Home Sweet Home

I'm baaaack! Took a quick trip to northern Idaho to see the folks for Thanksgiving. Up on Tuesday home today! It's always frickin cold up there... snowed a little everyday....pretty but cold. Anyhoooo.... good to be home! Here's a pic of what it looks like where they live.

This picture was taken from inside the house and looks out past the back deck, there is actually a huge snow covered mountain past the trees here...but I was too lazy (and warm) to go out into the cold to get a better picture sorry!



Oh wait...found this in my picture folder from a few years ago.... same view, better pic...

And these pics are just a little way down the road from where my folks live....again taken out the window of the moving pick-up....window up of course....brrrr.






Anyway... you get the idea...it's pretty there and uh .... cold.

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!! gobble gobble!

Craft Harvest

This weekend my sister took me to Sacramento to a harvest festival. It was held in one of the huge buildings at Cal Expo (where the state fair is held). That place was packed full of crafts and their vendors. When we left that place, we realized we'd spent 5 hours looking at artsy craftsy stuff. It took that long to get through the whole place. It was great fun.

And then....we went to Elk Grove to check out the LYS there "Knitique". It was cute, small, nice yarn and nice knitters there but....I guess I'm just spoiled by my LYS's and that's all I'll say about that.

So, after our day in Sac, we came back to my house and .... knitted .... and .... knitted .... and .... knitted. And then, we got up this morning and knitted all day again.
She worked on her first sock and made it through the 2 in of ribbing (Yay) and then she cast on for a neck down cardigan!!!

I...well ... I worked on my trekking sock (with yarn from my sp9 pal) and started a Christmas present so I can't show it...but I can show my sock so far:


I started it on my new knitpicks double points but my guage was a little too loose on them so I switched to these generic bamboo needles, they say they're size 2 but they're actually a little smaller than that. Anyhow I'm happy with the way it's turning out...the colors are wonderful!

Sewed the sleeves on the nieces sweater.... almost done with that, think I'll take it with me to finish over the holiday!

And speaking of holiday, in case I don't get to post again before I leave.....Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

It's Here!!!!

Today I received a package from my secret pal. And I'm speechless...(I know, I know...that's never happened before) but I am!

She asked me to complete several additional questionaires, and now I see why! She put A LOT of thought into this package!!!! Thank you Thank you Thank you!

The book: Knitting for Peace. well...she knows why, and I'm touched.

The Yarn: Malabrigo, Holy Crap! This may just be the softest yarn I've ever touched....Kettle Dyed, worsted, in the Velvet Grapes colorway, "butter" soft as butter is right secret pal! It's beautiful, and I'm thinking it's way too soft not to end up around my neck! I'm going to search for the perfect stitch pattern to show off it's rich colors. (it would be perfect for the "My So Called Scarf" pattern, but I'm going to look for something new first).

Yarn #2: Trekking Sock yarn YAY!!!!!! I too have seen socks knit from Trekking on a bunch of different blogs.... And I just love the way they turn out. And this color is perfect!!! I really really like it....

And....the needles.... size 2 US double points (for my socks of course), metal, slick, quick and sharp sharp sharp!!! OMG, she's a mind reader this woman. I have looked at the knitpicks sight so many times, hmmm haaaa hmmmm haaaa which should I get....the options kit???? The double points??? aaaah I can't decide..... afraid to start ordering....afraid I'd fill more than one shopping cart.... I might never stop!!!

And... I'm racking my brain now...did I say anything on my blog about flying somewhere soon? No, I don't believe I did....then how did she know that the yarn cutter pendant would be another perfect gift? Well I am flying somewhere soon, and it is ANOTHER perfect gift.

Girl, when your hot your hot.... You done gooooood!!! woooohoooo! I love everything in this box LOVE IT!!! Thank you sooooo much.

last but not least....this is simply the sweetest card ever! Thanks so much pal.

Have a great Holiday and safe travels!!!

ps to pseudobunny.... I love the new ride! Love it! I'm hoping to make it down to your area really soon, maybe the the weekend after Thanksgiving. I'll let ya know if that happens!

Back to our regularly scheduled program....

which is knitting of course! Hmmm I've been working on a little something for my niece for
X-mas. And something for my brother too.
And I started a new pair of socks a few days ago...got this 100% Merino sock yarn from Claudia hand painted yarns at my LYS (Heartstrings Yarn Studio). I'm loving the yarn and the colors.... And I picked up some new double points size 2 bamboo (Clover Takumi), I like em. I think I'd like to try some metal double points though, so that might be next.

And this....this is a very patient (ok, sorta patient) knitting companion...she's too old and tired to chase my yarn or needles...but she does like to get in my lap while I'm knitting, especially with black yarn, and that's just wrong!!

I'm back on my walk to the border, just not on the treadmill, I think I've finally left Durham!!! Yay, you can only spend so much time touring Durham before you've seen it all. So, I'm headed south like the birds.

On the sp front... I got two very nice pals, staying in contact with both, I'm getting ready to send off the second package...maybe this weekend.

Happy Knitting

SOLD

The truck is SOLD....Color me HAPPY!!!! That's right, 24 hours after listing it on craig's list, she drove away from my house with her happy new owner! Yay! I'll kinda miss the old truck but the stomach ache I've had since I bought the new ride is gone gone gone! :)

Cate- before I bought the SUV I put the back seat down and crawled in there to make sure I could lay down comfortably...perfect!!!! Room for me and an air mattress!! And it should be way warmer and less dusty! woohoo a campin' we will go!!

My poor sister fell down today .... she has a boo boo on her knee!!! I think she was very brave for her stitches though! And got to go home early from work....hmmm I wonder if she knitted while having that leg elevated????

On the knitting front....Sunday our knitting circle got together, celebrated Lynn and Linda's birthdays...yummy chocolate cake!!! And....Heatherly helped me cast off on that "my so called scarf" that I've been trying to finish but couldn't quite be happy with my cast off. If anyone is wondering...from the right side she purled the cast off which is what I was trying to do but she did it with smaller guage needles and it's perfect!

Thank you Heatherly! Happy Birthday Ladies!

Wanna Buy a Truck?

I'm hoping to find her a good home...she's been a great truck! And she still has a lot of yarn haulin miles left in her!