Cat Love

How can you not love a cat that will put up with this?

What a good sport he is. And we all love him for being so laid back. Thanx for letting us bother you Max

 

Dolly and WWKIP

Okay, this is the last knit that i made for the baby.  She was born yesterday by the way, how appropriate since it was WWKIP day Peyton, 7 lbs 13 ozs and 20 inches long.  My friend and the baby are both doing well and resting. Peyton is super adorable!!  She even has some super soft hair covering her head. When we go visit again after they get home i will take a picture and post it.

Pattern: Dolly by Jess Hutchinson in Unusual Toys to Knit

Made for: Baby Peyton

Dates: May 31-June 7, 2009

Yarn: Various Bits of Bernat and Red Heart.  The body and hair are Bernat and the dress and edging is Red Heart.

Needles: size 8 douple points and i think 3.5 mm hook for the edging

Notes: Worked pattern as written. It was easy to follow.  She is supposed to have “undies” on under her dress but when i cast on for the body i didnt pay attention and went right to using the the skin color and it was until i was halfway done with the body and it tells you to switch to the skin color that i realized my mistake and didnt want to go back to fix it.  So i made her dress a few rows longer for extra coverage. Now you only know if you look

Yesterday was WWKIP day and i did go out and meet the local group of knitters and knit at the park with them.  I forgot my camera again!

But all was not lost. I did have my camera phone and was able to take some worthwhile pictures.

  When four of the six ladies that were still left toward the end left to go to the bathroom we had a visit from the resident of the park.

He made himself right at home and sat in an empty chair

Then decided to go over to the picnic table

Because he was hungry! Smart Squirrel Chips Ahoy are yummy!!

Cindy shook the cookie box to get him away and all he did was back up a little and look at her like “So that means no cookies”  Then he investigated around the picnic table some more.  But this squirrel could have cared less about the two of us. I was able to walk quite close to take the pictures of him with the camera phone.  Definitely one of the highlights.   But we all had a ton of fun laughing and knitting and eating goodies that people brought.  Glad i was able to go! Hope you had a good WWKIP day.

 

Abuelo is here!!!

 

Abuelo is here!!!, originally uploaded by Craftydiddl.

Little Man loves having his Abuelo (grandpa) here.
My dad is here from Puerto Rico until Friday so there will be some silence on here and my comments on other blogs-Be back Friday-looking forward to all you guys have done this week.

 

Shaun & a broken eye

 

Ready for Christmas, originally uploaded by Craftydiddl.

HI you guys-i just wanted to let you know that things maybe be a bit quiet around here for a week or so-i know your probably thinking -You have already been pretty quiet-but just as i was hoping to start posting FO’s and showing my baking of cookies i was hit with a sudden eye problem. A huge surprise i wasn’t expecting.
I have a Horseshoe tear and some retinal detachment in my right eye and yesterday i had some lasering and cryotherapy(freezing area where the tear is) done and on Monday they will look if all is fixed-if not then i will have to have a operation done on my eye next week. I am supposed to take it very easy and limit my reading and knitting, bending anything where my head would be down alot. So, there won’t be anymore posting or reading of blogs for a little while. I will update you guys on Monday though.
And i was able to finish Shaun the Sheep in time for Christmas but i think that’s all i will get done-everyone else will be getting their gifts late i think.  i will post details and better pics when i have the okay to be on longer from the doctor.
Have a good weekend!

 

Happy Halloween

We wish Everyone that celebrates a Safe, Happy and Fun Halloween!!!!

 

Fairy Cakes

 

Fairy Cakes, originally uploaded by Craftydiddl.

Okay we didn’t quite achieve the brightness that we were hoping for but they are delicious. Little Man and I had a great time making and decorating them.
i really like the Mint Green ones. the color came out very nice. The Military colored ones came of Little Man wanting Blue, me wanting Purple and then we just dumped colors in and ended up with this. We didn’t have Jelly Beans because i am not a huge fan of them so we topped ours with M&M’s from the candy store. The tartness of the frosting offset by the not so sweet cake and the hint of chocolate in your mouth all come together quite nicely and i do see more of these in our future.

Today we had our Home Visit from Little Man’s school. His teachers seem wonderful and i have a feeling we will have a very good year. he starts next Monday. Eeeee can you believe it?? Back in May when we registered they said end of September so i was thinking we had a couple more weeks. So today we took my car to the shop to fix a rattle in the exhaust, i need to get that done because once he is in school i need the car there won’t be a god time to take it into the shop. I should get that back tomorrow and Wednesday we will get Little Man’s hair cut. Thursday they are having an Ice Cream Social at his school and you hand in some paperwork, see the classroom and meet fellow students. That is going on in the middle of a friends dinner so we have to sneak out for a hour for the Social and then go back. Friday is hubby’s best friends wedding so he will be busy with that and Little Man is spending the night at Grandma’s house. With all that going on the week will go by so fast. i just can’t believe it. i am actually looking forward to just being stuck at home tomorrow with the Little Man A peaceful day before all the craziness and school starts.

I am looking forward to some knitting tonight and not thinking about anything except what my chart tells me to do

 

Another FO

IMG_1726, originally uploaded by Craftydiddl.

This whole not having a computer thing is really helping in the FO department

Today we just have some good ‘ol stockinette socks. And while many of you can crank these out in days-i still need over month but mainly because i have so many other projects going on and i start to feel guilty if i neglect them.

Pattern: Stockinette Socks-no pattern
For: Me
Dates: June 21-July 26, 2008
Needles: Size 2 Dp’s
Yarn: Scout’s Swag in Fruit Salad-i bought this a long time ago right before she closed her etsy shop for a bigger and better shop-not sure if she still has this color-way.
Notes: I got nothing-easy, straight forward and no problems.

Next for socks-Some for Little Man, they don’t count toward summer of socks but i am still knitting socks so that works for me but i have a few other things i want to finish before starting them-i want to be able to concentrate because i will be attempting to do 2 at once on one Circular needle.

Hope you all are having a good weekend

 

Kiri

Well, if you haven’t guessed by my title-Kiri is done. She has been done for almost a week but i have been slow to post. It’s a bit more complicated posting on hubby’s laptop but i told myself i need to suck it up

(http://www.flickr.com/photos/85119832@N00/)

Pattern: Kiri (rav link)

For: My grandma in Germany

Dates: June 6-July 20, 2008

Yarn: Knit Picks Alpaca Cloud in Iris, i used about 1.5 balls so i could have made it a bigger shawl if i wanted but my Omi is petite so i think this will be a good size for her.

Needles: Size 4 circulars

Notes:This can drag on if you let it but once i got in the flow and memorized the pattern it wasn’t so bad. I know some shawls have the scalloped edge-I was not able to achieve that. I even used some of the tips i read about on Ravelry. I used bigger needles on the last row and even bigger to bind off and i bound of Loosely and that still didnt help and i wasnt about to go back and redo it. I came quite close to just throwing it in a corner and thinking Omi will hate this but i blocked it out anyway and in the end i was still pretty happy wit it. The bind off just came out straight and it doesn’t look bad that way at all. Hubby was really surprised that it was so light when i draped it on him to feel how warm it was.

Aside from the unscalloped edge we also had some other drama-i was weaving in my ends and i went to trim the end and accidentally snipped a strand of yarn on the shawl. I almost screamed in horror but instead started to panic that all my hard work would unravel so i found the spot and did a bit of weaving and stringing together so make sure it couldn’t come undone. I hope it worked and even if it isnt fully secure, i did give it a good tug though, i don’t picture Omi being too crazy with it Luckily this all happened on the garter stitch border so aside from a little spot that looks a tad bit thicker then everything else you can’t really tell. Next time i will be MUCH more careful and not in such a rush i wanted to hurry and get it ready to mail that that day so that she will get it before her vacation in a couple weeks. She has no clue what she is getting-I love surprises like this.

All in all a very easy knit-would have liked a scallopy edge and BE CAREFUL WITH SCISSORS!

 

he has had clothes

 

With shorts on, originally uploaded by Craftydiddl.

For over a week. I think he looks adorable in clothes-it hides some of the things i didn’t like about him There are more pics of him with his hoodie and Little Man on my Flickr.

I used random yarn from my stash-the shorts are some sock yarn and his hoodie is yarn Joanna gave me some time ago.

I would tell you the details but honestly i don’t feel up to it-i have been under the weather the past couple days. i think its my allergies but it has hit me hard worse than usual and different than usual-it could also be a cold but it very different from other colds i have had-So no clue right now. i am just hoping i improves soon.
i think my cat, max, knows something is up he as been very cuddly again. he kinda disappeared for a few weeks to just be on his own in the basment or living room by the door-i think because of the heat ANYWAY He has decided to lay across my lap and laptop in not the best way for typing and knead on my stomach and he has half closed eyes–So cute i love when he i like this epecially since Cleo is not remotely cuddly she tries to claw you if you pick her up.

Tomorrow i have some pictures to show of some things i have recieved in the mail recently from my grandma.

 

Goodies in the Mail and in the Kitchen

Yay! I missed a package on Saturday and so yesterday me and Little Man ventured out to the Post Office in our Pj’s.

Goodies from Joanna, originally uploaded by Craftydiddl.

Surprise! i got a package from Joanna!!! i got some great fabric and already have some ideas! Floss for Friendship Bracelets and some heart beads, cute little bird patches and rhinestone beads. Thank you so much! i can’t wait to create with everything

Today was a really nice day. I started cleaning out my closet in the guest/craft room, weeded, had a picnic in the backyard with Little Man. We raced around the yard-Whew he wears me out. Got my 2 bad tires replaced-:( that was more than expected. One of my tires is worth 2 of my husband’s and his tires are bigger!!! Oh well.
And i did some baking-Foccacia Bread. The recipe is from Apples for Jam, a really beautiful cookbook. I like the recipes but i have to admit i got it mostly for the pictures. It’s called Olive Oil Foccacia and has a lot of rising breaks so if you want it ready for dinner then you have to start it at lunch. I sprinkled Rosemary on the top of mine along with the salt, water and oil mixture that the recipe has. I was a little concerned at first because the book said my dough would be really sticky and it wasn’t it came together very nicely and also it didn’t seem to be rising as much as i thought it would. i have to tell you that i got a little impatient during the second rising and maybe could have let it sit longer and the boys were hungry. But it came out great! maybe not as puffy but hubby loved it!!! He said it was the best bread i had made so far YAY!!!! Little Man enjoyed it as well but he loves bread any bread so that wasn’t such a surprise.

We still have plenty leftover so tomorrow morning Little Man and I are going to walk to the grocery store and get some lunch meats and cheese and make some sandwiches with what is left….maybe another picnic in the backyard

AND yesterday i made more popsicles so when Little Man asked for one a few minutes ago i made sure i snapped a pic for you guys since i kept forgetting last time. These ones are a little different because the only berry i had was Strawberry so for the extra fruit i added some banana. Yummy

Last night the computer ate up most of my knitting time-so hopefully i will get more accomplished tonight.

Last but definitly not least–Thanks for the love on my bag