ToothAche

Yes folks I have a toothache, has to be one of the worst things to have other than an earache. I will be going in July 8, for a root canal and crow ughhhhhhh that sucks.

But with this throbbing in my jaw I have been concentrating on knitting so that I can try to forget the pain. I forgot to take a picture but its called the Zig Zag Scarf by Lion Brand its a free pattern, it turned out cute specially with self striping yarn. You all should try it.

I went fishing with my family over the weekend and caught numerous blue gill and I caught my FIRST EVER bass fish.. I was so excited of course my pole broke and I had to grab hold of the fishing line and hand pull it in *lol* I was a mess.

I also met my brother's new girlfriend she was really nice I liked her alot. which is always a plus since she has three kids and is a couple years older but my brother seems so happy with her and they are adorable together. It was fun watching them.

Girasole Shawl/Blanket

I know its been awhile since I last posted, but I was in the mist of moving. I have temporarily moved in with my brothers for the summer. I won't go into all the details but its been a hectic mess. But I am settled in and back to knitting. So I had to show off my new project I am working on it is called "Girasole by Jared Flood" it is a circular shawl / blanket if you use fingering its a shawl if you use worsted its a nice size blanket. Of course I am doing worsted because I am eager to see this finished. So far I love the pattern very well written easy to follow very simple graphs. A beginner could easily follow this.

I am also using some cheap yarn called "I love this yarn" its acrylic but its a soft worsted and I want it durable and washable so I am eager to see how this will turn out I am on a US 10.5 needle.

Mothers, Flu, President, Addis

I finally got over a nasty case of the flu my son had it and passed it along to me, so I didnt get a chance to tell you all my opinion of the president visiting our school.
First my son thought it was cool to see all the law enforcement, secret service, military and so forth.
For me it was kind of scary we all know where ever the president goes there is a risk, so my thought would be why bring that risk to a school where there are so many kids in abundance why not another local spot we have plenty!
Another thing that really ticked me off was the protestors. They were protesting abortions at the opening of the school they were waving big pictures of unborn babies. It was horrible the pictures they were waving around, my son doesnt even know what an abortion is and he seen those pics and started asking questions and kind of upset. Now mind you I agree everyone has the right to protest, but I would think when its something of that nature and there are elementary school age children around you wouldnt be so disgusting about it.
So after all of that and going through the security checks to drop my child off at school, I was not thrilled at all in fact I almost just kept him out of school but he was to excited about what was going on.
So yeah the president coming to our city was impressive, the location not so impressive and the followers--protestors a big problem for me.

Ok enough of that quick shout out to all the MOTHERS!!! HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY may you all have a lovely relaxing day tomorrow.

Now on to the new addi turbo click needles.. Not my favorite in fact I have some major issues well actually just one issue.
I push my stitches up along the needle and when I push I end up pushing the cable/needle part that clicks into place and kept unlocking my needle, it happened so many times I switched them out so now I am staring at these addi clicks with a frown wondering what to do with them since I doubt I will be knitting on them much if at all. Anyone else with that problem?

President's Arrival

First let me tell you what kind of craziness is going on around here. I live 1 minute away from school where my son attends heck I am practically in their back yard. We just found out that the freaking PRESIDENT is visiting Fox School here in Arnold, MO tomorrow. What kind of weird is that!! I had to get a pass to drop my son off tomorrow so all the law enforcement know I am not a weirdo *lol* I can just imagine how bad the traffic is going to be. The President will be landing in our football field!!

Ok now that I told you the weird news here is my finished project a crochet bag that took me one evening is that cool or what I had this finished in no time. I don't know what I am going to do with it. I just wanted to see if I could crochet the darn thing. It turned out pretty good if I do say so myself.

New Addis!!!! Ohh La La

They are finally here!!! My new addi's I am so excited, the interchangable needles are awesome they push twist and click into place. The cable is super flexi and it comes in a nice case. I am so drooling over them.

I have been waiting forever for these babies. I am casting on something new just to use them *lol* Addi's are my faves then Knit Picks. I'm not a wooden, bamboo, type of gal. I'm all for the slick metals . hehehe ok now that I have shown them off I am gonna go play with them.

Happy Easter

Happy Easter!
I hoped everyone had a lovely Easter. We had a family breakfast and we all went home and became lazy for the rest of the day. It's been perfect!

Here are a few projects that I have finished nothing fancy but here they are. The first one is just a stash bag, I used up a skein of plymouth galaway chunky in a quick hand bag.

This next purse is from the book Bags A Knitter's Dozen, Three For The Road, it wasnt suppose to be felted but then again I was using up some stash and went ahead and felted it, I think I need to make a larger one, the design is pretty dang cool but this is a little on the small size for me.

And last but not least is crochet slippers, I love these slippers they are doubled soles and really fun to make, I am a beginner crocheter and this pattern was perfect, I have another pair in the works by far my favorite!

Itty Bitty Dolls

These are so cute, I have been practicing to crochet and this is what I have accomplished. These are 5"baby dolls I mean they nestle in the palm of your hand. The book is called Itty Bitty Babies and they have adorable clothes to crochet for them. Each doll has a different expession. You can't help but go awwwwwwww how cute.

Ok I have a ton more things to show you all but I am at work and well I gotta get working before I get in trouble *lol*