PROGRESS

September is already flying by and can you believe Autumn has arrived. Where did summer go and so quickly. Have you picked up your needles again? I have two stockings done and another getting there. A hat in brown and teal finished. A scarf with a cable design is growing or Christmas is making some progress. Sorry about the pictures having some computer problems.

The brown and teal is in Brown Sheep Nature Spun, colors are Hurricane Seas, Sedona Sunset, Roasted Coffee, and Mallard. The scarf is in Lion wool Ease blue mist.

www.brownsheep.com/

www.lionbrand.com/

Are You Making Progress?

August has come, schools are beginning and fall will be here before we know it, not to mention Christmas. What is on your hook or needles, or are they still idle?

As you can see progress on Christmas stockings has been made.

Also other projects for Christmas gifts have begun, a cable scarf for a niece and a lap robe for another. Some are mindless all the time or part of the time, which means that they can be picked up and put down as needed and some mean counting and reading charts or patterns.

Yes, many things going at once, shawls, hats, stockings, lap robs and the list goes on. Maybe you will begin to look for the new fall colors in your favorite yarn, or maybe a new magazine will arrive to help you get creative, or maybe it is tine to visit you favorite LYS and find out what is going on.

Christmas In July??

Yes, Christmas in July. I now have two stockings going along with some other projects. The one at the left is my own design and a mate to one i finished or one for a niece and nephew who are brother and sister. The red one is from a KAL from the holiday mystery gifts group.

group.yahoo.com/group/holidaymysterygifts

I think I am on the down side of stocking making, only need a few more and family will be done, and still a few friends need one or two .

New niece arrived to day so that means another to knit for. Needles never stay idle long in this location. Stockings, hats and shawls are going at this time.

Happy July 4th

Summer has come and another birthday for our Nation is here. Hope your summer has started well and your July 4th celebration is spectacular as an Arizona sunset.

I have finished the baby blanket and it will be picked up by the grandmother to take north along with special wishes. Onto some other projects and hopefully another fo or two shortly. Several more stockings to do, several shawls are in the works also. Christmas will be here before we will know it. Had one customer who was on her last Christmas project for this year.

June Where is it going?

Hard to believe June is almost gone and that means a half year gone. Summer has come and I am still knitting away. A little over a week ago , Patons new Lace Yarn came in and here is my shawl started in the color way called Porcelain. Being worked on a number six needle.



www.patonsyarns.com/


I finished my charity project, the BSj was mailed with a few days to spare. Hard to believe that what is pictured as a baby jacket in the photo on the lbottom comes off the needle looking like the photo on the topThe yarn was Bernat Jr, Jacquards and the color was City Kids.
www.bernat.com/

Yes another stocking is done, slowly i am getting all my required ones done through it has taken several years. At this point i have done 4 extra large, 10 large, 6 medium, 12 small, and 14 min over the last two and half years. Out of that number only 4 look alike, the set of grandchildren stockings for a grandmother.

MEMORIAL DAY

May is ending on a grand note, being thankful for what has been given us at a dear price of human life. Many are over seas on this day meant to honor them. So take a moment and give thanks as you enjoy your day.

Have you begun to plan your summer and is your thoughts turning to the out of doors again. Flower and vegetable gardens, mountains, water in all forms, places to go and things that can be done?

It seems this year is traveling though at a fast pace. Summer is here, school is or will be getting out. Maybe it will be a time to share your skills and passion over the nest few months.

Progress is being made on my baby blanket and it seems July will come to soon. Another stocking is down to the foot, so it will not be long to the start of another. Stocking making is still being talked for a July KAL.

The green lace strip is the start or the bottom edge of a prayer shawl. This one has a edge made first and then you pick up the body stitches and work down to one stitch.

May Blowing Through

It has been an unusual weather for May of cold days then hot days and the never ending wind.

Some days the weather has reminded me that Christmas always comes to soon --so I did start on my Christmas projects. As you can see I am still trying to get all the family members a stocking. The yarn used is Wool Ease by Lion

http://www.lionbrand.com/

But there is also a new one to be added in July, so I have begun a baby blanket, that looks like a

spring flower garden. July sounds far off, But June is just around the corner. Yarn is Red Heart Super Saver, in Honeydew, Aruba Sea, and Pinata,

http://www.coatsandclark.com/

Then there is a lace KAL being thought of also and I have been trying yarn and needles to have an idea of what I might do. The pattern calls for a sport weight and was thinking of Brown Sheep Nature Spun. The cone is Sedona Sunset and the skein is French Clay.

http://brownsheep.com/

Are you thinking summer projects. Hats, socks, scarves, are small projects that can be carried around, yet will make great gifts and you will be so thankful that you have done your gifts ahead of time.

Mother's Day

Did you make anything for your special Mom for Mother's Day. Doily started at the end of April is ready for shipping and just in time for that special person in my life.

About a quarter of a mile of thread and thousands of stitches later it was finished. It was created in Aunt Lydia's #10 crochet thread color is Orchid Pink, because Mom likes pink, rose, and red. This twenty inch diameter doily should show well on the wood table.

http://www.coatsandclark.com/Products/KnittingCrochet/Threads/Size10/Aunt+Lydias+Classic+Crochet.htm

One project done, several to start, baby blanket for the one due in July, a KAL shawl in late May, and I need to finish my BSJ also. So are you putting up your needles for the summer, or looking for small take along projects for those summer events?

Christmas in April?

Can you believe that the discussion for Christmas Projects has begun? Yes, Christmas is only seven months away. On customer has begun making hats for a Christmas Bazaar. I just got Mother's Day figured out and that is three weeks away. I decided to do my Mother a doily in pink and that is what is being showed in the picture, the beginning of a pineapple one.

Along with finishing income tax, I also finished two more hats that I had on needles.


I got a plan on my baby afghan which is needed by July, so check back shortly to see what is planned there. Yes, I have also begun planning for Christmas as there is still stockings needed and ? and ?. I also have another prayer shawl in the planning stage. I know some give up knitting or crocheting in the summer, but in here it is year around. Have i made you think about your Christmas giving?

March Blowing Out

March seems to be marching along to fast this year and the wind has come up
again. There has been some discussion or brain storming in here the last few weeks on what customers are wanting to do . I have my own projects along with store projects. The above were suppose to be KAL but then plans got changed. The prune mix (purple) one is called Adia.

The yarn is Ultra Alpaca Light and the pattern are both from Berroco. The green one is an adaptation called Lily from the lilly of the valley pattern out of Interweave's Knitted Lace of Estonia and the light silver/lavender on as you can see comes from Wrapped In Comfort from the Martingale Co. pattern is Bigfoot. The light green and the lavender yarn are from Brown Sheep Nature Spun. The one on the right has plans of being finished soon as part of a KAL and there are thoughts of finishing the other two also.

http://berroco.com/ http://brownsheep.com/ http://www.interweaveknits.com/

http://www.martingale-pub.com/store/

Then there are always other thing such as socks several ways. two on circular and one on dpns.

I have a sweater started in Wool Ease and the orange (Color is Red Hots) is Sock Ease both from Lion Brand. The other is Red Heart Heart & Sole.

http://www.lionbrand.com/ http://www.coatsandclark.com/

It seems projects abound at my location, I need to start a lap afghan for another baby due in July, have a bsj about 1/2 done, and then there is need of another prayer shawl also. I know the one from Christmas was well received.

February POOF Here and Gone

February was a cold damp one with rain and snow storms all of the month. The beginning of the year is a busy time with much paperwork to be done and it is also inventory time.

I did manage to get a hat finished for my Mom for Valentine's Day. As she likes red this one was in a hand paint wool alpaca blend which should go well with the weather.

Another hat was started to try and get things caught up[. This one is in Red Heart Eco Ways

Which is a recycled yarn That is working up nice.

http://www.redheart.com/OurYarns/tabid/1281/Default.aspx

For a dear friend, a charity project was started, I choose for the BSJ a Bernat Jr. Jacquards in a color called City Kids and it is working up in an interesting way.

http://www.bernat.com/product.php?LGC=jrjacquards

WHere has Janurary gone?

It seems that January just began, but February will be arriving shortly.

If you made a New Year resolution , has it been
forgotten already, Have you begun new projects or are you trying to work on and finish UFOs?

I have started a hat in the flat for those who do not seem to like dpns or rounds. The green one is being worked in Bernat Jacquards, The color is called Jade and the pattern is a basic stocking cap. It is coming up close to the pattern shown on the label. I am also doing another in the round,

http://www.bernat.com/product.php?LGC=jacquards

I finally got to try the Premier Yarn-The Deborah Norville Collection Serenity Sock Yarn in Cinnamon. It is knitting up nice and the color way reminds me of fall, maybe I should have chosen a spring one as that is not to far off, but I was thinking socks for an Elf and could not see him wearing pastel.
http://premieryarns.com/yarn.php?id=121

Your thoughts on spring, I finished the green stole or scarf on January 6th and it does look like spring.

New Beginnings or is it a repeat?

Hard to believe the old year and the last two weeks flew by. Another FO was sent a little late, another mini stocking done. This and its mate was the trying of a new pattern and needs to be adjusted if it is used again, Green scarf or narrow shawl lacks 4 inches and it will be gone also.

Other projects are on needles or yarn is being looked at to begin new projects also. Still need a few more hats There is a red one on the needles and a purple surprise for a niece who has waited patiently for several years for something from her uncle. Can not tell as she might peek at this sight.

Have you begun your New Year by thinking of things to be done or things that need to be finished. Or are waiting to see what the new year brings that you just have to have?