The Countdown Continues

Three weeks!  That is all I have left in this, my 9th year, of Year of Projects.  What do you do when it is close to the end of the year?

You start another project.

Introducing "May I Borrow This, Please?" shawl.  As you can see I am moving right along on it.  I started it last night after we got home from our son's house.  So I worked on it for about 20 minutes is all.  The yarn is from Fiber Lady and is 70% bamboo 30% cotton called Makicot.  It is one of the skeins I purchased from my "darn it, my fiber fest got cancelled" shopping spree.

Don't worry, I did have a couple of finishes this week too.

My Harry Potter themed Bookmark.  My daughter got me this for Mothers Day.  It was a lot of fun to do.  I have several more counted cross stitch projects waiting to be started.  Will decide which one this week.

I also finished this:

The High Effects Feather and Fan shawl.  This thing took forever to get to the length I wanted it. The shawl is draped over a high top table chair.  I would say it is between 7 and 8 feet long and has LOTS of stretch to it.  I have tried it on and it is warm but not overly so.  It will be perfect for when we go to places with the A/C turned to frozen tundra settings.   I still have quite a bit of the yarn left over.  Not sure what I will do with the leftovers.  The texture of the yarn does not lend itself to things like hats or fingerless mitts.  Maybe a thin scarf?  

The other finish I have is:

Dishcloth #4 from the skein of yarn I have been working with for the past two weeks.  

Not pictured are two more face masks I made yesterday, for hubby and myself.  They are matching masks this time.  He laughed when he saw they matched.  I used muslin on the inside of the mask this time as it makes it a bit easier to breath and the muslin is a bit more absorbent than the fat quarter cotton I used in the others.  Since it seems we will be wearing masks for some time to come, I wanted to make sure they were comfy.

I worked on several other items this week.

Rose City Roller socks have heels in them and now, it is on to the foot part.

Do any of you remember the Rosary Cable Shawl I started sometime last year?  I pulled it out of hibernation and set to work on it again this week.  This is the other long term project I was hoping to complete this week.  If I really try, this should be completed before the end of this YOP year.  It needs a good 6-8 inches more on it before I will be happy with the size of it.  This will go into the Prayer Shawl ministry pile.  (Someday we will be able to meet again)

Then there were treasures in the mail this week.

Another needle minder

This came as an extra little gift with the needle minder. (It is a sticker that went to my Grand Daughter)

Danish dough whisks.  I have not used them yet.  I was going to make some sourdough with them but....................my starter is not cooperating......................again.

Then I got a gift from my hubby................

My favorite flower is the yellow rose.  I just wish they lasted longer.  They have been in my house for 3 days and the roses are already toast.

Yesterday, we went to my son's house as one of our nieces and her family came to town.  We had not seen her in over a year.  WOW!  Her kids have all grown so much and have such different personalities.  Our daughter and her husband joined us and brought a special treat for the kids.

Can you see what Josie is holding in her arms?  It is a 5 week old puppy.  Her name is Bailey and belongs to our daughter and her husband.  This was so special for the children.  Josie had to say goodbye to her 17 year old cat 2 weeks ago and Kaleb (He is on the left) had to say goodbye to their 8 year old dog 10 days ago.  They have all been very sad since then.

This puppy helped to heal them a bit.  Kaleb even said it might be nice to have another dog again.  Before Bailey showed up, he said he would never have another dog as it was too hard to say goodbye.  What a hard lesson for a 10 year old boy to go through.

I did not get photos of the other 2 little ones as they moved quicker than a race horse.  Not to mention they were tired and wanted only mommy and daddy.  (They are 2 and 4)  

It was a nice day and we stayed outside the whole time.  Our niece and family are leaving this morning to head back home (Las Vegas).  It was so good to see them.  She said her office has decided to let all their employees work from home from now on.  She is thrilled with this.  Saves her lots of travel time going to and from work.  She will only need to go into the office once a week for a meeting.  So there has been a silver lining to their stay at home orders.

I got one of the best surprises this week.

This is our oldest Grand Son!  Getting this photo of him made my heart swell with so much love.  He lives in Texas.  Since we have not been able to travel this year, I have missed seeing my TX Grands so much.  Just getting to talk to them on the phone or getting a photo of them makes me happy.  It also makes me miss them all the more.  The above grand son gives the BESTEST hugs ever.  (He knows it too LOL)  I am hoping there will soon be a solution to all this virus stuff so we can travel and I can go and see my TX Grands.  They neeeeeed me!

I plan on taking it easy today.  My RA is in a bit of a flare.  Not sure why, but will listen to my body and take things slow and easy for the day.  Hopefully, I can find a project or two to work on (Said with a wink).

I hope you are all doing well.  

Until Next Time...........................Happy Crafting & Stay Well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!