Happy Easter

Happy Easter!

We had a great Easter and I hope that you did to.  I finished making the bunny for S.  She loved it and made a special comment about the bow.  I used up some of my leftover tid bits for this project.  Some of it is Spud and Chloe and Knit Picks cotton.  I like doing these projects if I can use of odds and ends. It makes me feel better when I buy sock yarn, I just can't live with out!

I haven't planted anything in my garden boxes yet.  They are moved and leveled to their 'home'.  Now to fill with dirt.  Apparently I can't make ANYTHING small, so now I have to look into getting dirt delivered.  Ha.

We had our trees trimmed this week, it was a process that last more then two weeks!  The last day they knocked out our light pole.  Add it to the list of things to fix around the house.

With this nice weather, I have trimmed a couple of the trees around my house.  I haven't taken any pictures yet.  Now I have to relocate a couple bird houses.

The landscaper is coming to pull out all the hedges in the front of the house this week.  That should be interesting?!

It's Spring Break time here in NC!  WHOOT!  A whole week of 'not rushing' YEA!  S is on board this time and likes the fact that she can sleep late and not wake up in the 'middle of the night' to go to school.

I have also made progress on the Love Socks.  I had to tear them apart FIVE TIMES!  GRRR!  I wasn't happy with the way the heart was looking.  I preservered and now I down past the heal turn!  I'm practicing for argyle socks :0

Have a great week!

Spring Fever

Getting into to the groove of things after vacation is sometimes harder then it should be.  S is back at school and doing well.  She has a list of sight words that she is required to learn.  My child does not like flash cards so I made up a princess game for us to play.  She loves princesses so I am hoping that this game will be used everyday?!

Easter is on the way.  Every year I make S a knitted toy.  Last year it was a sheep.  I LOVE how each one has their own personality.  The sheep is on the picture of the headline.  This year I am attempting a bunny.  So far, I have knitted all the body parts and hopefully will stitch this bunny together soon.  The pattern is from raverly,  bunny.

This weekend in the South it WAS AMAZING!  In the 70's!  I have Spring Fever, I'm itching to plant things outside.  I researched raised garden beds.  I made two!!!  WAHOO!  I have to flip and put in front of the shed where they will add a source of much needed color.  S and I can't wait to plant!!!  I am going to add a watering system of some sort too because it is so H-O-T here!

Have a great week!!

A Vacation Break

We are just back from Disney World!  WOW!  It was Aaaaaamazing!  It was S and my first time there. What an adventure!  I want to go back some day!

Before the trip I sewed a bag. It was my first one I ever made,  I cursed a lot. I'm not sure that I will ever make another one but this was did serve it's purpose and it was an awesome bag nonetheless.  It is an Amy Butler pattern that my sister shared with me.  The only adjustment that I made was making the straps longer so it was more like a messenger style.  I put in FOUR zippers a snap, and a liner in this sucker!  WOW!  I was ready to be done with the project about half way through.  I found the directions challenging at times.  I read ahead, pinned and then reread before I sewed.  There are some mistakes, but I can live with those!

 Of course I had to have a knit project in the car.  I started striped pair of socks!  Two at a time, two different colors~ YES~ I have a web of yarn at times.  But now that I can knit two socks at a time, I have a REALLY hard time just knitting ONE!

 The socks are a lot farther now, I must take a picture!
I also swatched for my first (drum roll please) SWEATER!  WOWZA!  Yes, that is sock yarn you see, crazy I am for not using worsted weight for my first sweater......

The yarn is Madelintosh...love it. It is darker then I originally anticipated but the colors are what drew me to the yarn.  I am making "Ink" on raverly.

I must go...my daughter has come up with the idea of an Easter Egg Hunt at our house!  JOY!  I can't wait to start planning!  Ha!