9-30-2017 Speckle and Pop

Started another Stephen West MKAL

(mystery Knit-a-long)...

Speckle and Pop!

!

9-29-2017 My Sous Chef

Making bread...

turn...

fold...

push...

repeat...

9-28-2017 Textured Ceilings

Before...

After...

9-27-2017 Bett-Plex

The all new BettPlex is going in

across the street from our housing development

and we have been living with and breathing in

the earthmoving dust for months now!

They have finally started working on roads into the park.

9-26-2017 Patriotic Jogger

Saw this guy out jogging today.

9-25-2017 Broke My Juicer Today

9-24-2017 Double Rainbow Today

9-23-2017 3D Marshmallow Stitch

I enjoy learning new stitche patterns...

tho I'm not sure where I would ever use this!

I don't know what this stitch is called

since the video is in Spanish, 

but I'm calling it the 3D Marshmallow stitch!

9-22-2017 Walls Mudded

Progress in our basement!

The walls and ceiling are being mudded!

GD was more intrigued with the paper on the floor.

9-21-2017 A Trip to the Salon

Our 3 year old GD had a trip to the salon

for a quick trim

"and it didn't even hurt, Oma!"

9-20-2017 Walls Up!

Most of the drywall is now up!

Whoo-hoo!!!

9-19-2017 A Little Road Action

The road into our housing subdivision

has been torn up for over 2 years...
our street on the left...
the road to town on the right...

...so I was very excited to see some

cement trucks today!

Maybe they are finally making some progress?

Hope they can finish it before winter comes.

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