Here today Gone to Maui!!!

Isn't Boo Boo
cute!!!!!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone!
I haven't blogged in 2 weeks.. lots going on. Getting ready for Christmas.. Kids.. grandkids and friends. Please pray for my wonderful friend who's like a mom ... she had cancer. She needs a miricle.. and we know God is in the miricle business. We are going on a trip for Christmas with DD and SIL and GS... but I will miss a white christmas. If we have internet I will post more.
God Bless and Happy knitting!!!!!

Here's
the "Mint
Green
Helment"

Almost
finished

Heres a
view with
the lining

I've been teaching
a friend at church to
knit. She knit this
beautful "Baby
Friendship"
blanket. She
did a great job.
She lined it with soft flannel.

What’s up - Well our good friend “Pauline” is in the hospital and we don’t know what’s
Going on. SSSSSSSSSSSSSooooooo we are concerned.

WIP – I ran out of yarn for the “Blue boy baby sweater”. I was able to purchase 3 more skeins. Only 66 yard a skein. I must have misread the yardage. I finished “Mint Green Helmet Hat”. Zaynab helped me @ Friday Night Knits. I worked on the “Entrelac Scarf” for a few hours this week. I’ve just be to blue. The fingerless gloves … well the one is still on the needle.

What I’m Doing - Babysit “Boo Boo” tonight. I will go to knitting for a couple of hours. Our friend Aaron is going to show us some blogging tips and how to make uploading pictures easier. My husband and I are going to a basketball game tomorrow night again! I will take my knitting. I had a lady intrigued with the I-Cord finish of the Mint Green Hat. It was fun talking with her.

What Audio Books I’m Listen To – “The Game of Silence” by Louise Erdrich read by Anne Fields is very good and I’m almost done. It was a very sweet book. I’m going to look for more of her books. Still listenting to “Eye Contact” by Cammie Mc Govern on a playaway. I need to listen more not just a exercise.

Weather : Let it snow Let is snow Let it snow !
Tonight: Mainly clear. Low 21F. Winds light and variable.
Tomorrow: Mainly sunny. High 27F. Winds light and variable.
Tomorrow night: Clear. Low 23F. Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday: Plenty of sun. Highs in the low teens with temperatures nearly steady overnite.
Monday: More sun than clouds. Highs in the low 20s and lows in the upper single digits.

What’s up - Thanksgiving is over!!! Now on to Christmas.

WIP – The “Blue boy baby sweater” is coming along. I’m to sleeve #1. I’ve gotten 3 buttons added. The baby is already here! Sooooo I better hurry. I’m almost finished with the “Mint Green Helmet Hat”. I’m taking it to knitting tonight to find out how everyone finished their’s. I have an idea but before I commit I want to check out the options. I went to a reverse knitting class 2 weeks ago and am making an “Entrelac Scarf”. Also on the needles still……..the fingerless gloves. I did add the waste yarn.

What I’m Doing - My husband and I are going to a basketball game tomorrow night and of course I’m off to to knitting tonight and tomorrow. I want to start baking for Christmas. I went with a friend shopping on “Black Friday” and got some shopping done. Not many gifts this year as we’re going to Hawaii on Christmas Eve. My darling daughter told me not to decorate but I still put up most my “Christmas” stuff. Just because we’re not going to be here on Christmas what about the 30 days before? She does not have to decorate because they sold there house and now they are scrabbling to find a new house.

What Audio Books I’m Listen To – I finished “The Garden of Eden” by Fay Kellerman read by read by George Guidall and others. This audio book is a collection short stories. It was very good. Now I’m listening to “The Game of Silence” by Louise Erdrich read by Anne Fields. This is rated as a “juvenile” book but I find it very good. About american Indians and the 1600’s.
I’m still listening to “Eye Contact” by Cammie Mc Govern on a playaway. It’s easy to take along to “Curves” and listen while I’m working out!

Weather : Brrr….. it’s getting cold. Our snow is all gone. And the roads are pretty dry for drivng!

Tonight: Mainly clear. Low 21F. Winds light and variable.
Tomorrow: Mainly sunny. High 27F. Winds light and variable.
Tomorrow night: Clear. Low 23F. Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday: Plenty of sun. Highs in the low teens with temperatures nearly steady overnite.
Monday: More sun than clouds. Highs in the low 20s and lows in the upper single digits.

What’s Going On – A date with my husband tonight. We will go to a local UAA Men’s basketball game. Tomorrow knitting workshop with KON and in the evening a Knitting Class at the Knitting Grounds.

WIP – Fingerless mitten is still and orphan… but I’m to the thumb. The “boy baby sweater” is coming along .. 3 buttons and I’m almost to the sleeves. I got my order from “Knit Picks”. More needles? And a little yarn that was on sale. Some that my LYS was out of. I’ve got a “Cable top down hat” in Mint green (see picture) that I’m working on for a Belated Birthday Present. Its fun and fast but the directions leave a lot to be desired. It’s a good thing that Zaynab and Grandma got me going!

What I’m Doing – Getting ready for Thanksgiving and trying to think about Christmas. We will be in Hawaii for part of Christmas with my daughter. It won’t seem like it but I’m going to decorate anyway.

What Audio Books I’m Listen To – I finished “The Burnt House” by Faye Kellerman and “10 Days in the Hills” by Jane Smiley. Still listening to a playaway – ‘Eye Contact” by /Cammie Mc Govern. Read by Julia Fletcher. In the car I’m listening to “The Garden of Eden” by Faye Kellerman read by George Guidall. It’s a collection of short stories and very good.

Weather - Brr… it’s getting cold but not enough.. snow showers... that means
wet snow and icy roads.

Today: Overcast. High 28F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy skies. Low 19F. Winds NNW at 10 to 15 mph.
Tomorrow: Mainly cloudy. High 24F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow night: Mostly cloudy with snow flurries and snow showers, especially overnight hours. Low near 15F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 40%.
Sunday: Light snow at times. Highs in the upper 20s and lows in the low 20s.

This is
the "Cable
Ear Flap"
hat. From
the top down.

This is the
"Boy Baby
Sweater".
I'm using
Kathy M.
generic
pattern.
And adding the buttons as I go.

What’s Going On – Friday Night Knit@thegrounds tonight! I’m going to start ona helmet hat for a birthday present for an 11 year old. Tommorrow is Knitters of the North and we have to bring the snack. Hmmm what to make?

WIP – This week I’m working on the fingerless mittens still. I bought eyelet buttons for the “boy baby sweater”. So far I’ve added to buttons. I really like knitting the button on the same row as the button hole. If I use double point needles for the sleeves then when I’m finished all I have to do is block! I need to have this sweater done by next Friday. We’ll see.

What I’m Doing – This weekend KON and relaxing and knitting. I do need to grocery shop. Get geared up for thanksgiving. I hate to go to the commissaray though. Why does thanksgiving and Christmas fall on the “woman” of the house.

What Audio Books I’m Listen To – I’m still listening to “The Burnt House” by Faye Kellerman. In the car I’m listening to “10 Days in the Hills” by Jane Smiley. She’s a good writer but…. There are places where I fast forward because she gives too much information. I also am listening to a playaway – ‘Eye Contact” by /cammie Mc Govern. Read b?y Julia Fletcher. It’s a novel about an Autistic child and the prejudices that go with raising a child with special needs. I really like the idea of these “Playways” they are light and compact and I expecially like them when I’m working out at Curves. Which I got to go 2 times this week.

Weather - Sounds like it going to snow……
Tonight: Cloudy with rain and snow showers this evening. Snow showers overnight. Low 31F. Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precip 40%.
Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy with scattered snow showers mainly during the morning. High 34F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 40%.
Tomorrow night: Flurries and a few snow showers throughout the night. Low 28F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 30%.
Sunday: Snow showers at times. Highs in the low 30s and lows in the mid 20s.
Monday: Morning snow showers. Highs in the upper 20s and lows in the low 20s.

What’s Going On – Friday Night Knit@thegrounds tonight!

WIP – This week I finished the baby hat and booties. I’m working on another baby sweater.
The EZ sweater is on the back burner.

What I’m Doing – This weekend I babysitting!!!! So I will be tired by the time Monday comes. But it will be a good tired.

What Audio Books I’m Listen To – I’m still listening to “The Burnt House” by Faye Kellerman. We’ve been busy at work and I haven’t had time to listen. I just finished “100 Dollar Baby” by Robert Clark on a playaway from the library. It was very good. 4*.

Weather - High today 36 and rainy. Chance of snow tonight and Saturday - Sunday sunny and clear and cold.

And an "Umbellical
Cord Hat" to go
with the booties.

Completed
Baby Booties
for my DD
sister-in law

It's finished!

What’s up - We’ll l’m busy at work getting ready for our annual tackle show.

WIP – The “5 Hour babysweater” is done…woooow. And it only took about…30 hours give or take. I am going to post a picture this week. My umbillical cord hat (small project for the car) is almost done. I just wish my double knit hat would come together. I think I have frogged or tink’d at least 3 times. EZ babysweater is not as EZy as EZ makes it. I have had to refer to the video several times. Oh well. I need to finish it and start a something new. I still think Baby sweaters are a waste of knitting. They grow to fast. (The babies) The continental method is still on the back burner. Oh yeah the orphan slipper is still an orphan.

What I’m Doing - My husband and I are having an over-nighter with our grandson tonight. I still get to go knitting. I updated our webpage the other day. If you have a chance go and see! http://www.fridaynightknit.blogspot.com/ .Tomorrow is the monthly “Knitting Guild” meeting.

What Audio Books I’m Listen To – I finished “Love in the Present Tense” by Catherine Hyde. This book is so very good. I recommend it. 5********. I’m listening to “The Burnt House” by Fay Kellerman – read by George Guidall. I like it so far. And on my night stand is”Lovely Bones” by Alice Sebold.

Weather :
Tonight: Cloudy. Some light rain is likely. Low 34F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60%.
Tomorrow: Occasional light rain. High 43F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 60%.
Tomorrow night: Light rain...mixing with snow late. Low 34F. Winds light and variable. Chance of precip 60%.
Sunday: Periods of rain and snow. High 39F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precip 70%.

Here's the orphan
slipper for my DH
that I've been
working on.

Here's the "Surprise Baby Sweater" by EZ. I don't know.. I just want to knit a baby sweater for a boy. Baby's grown out of these things so fast it's hardly worth it. I think I'm going back to baby booties and hats. What do you think?

Make New Friends.....

God is so good!
He brings fellow
believers in our
lives! And they
are fellow
bloggers and knitters.
Out of town guest from
Soldotna. Welcome

What’s up - I’m sore and I mean I can hardly move. I haven’t been to Curves in 10 days. I didn’t think it would hit me this hard. I think my spine hurts the worse. I even had a hot tub when I got home.

WIP – I blocked the “5 Hour baby sweater”.. now I need to find some buttons. My small car project is coming along. It recommends that I knit stitch/stitch for 5”. We’ll see. The EZ baby sweater is coming along. I’m trying the continental method but I don’t like how loose my stitches are. My LYS had a big sale this week and I got some yarn.

What I’m Doing - I sat at the Knitters of the North table for a few hours on Sunday during the yarn Expo. It was fun visiting with everyone from different fiber guilds. And we had a few people interested in joining. I heard from a local teacher that the classes weren’t well attended. I wonder why more people didn’t sign up. I personally had other obligations. We did talk to a member of our guild who does lovely lace. She had left a few samples for people to look at. We we’re asked to bring samples of our projects. Anyway when she came to pick up her lace items we got to talking and she is willing to teach a Saturday Seminar on lace. That would be awesome.

What Audio Books I’m Listen To - I’m done with the “Web of Evil” and “Miss Julia Strikes Again”. They were both 4 stars. J.A. Jance will definitely be on my “Looking for List”. Right now I’m listening to “The Burnt House” by Faye Kellerman RB George Guidall. I love the way George reads a book. In the car I’m listening to “Love in the Past Tense” by Catherine Hyde. This book has three readers. One for each character. It’s like a journal of a very poor young man whose mom disappears and a bachelor takes him in. Heart wrenching. Very well written. I will be looking for more of her books too.

Weather : Well winter, and snow are just around the corner. The snow on the mountains behind us is coming down fast. I guess it snowed in Fairbanks this week. I’m not looking forward to the cold weather.
Tonight: Overcast with rain showers at times. Low near 35F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 40%.
Tomorrow: Rain showers in the morning becoming more intermittent in the afternoon. High 44F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%.
Tomorrow night: Partly cloudy skies. Low 31F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday: Partly cloudy skies. High near 40F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph.