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And it's... over the finish line!  I might not be the first finisher in the 2015 3k Stash Dash but please remember I've already completed the 5k. I've shown real endurance perhaps perseverance to complete two finish lines and declare, "Next year, 10K or bust." I made this blanket for several reasons, it's a simple pattern, fast (crochet), and it's a yarn hog! I call it The Unknown Baby Blanket in Blue because I have no idea what beautiful little baby boy is going to end up wrapped up it it. So into the giftbox it goes. Pattern: Precious Square Baby Blanket by Mary Jane Protus Yarn: Bernat Baby Sport Solid Colorway: Baby Blue, White Needle Size: Hook G I also knit another pair of socks. A fun and comfy pattern. Pattern: Blueberry Waffle Socks by Sandy Turner Yarn: Knit Picks Stroll Tweed Colorway: Sequoia heather Needle Size:US Size 1 5,108 meters  (Finished 5k - June 19) 3,828.35 meters (Finished 3K - July 26) 8,936.35 meters knit/croche...

The Year of the Sock continues! Easter weekend he dyed his socks with the rest of the family and I finished Troy's hand dyed birthday socks in time for him to actually wear them ON his birthday!  Troy was one happy man during the dying session - and will be wearing his favorite things in life, golfing, scuba diving, firefighting, BEER! Pattern:Fish Lips Kiss Heel by Sox Therapist Yarn:Knit Picks Bare Stroll Single Strand Sock Blank Colorway: Drunk, Scuba Diving, Golfing Firefighter Needle size: US Size 1 Also finished in time for a nephew's July birthday are another pair of socks. Patrick just happens to like his socks shorter than the average bear and so they are a bit of a faster knit! Sadly, he will be receiving LAST years socks and this years at the same time! Pattern: Fish Lips Kiss Heel by Sox Therapist Yarn: Patons North America Kroy Socks Ragg Shades Colorway: Brown Striped Ragg Needle size: US Size 1 The sock knitting continues and look for pair number t...

“But a man is not forgotten, as long as there are two people left under the sky. One, to tell the story; the other, to hear it.” - Diana Gabaldon, Drums of Autumn   Katherine Jamison In many ways my mother's aunt, Katherine Jamison, was a mother to her. She provided physical and emotional support to Mom throughout her high school years. She also filled the Gramma niche for me, and it is easy to call and remember her as Gramma Kit. On March 1, 1917 she married the love of her life, Lonnie Parker. Throwing caution to the wind, the couple were often seen riding a motorcycle with a side car up and down the dirt roads on the Colorado mountainside. Alonzo (Lon/Lonnie/Lawnie) Grant Parker Born: October 7, 1893 at Good Hope, Illinois Married: March 1, 1917, Katherine Jamison Died: October  30, 1918 Father: Ellsworth Parker, born January 1862, in Illinois (his father was born in Wisconsin and mother in Ohio) Mother: Amy L.  born, December 1870, in Illinois (h...

Okay, I'll admit it, I've started creating projects for the meters they produce! I've completed this baby blanket because it is double sided and THICK! ( 1,380 meters!!) for a total of 1,836.6 toward the 3k Stash Dash. Pattern: 2 Sided Baby Afghan by Janet David Yarn: Bernat Baby Sport Colorway: Tiny Tulips and White Needle Size: F Hook