No knitting!

No knitting to report - although I do plan to settle downstairs and work on my blanket - shortly. Thank goodness for air conditioning otherwise there'd definitely be no alpaca knitting tonight. I was visiting my grandmother today and remembered that I had said I was going to post some pictures of her garden. Unfortunately it's not in full bloom yet - tulips are gone and roses haven't started yet but you can still see how much work this must be for my dear 87 year old grandma. She has always loved gardening and it shows. This particular garden has also had
pictures in the local community paper. This

shot is only about half the entire length of the garden.

This post was meant for last night - but for whatever reason, I couldn't load the pictures. I'm off to the yarn shop today - 12-9 and it's the SnB - which I love! Hopefully, Sarah's Baby Cashmerino will come in - I keep forgetting to tell her I was able to get it.

Batteries Working!

Here's some shots of my lace progress - I personally think it's beautiful! The 2 strands of Sea Silk go really well together. I've also been working valiantly on my alpaca blanket - I have 4 sections left to go with 215 stitches per row and 32 rows per section. Yikes! Not a pleasant project with all this humidity.

I'm sure there will be more yarn in the mail today - it's a real treat to receive yarn in the mail! I will post more pictures of my recent acquisitions as soon as they arrive.

We've ordered an above ground pool - it should be coming this week! I can't wait - it's going to make a great summer for the kids. Not too mention the mom who won't be able to do anything in the house because I have to watch the kids. Poor me!

The teenage boy has risen and wants to be driven to school - seems they won't let him back into his first period class without some demonstration of his commitment on his part. Fair enough - however, he is not committed and so there goes that! Hopefully, he will learn some lessons in Korea about the ways of the world. I keep telling him he won't be able to go if he doesn't straighten up but my husband and my dad insist that it will be good for him to be on his own. I'm afraid this boy is going to have learn things the hard way.

Batteries Died

Ok so I realize I'm giving my digital camera a work out with all the picture taking but this morning, it chose the most inopportune time to die! I was taking pictures of my Sea Silk progress - got a bad shot - which is here - and then nothing! Except for the polite message that says "Please change the batteries." Well, I don't have any other batteries for the camera so that is not possible. Unfortunately, all I have is this badly lit, blurry picture. Is this the Stormwater Shawl? Uh....no....because you see - well, it drove me nuts! So I've changed to another lace pattern called Horseshoe and designed my own. Kind of designed my own - actually it's more Meghan's design then mine - she was just being kind! I'm alternating two skeins of Sea Silk which I thought were more alike than they actually are - but it's going together really well. The lime skein had alot less blue - but just enough to make it work. Speaking of Sea Silk, we are down from 20 skeins to 9 at last count! I promise all clearer picture as soon as I charge those **&%^%### batteries!

Mail Call

Look what I got in the mail today! Isn't is beautiful? It's Sweet Georgia sock yarn. The colors are so vibrant - and it came packaged beautifully - lovingly wrapped in tissue with a Sweet sticker holding it closed. There is nothing better than receiving yarn in the mail - now if I could just afford to have it arrive daily!

More yarn.....

Just when I think I have all the yarn I could possibly use - you know, in case sheep become extinct - I buy more! Hand Maiden Sea Silk came into the store yesterday and of course, I had to have some and.....yup! started another project! The Stormwater Shawl - I'm using a mostly solid blue and a varigated with lime, blue, pink. The picture is not great.




















These are the Trekking XXL sock yarn that came in this week to the store as well. They are amazing but you will all be glad to know that I restrained myself. Well, at least up until now.

Today I am off to my grandmother's - I'm going to take the camera and take pictures of her garden. You just have to see what this amazing 87 year old does with flowers.

WWKIP (World Wide Knitting in Public) posters are in the window of the shop - we have classes scheduled that day and plan to do them outside provided the weather co-operates. Come and join us on June 10!

Ok one child is successfully gone to school - the teenage boy - who, by the way, has been excused from 2 classes this semester due to poor attendance (no surprise there!) and poor marks. He came home last night all mad because he only wanted out of French - he wants to stay in Geography and the Vice Principal said no. What is that about? If he wants to stay in the class, he should be allowed to stay - am I right?