9-22-2014 The NOOK

On our way to Chicago yesterday,

in addition to stopping at the wood store for him,

DH & I stopped at a new (to me)

yarn shop in Lisle, IL

called The NOOK.

What a fun place on a quaint Main Street!

You can check out photos of the inside of the shop

in the link provided above.

I'd been looking for a hot pink yarn

to make a hat for my Granddaughter

to go with her hot pink coat this winter

and found this yummy hand painted sock yarn...

My husband also picked out this yarn for himself 

for some felted slippers for this winter...

(Iowa winters are COLD!!!)

And most exciting of all...

I am working on a sweater for my grandson for Christmas

and am running out of the yarn

(it came in a kit)

and The NOOK had more skeins of that same yarn!!!

Yay!!!! So, I snagged a few of those as well.

9-21-2014 Baptism

 DH & I were blessed

to attend the baptism

our our second grandson today!

Love you baby!!!

9-20-2014 Working Puzzles

I made this swatch

to replicate a mistake 

that a friend made while knitting her 

raglan sleeves on her sweater

to try and work the puzzle of how to fix it

without having to unknit several inches

of the sweater 

back down 

to the point of the mistake...

The pattern calls for: YO, k2, YO.

She did: YO, k1, YO, k1, instead.

I've unraveled and re-knit the K2 column...

now to work on the YO's!

9-19-2014 Double Trouble for Apple Pie

...at the grocery store...

getting ingredients to make our apple pie!

9-18-2014 Slip Slidin' Away

Doesn't this look like a lot of fun?!?!?

Granddaughter always head to the highest slide

and then goes down head first!

Makes me wish I was 2 years old and fearless.

9-17-2014 Stone's Apple Orchard

Granddaughter 

having a conversation 

with a chicken and bunny..

GD feeding the goats, sheep and llama...

Checking out the corn stalks...

We also bought a pumpkin

and a bag of apples!

I'm thinking there is an apple pie in our future!

I LOVE autumn!

9-16-2014 Seeking A Heart Like His

This morning I signed up to attend

this Bible Study with a friend at her church.

Should be fun!

9-15-2014 Giraffe

 Inspired by this picture (by memere)

of my Granddaughter 

feeding the giraffes at the zoo...

I'm starting a giraffe soft toy.
She looks so tiny next to those big animals!!!
And I'm glad to see her wearing
the new Wallaby sweater that I knit for her!
I hope it will fit her all winter as she grows!

9-14-2014 Bindweed Saturnfly Finished!

My fairy's name is Bindweed Saturnfly. 

Some people (farmers wanting cash crops, and gardeners wanting to impress others) think she is a trouble maker. She lives at the bottom of tangled gardens and in hedgerows. In reality, she gives hugs and support to those around her who are not the cash crops in cultivated fields, but rather are the disenfranchised, unwanted ‘weeds’ of life who have been left by the wayside…. those whom others overlook and pass by. Bindweed can only be seen at midday under a quiet, cloudless sky. She wears tangled multicoloured skirts made of petals and has pale pink wings like a cicada.

She finally has her tendrils, which she uses to ‘hug’ others, and her shimmery translucent veined pale pink cicada wings. I decided to leave off the eyebrows because I love her calm kind expression AS IS.

9-13-2014 A Day Trip

DH & I went up to see Hyde's Mill in Ridgeway, WI...

and also did a bit of Christmas shopping in Galena...

...Wisconsin...

9-12-2014 Learning New Stitches

To learn new stitches

I make small swatches

which can then be used as dish/spa cloths.

I love that this stitch makes a reversible fabric!

(CO a multiple of 4 + 2 more...

then (k2, k1tbl,p) across each and every row.

I used the leftovers to knit up

some little Owl Puffs.

9-11-2014 Remembering the Fallen - - - SPOT Woven

Remembering all the fallen

and praying comfort for their families.

________________

Life goes on...

Finished up this swatch/cloth

for a KAL...

what a fun new stitch to learn!

9-10-2014 GBs

#1 wearing her new Wallaby sweater!

#2 ready for bed!

#3 swinging at the park...

#3 doing a plank!

#3 on the verge of crawling!

(Time to put up the baby gates!)

#4 sporting a superhero shirt!

9-9-2014 November Man

DH & I went to the movies today:

November Man

And ANOTHER "Super Moon!"

9-8-2014 Raglan Pullover

 It's all seamed up

and ready to wear

just in time for autumn and winter!

9-7-2014 Chain Saw Lathe

DH & I saw this downtown 

at the Beaux Arts Fair Yesterday...

If there's a will... there's a way!

I have to give this guy an A+ for ingenuity and creativity

for de-barking and shaping a tree trunk!

9-6-2014 Farmers Market

Today DH & I drove downtown to shop the Farmers Market

and saw some fun things...

Pumpkins with 'warts'...

 ...and clouds called "Mares Tails"

which are RARELY seen in these parts!

Though common in other areas (like Colorado, Montana, etc.)

it's the first time I've seen them here in Iowa

since moving here 8 years ago!

There's a weather saying...

"Mare's tails

bring storms and gales!"

9-5-2014 Fairy Friend

My Fairy, Bindweed Saturnfly,

is coming along nicely.

She is all 'beaded up' to go meet her friend 

at the LYS tonight!

Check out her pretty floral hat!

Still waiting for her wings...

Having fun at "Sit & Knit"

with her friend, Petal Cornglimmer.

:*)

Mommy is still working on my wings, eyebrows and tendrils...

9-4-2014 Moonstruck 3D Lashes

After just one use

this new product left my eyes

red, swollen, itchy and peeling.

It's a fun new concept in makeup

but my skin reacted horribly

to the ingredients!

Sigh.

9-3-2014 World Domination

I swear...

everywhere I look

I see Hello Kitty!!!

(I think her aim is world domination.)

I'm surprised the NFL and Greenbay

allowed their logos to be used thusly!!!

9-2-2014 Raglan Pullover

The front, back and sleeves ready to be seamed

before adding the neckband

on this Raglan Pullover.

9-1-2014 Peace