What a week!

Last week was DH surgery. So the world revolved around that. He is slowly rebounding.
We are also needing to buy a car this week. Not great for DH who gets exhaused climbing the stairs! But a car we must have.

I also attended a wedding of my dear friend’s son that was so beautiful! Lovely weather, lovely home, wonderful bride and groom and great DJ! What a night! There was a pool…need I say more?

We are preparing for the return of the college DD. Can not believe a year has gone! It will be an interesting summer. I remember the summer between freshman and sophmore year. Hard to go back to “house rules” after a year of coming and going at will. But I had a younger sister at home to consider and so does DD. But it will be fun having her energy around here and I do like her friends. The boyfriend is great so how could it be anything other than good?

I am half way through the second olive lace shawl that is mine. I intend to just knit until I finish the cone of llama lace weight. But I did find inspiration for the other lace wraps I want to knit for the girls. I do think I’ll make the first one in white. And it will be a traditional shetland lace design. That will be my May project. I found a Japanese inspired
design that would be perfect for my youngest DD for future knitting. It is asymetrical and a cherry blossom design. The third one is up in the air for now. I love the planning process!

Mist’s of Avalon

Here is the picture of my Mist’s of Avalon scarf. It is really more of a shawl wrap since I blocked it that way. I love it so much I am making another one with 5 repeats of the pattern for me!

Back in the Saddle again.

Yes, it has been a while. Our trip to the mountains was quiet and sleepy and I only knitted and ate. Yes, paradise! I did finish the pink llama lace shawl for my friend. I actually made it more than once, but had to unknit one side due to operator error. So I now have that pattern firmly memorized! I also finished my Mists of Avalon lace scarf. Haven’t got a picture of it yet. Here is the pink.

It is 60 inches long with the border on both ends. It is knit in two parts and grafted together. I tried the 3 needle bindoff and it was fine.

Then I finished my tea set of green crochet. I really love it! But I am done with crochet for a while.

I am inspired to knit lace shawls for my girls and an extra for a future daughter-in-law. They can be used at weddings or other events. Just thinking legacy and lace and how I tend to give away everything I ever make! Can’t decide if I should do white for each or soft peach or pink. Also if I should do the same pattern or say roses for one and ivy vines for the other and the third perhaps traditional shetland patterns.

Lovely day!

Ah, what a lovely day! Of course it was below freezing last night and my pansies paid the price, but I do love cold weather!!

I wanted to post the arbor my DH built for me. The plan is to plant Creeping vine on either side. It is a variation of Trumpet vine and will cover the arbor quickly and the hummingbirds love it!

Here it is!

Note the bluebird house. It has 5 eggs! We are so excited! Dorky, I know. But I do love the birds! We will plant after Easter. Since we have hard freezes expected for the next couple of nights, it is a good thing we remembered the old southern wisdom of not planting until after Easter.

We head to the cabin tomorrow for a week! My we do love the mountains! I’ll see how good the wireless neighbor internet connection is this time. Hopefully I’ll post from there. I hope to have the pink lace scarf/shawl for my friend finished while there and maybe finish the caution tape bag as well. Between books, magazines, movies, knitting, and snacking, we are awfully busy up there!!

I must figure how to post patterns on this blog. I have quite a few of my own to share and am having fun thinking of goofy socks and tea cosies to design. Good grief! I saw and downloaded ,of course, something called a Tea Pantie. It is a cosy for your tea cup itself. Very cute, fun to knit, but probably not very useful. But I love the name!

Must clean, teach then pack.

Cheers!

Rain!

How wonderful IS rain? Ask anyone in the Atlanta area and you will see dropping to the knees in praise! The pollen is out of the air, for the time being. Oh, it will return, but we can go outside and breathe at the same time today. Ahhhh. Life is good!

My dear friend from highschool got the news of breast cancer last week and is looking at a mastectomy this week. Ladies, please do self exams and get that mammogram every year! She is too young (ok, fifty is young to an eighty year old!) to be dealing with this stuff. I still think if one out of three men got breast cancer it would have been cured years ago. But that’s just me. So, I’m thinking of pink and what to knit for this crazy, sweet woman.

I have pink llama that is fingering weight. I should check out my stash of yarn and batting for spinning. Maybe a pink silk blend used for…what? Ideas welcome.

On to explore the stash!

Cheers!