Beautiful Sunrise

What's that old saying: "Red Sky at Night, Sailor's Delight; Red Sky in Morning Sailors Take Warning." It was a beautiful sunrise this morning, the sky was so red and pink. I was very awed by it. Didn't get a picture, just too many houses and garages and utility lines in the way. The color of the sky was awesome.

I planted some daffodil and tulip bulbs last fall. The daffodils are up and blooming! They look so pretty and cheerful in my yard. The tulips aren't in bloom yet.

I'm still working on that shawl. I'm getting so bored with it. I have 9 more repeats to go. In the meantime I got some more Japanese fabric that I bought. This piece came from China. It was very strange too, no stamps at all on the envelope.

Thank you for all of your kinds words about my aunt. Everyone needs an Aunt Roz.

And on that note, I'm off to get done what I gotta get done. Have a great weekend!

Fun with Sewing!

I'm still plugging away on the shawl for my Mom. I should reach the halfway point tonight, yippee!!!

In between working on the shawl I've been making puppets! I've made three of them so far. They are for my grandson to play with when he comes over. They are so cute, I want to play with them too!

They are Butterick pattern B4209. All of them are made with polar fleece. Fun to make!

April Snowshowers Bring May Flowers?

It's snowing. Sunday, April 13, and it's snowing. I just might have to bake cookies, lol! I switched my closet around yesterday, got out my spring/summer work clothes and put away the winter work clothes, sweaters, etc. Hmmmmm. I went to the thrift store too and found some new (to me) tops and did a way fun shopping spree at Kohl's! I haven't bought brand new clothes in ages. It was fun!

I've been knitting on the shawl I'm making for my Mom for Mother's Day. It's coming along, slowly. The pattern calls for 18 repeats. I have 7 repeats done, but I may have to go up to 20. It takes me two hours to do one repeat, so this is pretty slow going. But it's turning out nice. See . . .

I did get a little bit of sewing in lately. I finished a couple more project bags. I love each one. It's hard to part with them.

I mailed that little purple kitty that I knitted to my daughter and she LOVES it! A lot of her friends want one too. Don't know if I'll have time to make them any as she only has about 3 1/2 more weeks of school and this shawl comes first. Maybe I should grow some more arms so I can knit all the stuff I want to and still have time left over to sew.

We're getting a brand new yarn store in the area I live in! I'm so excited. I stalk it, I mean drive by it, at least once a week to check progress. Not open yet. I feel like I'm on that old commercial, I think it was for Mervyn's . . . "Open, open, open . . ."

My First Bag

I finally finished the bag I was making. I like how it turned out! Making a bag was a lot more work than I thought it would be, but it was fun, it challenged me, and I will definitely make another one some day.

Here is an overhead view:

And here is the inside. You can see the inside has a pocket also. There are four pockets on the outside too. Lots of room for stuff!

I used Butterick pattern B4532, View D. I made it with a cotton calico I bought at Joann, the lining is calico too. I also used magnetic snaps on it. I made the straps longer than the pattern called for and I sewed a button on the front instead of making a bow with ribbon. It's bigger than a purse I would normally use for everyday, but I will still use it. I can carry around a small knitting project in there if I want to. And maybe my lunch.

On the knitting needles I have a shawl that I started for my Mom for Mothers Day. I don't have much done yet. More on that next time.

Meow

Wow! It's been beautiful outside all weekend! Except for Friday when I went to the baseball game and froze my ass off. I'm going outside after I post this.

I finished the little kitty I was knitting. I think it's so cute! I'm going to mail it to my daughter at school. She loves getting little gifties from mom.

I went outside yesterday and checked out my yard, looking to see if anything is growing yet. I planted some tulips and daffodils last fall. And look! They are starting to poke through the ground. I'm so excited!

Spring is really here this time! Hopefully we're done with evil snow.

As a kid I loved The Little House on the Prairie series of books. They were one of my absolute favorites. I'm in a group on Ravelry and we're re-reading them. I have the whole set in the basement, except for the very first one, it's missing. So, I checked ebay and bid on it and won. Now we will have the complete set again. I'm so happy to be reading these books again.

I babysat the grandkids last night while my son and his wife went out to celebrate her birthday. I had so much fun with them. They are a crack-up, especially the little guy. He's four. He found my old eyeglasses, and of course had to show me that he found them.

Being a gramma is fun, you can enjoy having kids around without all the work.

I hope the weather is nice where you are. I'm going outside now to enjoy it.

Tigers v White Sox

Detroit Tigers v Chicago White Sox

Cost of Ticket: Free from Boss

Parking: $10

Bottle of Diet Pepsi: $3.75

Hot dog: $3.75

Bag of Peanuts: $3.75

Temperature: 40 to 41 degrees. It fluctuated and we froze. It was so cold.

Final Score: Detroit 5 - Chicago 8

Afternoon spent with my Son: Priceless

A New Milestone

Ta Da!!!

Look what I made . . .

My first ever pair of finished socks!

I figured if I started small this time, maybe, just maybe, I could do it, and I did! I know how to knit all the elements needed to make a sock, it was just a matter of putting them all together and doing it. Picking up those little bitty stitches along the heel was a real challenge, but I persevered, and did it. They took me a week to knit, lol! A week for something so tiny.

They are so teeny tiny, and so cute. I didn't make them for anyone in particular as we have no babies in the family and none expected in the near future. I just may frame these!

This is the yarn I used and the needles. The pattern called for US #2 but I didn't think I had any so I used US #1. I used the needles on the left at first. I got them on line somewhere. They were very flexible, some kind of plastic. I hated them. So I bought the steel ones on the right, much better for me! I love working with DPNs.

Now that I have conquered this . . . I feel like I can do anything!