See who came to visit me!! Yep it's Joy Blum!!!

I finally got to meet Joy Blum in person. Her and her hubby Jason and two youngest girls came over to visit for a little bit before they continue on their journey to Texas. They will be visiting Jason's parents. Joy and her family live in Oregon. I live in CA and now they are on their way to Texas and then later she will meet Nate and someone else, sorry I forget who to talk knitting!! Oh yeah and to celebrate Joys birthday. wish I could go with them. would love to meet Nate. Hi Nate!!!

It was a short visit but so much fun. Joy is exactly like I thought she'd be. Outgoing and friendly and great to talk to . She brought me gifts too!! The new debbie bliss knitting magazine and some pretty sock yarn , the Deborah NOrville collection Serenity in the colorway Thyme, 2 skeins of it. love the color of it. Thanks so much Joy!!! I gave her a project bag I made and a sheep and sheep stitch markers I made and a couple of other pins. and a yarn dot!! We were both happy. :D

I really enjoyed looking at the projects she has going. and talking to her. I know we would be tight friends if we lived close to one another. She is so full of energy and even though she has only been knitting for a year her knitting looks like she's been at it for years. Really and truly her socks astound me. She has socks down as well as lace work and cables and gosh you all know her blog right?

here is just a small part of what she had to show me. cool huh?

Course we had to take pictures together. Here it is.

Sadly we had to say good bye so her and family could get started on the rest of their trip. Hopefully one of these days she can come back and visit again. I sure do hope so.

Oh and her hubby Jason, he's so friendly and a nut so we got along just fine!!!

Got my Dots and a couple of Blog Awards!

I received my yarn dots today in the mail. Let me just say that they are way cuter in person. I had to handle each one of them, and of course I already have my faves, like the knit happens and yarn diva and the will knit for coffee. that's me for sure. well I just love them all. Thanks to Darcy for all the yummy fun dots as a prize. Darcy also surprised me by awarding me 2 blog awards. They are posted on the right side of the blog, just shift your eyes over to the right side bar and there they are.!!
I love my blog and my blogging friends and I so appreciate all the creative goodness that abounds in this cyberspace galaxy called the world wide web. I can learn from people around the globe about anything that I can think of. And I can share what I learn to others. That's what it's all about.
So Thank you thank you thank you Darcy gurl. you ROCK!! I will post more later about the awards. I just had to get this post out before I go to bed.
My grandson's eye is doing lots better and my daughter Rue has gotten some relief from her hives and her ear infections and started on a course of steroids for her lupus flairup.
Thanks to all of your for your prayers and kind words. LOVE YOU.

Blog Awards go to.........

I love the internet!! Inside it are all the things that I love most, like people and creative minds and friends.! One of the bloggers that I admire has given me the above 2 awards.

Darcy from Darcys Knotty Knitter .


When one is given these awards,, there are rules and of course I’ll follow them.

1. Put the logo on your blog or post.
2. Nominate at least 10 blogs which show great Attitude and/or Gratitude!
3. Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.
4. Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
5. Share the love and link to the person from whom you received your award.

So here goes my 10 blogs that I consider to be Kreativ, Inspiring, and Encouraging and so deserving of these awards!

1.Kathy from Aunt Kathy's Place

2.Joy Blum from 1 Sexy Gramma.

3.Jane from Grammie Knits

4. Shelly from Shelly's Stuff

5. Karen from KnitnutKaren

6. Anita of A Knitting Junkie blog

7.Darcy of Darcy's Knotty Knitter (I know she gave these awards to me but she is in my top 10 so I need to give to her.

Ok so I know that's not 10 but it's what I got!!

I love these blogs and the Gurls that write them. They keep me company, teach me things about knitting, entertain me, and just keep me going from day to day. They all deserve these awards and more!

Some bunny has a boo boo

Awwwwwww look at my little grandson Cole. He had a fight with the closet door and I think by the looks of it the door won that round. He did this yesterday. I got to talk to him and Mia Bella on the phone afterwards. That was lots of fun. Coley talked big time and then so did Mia B.

And she had to giggle and let me know that now she is calling her daddy a meatball!! And she does the "I got my eyes on you" thing. pointing to her eyes and then pointing the other persons eyes. cracks me up. think her daddy taught her that one.

My daughter Rue is feeling really bad the last few days. Today she has hives alllll over her. Just how much does she have to suffer?? Wish I could take it all away from her, would do it in a nano second. Love my kids and grandkids with all my heart. But don't we all?? yep we do. I know!!

I'm Feeling Better.

Went to the dentist today and we got 99.9% of my pain taken care of by smoothing and shaping things. ahhhhhhhhh stitches are out, all has been cleaned up and refreshed and hydrated and now I can even eat more that tomatoe soup.

I had so much pain and it seems like it's been a month but in reality it's only been a week so I am doing great says the doc.

I do have a sinus infection with ear infection so have that to contend with but I can handle that.

In the last few days I've only knitted a few rows on the sock and have made a few new stitchmarkers.

I'm in Yarn Dot Heaven!!

I am so happy!!! I just found out that I won one of the yarn dot prizes on Darcy's Knotty Knitter blog. woooohooooo
I have really not been feeling well the last week due to the trip to the dentist and the removal of my teeth. talk about pain. well let's not. and so today is a feel better day for sure.
Thank you Darcy. Who loves your blog??? I do!!

Wednesday is Pain day

Here is my first photo with my new smile. It's a little crooked but will even out when all the pain is gone.

I do look happy here don't I?? hahahahahahahahah

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Ok you know it's not really me. "What?" khahakhahah

Here is the real me.

and here is the Mojo sock that I'm gingerly working on all the while hoping the cable doesn't come out of the needle again. yikes!! ok finally got a vicodine so gonna go take it. maybe I can sleep tonight. sigh

Tuesday is dentist day

I will probably not be on here tomorrow afternoon as at 2 pm I have an appt to have my last teeth pulled and get new chompers. This seems to have been a long journey that I'm happy that I won't have to repeat ever again. woohoo.
Not looking forward to the pain I know I'll be having for the next few days but after that it should be all smiles and teeth. hahahahah So wish me well friends.
On the home front, the family has been playing with our Wii again and having a good time.
and Im slowing working on my Mojo's. Got my Mojo working.........ahuh

Totally FAst Customer Service from KnitPicks

Just turned on my computer to check emails and the first one I see is from KnitPicks. They are sending me a replacement needle at no charge to me!!! That is what I call Supreme Customer Service. I will totally buy more often from them now. They take care of their customers!! Woot!!

NOw this totally sucks

My brand new knitpicks circular needle just came apart!!! what the ????? I was really getting into the knitting. have glued it but it won't stay. will try again but I just sent an email to knitpicks. Let's see what they say. Guess I'll start all over and do one sock at a time on 1 circular needle . dang it.

A Frogging I Did Go

Oh yeah, that is my diamond and heart sock alll frogged out. I didn't feel one tinge of regretd so I know I did the right thing. And the next photo I got all excited about because I figured out how to start both socks at the same time on the 2 circular needles. I have already made a vow to finish these socks. ONly thing that will keep me from it is my death.!! and I don't plan on dying any time soon so these will get done and worn by the end of next month for sure!!

What are you all doing???

I'm busy making a pretty project bag for when a certain friend comes to visit me next month! Hi Joy! Can't wait. Always gotta have welcome gifts when a friend comes visiting. weeeeee

My girl Tina and Mia Bella are coming to visit me today! Yea!!! They're here....whooohoooo

What Would YOU Do?

I have almost finished one of the heart and diamond socks after making a false start in the toe decrease I frogged about 12 rounds. Here is my dilema. I don't like how the sock fits on my foot. Mainly the heel. It is super narrow and my feet are short and fat. So do I frog the whole sock and use the yarn to make the mojo socks or do I finish this sock and make the other one?

What would YOU Do.

I will go by your comments. Yes finish No don't. which ever one has the most comments I will do.

Here are a few (the 3 on the right) of my clay dots I just made. and 2 sheepy head pins and one sheepy figure. I was just playing around cuz I do love the yarn dots. think these are the only ones I can make.

One pair of my Crocs

This photo is for Darcy. She said I should post a pic of my Crocs. Tomorrow I will take a photo of all of them but for now these will have to do. I wear these allllll the time. They keep me steady on my feet. No twisting of the ankle at all in these.

See the blue hearts and the pooky bear on the one in the back and the white sheep on the front one??? Love my dots. See Darcy I really do need some yarn and knit related ones big time. lol

Yarn Dots give away contest

Yarn Dots are all the rage. You know those cute buttons everyone is putting in their Crocs? Yea I have a few of them too! WEll these buttons are called Yarn Dots and are all about yarn and knit and crochet. Here is a photo of some of them:

Over at Darcy's Knotty Knitter blog she is having a contest and the prize is a bag of these dots. I so want some.

If any of you would like to give me a present just because you like me, one of these dots would do the trick. All I wear for the last year are my crocs. I have purple ones and blue ones and white ones and black ones, crocs that is.

I have a sheep dot and blue heart dot and pookey bear dot and a giraffe dot but no knit dots.

The only bad thing about them is, while they weigh next to nothing when I wanted to order 8 of them they wanted to charge me 7 bucks to ship them. I know it won't cost 7 bucks to ship those so I canceled my order.

don't know why that pissed me off but it did. So maybe I'll win me some. anyway go over to Darcy's blog and check out the contest. Tell her Patt sent you.

Traveling Blanket #1 Crochet

I received the traveling crochet blanket from Jane yesterday. On the Whoduknit group we are doing I think 4 traveling blankets. 2 crochet and 2 knit. I signed up to contribute to 1 of each.

I am almost done with this one. I will be able to get it in the mail on Monday and will be sending it to Anita!! I should be receiving the knit one soon and I know it's gonna take me probably the full 2 weeks that I'll have to get my part done. ON the knit one I have agreed to be the finisher and sender to the charity group that has been chosen for it.

I love doing charity stuff. I am thankful that I can still give a little to someone needing a little comfort.

Here is the little rabbit I made last night with a couple of easter eggs. and the yummy yarn that I won from the Whoduknit prize locker. It is 100gr of 100% wool from Vigdis Marie Design. CAn't wait to work with it.

Dogs and Frogs

Here is my latest stitch markers. 2 different sets of dashunds markers. And a few frogs. These frogs are bigger and are just to sit around looking froggy. Nate has ordered two of the frogs but I don't know which 2 he wants.

Contest at Knit Purl Gurl

Over at Knit Purl Girl there is a uber cool contest going on. Whoever wins this one will score big. So I suggest you all run over and check it out. I mean can't you always use some cool yarn and knit notions? I sure can.

Info on my knitting groups contest

On my knit group, My Knitting Circle, on yahoo groups, I have just started a Name the dinosaur contest. This dino I made cuz my son in law Dade challenged me to make one with teeth. So I did. But he needs a name. From now to March 6th my group members can post a name and later I will send all the names to Dade and Tina and the kids and they will chose the one they like the best. That name will win the prize of either a set of sheepy stitch markers or a Patt's project bag, both made by me. If you'd like to join in the fun just go join the group at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Myknittingcircle/
Isn't he a cutie.

Ferret stitch markers

A friend of mine asked me to custom make her some ferret stitch markers. So I did. And she loves them. I even made a few extra. Here are some photos The white ones are for Vicky.

My Next Contest. What? I Know!

I have been contacted by our winner, SuperWoman, and have just given her address to Ruddawg. So she should be getting her prize in about a week I suppose.

I think my next contest I will have it on my knit group on Yahoo.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Myknittingcircle/

I you aren't a member, I would love you to come join us and help me keep my group fresh and lively. Right now it is a bit quiet and I am not happy with a quiet group. I need posts and chatter and knit talk and I need it every day. whew.

So I had a nice day on Valentine's day. Hubby worked so I cooked and made some fixings for tostada's and baked an upsidedown pineapple cake. Everything was delish and hubby appreciated my efforts. Love him!!

Here was some of what kept me entertained while my food was cooking.

Grandkids playing and having fun with nothing but themselves.

And all those little dots in the pot are over 200 baby fish.

I waited for Tina and Coley to come by but he was too sick. They were at Kaiser getting him checked out cuz he has another ear infection and a high fever poor baby boy. Poor Tina and Dade. and Mia Bella too. lol

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.