March onward

Yeah! 

Finished something in March.

Pippi's socks

Cat socks (over in ravelry)

I used US 3's

Baby ull yarn

Some reclaimed wool from a sweater

And end of day yarn

Cast on February 8

Wove in ends

March 4

Saturday Sky....

Saturday Sky.

Mt. Redoubt puffing away.
(love the digital camera- took loads of
pictures but am only using one).



Knitting: this is a bunny rabbit.
some folks say it still needs a tail and face...
what do you think?



Knitting: still am knitting on DM's socks. But have
cast on something entirely for me!
a shawl. Already have 2 repeats of 10 done.
hopefully by the end of the weekend it will be done.

working lots of hours.
and we got more snow on Thursday night.
(several more inches).

Trying to come up with another contest.
anyone up for another contest?

April Fools!

Happy April Fool's day.
(enjoy the jack-a- lope
a much sought after critter
and my patronus).
even better this is an egg cozy.



as i was surfing tonight i discovered this...
meatloaf cake.
And for dessert
Grilled Cheese Sandwiches.

bon appetit'
and we are having normal food
here.
oh maybe another coke cake would be good though.

Saturday....

not really Saturday sky...

but this is a Pizza Delivery car
we spotted last Saturday while in Homer.

(notice the minimal ground clearance?)


baby beanie
Made for :
Janet along over in Ravelry
Harry Potter House Cup
and possibly Charity Knitting for Destiny Podcast.
Needles: US 2 and US 4
Yarn: Bernat Softee
Size: possibly 3 mos.
Cast on Sunday March 15 and wove in ends March 21.

Baby Bootie:
finished back in January.

an example of optical knitting.
do you see a paw print?
this is for the
Harry Potter House Cup
Care of Magical Creatures- March.
knitted using US 8
yarn: Sugar and Cream cotton
very fast.
only took 2 nights.

My socks that I knitted 2 at a time.
(notice the size difference?)
will be making another pair.
Needles: US 5
Yarn: Woo Ease
finished finally back in Feb?

Knitting: have been knitting lots lately. finished a sock for DM, now to cast on another and finish before March 26th.
And now my total of finished items for this year is: 10. not to bad as we are in week 11 of the 2009. (for one of my finished items please check out Ravelry- it is an Easter Present).

Spring Break is finally over and it was crazy out at the pool. Wednesday i fell in while attempting a rescue (the person who i landed by thought i jumped though).

update on why i haven't been blogging, what with the hard drive crashing, then about the time i thought about blogging more the 1 G memory card for the camera went missing. we found it today, Bumpkins had stuffed it into the card slot sideways.

Mt. Redoubt has been steaming alot- will try to take camera tomorrow with us in the car for pictures. Last Sunday there was a minor eruption. but nothing since.

Dinner: made an inexpensive dinner with stir fry veggies and 1 round steak. fed us and was under $7.00 (that includes rice, veggies, soy sauce and steak).

we still are having negative temps in the am and the batteries in my remote start key fob are dead.

Sunday Quotes

"In the bleak midwinter
Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
Snow on snow,
In the bleak midwinter,
Long ago."
- Christina Rossetti, A Christmas Carol

above Pic: is Bumpkin's Fair Isle Scarf
knitted on US 7
With more Kool Aid Dyed yarn.
(it is also a key hole scarf).

DH got me loom for Christmas...
So I made this neckwarmer.

Finished scarf:
Basket Weave
60" long
knit w/US 10
Blue Wool Ease
(took forever as it was my portable knitting).

It has been super cold here. Temps running below -20 F. Planes have been grounded, unable to fly unless it is daytime. Last Wednesday it was -38 at 10:30 am. this Omega Bloc has been in place since before New Year's. People have frozen pipes and cars, thankfully we only had a frozen car. Tot hasn't been able to go outside much lately due to the extreme temps. Now I wish we had some hard apple cider- guess if you freeze hard apple cider you come up w/Apple Jack. Cider only freezes at extreme temps. The mountains have been beautiful, as we have had one sunny day after another. The full moon has been delightful to look at- unable to really enjoy it due to the cold. And the Northern Lights activity has been non existant, which is a bummer.

Today went for a walk the first one in over a month. Hugo loved it! As our temps finally got above 0 F. Not much else happening here except finally got our Christmas Box from Kazul. She sent it before Christmas from Eastern Oregon and it got here last Thursday. Reminds me of the good old days when all freight came up on a barge.

Knitting: Making Kazul a scarf for her Birthday... Mrs Whatsit's Neckerfuffle from the book Wrinkle in Time. Also have made one baby bootie.

And Jane is having a contest over on her blog first is What I did right in 2008. The other fun thing that she has going on is a 52 week challeng, of knitting 52 items in 52 weeks. Well I am going to modify that to making 52 items wether they be sewing, quilting or knitting. So far I am right on target as this is technically still the second week. (week ends on Thursday). And one items counts as 1 item ie.. my single baby bootie is item #1. not sure if UFO's count or not.

Kazul wants everyone to go vote for her snowman titled Kris and Steve's Snowman over on Today's Snowman.

well good night all. hopefully I am now out of hibernation.

Finished Objects!

Bumpkins plays guitar also.
I joined an online sewing group (Pattern review) and one of the contests is finishing UFOs. So I have been busy finishing up UFO's.
These bibs were cut out but not sewn together. Started 2 yrs. ago Daisy Kingdom pre-printed bibs that I backed w/flannel and serged the edges of most all of them.
More UFO busting: sewing project from 1 year ago. It was finished but I didn't like that it could only hang on the wall. I ripped the tabs off and re-sewed them on w/velcro and now it can be hung off of a changing table. Bumpkins is out of diapers now, so now I will try to put it in a safe spot for a baby shower gift.

Knitting: I have been busy knitting stars from the Elizabeth Zimmermann KAL. Tomorrow should be picking up Bumpkins tank top after I make one more star, trying to put beads on that one.

Specifics: Yellow star (non furry) yellow acrylic from stash knit w/ size 5 (US) needles. The furry is knit w/Fun Fur (can I say how much I dislike the stuff- it is impossible to frog!) and size 3 (US) needles.

What has been happening? Went to a wedding today- more on that tomorrow maybe. Saw a biologist and what the cat drug in was not a mouse but a baby muskrat. Kazul is moving- so sad.

Weather has been rainy. So once again no internet.