Yarn Along

This is my rainbow boneyard shawl. It's grown a bit from the last time I showed it! I'm really loving the yarn (Knit Picks Chroma Fingering) and think I want a shawl with it too. Ree JUST the other day noticed that I was knitting a rainbow blanket. She asked who it was for & I said it's a Christmas present. She said oh and went on with her play. I hope she's surprised on Christmas day when SHE opens it!

That skein of grey yarn is the second sock for my dad's Christmas socks. I broke my own strict rule of casting on immediately for the second one when finishing the first one. Because of that I haven't begun the second one. Even though the first one was finished over a week ago! 

There hasn't been much reading lately. By the time supper is finished & the kitchen is cleaned I have no desire to read (or knit really) the past few nights. I'm tired by then! The 3rd trimester began yesterday for this pregnancy & I'm feeling the fatigue return already! There really is something to say for the 2nd trimester energy levels & feeling good!!

I've been not so good at getting around to everyone's yarn along posts lately. I'm hoping to do that this afternoon & tomorrow!! And be sure to stop back tomorrow....I'm hosting a very fun giveaway!!

Happy Things

Some Happy Things from the last week!

Anniversary yarn & roses!

I won Tracey's Birthday Giveaway with the sweetest little lamb bag, measuring tape & stitch markers! Inside the lamb pouch are some sticky notes! Thank you Tracey!

And this morning is a gorgeous Fall morning. There's quite the chill in the air. I love it!! Sweater weather! 

Some knitting

 

Oh, today is Thursday? I missed yarn along Wednesday!! It's been a busy week here! But I still wanted to show some of the knitting that's been taking place!

I finished Baby V's pink sweater (I need to think of a blog name for her. For now that will do!) All I needed to do was sew on the buttons but that happened about a week after the rest was finished! Once I started it only took a few minutes. But it's finished now and in the pile of ever growing Momma made, Ree requested knits for baby! I'm thinking she might wear it home from the hospital.

I also finished one of the Blueberry waffle socks. These will be for my dad for Christmas. Men's socks on size 6 needles with worsted weight yarn. Probably the quickest I've knit socks before. Now I just need to cast on for the second!

I'm off now to comment on other's blogs. Computer time has been limited the past few days!!

Weekending

A very good weekend was had around here.

There was lots of sunshine. Lots of Fall weather.

Errands & playing outside.

Naps & football games.

Knitting & sewing.

How was your weekend?

Linking up with Amanda

Late Summer Sunsets

After the car was fixed Tuesday night (yay!) Ree & I spent Wednesday running errands, spending time at my moms, & finally getting outside to enjoy the weather. 

This week we've also been knitting; working on her big girl quilt; planning out some stuff for her to "do school" and enjoying more of this gorgeous late summer weather. I woke up this morning cold! I love it!

I realized I never shared these pictures here. We have gotten into the habit of heading down to the the local Point on Friday evenings. There are picnic tables, a grassy area to run around in, a beach to look for shells or skip stones from, swings to swing on, people to watch fish, and in Ree's case dogs to make friends with! Because the sun is setting earlier each day we were able to catch a gorgeous sunset!

Yarn Along

With the crazy weather we've had & the worrying about the car yesterday, I've been knitting like crazy.  This is the start of Ree's Rainbow blanket that she'll get for Christmas. My husband asked if she'd wonder who it's for while I'm knitting it. We don't really have to worry about that because every time I pick it up she asks when I'm going to knit something for her baby. 

I also cast on a pair of Christmas gift socks. But as those are just barely at the cuff I didn't take a picture. Maybe next week!

The pink Puerperium sweater is finished except for the buttons. I'm trying to get Ree to let me have 7 of her buttons from her collection. But as they are the PINK buttons I'm having a hard time with that!

I've been reading the Bell Jar in the evening's but not really getting into it. I found it too dark right now. So after getting about half way through it, when the library sent an e-mail saying it was due back, I brought it back last night (in my car!! That got fixed!!! Whoohoo!!)

I have a few other books here to read but was so tired last night I didn't pick one up!

Weekending

The long weekend had it's up & downs.

Friday night was our weekly walk on the beach & stop at the playground

Coming home to no water due to a water main break

Baths & showers for everyone Saturday morning instead

Laundry, grocery shopping, Arts & Crafts festival

Coming home to crash for the rest of the afternoon

Fresh picked lettuce from the garden for the salad!

Sunday began early with a 2 hour long massive thunderstorm

Then another one that lasted for 2 hours at 8AM

 There was a stop at the mall after Church

Come home to grab the eggplant parmesan I made to bring to my sister-in-laws

A relaxing evening with family

Monday dawned with another crazy thunder storm

A slow morning of knitting & enjoying Daddy being home to relax

A new mattress purchase for Ree's big girl bed

A stop at the grocery for our impromptu cook-out that would become a cook-in

Flash floods making many roads impassable

Going the long way around the development due to the huge puddle in front of our neighbor's that was blocking the way to our house

Getting stuck in another puddle the other way

A car that wouldn't start 500 feet from the house

Thankful we were able to walk home

Family that came to us for the cook-in

This morning the car still won't start

There are more severe storms on the way

I'm tired of the weather

Tired of being tired

This afternoon calls for knitting & relaxing & not thinking!