Mood - It’s Friday. Horrah! The snow in our backyard is GONE!

What I’m Doing – I am not having a good week. My blood pressure is up again. Looks like I’ll have to be put on BP med. I don’t want to but… I need people to pray for my husband and my son. My husband for health issues with his eyes. And my son for a teaching job. He just got his Masters in teaching with an emphasize in social studies. He doesn’t always interview well but it’s because he’s nervous. He’s really good with kids and is in the top 5% of his class academically. Work is going fine for once. And guess what .. spring has come!

WIP – I still have 6 UFO in progress. I wish I could tell you I’m finished with something but I’m not. The person whom I’m making the baby sweater has a baby!!! But am I done…NO. But I’m coming along – I finished the sleeve and now I’m on the body. I had to rip out 5 rows last night on the body. The only good thing I have to remember is that when I’m done… I won’t have any sewing up or buttons. YEAH. I tried Chase’s sweater on him last week. It almost fits.. just a little big .. so maybe when I’m done with it, it will fit. I am going to frog the neck .. I don’t like the k1,p1 I did. I’m going to change it to k2, p2. I’m almost done with the buttonhole purse but am waiting for my knitting buddy to come home from California. I’m almost finished with a washcloth that I have in the car for in between times.
And the Odessa hat…well that’s on the back burner. Oh yeah the baby booties I had to frog again. So this week has been a Ribbbit week.

What Audio Books I’m Listen To – I finished the “The History of Love” by Nicole Kraus and am listening to “19 Minutes” by Jodi Picoult. This book is 19 disk and I’ve had a problem with disk 10 so I had to skip it. Next up is “Daddy’s Girl” by Liz Scottoline!!

Weather – Mainly cloudy. A few peeks of sunshine possible!!!! High of 49F. Tonight partly cloudy with a low of 36F.

Here's a picture from the "Nancy Wild" workshop
that our local guild hosted this past weekend. It was so much fun. The finish product was awesome. And Nancy is a great teacher...so very helpful. I will post my "Skein" when I get a picture. Go here to see the rest of the pictures.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Knitters_North/

I finally
finish the
"Two Toe"
socks for
my good
friend while
on vacation.
I usually work
on a pair of socks
while I'm traveling
or in the doctors
office.


This pair took 8 months. I don't know if that's good or bad.
LOL. She loved them.. especially the color. And the Merino
Stretch wool is soooo soft. The only draw back is that she'll
have to wash them by hand. She promised me that she
would wear them.

This is the Top Down Sweater that I'm

making for Chase. I took a class from our

LYS earlier this winter. This class was a

little different from the Cardigan Neck down workshop. My concern is "will this fit over his head?". I've knit it in the round. I'm going to frog the neck band as I don't like it. I think I'll do a k2,p2. The same for the ribbing around the waist.

This is the Baby Cardigan Sweater from

the Top Down Baby Cardigan Sweater Workshop by Kathy Meggit from our local guild. Each month the guild tries to have a workshop.This one was great. I learned allot. Note the buttons.. I put them on as I was knitting. They are a shank button. One less thing to do.I'm knitting the sleeves in the round so I should only have to sew up the underarms when I'm done. I will take out the prov. cast on and add a different color to the collar.

These are the baby booties
I'm making.. I've frogged the
2nd two times.. grr. I think I've
got them right.

Home from Arizona!

Mood – Positive - Is SPRING really here? It looks warm but brrrrr it’s 34. Hmmm.

What I’m Doing – We just got back from Arizona. I was gone … for 2 weeks .. that’s why I haven’t posted. The weather there wasn’t that great either. It was warmer than here. This wasn’t an official vacation. My DH went down the first of March to help his 85 year old dad and I joined him for the last 10 days. I still had to cook and clean. I did get to knit and work on our taxes… yuk. It was a break. But now back to the old grind. I’m looking forward to knitting tomorrow night. I taught children’s church last Sunday (Easter) and for the next 2 weeks. Those little guys (4 year olds) are so cute. I haven’t stopped since I got home last Wednesday. Last night I got to visit with my grandson. I went over did a little cleaning, played with him, gave him his bath and put him to bed. He’s such a snuggler and a sweetheart.

WIP – I have 6 UFO in progress. I went to a ‘Top-Down Childs Sweater” 3 hour seminar offered by our local knitting guild before I left on vacation. The teacher and the instructions were very good and we worked on a baby cardigan together. We also learned how to put a button on as we knit. You have to use a eyelet button.. but how slick.. to be able to put the button on the same row as the buttonhole. I’m making this sweater for my good friend in Wa. Her daughter is having a baby boy any day now. My daughter and her daughter were best of friends 1-4th grade before they moved. . I also knit with ribbon yarn, a pair of booties. They just need to be sewn together. They turned out great.. more on the masculine side which I wanted. I was also taking a top down sweater class from one of our LYS. I am making a sweater for Chase from that class. I got the body, one sleeve, and the neck done. I wasn’t happy with the neck, I did a K2,P2 – the teacher said that I would probably be happier with a k1,p1. I was worried about getting it over his head. She’s right.. I will frog it this weekend… hopefully if I have time. I like Top-Down sweaters. I’m going to another seminar offered by our local guild on “Yarn Dyeing” with Nancy Wilder. It should be fun too. We spend a couple of hours last Saturday winding the yarn in 30 ft hanks. I’m excited. We should be able to make a pair of socks. I’m still working on the Odessa Beaded Hat and another felted buttonhole purse. I did finish Lorraine’s socks and we’re going over for dinner on Sunday so I will take them to her!! I hope to post pictures tomorrow!

What Audio Books I’m Listen To – I’ve been listening to several.. “The History of Love” by Nicole Kraus is the current one. I also went to the library at Sun Lakes and check out an audio book produced in Australia. I was good, but different. It took place in Scotland Yard and the USA. I don’t have the name of it with me. I l also listened to “Wild Fire” by Nelson DeMille, “Easy Money” Jenny Siler, “Skeleton Man” by Tony Hillerman, “Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven” by Fannie Flagge, and “When Darkness Falls” by James Grippando, since the last time I blogged.

Weather – A mixture of clouds and sun… Hight of 42F. Tonight partly cloudy with a low of 29F. Winds light and variable… Spring is on the WAY.