More Soxx for Mom

Mom got more of the Soxx Appeal by Knit One, Crochet Too yarn. That means the first pair were a hit, happy on her feet.

This pair is out of the Blue and Lime colorway with blue heels and toes. I am more than halfway done with this first sock and hope to have the pair done by next week.

I am using the socks on two circs basic pattern from Cat Bordhi's book, Socks Soar on Two Circular Needles.

There are more color choices in a box to pick from for the next pair. These are perfect to use for car projects while I try to finish my WIP pile at home because they are plain stockinette which allows me to read on my nook while working on them.

Pedro's Great Camping Adventure

And we went along as well. Mom and I took the trailer out to the campground in the AM and found a lovely spot near the amenities so Dad did not have to walk too far. Then we finished the grocery/supply shopping and went home to get the "boys". We headed out to set up camp around 3 p.m.

Pedro loved his first foray into the tall grasses and the gravel which he rolled in liberally. When things got too intense for him he hopped back in his stroller and laid there to watch the activity.

We had a great camp dinner and sat out to watch the sun set and the stars come it. It was a lovely late summer evening.

In the early, very dark morning we were serenaded by the coyotes, very close to the camp, which got Pedro all excited. It was fun.

On Saturday we took Dad and Pedro beer tasting at the new micro-brewery in Woodland Park called Bierwerks. They make great beer, have a nice outside seating area and serve wonderful
picnic fare on platters.

And at the end of the weekend we packed up the gear and headed home. I think everyone enjoyed themselves and Pedro proved himself to be a wonderful camper.

When we got home he went to eat and then to sleep. He was one tired pussycat.

I hope everyone had a great weekend~!

WIPs Under Consideration

After much thought, I realized that I have too many projects in the WIPs (Work-in-progress) status and I need to do something about this now. So I took inventory of the two boxes that contain these projects and put them in a priority order for completion.

This has put my purple sweater on the back burner for now. My current car project is safe because it is still the most portable of the projects I have. So I will now be knitting on a WIP early AM and when I get home PM. I will track my dates to see how long it takes me to finish them now that they are back on the radar.

At this point they include:

Beaded Scarf

Irish Hiking Scarf

Gloves

Spiraluscious Handwarmers

Antiknitist wrist cuffs

Sea Lettuce Scarf

Felted Clogs x 2 pair


That should keep me busy for a few days. I will really like it to be done with the things I started over the last year or so. Then I can move on to new projects. I hope everyone has a plan to finish things~!

The Monday Muddle

Thought I should share this picture of a plant that is tequila on the stem. That looks like a lot of margaritas when it grows up. Found at the Cliff Dwellings.

This weekend was a little of this and a little of that.

1. On the knitting scene, I finished my second mini warmer for the office. Now I have a pair to wear with the temps get cooler. And I finished the lace bookmark I was working on. That was a really fast knit. I highly recommend that pattern for a quick gift for your favorite reader. And I started another sock project for mom - sshh! don't tell her.

2. Took my folks "shopping" on Friday. When mom called to see if I would take them I thought she meant grocery shopping. When I got there I discovered that she meant to a rock, gem and jewelry show because she had Christmas shopping to do. Thus I have no pictures of this event that was held in Woodland Park this weekend. It was interesting and we saw lots of rocks, some I had never even heard of. All in all very interesting.

3. Spent the rest of the weekend cleaning, decluttering and taking knitting breaks in between. That is noted in another post.

I hope everyone's weekend was fun, productive or plain lazy - your choice~!

And the Decluttering Continues

I have finally gotten to the biggest part of my decluttering project - the living room, knitting bookcase and the outside storage closet.

My progress for the weekend turned out to be cleaning and rearranging the living room (while Pedro watched and ran off occasionally to avoid the vacuum cleaner) and sorting all my knitting supplies. I managed to get it all sorted and arranged as well as destashing about two bags of yarn to be donated to my favorite church in Green Mountain Falls. They have a great group of charity knitters that do everything from hats and mittens to sweaters for the kids.

The knitting bookcase will be a day or more all its own. I am considering going through all the magazines I have, scanning the patterns I plan to knit and donating all the magazines to the PPLD (Pikes Peak Library District) Friends of the Library shop to resell. I hate throwing those things away and believe that recyling to the largest possible audience is a good idea for all. With that said, it means that this part of the project will take the longest time.

The outside storage closet is slated for September when it is time to change out my summer wardrobe for the winter one. Then I can downsize all the things I have not worn in the last year or so, plus anything else I find in there that has not been seen in the last four years. Once that is done I probably can move some of the knitting supplies that are currently in buckets, stacked in the corners out of the living area. That will give me lots more uncluttered floor space in my apartment.

One of the best things I sorted and gathered into one area is the WIPs, all the projects that I have started for class demonstrations and never finished. Now they are in a box of their own and I see them everyday which reminds me I have half done things I need to finish.

All in all a very productive weekend. I hope everyone else had one~!

Knitted Gift for a Friend

By the time she gets around to catch up on my blog, she will have received her card and gift, so I feel pretty safe posting it now with pics.

I found a fun little lace bookmark project, Vine Lace Bookmark found on Ravelry.com, that helped me practice my chart reading. I knit it on size 3US needles with some unknown stash leftover fingering weight. It is blocked and drying as we speak and will be ready to gift this week.

Winning Photo - Baby Hummers

Someone got very lucky with this pic. I imagine that the little guys can only be about an inch long. That is hard to imagine. This is the weekly winner at CSFreshInk.