I'm back

Wow - it has been way to long. I suppose trying to catch you up on what I have been up to might take too long to I guess I will touch some of the highlights.

I finished the baby sweater for my co-worker and I was very happy with it. She liked it also. Her baby boy was born July 18th.

I have two other co-workers due later in the year and I need to find a cute pattern for them. Knitting for babies is new found fun. Not instant gratification but close.

I have been busy with socks. I actually joined a Sock of the Month Club. Pick up sticks. I even joined in there blog today. Hence - better up date my blog.

Other new happenings is our new puppy - Bauer is his name and he is and 10 week old Golden Retriever - he is keeping us busy - but in a good way.

Bye for now - I will post again soon.

I have been a busy mom

So much has been going on. My daughter graduated from college. I moved my son and daughter into an apartment in Southern Maine where they will both be working for the summer. B on the beach and T in a Law Firm in Portland. This is the first summer they are not home for the summer. Youngest P doesn't know what to think - he has his parents undivided attention whether he likes it or not. ......................and..........our new puppy was born a few days ago - in about 6 weeks there will be a new golden retriever puppy in our house - we are going through the "what to name" game currently.


On the knitting front. The Seize Diamond sock are finished. I really am happy how they turned out. I am a little bothered about the difference in the color of each skein. I don't know for sure if this is a freak occurrence or if it is typical in hand dyed yarn. Anyway ....here they are.

Next we have the Chevron Scarf from Last Minute Gifts. This will be an on going project - mostly car knitting. I love the yarn combination - STR farm house and watermelon something.
I have also started my mother-in-law's socks. I was able to stop into Grace Robinson in Freeport the other day and found this yarn and (of course) some others. She wanted something not really wild.

...........and while in Grace Robinson I noticed a baby sweater knit out of sock yarn. I have for a long time wanted to knit a little sweater but resisted the urge because people often think it is for grandchildren. Well I hope grandchildren are a few years down the road - I do have coworkers having babies so this gives me the opportunity to knit little people stuff. Take a look.


Well that is most of what I have to share. I am saving the other yarn purchase for another post. Tomorrow P and I are off the camp to meet M - should be a lot of knitting time.

Socks- Scarf - Hudson and Bailly.

First things first. One down - one to go. Here is the picture I took yesterday afternoon of the progress on my Seize Diamondback sock. Since the picture was taken I have finished the toe except for the Kitcherner stitch and weaving in the end. I just tried it on and I think it is the best fitting sock I have ever made. I can't wait to get started on the second.

On a more somber note. Our dear friend Hudson has "gone on ahead of us to get the camp ready". With out going into details - after almost 12 wonderful years of unselfish love and devotion his time with us was over. We miss you Bubbie.
Soot misses you also - I think he has finally realized Hudson is not coming back.
This will be my project as we travel this weekend. It is the Chevron Scarf from Last Minute Knitted Gifts. I am using two skeins of STR yarn - Farmhouse and Watermelon Tourmaline. This will be a great project for the summer. I can take my time and hopefully finish in time for the cold weather. (It has finally warmed up her in Northern Maine, 81 degrees yesterday)
Well tomorrow after Parker takes his AP History test we are off to Farmington. My baby girl is graduating from College. I am so proud of her. Her time at UMF has been wonderful. She has met wonderful friends, played on a championship soccer team, excelled in her studies and spent some time in Italy. Who could ask for anything more. After a summer of working on a beach in Southern Maine - she is off to graduate school in Boston. What a wonderful daughter I have. Thank you Bailly for being so special.

Happy Birthday Sparky

My baby turns 17 today - where has the time gone.

So before the party day begins I thought I would update you on the VK cardigan.
The front bands went on better then usual. I took the time to really section off the area so to make the 90 some stitches evenly spaced. (there was a great tutorial in Knitty I referred to) I made a few changes to the pattern and am happy with the way it turned out. I have attached one of the sleeves - again happy with the results. Hopefully I will be able to attach the other today and sew the side seams. Then finishing all those ends. YUCK.....

I am still waiting for yarn goodies to arrive - will the STR yarn be first or the Jitterbug - come on Mr. Postman.

While I am waiting for Mr. Postman......

I have finished the pieces of the VK Short Sleeve Cardigan. I have to buy some embroidery floss to sew the shoulder seams before I can pickup the stitches for the front bands. This is one of my least favorite steps in knitting. I am never sure how many to pick up. I have time this morning.......I should ask "Mr. Google" for some knitting advise. Here are pictures of what I have so far.

Well I wasn't terribly successful at bring the pictures in the way I planned - I wanted three across - still learning I guess - baby steps.

I think I need a new camera - that would probably help this the quality. I also hear that natural lighting helps.

Well let's hope the mail brings yarn goodies today. I am waiting for STR for my Chevron Scarf and Jitterbug for my Seize Diamondbacks. Either one would get me started on something new for the weekend. I am keeping my fingers crossed.

My First KAL

My yarn for the Seize Diamondbacks is on its way. I am really excited to begin the sock and have progress to post. I have been checking post in the KAL and a few are doing two pattern repeats instead of three to make a shorter sock. This is probably what I will do - it has been along time since I have worn socks as long as the pattern shows. But who knows - once I start knitting I just might decide to make the longer version.

The yarn for the Chevron scarf is also on its way. This will be my project for road trips. I can't wait to see how this works up - I won't be in any hurry to finish this because I can happily say that spring has finally made it to Northern Maine. We still have a little snow hanging around in the yard but not a lot. I should check the gardens for new life.

I have also been spending time learning more about linking items in this blog - I am still a novice and it will take patience on my part to feel confident in what I am doing. Leaning something new takes time. Some of the blogs I read are so fantastic - there is tons of inspiration out there.

A Couple of Things

Since I made Hudson pose the other day - I owe it to him. (He wants to be able to tell his friends). Well here is the handsome guy with a recent finished object. The pattern and yarn came from KnitPicks. I am not sure what I will use it for - it's current role in the house is to tie some of the odd colors I have in the house. Alas - that changed yesterday when we painted the living room - the color is awesome, exactly what I wanted. So - without further adieu - here is Hudson The 'Triever Dog" with my felted basket.

The other "thing" I wanted to show you is the sweater I am currently working on. It is from the Summer 2007 issue of Vogue Knitting. It is called "Short Sleeve Cardigan".

I am using yarn from my stash and I am pretty happy with it. The back, left front and both sleeves are done , I just started the right front so it will be a few day on that. I am going to sew it together with embroidery floss so the seams aren't so bulky. You will see what I mean when I get a picture of the progress. The yarn is a cotton tape and won't really be the best for sewing.

Well time to start my day. The sun is just about to come up and the forecast if calling for another beautiful day here in Northern Maine. Temps were in the 60's yesterday - it felt great. The two college kiddo's are home for the weekend which meant the house was full of laughter and love. Wonderful sounds.