The Winner of the Love Contest is!!!!!!

Ok drum roll please........here are the names written down on stripes of paper

and here they are all snug in this mini bag........Here is my grandkids, Olivia and Javie. Javie has his eyes closed and is picking a winner.He is opening up the little strip of paper
and here is the Winner!!!! look at the last photo to see who it is.

That's right!!! The Winner is Super Woman_4002! Congratulations to you dear. Please send me your home address so I can have Ruddawg send you your bag.

I hope you all have enjoyed this contest because I will be having another one real soon. Thank you to all of you that played. And good luck next time!!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Look at my sock progress

Wow I am so proud of myself. I did the heart and diamond patterns and so far it is all good. Looks good to me. Now I have a couple more rounds of knit and then start the heel. I'm good on the heels and foot and toe so I think I can get it done in a little while. I've been having lots of pain in my shoulder and wrists and hands so it is slow going. real slow.

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day. I've already received some beautiful flowers from hubby. Here are some of them.

busy making sheepy

After going to bed with a hugh headache and then waking up still sick I had to get up and ended up making some more sheepy stictch markers. and a set of froggy ones. Yesterday or the day before, I don't remember, hubby went to Michaels for me to pick up some more white and brown clay and he brought home a bunch more and said Happy Anniversary !! so now I've got 30 new little blocks of clay. Here is some of what I made last nite. That coin in the photos is a dime just to show how big they are.

I've spent the day in bed feeling like crap. Just took a shower to make myself feel better.

Changed up the top of blog

So How do you like it? I like it a lot. I made it myself. Also changed my Etsy store to match it.


On the sock front I have frogged and started over and then finally realized that if I used 4 dpn and put 16 sts on each one that I could keep better track of the stitches. I had to decrease one and mess with row 4 & 5 but now it's looking super good. I'm ready to start the diamond pattern. I just wanted to take a little break and fix my logo on my Etsy store and add a couple of stitch marker sets to the store

I've sold the ones on the ends but still have a set of blue and a set of neon pink markers.

I've sold 2 sets of sheepy markers and one set of froggy markers this week. LOve it. I played around with a tiny rose one and it is soooo cute but I know the leaves will break off or snag the yarn so I am not going to make a bunch of them to sell. at least not yet. But I will attempt any custom order I get.

Want to see my new KIP Bags?

I so forgot to tell you this but now I am so that's a good thing right? I know!! When I went to pay for the prize kip bag I couldn't help but get this little fireworks bag I've been drooling over. It is exactly the PERFECT bag for my sock project. Well the owner of Ruddawg is Brenda, she is such a sweetie. See the mini bag there next to my sock bag? She sent it to me as a surprise. WHen I thanked her for it and expressed my surprise she sent back a simpe little message.
It said: "Happy Anniversary!" Isn't that the nicest thing??? Yes it so is. Thank you Brenda. Beautiful, useful pretties makes me happy...:)

And just to remind you all of the pretty bag that is the prize for my Valentine Commet contest, I am showing you the photo of it once again. NOw remember , as long as you comment on any of the blogs that has a photo of the bag below, you are entered in the contest which I will announce the winner I think on Feb 15!! we shall see.

Does anyone know what this is??? can you tell??

Hey I'm just wondering if this is recognizable for what it really is or is it a mystery to you all?

Frogged Sock and Frog Markers!!

Here is my frogged wool sock. It was too baggy.

I made these little frog stitch markers for Nate. If he likes them I will bake and send them off

to him.

And this is the new sock that I started on last night. It's finally going smoothly! sigh*

Thanks Tina Gurl

HOw sweet is this? My Tina gurl sent me some photos to share with you all.

This is Mia Bella giggling

This is Coley in his back yard think he's saying," Does this shirt make my belly look fat? "

This is puppy Zeke, getting bigger every day. sweet dog

and this is Zeke trying to get Tsavo the cat which is a Bengal cat. or something like that. anyway he's a big big cat and soooo pretty

Don't cha think if you have a new camera

That you should take some photos of the kids and dog and send them to me??? lol, Yep I'm talking to you Tina Bo Bina (my youngest daughter). I know you read my blog all the time so I'm letting you know that I'd like to have some new photos to share on here. You and Dade can even be in them, I don't care just as long as I get some Mia Bella and Coley pics.

So I just wound up the skein of yarn that Joy Blum sent me in my groups swap. And I think I've decided on doing these socks with it.

Perfect sock for Valentines Day! Right? Yeah I know.

Went to the dentist today wearing these new earrings and pin:

The ladies LOVED them. awwwwwwwww:

wool socks again.... And I've won twice this week!!

I could have had a complete pair of socks done by now but my progress has come to a screeching halt. What happened?? Oh well I tried this sock on and it leg part is way too long and baggy for me. So instead of frogging it, I just tossed it into my kip (knit in progress) bag. that's the purple in the top left corner of photo.
I haven't knit a stitch in 2 days. So now you can see a frogging friday post on here come Friday!

But good news is I've won a contest twice this week!! I know!!!! Crazy huh?
First I won on the Who Duknit yahoo group. I chose a skein of yarn from Vigdis in Norway in rust and green. And yesterday I won for posting about the Finish or Frog Friday. I won 2 skeins of Marabella cashmere yarn in a dark brown color. whooohoooo Cashmere yarn. This will be the most expensive yarn I've ever ran thru my fingers. yummy soft soft

Better Photo of Prize Bag

Here is a brief description of the bags that ruddawg makes from ruddawg herself!!:
KIP Bags are great for knitters/crocheters on the go. They have pockets inside to keep needed items handy and close with two satin cords. Just pull on the cords and the bags stay closed. A KIP bag is sturdy, well made and best of all, machine washable and dry able. The designs on KIPs range from Retro to Goth, so there's one to fit just about any personality.
1 February 2009 10:38pm EDT

and here is a bigger photo of prize bag.

Happy February, The Month of Love!!

To show my Love to all of you I am having a contest starting today. Here are the ways to enter.

1. Post a comment to this blog entry.


2. Post about the contest on your blog or group and tell me here that you did.


3. If you post on your blog about it and someone comes from there and tells me, you earn another entry.

The prize will be a way cute project bag from the Etsy store of ruddawg. Her bags are famous in the fiber world. I have one I bought last year and I LOVE it. Here is a small photo of the bag you will receive. She says this bag is from her Amy Butler fabric.

Pretty isn't it? I'm waiting for a larger photo to show you but this one will do for now.

This month is Valentine Month. Hubby and I will celebrate our 16th wedding Anniversary on the 14th. As I said, the Love Month!!

I hope you all have as much love in your life as I do. Good luck in the contest!!

And the Contest Winner is...........

Congratulations to the Roaming Knitter!!!!! You are the winner!!!!! The random number generator I used picked #15 and you were the 15th person to join my followers. Now please go to the KnitPicks website and find the Felici sock yarn and pick out a color and then let me know what you have chosen. You will need to send me your full name and address in an email to my patt_m@comcast.net address so I can have the yarn sent to you.

Thank you to all who joined. Come back again soon and visit as a new contest starts tomorrow!!

Hip Mountain Mama is having a giveaway.From now until February 27th you will have a chance to be entered into a drawing for Namaste's newest bag, The Zuma!There are 3 ways to enter so head on over and let her know I sent you. Thanks and good luck

3 more days to enter my :Follow me" contest

On Jan 31 I will be counting my followers and doing a random number generator thing to pick a winner. If you are joined in my followers you have a chance to win. And what is the prize? I will give 2 skeins of Felici self striping sock yarn from Knit Picks to you, the winner!!

I'll have you choose the color you want and then I'll order it , pay for it and have it sent to your address. Way cool ! So Good luck to you all.

wool socks

Here is the progress I've made on my wool socks. Yep it's the left over yarn from my doggy's sweater. My fave color is blue so it's perfect. Since I have short and fat legs. I'm going to be doing the heel in a few more rounds. gonna do it in blue.

Sweet Give Away for a 100th Blog

In celebration of her 100th post, Kimberly Walus is giving away some fantastic prizes. Go take a look. It is an amazing blog. The prizes are just perfect for Valentines day! http://bittybitsandpieces.blogspot.com/2009/01/100th-post-giveaway.html

Smooth knitting finally

Yesterday I worked hard on my sock. For some reason I had too many stitches. So I fixed that. Then I didn't have enough. grrrrr so I ripped back to the cuff and started on the pattern again. Again I had the wrong count. during all my counting and ripping my gd Monica was chatting away to me. I told her I was counting so hush, but noooooooo she hasn't learned how to do that yet (she's 14 so I think it's impossible at that age to hush!! lol). Finally I was so frustrated that I snatched all the dp needles out of the yarn and tossed the yarn into the corner of the room.
After cooling down I reread the pattern and realized that I was reading the pattern wrong. Monica and I laughed at that and I ripped out the tossed yarn and rolled it up and started all over again. This time I got it. above is the results I have so far. Not bad. But now I'm thinking that I'd rather have some thicker socks. I should have used some Patons Classic wool for some winter socks. The blue sock will be fine for spring tho. I'll keep on making them but wishing all the time they were wool ones. sigh.

Aren't you wondering

Aren't you wondering Why I was up and blogging so early on a Sat morning? It's because my daughter Rue and her family finally got moved into next door. And at the buttcrack of day there is a knocking at my door and little voices yelling, "Mema, get up!" I hobbled to the front door and there they stood, all smiling and happy, Monica in her jammies and Javie with a hand full of little cars and bikes.They just wanted to say hi and get something for their mommy. after they left I went back to bed, covered up , got the doggy settled and then knock knock, mema!! BAck again to visit and watch cartoons. So I got up got some coffee and turned on the puter.Now as I was just sitting here working on my socks, they were playing xbox 360 and one started humming and then the other one started and before I know it I'm keeping up with them in my head and I lost count!!! aaaahhhhhhhhhh NOw I appreciate music as much as the next Mema does maybe more but when Im counting I don't!! so had to put down my sock and write this.Maybe I will just go take a shower and try it again after I'm clean and fresh.

Twiggy Bobble Hat

The project I made for my swap partner Joy has been received so I can now show it here. She says she loves it and I bet she really does! it's a sweet hat.

Got the pattern from Ravelry. It's called the Twiggy Bobble hat by Andrea Tung. After I made it I just pushed all the bobbles to the inside and turned the hat inside out becasue I liked the knit side better.

Happy Birthday Dennis

Today is my oldest grandson's birthday. Dennis would be 19 today. Happy Birthday Den, we miss and love you as always.

Love Mema

Today is Frogging Friday :(

Yep that's right, it's a frogging Friday today. That flower power dishcloth was frogged and so was the cast on sock. Big time bummer. altho I should be sad, I really can't because my gd MOnica is leaning all over me reading this as I type and is giggling away. now she is on the floor. she is such a nut. They are finally moving in next door so maybe she is just happy to be so close to her mema. hahahahahaha

did I say I had cast on for a sock????? hahahahahah

Ok so this is what I'm dreaming of. Lots and lots of pretty warm fabulous socks, knit by me. But my dream hasn't come true so far. The sock I cast on? Well I frogged it. I decided I wanted to try a different sock.

Well I have cast on at least 5 times in the last hour. Once it was too loose, rip rip, next it was too tight as I changed to a size 1 dp needle, rip rip. Then I tried casting on for a toe up sock by wrapping 6 times around 2 needles, .........rip rip. NOw I just almost had a cuff down sock all cast on using the twisted german cast on but I didn't allow enough of a tail, grrrrrrrrrrr........rip rip.

That is where I am right now. I want to knit a tightly knitted pretty sock to wear but I need a simple enough pattern but since I want to challenge myself I fell like a simple basic sock pattern won't do.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? I have made a pair of socks, and then one sock and then a pair of baby socks. That's it , well except one time I crocheted a pair of socks. HELP!!!!

Proof that a sock has been started!

Here is my fabulous new sock being made. lol yep I just had to show you. I'm soooo proud.

Socks are cast on

I have finally cast on my socks. That's as far as I got. lol But that is a start. My house is full of peeps so I can't really concentrate right now.
I spent the morning watching President Obama's inauguration before and after. It was thrilling just to see it on tv so I can't imagine how it felt actually being there for it in person.
So I look forward to having a better President than before and hope that more people get involved with their community and be more kind and tolerable of all others. Just because someone looks or speaks differently does not mean they are not equal to you. They are equal, just different but the same.
Yea Obama!!!

nope it didn't get finished or frogged. what????

I just couldn't make it happen so it got stuck back into it's jar. Want to finish it today but doggy and me ate some chicken nuggets last night and now we are both sick. He threw up early this morning and I have the runs and a terrible ulcer pain. So took some imodium and a prilosec and just waiting for the pain to go away. got a feeling it's gonna hang around all day. darn it.

can't relax enough to cast on my socks so putting that on hold as well. just not feeling good.

Finishing Friday

Today is Finish or Frog Friday. Every Friday I will post a project that I have either finished or had to frog. I think this is to encourage me to actually finish a project rather than have it laying around forever.

So I have finished the project I was working on for the cloth and one skein swap on my knitting circle group . I'm not going to post a photo of it until my partner gets it. Am mailing it off tomorrow so next week maybe by this time it will be posted.

I also have one dishcloth that I started about a year ago and it's been sitting in my knitting jar for over a year. It's a flower power cloth and I really don't want to frog it so I'm posting that I will have it done before I go to bed tonight so it will legally still be Friday! So I gotta get off here and pull the darn thing out of the jar and get it done!! weeeeeeeeeeeeeee

And tomorrow I cast on for my socks finally. see the blue yarn behind the jar next to the coke zero? That the yarn for my socks.

Another Project Finished

Wow I just finished another project. Can't show you what it looks like until my swap partner (Hi Joy!) gets it. But It turned out real cute. And I turned it inside out instead of how it's suppose to be. So that should get your curiosity up. lol
Ok I'm now trying to finish another ufo before Friday so I can post about it instead of frogging it.
Right now I;m listening to Prez Bush saying Farewell. I can't wait for the 20th to get here so I can watch the inauguration of Prez Obama. I don't remember a President ever jumping in so much before their inauguration before. Have you? I really appreciate all the talks he's had and questions he's asked and all the government participation he's done before he really has to. I foresee a great leader in Obama. and I wish him the very best while in office.
Obama Rules!!!!!

Happy 14th Birthday Monica gurl!

This is our oldest gdaughter, Monica. She is 14 today.

LOve you from Mema!!!

Phat Fiber Kip bag give away

Gurls I don't know why but I am finding some really good contests. Ha I know why I was just trying to be cool. I've been readin some way cool blogs and so find the best contests on them.

Anyway Phat Fiber http://phatfiber.blogspot.com/2009/01/kip-bags-and-giveaway.html is having a kip bag give away and I know how sweet those bags are because I bought myself one a couple of months ago. It's purple and gold brocade and it's soooooo pretty. I love it.

American Idol is Back!!

Whoooo hoooooo, It's back! Good thing I've got 2 dvr recorders so I can record NCIS and my other programs on one tv and watch Idol on the other.

Cool contest

There is a cool contest going on here at http://timeforelevenses.blogspot.com/2009/01/competition.html
The prizes are way cool so I am going to enter it. Why don't you go check it out? And if you do enter and you've come from my blog don't forget to tell her where you got the news from.!

Want to win a new lunch tote???

If you could use a new tote and would like a chance of winning one, well run on over to the $5 Dinners before Jan 14th at 5 pm. Read the rules there and pretty soon you just might have a sweet new bag from Springs Los Angeles.
I just put in my chance to win. Good luck to you too!!

What's Your Blogging Pet Peeve??

Mine is bloggers that don't post for days and days and days. Especially ones that I love to read. I know that other stuff can get in the way of blogging like family and kids and work and responsibilities but what about your responsiblity to your readers????? huh? Loyal readers deserve your commitment to blog often. And to post lots of photos with your posts!

Sometimes I sit here hunting and looking thru all my fave blogs for a post that I haven't read yet and I am really really in need of a new post ya know. Almost like I need my coffee soon as I get up in the morning.

I NEED to see what my friends (at least in my own mind) are up to. I love looking at your kids and grandkids and at all your knit projects or get togethers or even you frogging episodes. I have lots of you I go to every day so if you could just remember that I'm sitting here just waiting for your newest post, I would be really grateful.

Thank you