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A lesson learned!

Recently I got the idea to dye some Christmas sock yarn. I decided to dye the yarn in the sun using food coloring: The yarn was approximately divided into thirds and placed in Christmas red and green water laced with citric acid. In hindsight I did not allow the sun "do it's thing". Which is why I'm now writing this post! When the water became clear I quickly rinsed the yarn and hung it to dry. When I began knitting them they became a perfect pair of Christmas Ribbon Candy Socks! There was some leftover yarn so I knit a pair for one of the boys: Then giving the socks the finishing touch, I began blocking them........Oh, no! My ribbon candy socks began melting all over! What had been a beautiful pair of Christmas socks became a pink mess: I put them away not really knowing how I was going to remedy this tragic disaster.  Then one day not long ago, I was listening to a podcast when light bulb went on! I hadn't had enough heat on the origina...

Love the baby sweaters

A friend at work is about to have a new baby granddaughter. I will take any opportunity to knit for a baby! A little bit of yarn, a little bit of time and voila! Pattern: Linnie by Justyna Lorkowska Yarn: Cascade Yarn Pacific Colorway: Celedon and Baby Pink Needle Size: US Size 7

Enjoying the last of the lazy summer days

Denali -5 months

Wedding photos

I wish I hadn't relied on Hubby to take wedding photos, he took very few. Hubhy's brother and sister in law The bride and groom For a man that loves to take pictures I'm not sure what happened. Live and learn.

Rainy Seattle

We left early (up at 3:30 am and and at the airport at 4:45) Thursday morning and flew to Seattle for Hubby's nephews wedding. Because of the cloudy weather, we made a short stop at the Portland airport before heading into Sea-Tac Airport. Hubby wanted to head straight to Pikes Street Market in downtown Seattle. The flowers were amazing! We wandered through the shops and had a nice lunch before heading to the Seattle Aquarium. Oh, my! The traffic! by the time we got to our motel we'd decided that our touristy visits would be greatly curtailed.  Friday we went to a quaint town full of antique shops and then Saturday, the day of the wedding, we went to Snoqualmie Falls. Busy days! Saturday evening was the wedding and a beautiful evening!

Knitting a back to school sweater

I love top down sweaters and this is an outstanding pattern.There are some well thought out twists to this pattern. I had already changed my usual rib on sweaters to a twisted rib and was pleased to see this change was written into the pattern, there are short rows in the yoke, also the sides will be slightly fitted, all of which I think will add in making this a very nice sweater. Pattern: Yellow Brick Road Cardi Yarn: Cascade Pacific Colorway: Navy Needle Size: US Size 7 & 8

A couple pair more!

These socks are so much fun to knit. When the mosaic is done as an accent their just a cut above vanilla socks. Always love using up leftover yarn. Pattern: Binsenkorbchen Socks by Stephanie van der Linden / Fish Lips Kiss Heel Yarn: Cascade Yarns Heritage Sock Colorway: Brown and Green Accent Colorway: Knit Picks Handdyed and Patons Raggs Stripe Needle Size: US Size 1