Woohoooo birthday and christmas month!!

Tomorrow is Dec 1st! The start of the end of the year. It's a birthday month as is January so we are getting ready for lots of cake!! I love me some cake and ice cream. My favorite part of birthdays. So I'd like to wish my daughter, Ruthie, a Happy Birthday on Dec. 3rd, Happy Birthday to my son in law, Javier, on the Dec. 7th, and myself a Happy Birthday on Dec. 12th, Jane from the WhoDuknit group Happy Birthday on Dec. the 17th .

That's all I have for Dec that I can remember right now. If your birthday is this month let me know so I can wish Happy Birthday to you too.

May all our wishes come true!! weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Created my Etsy shop today

Hi Everyone,

So how many of you got up real early this morning and went shopping for Christmas?? Like my hubby did and my daughter? whew you won't catch me doing it.

Hey I got my first order from my new Etsy shop. Well to tell the truth, I got the order from my knit group moderator and she said hey open a shop and sell these, so I did.

anyway here is the link for it.

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5353410

ONly the sheepy on there for now but maybe more to come. I did do a custom order for her today. And it's ready to mail off in tomorrows mail. Can't say what it is until it reaches it's owner. ohhhhh a mystery!!

Patt's Dancing Elf grandkids!

http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/xh4sfPIbxIfU2ivF

What are You doing for Thanksgiving?

I can not believe how fast this year has flown by. One minute it's July, the next it's Thanksgiving. huh!

My family for Thanksgiving always celebrates on the day before Thanksgiving as hubby has to work on all holidays. So on this Wednesday we will be having dinner here at my place. Tina and Dade are bringing the mashed potatoes and stuffing and gravy, Ruthie and I are doing the turkey, the green beans, the yams, the corn, the dinner rolls, the apple and pumpkin pie and we got the snacks as well. It's going to be Me and hubby, Rue and her hubby and 3 kids, Tina and Dade and 2 kids, and Tencia and Lien, Rue's mother and father in law. Maybe a few others cuz all are welcome here.

We have sparkling cider and soda and juice to drink as well as milk.

oh yeah also cranberry sauce. Did I forget anything????

Actually the most important thing to me is just the fact that my entire family will be here talking and laughing and enjoying everything. That is what I'm so very thankful for.

What are you thankful for?

progress photos

I wanted to show the progress I"ve made on the My Knitting Circle Mystery Kal that we are doing. The entire pattern has been posted and now we are all just working to finish it. So here is my progress:

Here is how far I've gotten on the Sheepy washcloth:

And here some some yummy dreamy sock yarn I ordered from EatSleepKnit. I love their yarns and patterns. This is the most I've ever paid for one skein of yarn but I'm going to make myself some socks for my birthday. It's malabrigo yarn in the colorway Impressionist Sky. It's superwash Merino.

There is the little sheepy ornament I made for our Christmas tree. It is the cutest!!

Remember if you would like a chance to win a sheepy magnet made by me all you have to do is join my blog as a follower and on my birthday, Dec 12, I will randomly choose one of the followers to win a magnet or pin. !!! So come on and join me.

Alittle get away

So hubby and I had a fun sleep over at my youngest daughters house. It was her and hubbys 7th anniversary and they went away and Pa and Mema stayed at the house with the kids. The kids never had someone sleep over and mommy and daddy go away but they acted like it was a normal thing to happen. Pa and I had so much fun with the kids. All we had to do was play and feed the kids and put them to bed on time and it was so easy. But man on man, my bones are killing me today!! I hadn't walked that much in a year. Good thing Pa was there to chase the kids around. It was a good time had by all of us. We got lots of hugs and kisses and laughed and played the whole time.

I didn't take any knitting because I knew there would be no time for that. and there wasn't. I don't think I even thought about knitting until I came home and saw my project sitting her on the desk. lol that shows you how much I enjoyed our little get away. HOpefully we will get to do it again soon.

A new Contest and new sheepy photos

If you will look on the side bar of my blog you will see a widget that you can use to join up as a follower of my blog. All you have to do is click on it and a form will come up for you to fill out.
Now if you'd like to enter into my contest, you have to sign up there as a public follower. Reason being I don't know how to see the private or anonymously peeps. ANy way,
once you join you have entered the contest. On my birthday, Dec 12, I will do a random generator of numbers thingie and choose one of my followers to win a sheepy pin or magnet of their choice and maybe something else. depends on what I have at the time.
So go join up!!
If you don't want to join up and just want one of the pins or magnets, I am selling them for $4 each until I am tired of making them. So you can contact me at patt_m@comcast.net with any questions or orders. I will use pay pal.


Ok here are the new things Sheepy I made today. The 4 white sheep on the left

are pins. The black sheep and the 4 white one to the right are magnets. the two in front are

the needle toppers.

More sheepy magnets and pins

I just baked a few more sheepy magnets one ornament and 2 needle toppers. I got a special order for the needle toppers so I hope they are usuable. lol They will need to be glued to the top of some bamboo needles. I don't have a source for the needles so am just hoping these will fit on top of any needles but I have a feeling they won't. The person just might have to send me a needle so I can get the right size for her. Course I'll send the needle back, lol ....or maybe not.
I'll post some photos soon as they are cooled down and I glue the magnets on them.
I have spent the most part of the last 3 hours playing with the clay. It's fun.

Good Thymes Bath & Body

http://www.good-thymes.com/
I ordered some bar soap from this company the other day and it was shipped super fast. The soap smells sooooo good. In with my order were a few samples of some of their other products.
There were 3 soap samples and 3 lotion samples. It came packed so nice and neat in a sweet bag and I was just totally impressed with it all. So I am hoping that you all will go here:
http://www.good-thymes.com/ and check out there site. Try a bar of soap or lotion. I personally love the Honeydew Lavender line. But the Apricot Mango comes in a real close second! The soap bars are a generous full 4 oz of goodness. yummmmm
I'm going to order some lotion to go with my soaps!!

Camera is ready

Ok got those photos I was promising yesterday.

Here is the finished hooded sweater:

Here is the yarn and needles pin:

And here are the sheep pins:

So tell me what you think about them. Go ahead and be truthful, helpful criticizim is the best.

Where the heck is the charger for my Camera???

I have finished objects to show and not a working battery in site. And of course I can't find the charger for the darn camera. I've just asked my hubby for the upteenth time would he search for it for me and he said he would get right on it. soon as jeopardy and wheel is not keeping him busy. sheesh. he should know by now that my camera is way more important that those game shows. Ohhhhhh wait, I can hear him rustling around and moving and tossing things aside. May be he will have some luck and find it. (me sitting here trying to type with my fingers crossed) lol

So I have really been wanting this cute little pin I saw on the internet. It's just a cute little sheep pin. here is a photo of it I copied from the net.

I didn't want to spend the $10 they wanted for it so I made some myself. So for a couple of bucks I made 4 pins and one fridge magnet. ha. am I smart or what? Now what do i do with all these sheep I made. Guess I'll have to have a sale or something. I've also made a cute ball of yarn and tiny needles pin. will photo all of them and post soon as batteries are all charged up.

I finished the hooded sweater for my gd Mia. Hubby and I are going to baby sit the 2 kids for 2 days and a nite while their Mom and Dade get away for a 7 yr anniversary time alone that is sorely needed by them both. Hubby and I plan on having lots of fun with the kids.

Oh and hubby just found charger for the camera AND my cell phone, which hasn't been charged up in a month. What a guy!!

Ok so now to charge them both up, and then I'll be back to post a couple of photos.

Button Tab hat #2

Here's my lovely granddaughter, Olivia, modeling her new hat. I just finished it. Now to start her matching gloves.

new dishcloth pattern

I just ordered this new dishcloth pattern. It is so cute. I'm going to make a couple and send one to my holiday swap pal. We are doing a Holiday swap on My Knitting Circle . I only have a few ideas right now so if you all can think of anything way cute let me know!!

will be back soon

Just wanted to post that I've been a little sick with a big head cold so haven't much to post.

But had to post that I should be feeling better soon and back to posting. NOw I'm getting ready to watch Survivor!!

Hugs to you all

Patt

What flower are you???

I am a Daffodil What Flower Are You?

Funny because a daffodil is my favorite spring flower!!

I don't have any finished items to show you so I will just leave you with this photo thought:

this is what happens when you are 6!!

my grandson Javier

Cole's 1st Birthday Party!!

Just wanted to share with you all what fun we had at Cole's party today.

First, here is the birthday boy. He's the one in the middle. on the left is his cousin Monica and on the right is his Mommy, Tina and that is Mia Bella in the foreground bottom right.
It was a great party. There was balloons and dinosaur cookies and chocolate dinosaurs galore, And M&M's with Cole's name on them and miniature candy bars with his name and bd date on them and a way cool birthday cake:





There were 4 different cakes that spelled out the name Cole with the o being an egg with a baby dinosaur poppin out of it. The cake was delicious. I brought some home.


There were lots of folks to talk to and kids playing and having fun. There was yummy crackers and to die for cheese spread and chips and dip as well. Lots of refreshments. Then the dinner was beautifully served. There was caeser salad with grilled chicken, fresh green beans with small red potatoes, and pasta salad with cherry tomatoes. Lots of fresh cheese and lunchmeats and breads. It was all great.


They hired a Caricaturist and he set up and did a caricature of each person at the party. It was so much fun. I'm going to use my caricature as my avatar on my groups and ravelry from now on!! Here are a few photos of Rene working:




and here is the one he did of me:

He even has me leaning on my cane and the fringe on my blouse!!

Now here is Cole with his daddy Dade and mommy Tina getting ready to blow out the candles!

Teeny Tiny Swap Goodies

We had a Teeny Tiny Swap on My Knitting Circle group and I received my puffy today! Above is what I got from Kathy Sheppard.
Thanks Kathy. it was a way cool puffy.
In it she sent a tiny little icord wreath, a knit bat with orange neck ribbon, a knit Snowman, and a tiny little knit sweater on a tiny iron hanger, a tiny bottle of body lotion and 12 pks of crystal light on the go Cherry Pomegranate drink. yummmm Oh and she also sent the patterns of the snowman and the bat and the wreath.
Thanks so much for all of it. This was a fun swap.
For future fun come join us at My Knitting Circle. I plan on more fun swaps to come. whooohooo

Button Tab hat

I love the look of this hat. The yarn is 55% wool 45%microfibre and it has a slight fuzz about it which makes it look even softer than it is. and the button tab is just a cool embellishment. You can get a differnt feel for the hat by using different buttons on. I chose this button because I know the person it's for loves gold and she wears a lot of it.

Next two I'm casting on is for a child that loves pink ( meaning Mia Bella and Olivia ) so I bought some cute pink heart buttons to go on them.

The little socks don't fit!!

Mia Bella and Cole came to visit me Sat with their Mommy and Daddy. Cole will be one Oct 13 and he has gone from crawling and standing up to walking like a pro! what's up with that? Oh and those cute little socks I made for him, they are way too small. wahhhhhhhh
I so wanted them to fit him. But nope. Him and his big sis just got new shoes and he is only 2 sizes smaller that Mia Bella. She is 3. and Cole almost 1 so I sure didn't expect him to have big feet. Oh well I should have cuz he does wear a big size of clothes.
Any way, Cole found the jello in my fridge and had to have some. He ate the whole thing too. So did Mia.
So what am I going to do with the socks? Leave me your ideas.
Hugs Patt

PIF delivery

I got a great box delivered just now. It's from Jant's Art. I posted a comment on her blog for a PIF (pass it forward) and here is what she sent me. A while ago she sent me a knit magazine and today she sent me:
2 skeins of di.ve teseo yarn
3 skeins of Lionbrand chenille yarn in Paris Print colorway
2 skeins Peaches and cream 1 camel-----1 peppercorn ombre
1 chibi set
1 pk tapestry needles (just lost my last needle last nite so need these badly)
1 pk stitch markers
2 pk Cohas coffee yummmmmm

This was a wonderful PIF box. I love the colors of the yarns, perfect for autumn knitting!!

Thank you so much Jan. YOU ROCK!!!

Wow it worked. cool

Comcast.net Home

I'm just testing out the Windows Live Writer I just downloaded.  I can post to my blog right from my homepage.  At least that's what it says I can do.  So now I'm going to post this and see what happens.

 

Comcast.net Home

Sweet Baby Socks

Just now finished these little socks. They work up real fast. I used the pattern by Judy Ellis called Infant Socks. I changed it up just a bit by only working the ribbing for 4 rows and then doing the straight stockinet stitch. I'm gonna give them to Cole for his birthday. I know I said I wasn't going to show them here yet but I just had to. They are so cute. lol

LIttle socks

I made a couple of tiny little socks. They are so cute. And then I've made one sock and started another one for Gson Cole. Not gonna show that one here but will share the 2 little ones I made.

Happy Autumn

I can't believe that my favorite time of year is here again. Happy Fall everyone!! I love this time of year. It just smells different and the air feels different as well.

I'm making some socks for Cole, my youngest grandson, he's almost 1 , Oct 13 and he's gonna have the bestest party ever! Here he is playing with daddy's glove at the Ice Company's office with Mommy.

Knitting Journal pages

I was looking around some blogs today and I found a templete for a kntting journal that I really liked. http://www.kathrynivy.com/patterns/extras/knitting-journal/

I liked it so much that I made one of my own and also a notes page. If you go to the link above you will find that she has made a few other pages for her journal. I'll get around to making more for mine but just wanted to share my designs with you all. You can use hers or mine or make your own if you have the software to do it. But I think it is a wonderful thing to have, a Knittng Journal that is. I have it saved in pdf form so if anyone wants to use my templete just email me and let me know. I'll send it to you by email.

I jinxed myself by boasting!!

I sooooo jinxed myself by boasting how I even fixed mistakes on my MS4!! What a dufuss I am.

I had to frog the whole thing (yah all8 rows) and start over. So far I am now on row 1A. sheesh.

MS4 progress

Here is my progress so far on the mystery 4 stole. I've finished row 4. I've gotten the hang of putting on the beads plus counting on each row. I've even been able to fix a mistake (dropped stitch) with no problems.

My problem is finding the time to work on it when I can concentrate and not have anyone talking to me. I might be able to get in a few minutes today if all goes ok. lol So I can get at least a row done.

How are you doing on it?

New post just for Tina!!!

My daughter, Tina, told me the other day that I need to blog more cuz she is tired of looking at the same stuff here. So I decided to blog about her and her family today.
Hi Tina Bo Bina.
Her and her hubby Dade and kids Mia Bella and Cole live in Napa CA and they own the Napa Valley Ice Company.
http://www.napavalleyice.com/
Tina and the kids run the office and Dade delivers the ice. You can also go to the office and buy ice there as well.
This year Mia Bella is going to preschool (aka day care) while Mom and Coley works. I don't think Cole really does any work, I think he just makes more work for Tina as he is only 10 months old, almost 11 now. See the above photo of him in their dishwasher at home, NOT helping with the dishes but getting in the way. hahahhaha and then him with the blue tongue and face. He found a blue highlighter and tried to eat it. It was fun for him but it took a couple of days for the blue to wash off. He is the sweetest kid tho. A handful but he gives such love and fun that no one minds the busy ness of him.
Mia is a princess. A true girlie girl. She had on some silver shoes the other day when they visited and after they left my carpet just sparkled with tiny little silver stuff. It was cool. Looked like I had dropped a pocketful of tiny diamonds on the ground.

It has been so hot here that I haven't knit or really done anything the last few days except read and watch tv. Thursday we had our carpets and sofa and chair professionally cleaned. Yeah it was so hot that I sat in my puter chair right here in the room while the guy did half the floor and the sofa and chairs (he did the bedrooms first) then hubby moved my chair to the kitchen under the ceiling fan and I sat there while he did the rest. Hubby got a helper to help him move all the 3 rooms of furniture outside and after, back in the house. But we still have a porch full of things we have to go thru and decide what I want to toss and want to keep. I don't want to keep much as less is less clutter in here. now to just talk him into tossing it that's the trick. He hates to throw out stuff.
Ok that's it for today.

ready for the ms4

Ok so I have all the materials needed except for the tiny crochet hook. I bought a size 00 but it is wayy to big so I just ordered a size 12 and 14 last nite from JOanns. They ship fast so it should be here about the time the kal begins.
I have swatched and it looks good with a size 4 needles. oh I also ordered a size 4 bamboo straight needles and a circular one as well. I'm not crazy about the steel ones I have as the last few stitches will slip off way to easy. Wood or bamboo is always better for me. also the straight ones I can use better sometimes.
I haven't knitted a thing in the last few days. It has been just too hot. It always is hot the first week or so of school and the gkids are in the second week of school. so there ya go.

Mystery Stole 4 KAL

I totally forgot to blog about this. Don't know why cuz I'm really exicted about it.

I have joined the Mystery Stole 4 KAL.

First I've never knitted anything lacey

Second I've never knitted a stole

Third I've never knitted with beads.

This KAL has all 3 of those things. Woot!!

I have orderd the yarn and the beads

Then I ordered a lace blocking kit and a couple of #00 steel crochet hooks and also 2 tiles from Cafe Press with the Mystery Stole 4 Logo on them. I need that for my coffee mug!!

I joined the yahoo group and the group on Ravelry. My beads arrived yesterday so hopefully my yarn will come soon as well.

Who of you have joined this KAL? If you want to just go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mysterystole4/ and join up. It starts Sept 5th so go join now before the cutoff date!!

hoodie

I'm making this hoodie for my gd Mia. It's coming along really well. It is a super easy pattern.

I bought the pattern from http://www.artyarns.com/ It's called Little Hooded top down Sweater. designed by Amanda Strick. I'm using Lilac Fresh Bernat yarn

I am tweaking it just a bit. here is a photo of my progress