Campfire Fondant Socks

What? Did you think I had given up knitting?  Not....a....chance!! I admit I'm not spinning as much as I want, but that takes more energy and paying of attention, some knitting, I can be satisfied with a row or two ;)


Bright colors or what! Always loved this colorway but I admit when I was knitting it up, not as much.  While knitting the foot of the first sock, I realized someone else would love these wild, crazy socks.


Modeled on the new porch paint job :)


Toe pic!

I gave them Friday night to the "Mom" of our knitting group/guild. She's around 82 and is always knitting or crocheting for others.  In all the years I've known her, she's loved every pair of socks I've knit and joked that she wanted a pair.  I don't often knit adult socks for others, but in this case I knew she'd love them.....and she did, what a smile I got from her!


Campfire Socks by Jacquelynn Vance-Kuss
SweetGeorgia Yarns Speed Demon Sock in Fondant Colorway
US 3's, magic looped.

No mods, an easy to remember pattern, very soothing to knit!

Next pair up....2 at a time plain janes! Yes, I'm all about the simple knitting right now...sorta ;)

Friday goings on!

Just popping in to say hi! Lots going on as one can expect.....

-I am surrounded by boxes...of all sizes...better get used to it for the next month or so...

-Instead of a 2 bedroom apartment for temporary housing.....we are getting a 3 story house! YIKES....still can't take alot though...

-I am now unemployed....I still get a paycheck until the end of July due to hoarding my leave...but still...very scary...I haven't applied for a job in about 15 years...been at the last job for 21 years.

-Impatiently waiting for handyman to finish some jobs around the house....hrmphf!

-aaaahhhh nice antique white walls now...grumble...boring and they attract dirt easily!!.....(poor painting guy...I do like color, he had to hide a lot!)

-some, minimal knitting...more like just before I pass out, a row or two

-landscapers arrive on Monday, figures my yard will be awesome now...

-movers arrive on the 2nd....should be interesting...wonder if we have 18,000 lbs of stuff??? Inquiring nosy minds wanna know...

Buy a new bed for Belle and she has to share it with Sapphire!


That's it for now...have an FO, but that's the next post!  Have a good weekend everyone!

Fiber prOn

Haven't done this in a while..a bit of time to kill while waiting for the rooms to dry before I put stuff back in them...going, slow, but going ;)

Allspunup's May/June Spin-a-long fiber!!! 


Love the different colors!  So glad peeps like to destash as I hesitated too long in the sign ups.


Will definately be something for hubby...methinks he needs a new scarf for his new job for the upcoming fall/winter...



Stay tuned to spinning...well..sometime ;)  I forsee at least the last few weeks of June spinning time!


Allspunup Merino/Silk 80/20
Down to Earth Colorway
4 oz.

Coming soon to a bobbin near you..er..ok someday!

Wordless Wednesday!

T-????

Whew, getting all sorts of busy around here!! I've got a painter, handyman, and about to hire a tree removal person and landscaper/yard person! So hope this sells this place fast :)

This pile o'wood is now gone and is replaced with old, rotten porch posts and banisters...more on that another day..

Give me a minute to say good bye to my sage green walls...


Ok, I'm back!  As you can see, coat 1 of antique white....boring, but necessary to brighten up and help to sell.  The ceilings are looking awesome too! Bright white semi-gloss paint is making them very perky!!


So wished the movers were coming soon...would be great to get rid of some boxes I keep tripping over ;)


Dining room looks great!  So hoping we don't have to have the wallpaper below the chair rail removed...

Remember this?? Well my little solution turned out into what you see below!


It's all kinds of awesome!! Not too expensive I'm told (handyman will send me the bill I know ;), but again, should help sell...unless they don't like black...eep!

I think the corner design really makes it interesting...



Coffee station!  In this room, I really wanted a creamy beige, light brown to match the counter tops...but, the boring antique white really pops in there...besides, I'm not painting to my specs!  Heck I'm not painting at all.  Since my surgery, any prolonged overhead work isn't easy to do, the packing...waiting to pack, etc.. is about all I can handle right now...

That is until 10 days from now....what's happening then??  Well, after 21 years of loyal service I will be leaving my job. My security in earning a living and heck in doing what I know. This gives me 2 weeks to get the house on the market and let A finish school.  ..Luckily I've been hoarding saving my leave so I will still get paid until mid July.  But, don't cry for me ;)  I'm so looking forward to starting over and seeing what the future holds...scary...most definately, exciting....very... 


T-30 so days and Arizona bound!!

Take me back Thursday....

When one is cleaning out the closets in one's attempt to prepare for painting and packing...one finds things that have been put in a "safe" place?  (no I didn't find my handknit Plucky cashmere cowl :(((((

You know, now that I think of it...the maker of this afghan is who taught me to crochet all those years ago...


Now I'm not gonna tell you how long either...so don't ask ;)

I love the color combos she chose way back when. (still not telling!)

The "she" was my babysitter.  I am the oldest, but my parents had a late in life baby and I surely wasn't old enough to watch us all...
 
It's had some use over the years, but for the last 15 or so (I think) it's been stored in a "safe" place.


I dunno why I'm worried about it, I'm sure it's Red Heart or some other acrylic, so you know it'll be around for a good long time :)

I don't have a lot of momentos from my childhood, the few I have are dear to me and unearthing them lately brings back some good and sad memories....now to pack them back up and move on :)

Weekends were made for....

well I wish it was for a certain beer (aging myself here or what!)

What you see here is some of the tornado damage of a few weeks ago.


Trust me, it could have been so much worse, we are really thankful! Finally, the insurance adjustor came out and took pictures and checked out our roof. (only minimal damage, a few loose shingles...phew!!)



So, hubby, daughter and I spent the weekend tearing down the entire fence and jungle gym (wooden fort/swing set)



Quite a pile o'wood there!  Now to call and get it hauled off by the city, which I'm sure is quite busy right now, hoping it won't take too long.



The realtor we had stop by suggested the removal, it was pretty run down and the gate was barely hanging on. We were going to have it repaired, but decided to let the new homeowner have at it. 

Farewell my FO post friend!  Onward to new backdrops!