Butterfly rib socks --- DONE!!!

Well, here they are!! I wish my camera took better pictures, because they just don't do them justice. The pattern is just what it implies, butterflies.

They are so pretty and delicate. Unfortunately, not for me. I'm giving these to my mom for her birthday next month.

I feel so good!! I am finally caught up on all my knitting (except for my shrug....I really need to get back to that). So now I am ready for a new pair of socks, two dishcloth KALs starting tomorrow, and my purse for the knitted purse swap. Just need to get the yarn (and maybe needles?) for that and I'll be all set! Feels so good to be ready to start new projects!!!

Lots of surprises in the mail!!

Well, I had a wonderful package in the mail yesterday. I received my package from the first exchange I have done with the dishcloth exchange group that I recently joined. My swap partner Jennifer gave me a wonderful pink dishcloth with a heart. So beautiful. She also included a few other goodies which I am looking forward to trying out!! Thank you Jennifer, I hope you enjoy my package as well! What fun!


Well, this weekend my mother and brother in law were visiting from Florida. It turned out to be a rainy cold weekend, so most of it we spent indoors. Well, you can see here, my Josie made herself very comfortable laying on a pillow, and playing with her duckie. Sometimes I wonder if she realizes she is a dog????

And lastly, but certainly not least, I received a surprise package in the mail last weekend!! My KH swap pal, Sandy, aka Carolina Red, send me a wonderful thank you gift. In one of our e-mails, we had discussed Xmas presents. So Sandy decided to raid her stash and send some Xmas yarn my way!! Also included were a couple of Xmas craft books and two McCalls needlework magazines. I'm sure I will find wonderful things to make with this yarn. Sandy is so terrific!!

A couple new dishcloths and sock WIP

Here's the progress I've made on my butterfly rib sock. It seems to take FOREVER using #1 needles, but the pattern in this yarn is wonderful!! These will be a b-day for my mom, but I'm seriously considering keeping them for myself!! I'm trying to get these done by the end of the month so I can enter them into the sock-a-month 2!

I also have a couple more dishclothes done. The yellow is from the Monthly Dishcloths mid-August KAL. Love this!! The second is a starfish that I made out of Sugar and Cream's Summer Splash. The colors in this are so bright and fun!! I'll be giving this one away also!

My garterlac dishcloth

I started this three days ago!! I kept frogging because I thought I was messing it up!! Once I was able to see one in progress and how it should look, I was able to breeze right through it. It really is a fun pattern to do, and this is one dc that I will do again!! Now I need to catch up on my other knitting!!

A new pair of socks!!

Just cast on this morning my new pair of socks using my yarn swap yarn. I love this yarn!! The colors are beautiful . The picture doesn't do it justice at all. Im trying a pattern called butterfly rib socks. So far its easy going.

I also just signed up today for sock-a-month 2 KAL. I've got plans for so many socks, that I figured I might as well. Should be fun.

Also, last week I signed up for the knitted purse swap. I love bags, so this should definitely be fun. Today's the last day, so contact Beckysue33@hotmail.com to sign up!!

Stashbuster weekend project

I decided this weekend that I really needed to dig into my stash and start using some of it. So I found a ball of Lion Brand Suede Print. I don't remember why I bought it, but the colors were so pretty, I figured it had to be something. I decided on a purse. I found a cute pattern for a ruffled purse and started. This is the pattern here: http://zephyrstyle.com/f/TWITTERPATED_purse.pdf

Anyway, I found that the purse came out much smaller than I imagined, but it will still be a cute little bag for my daughter. The yarn is so soft, it kind of looks like chenille. I did not like working with it though. I found that my hands would start to ache while knitting it and it left a weird feeling on my hands after knitting with it. It took just about the whole ball, and then I went to Joann Fabrics and found a cute little hand. I even made my first attempt at lining a purse. I still need so more practice on that, but I'm happy with they it turned out. I just need to find some kind of clasp or closure for it and it will be all so to go!! This was a pretty quick project. I cast on Friday night, and finished the lining Sunday night.






I think it's just perfect for my daughter!!

Couldn't resist showing off my little Josie. We just put a new comforter on the bed, so I've been trying to keep her off of it, so that I'm not always trying to get rid of dog hairs, so she has improvised and found the perfect place for her naps!! What could be better?? A blanket and a pillow to rest her head!! Yea, she's my little princess!!

My socks are done! (and other things too!)

Well, they are finally done!!! Just finished them up last night. I love the way they came out. This was my first time using size 2 DPN's, and I have to admit, it seems like they took forever!! But definitely like the result!! I will be giving these to my sister soon for her birthday.










Here's the latest monthydishcloths KAL. Turns out to be a lighthouse. I almost wish that I had chosen a lighter color for this cloth, but I still think it came out nice. In the beginning I actually thought we were knitting up a spider!!















Now, onto my shrug!! After trying at least three times, I finally got the seam done for the one sleeve! I'm still not sure I'm totally satisfied with it, but for a first attempt Im happy. Once I get the other sleeve all knit and seamed I will make my decision. I love the way the ruffle looks!! Now that Ive got my socks done, I can concentrate some more on this shrug. I'm way ahead of schedule on this one, as it will be a Xmas present. Yea!!

It's too hot to knit!!

Ugh!!!! Way too hot to do anything!! I haven't got too much knitting done this week because I have just not been motivated. The heat just zaps all my energy and makes me bitchy!!! I'm still trying to get my second sock done for my sister. Her birthday is on Friday. I was able to get the seaming done on one arm of my shrug. That was painful. I hate seaming!! I'll post pictures soon.

Here's my two lovely bunnies. They are still babies, but they are so big. I've been checking on them frequently in this heat. As you can see in the picture, I brought them out a bowl of ice water. They enjoyed it for a couple minutes, then proceeded to tip it right over!! The tan one on the right is Paisley Sue. In the background is Daisy May. My husband checked on them this afternoon and they were laying on top of each other in their hutch not moving around too much, so we made the decision to bring them inside out of the heat for a few hours. Right now they are in my daughter's bedroom with the AC going. They seem to be pretty comfortable. They are both just laying around right now.




Well if anything this hot weather has been good for my plants and flowers. I 've got tons of flowers on my pepper plants, and this is the first to start growing. I swear, since yesterday, this pepper has doubled in size. Its a jalapeno!!





This pretty flower is called a foxglove (??? I think). I planted these in the spring around my dogwood and this is the first to bloom. It is so pretty!!