Bad Blogger

Oh, I've been a bad blogger. More than anything, I love this for my kids. I was reading back on past blogs and thought how great it will be for them to read these later (when they can read). Finn is starting school on Friday! He is thrilled. He is convinced he is riding the bus... More to come. TTFN

Finn's Big Ride

 

My little boy is now a big boy. Yesterday at his friend Tanner's he chose to ride a bike without training wheels. I wasn't even there. Katrina asked him if he normally rode his bike with training wheels, he answered "Yes, but I'm not in the mood for those today." And off he went. He's so proud of himself, it's cute.

On the needles, the other night at Sit and Stitch I bought some sock yarn. It is so pretty, it's fibernatura Yummy 100% superwash. Lovely varigated green colorway. I'm working on one of the Charlene Schurch cable patterns and using the magic loop method for the first time(I really love it). I've also casted on the Cocoon lace scarf for my Malabrigo lace, and I'm finally finishing Lulu's felted ballerina slippers.

The funniest thing happened the other night at Middleford, I was just there for some help with the felted slippers and I got suckered into modeling for Joan McGowan Michael, the author of "Lingere Style". The pieces I'll be modeling are NOT lingerie, thank goodness, but a gorgeous vintage, romantic suit, and a sweater. If I can get some pics I'll post them. I love the fitted feel of her patterns, I bought one that night, called Krista. Actually I just found her website, it's http://whiteliesdesigns.com And the name of the pieces I'm modeling are Evangeline (so beautiful), and the Julianne 2 piece dress. TTFN, have to get ready for my big intro into modeling hee hee.

Malabrigo Sock!!

Oh my, I really don't have time to read a zillion blogs, and I am certainly not hip enough to have been at Stitches to hear about Malabrigo Sock Yarn. But now that it finally reached me today through WEBS advertising, I'm thrilled. Unfortunately I'm on a yarn diet for the time being, that's okay, it's sold out anyway. It is going to be perfect for the Clapotis I have in mind, I'm looking for the drape. By the time I'm ready to purchase some, I will most likely be able to buy it off of someone on Ravelry, who knows, maybe knit-purl will have some when I'm up there in a couple of weeks. That's what I'll do, I'll call all the Portland area yarn shops and see if I can find it. This post has made me realize that I really do need to join the Malabrigo fan group. Well, Off I go to be a groupie.

Nothing Better Than Fall

 

In Southern Oregon, this is the best time of the year. The weather is gorgeous, the air crisp and clean. The pears and apples are ready, juicy and delicious. If I've put my knitting down over the summer, I always pick it back up in the fall. My favorite yarn colors right now are Fall colors, the earthy gold, orange, brown, olive green and plum. Unfortunately I have been neglecting my blog, due to the fact I've been making applesauce, pearsauce, and apple pies, and then of course the Knit Picks package. I ordered some Andean Silk in Lettuce to make Fetching from Knitty. The color of the yarn is fabulous. It just matches my mood right now. I also ordered Start Spinning and The Twisted Sisters Sock Book. The sock book was not all that impressive, Sensational Knitted Socks suits me better. So I sent back the book, some bare sock yarn and yarn dye. I've got too much going on to start dyeing right now. They're so many great dyers out there I think, I'll just purchase the beautiful yarn.

Lulu's Ballerina Slippers

 

First of all, Lulu seems to be feeling much better, she didn't sleep good last night, but she had a good day. We are all missing Finn and are anxious for him to come home, however, it has been nice for Lulu to have a chance to heal.

Well it looks like I am de-stashing. I made hats out of these yarns a couple of years ago, but I never wore them, they were too scratchy, now I know, only wear MERINO on your head. Anyway, Lulu doesn't have any slippers so I think these will make some great felted ballerina flats. I had to go to the post office today, so of course I went to the one in Jacksonville because it is much less crowded and oh yeah, Llamas and Llambs is across the street. They had a Fiber Trends Felt Ballerina Slipper pattern that was perfect for my project. They also had some Yummy Yarn, in such a beautiful Green. Luckily? I was able to get away with just the pattern today.

Little Miss Lulu

So last Saturday evening Lulu and Finn were skyping with Papa while I was folding clothes in the bedroom. All of a sudden I hear a loud "boom" and come running. Lulu of course had fallen. She was standing on her Stokke chair and slipped, Markus unfortunately had to witness this all, as he was watching over the computer. She hits her head a lot, she's part monkey and she tries desperately to compete with 4 year old Finn. So I am always afraid she has a concussion when she falls, this time she really did. Right after she fell she wanted to watch "Little Bear", I sat and watched with her and she seemed sleepy, I decided I wanted to get her checked out. As soon as I called Kim, my neighbor, to watch Finn, Lulu started throwing up. And then I lost it, aren't Mom's the ones who are supposed to tell you everything will be Okay? Well not this one, poor Lulu was crying with me, saying "Mama, why are you crying?" Anyway some how we made it through. The Dr. didn't feel she needed a CT, he didn't want to expose her to the radiation. We were there for a couple hours, towards the end, she was taking off her I.D. bracelet, ready to go home. That night she woke up around 2am starving, so we sat together on the floor and ate Graham Crackers. She is absolutely fine, however sufferning some of the symptoms of a person who has had head trauma. She's not sleeping well, but during the day she's still the same ol' monkey she always is and tries to keep up with her brother as usual. At first I was just happy she seemed to be normal, now I am petrified she is going to hit her head again and suffer the Second Injury Syndrome. Thank God, Grandma decided to come down and help me keep Lulu calm for the next 7 days til her brain has had a chance to heal. At the moment this is what is keeping me busy and is on my mind. Knitting while my little ones are asleep and looking forward to fun packages coming in the mail, Knit Picks, Ravelry, are keeping me sane.

My first attempt with the Drop Spindle

Well, I watched You Tube, but I it looks like I'm going to have to spend some money on classes. Oh well, I bought my Lace blocking wires yesterday at a welding shop for 60 cents. They are 3' long, stainless steel, perfect and I saved roughly $24. The guys in the shop looked at me like I was crazy, "you only want 10 stainless steel welding rods." So, for future reference, if you need lace blocking wires, visit your local industrial welding shop and ask for 3' long, 1/16, no flux, stainless steel welding rods, they'll be impressed you know what you are talking about.  I blocked the Liesel Scarf, it looks great, I'm going to take some pictures for my  next post.