Summer!

Well, school is over till August. Now it's time for the summer job! Fireworks! The Man has his own store and I am the "second in command". haha

This picture is how it looked when the boxes first came in. It looks pretty good now with everything in its place but.... we have another semi coming next week. UGH!!!!!!!!!!!

I keep asking every year....."Can't we have a yarn store instead?????" LOL

Colossal Cupcake

Friday was one of the Yarn Chicks Birthdays. It was Dee's! She told me she liked the color lime green.

So................ I made her a huge green cupcake!

I got the idea from the cute cupcakes in the One Skein book and from an entry on the One Skein blog.

I knitted the bottom of the cupcake and just put the skein of yarn in it. That way Dee can use the yarn to make something cute and she can also change the "flavor" of her cupcake by just popping a new skein in.

Next time.... I will make smaller, "real size" cupcakes and try my hand at a knitting on "icing".

Also, I made her a lime green "napkin" to go with her cupcake. Secretly this "napkin" is called "The Triple C ". Why?????????

Well I knitted it the other night while watching American Idol . I know I must have cried a tear drop or two on it when Chris was voted off! So it's secret name is The Chris Cupcake Coaster!

Oink Oink!

When my friend Lisa came over the other night she brought me a present! Tons and tons of cute pigs! ( one of the many things I collect)

Aren't they all adorable!? That was so sweet of her!

Double Crochet Lesson

My friend Lisa stopped by The Man's house the other night for a quick crochet lesson on double crochet. Things went smoothly just like when she learned single crochet. We had fun!

Raccoon,Fox, and Bobcat, Oh My!

The Brat had to make sock puppets for a science project. She asked for my help. You know teenagers......she wanted me to do all the work! LOL Wonder what my grade will be???

My Man and Michaels!

I talked The Man into taking me to Michael's which is 45 minutes away. He asked why I needed to go there. Didn't I have enough yarn???? I told him that they had stuff there that our stores didn't. He rolled his eyes but headed there anyways! Gotta love him!

I got some more Patons to felt and got some bamboos in size 8. I love these needles! Michaels carries them in every size imaginable!

Forever

I have been looking for a copy of Forever Amber for years! I absolutely love this book. It is a classic! I read it a couple of years ago . I had checked it out from the library. I have searched since then for a copy of my own. I picked this up at Half Price Books for 3 bucks! Yippee!!!!!

A Book With One Million Pages!

My favorite books in my lifetime are the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. I am currently reading number 6 in the series, A Breath of Snow and Ashes. I have been reading it for about a month and have just now reached page 100! I'll probably still be reading it next year at this time. LOL The pages just seem to grow and grow!

Knitting and crocheting take all my free time that used to be devoted to books. Maybe I need to start listening to audio books. Ha!

Memories of Mom

In search of a box of knitting needles from years ago I came across a great memory of my Mom! I found her knitting bag! She used to knit me sweaters and if I am remembering it right, kept her work in progress in this bag.

Friday Night Yarn Fun!

The Knit and Crochet Chicks got together Friday night at Caroline's house. First of all I have to say her house is absolutely beautiful! I told her she was helping me decorate if I ever got a new house. LOL

I showed Sassy how to stitch her crocheted squares together. She is going to have a blanket done way before me! I keep getting sidetracked. I need to get all our squares put toghether soon!

Dee is working on our "buddy knit" felted purse. I love the color of hers!

Suzy casted on for her drop stitch ribbon scarf. I love the ribbon yarn she chose. It seems kinda tricky to knit with though. Hope she is doing well with it.

I showed Caroline how to do the long tail cast on. It took awhile to cast on 177 stitches. It will also be her first time using circulars. She is making a cute basket weave pattern blanket in hot pink for her daughter.

The night was fun!!!!!!!!!

And I can't forget the yummy chocolate covered strawberries and fruit pizza that Caroline served! It was delish!

Doin' The Dollar Tree Happy Dance!

After hearing about the $1.00 yarn at Dollar Tree, I can't stay away! I have to sneak over there at least twice a week to see if they have any new kinds in. This is what I picked up recently. And....NO!!!!! I did not just get one ball of each! LOL

A New Crocheter!

My friend Lisa came over the other day for a crochet lesson. It took about 5 minutes and she was crocheting away. Can't wait to catch up with her again soon and see how it's going. It was fun to get together and great to have another crafter friend.
The camera was charging so I didn't get to snap a picture but I will make sure I get one next time.

Purse for Ella

For Ella's 4th birthday I picked up this cute blue jean and leather purse at Hobby Lobby. I crocheted the cute butterfly and flower on with Caron Simply Soft Brites.

When Ella was told I made the purse and flip flops, she said : "I am so proud of you!".

How sweet!

Fuzzy Fur Feet

My neice Ella's birthday party is this coming Sunday. She will be four years old. I made these flip flops for her today, while home with the sick Brat. It took about an hour. Her favorite color is pink. I think she will love them!

Sneezy Smoocheys!

My little neice, Ella, calls anything cute and cuddley "Smoocheys". So here's a picture of our cute furballs who I just might, I said maybe, be allergic to. They were a month old on Easter.

Felting

Dee and I are doing a "Buddy Knit". We love the look of felted bags so we are making our first together. I haven't worked much on it due to being sick. I do have more rows since this picture was taken though. We got the pattern from "Bags, A Knitter's Dozen".

Back From Beyond

Well, I'm finally back! Haven't posted in a while! I was really sick last week with a sinus infection and a migrane from HECK! I spent 3 days laying in bed with a pillow over my head!
Now the Brat is sick today so we are home from school, The Man thinks he has a hernia, and I think I am allergic to the kitties.
It's gonna get better! =)

Knit and Crochet Chicks Field Trip!

Friday night the Chicks got together and did a little yarn shopping at Hobby Lobby.
It was so much fun!
We were going to ask a stranger to take our picture. We are such goof balls! Luckily we ran into one of our children's teachers , who was happy to click a shot of us!

Dee's Stash

Dee bought wool yarn to make a felted purse. We are going to make them together as a "buddy knit". Should be fun!

She got a needle guage, some little sock shaped needle protectors and a bunch of free patterns.

She also wanted to show her Captain D's cup . We ate there first before we went shopping. Yum!

Suzy's Stash

Suzy got a really neat drop stitch scarf pattern from a friend. She bought ribbon yarn to make it and she also got more yarn for another scarf and some baby yarn.
I also talked her into trying some bamboo needles because I've been hooked on them since I got mine last week.