9-18-2017 Drywall

We finally have drywall...woo-hoo!!!
(A week and 3 days late...but still...
lucky to get any now that most of it
will be heading down south for the 
hurricane Harvey and Irma recovery efforts/rebuilding!)

The hangers are supposed to come tomorrow.

9-17-2017 Chevrons

Today I am starting to knit

a chevron baby blanket (without yarn overs!)
for my next door neighbor

who is expecting their first child!

CO multiple of 21 + 6 (168)

on size 8 needles with worsted weight yarn.

Knit 6 rows of garter stitch.

ROW 1 (RS): k3 (border sts), pm,* k2tog, k7, kfb, pm, k1, pm, 

kfb, k7, ssk, pm, * rep between * to last 3 sts, k3.

ROW 2 (WS): k3, purl across to last 3 sts (slipping all markers), k3.

Repeat ROWS 1 & 2 until blanket is desired length. 

Knit 6 rows of garter stitch, then Bind Off.

9-16-2017 Another Wallaby

Starting another Wallaby sweater...

9-15-2017 Jocelyn Hat

Saw this "Jocelyn" hat pattern

and HAD to make one for GD!!!

So cute!

9-14-2017 Busy Day

Bought a pie pumpkin and cleaned it out...

 helped papa paint the front porch post

while the pumpkin squash was baking...

 made some pie dough for her pumpkin pie...

Played on the tablet with Papa...

9-13-2017 Soccer Camp

No, Oma! I don't want to go!!!
Soccer is so boring!
(She spends the majority of the time
climbing on the bleachers.)

9-12-2017 Framing

Finished framing for the bedroom...

  

bathroom...

 family/play room...

...is complete in our unfinished basement!

Now hubby will put in the electrical and cable

and we have to wait a week for the drywall.

9-11-2017 Remembering

9-10-2017 Things That Make You Go...Hmmm?

9-9-2017 Beaux Arts Fair

Fun day today!

Hubby and I visited the Beaux Arts Fair with DD and her girls

and then spent the afternoon with DD

doing a photo shoot. :*)

9-8-2017 Super Hero-ette

Having fun during our trip to the Library!

9-7-2017 And So It Begins...

9-6-2017 On Our Walk

Sights on our morning walk...

...blooming wildflowers/weeds...orchid family???

...bind weed...petunia family???

...and lots of yellow everywhere...

9-5-2017 New Zealand ~ Stranded

The 5th and final swatch

from the lace knitting challenge...

stranded knitting from New Zealand.

Not real thrilled with the pattern

having you change colors on the wrong side

which made a row of purl bumps on the right side

at the top...

9-4-2017 Smoke from Canada's Wild Fires

Brown smoke blowing across Iowa

from the Canadian wild fires...

you could smell the smoke!

9-3-2017 Japan Charts and Cables

Day 4 of the Lace Challenge...

I had no problems with the

complicated lace chart for the lace at the bottom,

however, I could not for the life of me

follow the simple written instructions 

for the stockinette section

at the top!

LOL

9-2-2017 Basement Bathroom

Adding a bathroom in our unfinished basement

where you can see the pipes plumbed in by the stairs.

(Click on photo to enlarge it.)

9-1-2017 Russian Bobbles

Day 3 of the Lace Knitting Challenge

8-30-2017 Helping Papa Pick Tomatoes

"The good ones are in the middle, Papa."

More went in her mouth than in the bowl.

8-29-2017 Pruning

Before the hot summer temps

move back into the area this afternoon,

DH & I spent the morning pruning our birch trees

out in the front yard

and then took the trimmings to the

county mulch facility.

What other things do I need to prune from my life

and haul to the dump?

Sights along the Mississippi River on our way home...

Barges parked in the QC Mississippi

because of hurricane Harvey down south.

8-28-2017 Faroese Shawl

A new hat for GD#2...

 

...and a new Faroese Shawl for me!

This is the first Faroese shawl I've made.

The gusset in the center back is a shawl design

in all shawls made in the Faroese Islands.

These shawls are known for their wonderful fit

over the shoulders...no need for a shawl pin to keep it on.

 washing...

 wet blocking and air drying...

8-27-2017 Bit the Dust

My Samsung Galaxy 5S

bit the dust this week

so yesterday

DH bought me a new iPhone 7.

Thanks so much, sweetie!!!