Good Friday dishcloth

I completed the Dishcloth of the Month and it is so timely as today was Good Friday. I knit it on size 7's with yellow sugar'n'cream.

The 3 crosses are a reminder of what Jesus did for us. He was the only one there on the hill Who could save us. Thank You Father for sending Your Son!

Junk hunting

Look what I found out on the curb! I saw it in the morning and said if it was still there when I came home in the dark, I would pick it up! My granddaughters are going to love it! There is nothing wrong with it....just a little elbow grease and soap won't fix. I don't normally dumpster dive but this was worth it and it was dark. heehee


I am making good progress on my Tee. Knitting in the round sure speeds up things. I was knitting in waiting room while my dad had eye surgery and all the girls who worked there came out to see it. They all said.. "look how even the stitches are!" I gal knits and another wants to learn so seeing something other than a scarf being knit inspired them.

Knitting a tee

I am attempting to knit myself a Tee for those cooler summer days here in WI. I am using the softest acrylic I have ever felt. It is King Cole Smooth DK. I am adding a purl row every 10 rows to give it a gansey type stripe, just for a textural effect. Knitting in the round is the best as I only hve to purl 1 row in 10. :-)

Big Animals

Hubby and I went to a nature center today and we were amazed at the size of these stuffed animals....my dear hubby is not a small man but the polar bear makes him small!!

My St. Patrick's Girl

My little Isabelle is part Irish!
Isn't she adorable?

End of storm

Well here are the same 2 shots as my last post. The storm is past. We ddn't get as much snow as they said but we had rain and ice in between. made for some messy driving conditions. Notice my garden flag is now not waving. But the sun is shining!

Start of snow storm-am

I took some pictures of the start of our second big snow storm this morning. The front yard and the back deck with snow left from last storm. We are supposed to get 6 plus more inches. The last one left us with 15".

Happy Birthday Ella!

I can hardly believe it. My granddaughter is 3 years old today! I still remember my daughter being that age! I called her this morning to sing Happy Birthday and at first she said, "don't sing", then she kept saying "sing birthday song"....so several songs later she was laughing. She then proceeded to talk to me as she used the potty chair! hahaha "I'm a big girl!" she told me. I am going to buy her some big girl undies for her birthday.

We are scheduled to drive up Friday for her birthday party on Saturday but we are expecting another snowstorm so we will have to wait and see.


I have been sick with the flu since Sunday and finally have some strength today. I tried knitting but could not concentrate on patterns. My emails piled up, laundry piled up, dust kitties piled up... ugh.

New home biz!

I started with a new home based business! SCRIPTURES I am very excited to work with a Christian company that offers great products. My first goal is to save money for my upcoming Missions trip!
Please take a look and let me know what you think.

Unfelted bags

Well, I have 2 more bags ready to felt.

The hexagon one is knit in modular triangles from Modular Knits. It was very quick to knit up, weaving in ends took the longest of the purse and sewing front and back together. I guess that is why I like knitting circular, like the 3 color bigger bag... My friend, Teri, did the knitting of the big bag with my guidance. We are going to have a felting night Thursday. I showed her daughter's bag in a previous picture.

Finished Ella's sweater

I finished this sweater for Ella in less than a week. It was amazingly simple! Ella will be turning 3 this month and needs a big girl sweater! It was so easy that I am going to start another one today in another color. a girl can never have too many sweaters! There are NO SEAMS!!!! It is knit entirely in the round without a single seam. I was amazed!
I used a pattern from a new book Sweaters for Everyone. You can find the wonderful book here....One Piece Knitting

I am practicing on Toddler size before starting my big jumbo size! :-) Her pattern even allows for higher neck in back! This woman is a genius!!!

Some knitting project pictures

Here is the purse I finished for my friends daughter, pre-felted. She will be doing the felting, maybe. It is one strand of cascade wool for the base and handle and the body has a strand funky squiggly yarn added. I had to do every other row in two starnds so I wouldn't run out of the funky yarn. The picture does not do it justice. It will be a small purse. The original pattern was done in all white the size of a clutch.




I started some more socks, trying a new pattern. Two socks Toe-up on Two circulars.
My dear hubby asked if I was knitting a bikini! hahaha (maybe for flat tubey cups!) I am using KnitPicks Sock Parade on size 3 US needles. I have already made some changes to pattern for next pair as the toe point is too small.



You know I must be getting better at my knitting if I can change patterns to suit my likes! Cool.