{ It's A New Look}

Today I said goodbye to the blog template I was using from the beginning. It seems the company providing the images for the blog design would be pulling those images on the 19th of October. Too costly to keep them going for free. So, I'm playing around with new options. I think I like this look, or maybe not. I'll fiddle around a bit and decide.

{ There's Been Some Quilting Going on Around Here}

This Saturday the hubbie and I are heading out to California for the first time to visit Yosemite National Park. Then we'll be stopping in Colorado to visit with some friends before heading back home. This quilt will by flying out with us and finding a new home with friends out there. I hope they like her.

The fabric is Odds & Ends by Julie Comstock for Moda and the pattern is Avalon Scrappy Summer from Moda Bake Shop. Melissa at Sew Shabby Quilting in Utah professionally quilted her. She did a wonderful job again.

{ It's Never Too Early to Start Preparing for Christmas}

I have officially started getting ready for Christmas. I have one gift down...these socks for Breann. No risk of her seeing them as noone knows about this blog. I tried very hard to make the stripes match. I got close, kind of.

All the girls and boys will be getting hand knit socks this year. I've been stashing sock yarn for past few months with the plan to knit them all up for gifts. There are one or two, well, maybe a few more than that, that I will be knitting into socks for me.  Who else would appreciate socks made from this yarn called 'Zombie BBQ' ?

{ Can you say...socks?}

Pair number 6 was finished this morning! I started this pair May 3rd and finished up two months later. I feel really slow. There was a diversion a few weeks back when I tried to make a pair of ankle socks for Steph but ran into a glitch after the first one and went back to these. Having a full time job really cuts into the crafting time. I wish there was something I could do about that.

How do you like my tomato? This is my first attempt at doing the urban garden thing. This baby is the just starting to ripen. I may have him bronzed.

And, there is some quilting on the horizon. I have the fabric and pattern chosen and I'm just waiting for some down time to get started. I've been missing it!

{ Hopping on the Knitting Wagon}

I've finished pair #4. These are for Steph and were made from Margaret Testa's pattern Cable Socks. 

I'm loving sock knitting! I get to buy pretty yarn, in small amounts, and start and finish a project quickly. They are an easy carry along project and I get to see progress much quicker than I would say, with a sweater or shawl project. Don't get me wrong, I have several sweater projects queued on Ravelry but they involve a large investment in yarn and time. Maybe some day I'll attempt a larger project, but for now I will welcome the packages of pretty sock yarn that come in the mail and keep trying out new patterns.

{Rolling Right Along}

On St Patrick's Day I completed knitted sock pair #2. The pattern is Vanilla Latte which I grabbed off Ravelry and the yarn is Felici by Knit Picks.

The timing was perfect! I was able to wear them to our St. Paddy's Day celebration.

{So, I Lied}

Well, you know what they say about good intentions. I had plenty, really I did. This blog won't be neglected any more,blah, blah, blah. Life always gets in the way of the fun stuff. 

I know, I have to post the remaining P365+1 week. I'll get to it eventually. I have to post photos of the three additional Mystery BOM blocks I've squeezed out and do a little updating on my knitting escapades. I need more time!

I've been waiting to do this.....I present my first completed pair of knit socks!

They're a little too big (Well, actually they are a lot too big. My size 10.5 son tried them on and they fit) I have to learn to size a bit more accurately next time. Overall, I'm satisfied with my first sock project. And, shhh, I think I'm addicted.