Mum's shawl done ~

After blocking the peaceful alpaca shawl, there was a transformation into loveliness! What a lovely shawl this turned into!I think mum will love it, as it is pretty and will be cozy warm in all the chocolaty alpaca softness. I have woven in all the ends, and now it is ready to send to Michigan in time for Christmas! Hurrah!!

Birthday Star ~

We celebrated another birthday at our favorite knitting shop, Serial Knitters! What a great place to meet up with our knitting buddies, share laughs and stories while surrounded by lovely yarn and great people!How special that the Deb, the shop owner, shares the shop crown and scarf for our Birthday Star!Plus there was cake! Hurrah!!

Basketball Star ~

Now that basketball has started, we are having such fun going to the games. One daughter supporting the other is great, especially when she makes a "fan" sign to flash from the audience bleachers! Although it is on the back of her homework paper, it was still the only "fan" sign in the gym...so that is pretty exciting, right!Motivated by all the fan support, and the "fan" sign, our basketball star was awesome again. Not the 12 points she scored in her first game last week, in just the eight minutes that she played, but still an amazing performanceHurrah Foondie!!!! Go Foondie!!!!

Eggnog and Gussets ~

Motoring along with joy, I am knitting the gussets on these lovely socks. The colors are such fun, and the yarn is fun to knit.Since this daughter puts many holes in her hand knit socks due to lots of wearing love, she has asked if I can reinforce the heel and gusset, so I will try to add some nylon thread to the knitting there.... I hope this doesn't get into a big tangled mess.....stay tuned...

Love a Llama ~

Instead of telling you that I'm not making a lot of progress on my moebi (is this the proper plural of moebius???), I am going to tell you about a great organization Heifer International. I believe that Clara Parkes also supports this great organization, so please check it out. My favorite donation is the knitting basket - an alpaca, a bunny, a llama and a sheep.... I think those are the main knitting basket animals. The stories and success from Heifer International are amazing and inspiring, so please consider donating as you feel appropriate. At least check their website to look at the adorable animals!!!

Eggnog and Toes ~

Now that the knitting is finished on the alpaca shawl for mum, I am quickly knitting on the next deadline. Yes, the shawl still needs to be blocked and ends woven in, but must keep knitting!These are the lovely Koigu socks, using Sock Summit yarn from this year, and the knitting fabric is so cute - almost like polka dots! This yarn is the choice of oldest daughter, and youngest daughter calls the color a very very bad name....

Happy Birthday Dad ~

Happy Birthday to my Dad!!! I hope you are having a great day and a fun time doing fun things that you like!I think this picture was taken in 1971....That's my sweetie sister with Dad....lovely family!