It seems like I have been away from my blog for longer than 2 weeks. Life has been so crazy busy that I could have sworn it had been a month since I last posted. I knew this would be the last week of regular posting for year 4, so I truly wanted to make sure I got to post today.
I loved my trip to Seattle area. The weather was so nice (for me). Never got above 83 and the nights were so nice and cool. I had to wear a sweater almost the whole time I was up there. My DIL's father is doing much better. He has had 4 surgeries and hopefully the last one will be to take all the hardware out of his foot and leg. He came home the 15th of this month and is pretty much confined to one room of the house. My Grand Daughter is taking good care of him and making sure he follows Doctor's orders. Being 9 years old, she is quite bossy too.
I have to admit, that while in Seattle (Burien actually), I had to find a LYS. Thank goodness for Google and smart phones. I found one in downtown Burien called Town Square Fabric and Yarn and my DIL was gracious enough to take me to it. I know I said I was not going to buy any yarn until the end or year 4. But remember, I had not purchased any yarn since April of last year! I also have a thing, that, when I travel, I always bring home some yarn from the place I am at. Kind of like having a charm bracelet only in yarn.
So here is what I bought while away from home:
Some lovely Saucon Sock yarn. The best part, it was on sale at the shop I went too. It was a lovely little shop with both yarn and fabric. The ladies in there could not have been nicer too. And if you love Cascade yarn.....................you need to go to the Seattle area. Since that is where the plant is where they make it. I about fainted when I saw that 90% of their shop was Cascade. They even had some in there I had never heard of and I am BIG fan of that brand.
As promised, I did start my snoqualmie socks while in Seattle. We were going to take a trip to the falls there, but time was not on our side. DIL's father had 2 surgeries while I was there and I was only there 4.5 days! So knitting was my best friend. Here is how the new socks look as of today.
The color is really a lovely sea blue. I am not taking photos outside right now as it is already well over 100 degrees and it is not even noon yet. (that's over 37C for all my non USA friends) So trying to capture color indoors is not always great. Anyway, I love working on these sock and they will be a gift for someone this Christmas.
And the other socks I was working on when I left?
They finally are completed. I actually finished this on Thursday of this week. These are also a gift for Christmas.
Remember, we are doing an all handmade Christmas this year. So I am getting a head start on some of my gifts so I am not up until the wee hours of Christmas Day trying to bust a move to get everything done.
So what else am I planning on????
So, another gift I am going to make for Christmas this year is this tea bag holder. Here is the material for it.
Speaking of fat quarters......................
Here is a project that has to be done by Halloween. It has nothing to do with fiber but it is a craft that I am excited to do.
Do you know how hard it is to take a photo of your arm? Well, I tried. See the pretty bracelet with the purple stone in it? This was my retirement present from the owner of my company. It is a Tiffany bracelet! Yup, that's right..............Tiffany. I even have the robins egg blue box to prove it. It is called Amethyst with Olive branch. I love it. Purple is my favorite color and the Olive Branch has a lot of meaning for me and my faith. I was totally blown away when I received it. How very thoughtful and nice of him to do this for me.
Retirement is a very busy thing to do. I have not had a real day off since I retired. There is something I need to get done everyday. I am not complaining, just wondering when it slows down a bit. I was warned by all that had retired before me that, there is no way you will be sitting at home all day crafting. DARN................they were right!
Today is Father's day here in the USA. We will be having our family, that is in town, coming over for swimming and food. Hubby is going to watch the final round of the US open while the rest of us leave him alone and spend time soaking up the sunshine (and heat).
My son leaves tomorrow for Seattle and will be bringing home our Grand Daughter next Saturday. She is excited to be coming home as I have tickets to our Elevate Music Festival for Sunday. One of the Doctors I worked for has a suite there and I was able to get 4 tickets. So my BFF, her hubby, my Grand and myself will all be heading up to the mountains next Sunday for some lovely Christian music. You can read about it here. This will be her first concert and what better than to let her rock out to Christian music.
I am working on my YoP 5 list at the moment and have so many things I want to make.....I just don't know how much of them I will be able to finish in a years time. I may not get the list up next Sunday, but it will be up before the end of next week. I also may put items on the list that are not knitting/crochet related. I have some sewing I need to do in the coming year as well as some beading. So those things will probably be on the list too.
Here is how my list looks as of today:
YoP 4 List
New items to do
Sweater for me
Started 12/21/14
DIDN'T TOUCH IT
WIP's to complete
Log Cabin Blanket
(This has been in my WIP pile for about 3 years now. It needs to leave it)
DIDN'T TOUCH IT
Yearly projects I do anyway
Socks
( I love doing them and can not say how many pairs I will complete but need to do some)
STARTED A NEW PAIR
6/9/15
Things to increase my skills
JOIN A CAL OR KAL
STARTED 1/8/15 TO BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER 2015
3 SQUARES DONE 6/21/15
I HAVE TOTALLY FALLEN BEHIND ON THIS
Personal Goal
Use only the yarn from my stash for all the above projects.
( I am truly going to try NOT to purchase any more yarn this year. I have already gone 4 months without buying any yarn and I figure I can continue that trend for at least another 12 months.)
NO YARN BOUGHT AS OF 06/10/15
It is fair to say that I have not started any new projects with the recently acquired yarn purchases though.
Take photos of ALL items when done.
(I have a habit of gifting items and never photographing them for my blog)
YUP, SO FAR AS OF 06/21/15
OOPS, DIDN'T TAKE PHOTOS OF THE SCARVES I MADE AND SOLD 12-19-14
COMPLETED ITEMS
