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yearns for yarn skip to main skip to sidebar yearns for yarn wife of 25 years mom to 2 kids sister to 6 siblings one in heaven aunt to 16 nieces and nephews avid sock knitter sunday september 20 2009 life happens knitting happens but not blogging i can t believe it s been almost 4 months since i last blogged but there is work mowing the yard doing the dishes etc you know life i have been knitting i just finished the meringue zig zag scarf knit in knit picks parade not meringue i m on the second sock of the knit one crochet too 3x1 rib socks i finished one of the two dishcloths chinese wave i mentioned in the previous post and i ve knit two hermione s cable eyelet hats the one shown has been given to my niece for her birthday and the other is for mandy mandy s is grey both are knit in some caron sport i ve had for so many years i can t give an exact time i m knitting two more of these hats i love this pattern one for myself and one for one of mandy s friends they are both in caron sport too mine is green and leah s is thunder blue i haven t finished the petal tam yet but i ll get it back out soon and finish it up i ve started another scarf in some brown caron sport it s called the double moss stitch scarf in the new issue of fons and porter s love of knitting i knit and gave a baby hat along with the blanket to mandy s friend who is due any day now i forgot to take a picture of but there is a woman at work who is having a baby sometime in february and i think i will knit the same hat for her so you may see it after all i ve joined a local gym through work they got us a nice discount on membership i m doing a water aerobics class twice a week and am trying to work myself up to going in for some additional cardio work outs falling miserably at that right now both kids are good c j is working and mandy is back at college and working too year 2 she did so well last year dean s list both semesters well i think i ve got everything up to date happy knitting posted by karen at 3 22 pm 4 comments saturday june 06 2009 proof that i haven t forgotten how to knit socks i started this pair in late december or early january and got to the toe decreases on the first sock and put it down it has been staring at me from the footstool since then wanting to be finished so i finished it and its mate but i have to admit when i was starting the kitchner on the first toe i had to question myself about remembering the steps this is cascade 220 superwash in a pretty heathery green blue 40 stitches on us 2 dpns these and this are also proof that i do finish what i start a dishcloth started i have no idea anymore lovely lace diamond pattern can t wait to use it i am also working on finishing a couple more dishcloths i started about the same time i started this one the tam is close to done and the mead scarf has grown some too have a great weekend happy knitting posted by karen at 12 26 pm 3 comments saturday may 23 2009 twofer two posts in the same month and within a week of each other it must be a miracle last year sometime and i m just guessing here between january and march i started a scarf that i never blogged about i decided to work on a ufo today and pulled this out of the basket it s really a plastic container i m using a sock yarn i bought at a local wool festival many years ago no ballband i just know that it is 100 merino wool that needs to be hand washed i m using a us 4 addi turbo this is the mead scarf by elizabeth morrison linked to ravelry i put a couple more repeats on it today so it s growing i did a count today i have 24 ufos i must work on this i also started a hat this week this pattern can be found in the fons and porter love of knitting summer 2009 magazine the petal tam trekking xxl i lost the ballband so i don t know the color on us 2 needle i have started this yarn in about 4 or 5 sock patterns over the last few years and never liked any of them i think it s making a very pretty tam i hope everyone is having a safe and fun holiday weekend i love that i still have two more days off happy knitting posted by karen at 10 36 pm 3 comments saturday may 16 2009 oh well it seems i blog even less than i knit these days and that s saying a lot last month on mandy s birthday monica s family and mine finally had our christmas monica gave me some beautiful fleece artist and knit one crochet too sock yarn love the colors i did finish the baby blanket well except for the border mandy did find out that her friend is having a baby girl so i will need to see what girly color yarn i have in my stash that will go with the yarn i ve used i think it turned out quite nice i also started a shawl for myself i have 7 skeins of patons rumor in color 9742 moonstone it looks like stained glass and has alpaca in it so it should keep me warm i m using an online pattern from the prayer shawl ministry very simple pattern that is knitting up nicely i m using my denise needles for this with the size 13 needles i started this on the 9th we ll see how long it takes to get it done hopefully before i need it i think that s all i have for now take care and happy knitting posted by karen at 11 51 am 2 comments thursday march 12 2009 oops february kinda ran into march february was crazy busy at work fiscal year end working in accounting dept crazy but we got through it so oh you came here for knitting didn t you not much to show really no progress to report on my lauren sock but i did start a plain one amanda i mean santa left a ball of yarn in my stocking for christmas and to make santa happy i started knitting with it this yarn is very soft and nice to knit with love the colors too a couple of weeks ago amanda found out that one of her friends is going to have a baby in september so i pulled some yarn out of my stash and started a baby blanket because even though september is 6 months away i will probably need all that time to finish it i have 3 skeins of this bernat denimstyle i hope it will be enough to make a decent size blanket this is what it looks like after one skein 11 i know there are a lot of feather fan patterns out there but this one is in the spring 2009 fons porter s love of knitting magazine well i think that is everything happy knitting posted by karen at 4 56 pm 5 comments wednesday january 28 2009 mother nature strikes again and some knitting well mother nature has really let us have it the last two days and i want to thank her for a couple days off because i don t leave my house when the weather gets this nasty this is the view from my kitchen window and this is out my front door there is a driveway and road out there somewhere i started a couple new lace projects this is the lily of the valley scarf from knitted lace of estonia nancy bush i m sorry you can t see my 5 stitch nupps very well but they are there i m knitting this in knit picks palette nutmeg from the same book this is the raha scarf knit in panda silk monica thought she had lost her knitting mojo but it was soon found again and this is her latest i m so privileged to be her test knitter lauren lots of cabley fun sorry the picture isn t so great monica wrote this to be knit on circulars and since i don t knit my socks on circulars i had to arrange the stitches to best set up the center design and it makes for wonky pictures the snakey cables frame the center cable well that s all i have for this month happy knitting posted by karen at 3 53 pm 6 comments sunday january 04 2009 too long gone sorry for the long absence many of you know that my husband passed away near the end of september i want to thank all of you that prayed and are still praying for the kids and me and sent some lovely messages to me through my sister s blog the kids and i are doing alright we miss tim terribly but we re taking care of one another christmas was difficult but family and friends have helped a lot and keeping busy doesn t hurt any either i haven t done a lot of knitting in the past few months but i do have a little to show the first is a hat i knit to put in the holiday giving barrel at work it s a simple 2x2 rib hat knit it red speckle woolease i hope it will keep some child warm this winter next is the same pattern knit in a grey woolease for son i put it in his stocking he loves it i also knit a pair of ankle socks for him cascade 220 superwash also given for christmas i knit well started anyway two pair of fingerless mitts one pair i actually got to the thumbs the other only one cuff is done both knit in cascade 220 superwash red and pink i hope everyone had a wonderful christmas and new year i m praying that this year will be a lot better for my family and every ones we are ready for good things to happen to us i hope to blog and knit more this year god bless posted by karen at 7 30 pm 9 comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me karen view my complete profile links irish eyes kitten yarn craft monica blog archive 2009 7 september 1 life happens knitting happens but not blogging june 1 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