Blanket bingo ~

Not sure what bingo has to do with this post, but wanted to report more progress on the fun blanket with the non-traditional baby colors. Some one on Ravelry asked me about my progress, so here's some new pictures (first one with a flash, second one without).

I really like the pattern and would recommend it for those that are nervous to commit to a blanket for fear of boredom.....

this keeps one's interest with the fun ripple stitching... go for it!

Harry's ribs ~

The ribbed cuffs to the Harry Potter socks are going on and on and on and on.....

Hannah is trying them on (and taking these pictures), saying,"Keep knitting, as I like them long" so I keep knitting....

and keep knitting.....

...good that she likes them!

Waiting for Webs ~

I am waiting patiently for the UPS truck to bring my package of yarn from Webs. (Hannah from Chicken News captured my waiting in these great photos - my daughter still rocks)

A package arrived, but it was the wrapping paper from the 75% off sale. So perhaps its time for a nap...*yawn*

Shadow, too, is waiting for Webs....

Hey, there's the UPS truck!

Let's go see!

Harry and the Red Wings ~

Working on Harry's ribbing while watching the Red Wings playing Phoenix.

I thought we (the Red Wings) were going to win, as we were ahead in the last period.

But the Red Wings lost...I'm not even sure how they lost, as I didn't see the last few minutes... Rats...

Webs What?

I placed an order to Webs to sample some yarns for Sandy's Vandals socks (does it surprise you that I needed to place an order from Webs for this new project?). I ordered one of these and one of those, that grey looked like silver because it had bamboo content, that yellow looked like it could be gold, that yarn has some cashmere in it, so let's take a chance on the cashmere.... and I get an email back from Webs that says this:

Thank you for your order! I am writing to notify you that the _______ in color ____ that you ordered are currently out of stock. As this is a discontinued item, we will not be receiving any more stock of this item. We are processing the rest of your order. If you have any questions, please contact us.

Soooooooo, I can narrow down the color (yellow/gold or grey/silver) but I guess I'll find out which yarn when the order arrives!!!!!

Our Yarn Yoga projects ~

If you've read yesterday's post, you might be wondering if we had any time to knit in between dancing to the decades of music and eating all the wonderful dishes that Kathy had prepared for our January Yarn Yoga.... well, we did find some time to knit...



Kathy ran out of yarn on this scarf, and said she'll have to dig out her stash to find the last ball of it...



so she started this scarf in beautiful spring greens - full of sparkles and shiny bits! I kept going on my Harry Potter socks ~ just lots of ribbing to complete!

Excellent Yarn Yoga ~

Yarn yoga this weekend was great fun. Kathy, my sister, was to be the hostess, and it was her first ever hosting of Yarn Yoga. She took the preparations very seriously and had poured through recipe books to find just the right combination of great foods for this event. She decided on a theme of decades, as she had great music from the decades of the 1960's, 70's and beyond.

She made Mom's Seafood Specials from our childhood, the 1960's...this tasted and smelled just like home...perfect and so yummy too!

She found a grasshopper pie recipe from the 1970's when she was newly married (oh so yummy this was!!!)....

I'm not sure which dish was from the 1980's... or the 1990's.....or currently.....

Perhaps the little mushroom quiches were from the 1990's, and the cheese puff twists were from the 1980's, and the bleu cheese dip and POG drink from the 2000's...

we drank our coffee from these beautiful green antique dishes... very yummy and so beautiful in their greens!

we had a lovely time ~ a perfect time ~ and excellent time! Stay tuned for tomorrow when I show you what we knit!