Loooonnnngggg time!!

Wow - I've not stayed very caught up with this, have I? Hmmmmm - long-term dedication to any one thing except eating doesn't seem to be my forte', here lately. I will say that I plan to blame it on the weather........enough with the snow, already!! I love snow - I really, really do - around Christmas time. Even up into January, it's not so bad, kinda expected actually. But once February rolls around, my thoughts turn towards Spring & sunshine. Warmer, fresher air. Things starting to grow outside & the smell of the freshly-turned earth. Ahhhhhh........

But, anyway - working on knitting up a storm right now. Have tons of projects on needles, but they are all on hold until the Olympics is over. I'm dedicated to making at least a square a day for Knit A Square charity (I have 5 so far!!) and to getting Hannah's KAL sox frogged & reknit to fit (both heels done & turned, working on the feet) and Hannah's Snugg boots done & sent off to Sharon in MA for soleing. Those are my Ravelympics projects.

I did make a very cute baby sweater for Sarah J. here at the office - she's due in 2 1/2 weeks from today. Here's a pic of the finished sweater:





Pretty, huh? I loved the way it turned out. I am going to make a hat & some sox to match right after the Olympics are over. And finish the scarf I'm knitting for Sarah herself outta the same yarn.

Okay then - gotta get back to work. I'll just leave ya'll with one more thing and a lovely picture to remind you of it: THINK SPRING!! PLEASE!!!!!



Peace!!

I'm Getting There - Slowly But Surely......

But please - don't get Shirley involved with this AGAIN!! LOL I am whittling down the stack of unfinished projects. I have finished one pair of legwarmers for Leslie's mom & I'm about 1/3 of the way done on the other pair. The TTL Mystery Sock KAL will have to be frogged, however - I did not make the heel flap long enough for Hannah's foot. But that has been put on the back burner until I get more stuff done. Michael's afghan will be done this weekend, I hope. I'm tired of making squares, actually - just gonna sew up what I have done, crochet a border on it and call it a day. It's plenty big enough, I believe. Here's a pic of it laid out on the conference table to arrange the squares. I had to take the pic so I'd remember what went where!!


It's really kinda neat, because all I did was knit those diagonal garter stitch dishcloths every which way I could think of, in the primary colors his bedroom is done in. I need to get it done before he's too big to enjoy it! I started in August, now he's 3 months old already!! It's done in I Love This Yarn from Hobby Lobby. 100% acrylic wash & wear - a new mom's best friend!

So - I went to see New Moon. With Hannah, Corbin & their mom. Of course, Hannah loved it but I had really wanted to see *2012*. So I guess me & Corbin will go see that one together. New Moon was okay - I'm just not a big Twilight fan, ya know?? I like Anne Rice's vampires! Anyway - Hannah was thrilled, naturally. Which is good. I'm thinking about making her a scarf like the one Bella wears in the 1st movie while they are playing the ball game. Maybe.

What else? Hmmmmm - can't think of anything right now. So - I'll just leave it at that. Have a great Thanksgiving, everyone!! Don't eat too much!

Peace on Turkey Day!!

AWESOME!!

How totally awesome is this????? I was showing my sister yesterday how she could find my blog just by going to Google search & typing in "dragonsox" or "dragon sox" - she was amazed when I showed her it came up on the FIRST search page. So, just how amazing is it when I typed it in JUST now, 12:53PM CST and it came up FIRST!!!!! Yup, that's right!! This blog AND a subcategory showed up in THE top spot on Google!! And I don't even carry any advertisers or have many followers.

This is probably THE silliest thing in the world for a 50+ year old woman to get excited about, but I must admit I am! I think it totally rocks!

WIP news - the orangeade sock is finished once again, and fixed. Now onward to finishing the baby afghan for Misty. She went into labor a week early and is having baby Michael now. Then the camo sox for Greg, and then finish up some *ahem* personal items I'm working on for a little excursion I'm planning in October. Then onto the sock flat dyeing, followed by the dragon sox line of patterns, which I'm working on part-time, on paper, now. I'll get there, I promise!! LOL Gotta run!!


Peace!!