.
next post will have more pictures of christmas knitting-to-be.
the beginning of the vivian hoxbro sweater. trip trap, purchased at threadbear a couple months age. i have started this a couple of times. i have this reading disability, you see, i tend to skim over details then when the sweater doesn't look right,
i reread and duh, an important step was overlooked. the colors are a little different from the picture, what looks beige is really a lovely early spring green, and the light tan is an even lighter green. it is modular knitting and fun to do. the website is www.harrisville.com/html/vivian/html
( i hope the link works, i'm still a novice at this.)
and what post would be complete w/o an ella picture. here she is on her first visit to grammy's house wearing a grammy sweater.
here is some knitting NOT for babies.
knitting pure and simple top down raglan v-neck using philosphers wool. completed last year. very warm and a good wear for those times in michigan when you really don't want or need a winter coat.
a close up of the pattern, i alternated stockinette w/ garter stitch. this is a very well written pattern.
using my left over sweater yarn, i am making the modern baby blanket from mason-dixon knitting. it's good mindless knitting for when i'm either too tired or too distracted to think. i like philosphers wool, while a little rough when knitting, it is wonderful when washed. i also have to use addi turbos, it just doesn't slide off the bamboo needles and was causing me some serious wrist pain issues.
yesterday was good knitting wednesday at threadbear. a great group of knitters, good conversation, lots of chuckles, and even a few guffaws. matt and rob, thanks for hosting us every week. we love you guys, oh yes we do, we love you guys, oh yes we do...................
i will leave you w/ todays quote from a word a day. (i don't yet know how to link, but if you are interested in awad you can do a google search.) this succintly states my life philosophy.
life, and the artistic expression thereof. -Stephen Leacock, economist and
humorist (1869-1944)
whoops, make that ella, born 11/15. good grief, don't i make an amazing grandma! here are some knitted items i made for her.
my reason for being thankful this year. ella, born 11/17, is my first grandchild, her mom and dad are sara, my only daughter and dorian her husband. kristi (mom of the darling dutchicans) and i are working on an arranged marriage. one can never start too soon.
sara amd her baby brother, brian. "wow, it's a baby!"
son #1, the firstborn, scott, is in california. he is a long distance hiker who just today finished the sierra nevada portion of the pacific crest trail.
my five greatest treasures.
