Hi, I'm Here!

I have been negligent lately in blogging. DD and I have been to the Estes Wool Market again. DD and I went out early to take a class on Thursday in ...... make a project basket that will fit behind the carseat. We both turned out pretty good baskets, but do have to "soak" the top rim to shape it for the car. This time we didn't do so much damage to the $$$. Did buy a spindle, some fiber to send to Hreow on Ravelry, yarn + pattern for a vest for school, and yarn + the pattern for Magic Shawl. Here's a pic of the shawl, so far.

Oh, my big purchase was from Conni Tögel prints - purchased three 5x7 as my "nativity scene" purchase for 2009 ... "Welcoming the Real King", "The Road to Baathlehem" and "Do You See What I See?". Pictures for the stash room will include "Hanging By A Thread", "Leap of Faith", and "Occupational Therapy". You might check out the artist here.

Finished a total of seven gators for the Operation Knitted Gators on Ravelry. The first one was given to the SIL of a coffee friend who's headed to Iraq (? due to latest developments in Iraq) and the other six plus four that DD knit were sent to Kerlina on Ravelry for her DH's soon-to-be-deployed unit that heading to Afghanistan. We have enough yarn left from one bag to finish 3-4 more, so will try to get those off yet this summer.

Just finished SAM June socks at 11:29 p.m. last night when the last toe was kitchenered. Waited until this morning to take pics with the tiger lilies out back. The details are "Sailor's Delight" from 2-at-a-time Socks, Schachenmayr nomotta Regia Design Line Kaffe Fassett Colorway 4251 (blue, green, gray, rose), ml on #1 Addi turbo, ladies size large. I like the spiraling stitches on the leg, but hope that it doesn't twist the instep. We'll see as I wear them this fall and winter.

Happy knitting for now. TLGB

Finally Leyburns Are Done!

The Leyburn socks for the STR KAL were started shortly after the first of the year. Once again, hand pain limited my knitting. Picked these up last week with the heel flaps at the halfway mark. Thanks to dh driving on a trip to the VA for his hearing aid check and a stop to get my new military dependent's ID, I was able to knit most of the trip. When we returned home, I only have about 5 rows left on the toes. I did mod by tapering the pattern st to a "v" on the instep and knitting the remainder of the foot in stockinette.

Yarn: STR lightweight in Dixie Chicks colorway

Needles: Addis #1 circ for ml

Pattern: Leyburn socks

I joined the Operation Knitted Gator group earlier this month....received the specific yarn requested last week and began knitting. I'm already half finished with the first gator. The group was started by kerlina on Ravelry to send a gator (k2,p2 "turtleneck" scarf) to every soldier in her dh's unit that has been deployed to the middle east. She hopes to have 155 finished to send in October. Since dh is a retiree of the national guard, I decided that it was the least I could do.