Neckwarmer and Market Bag

I have actually finished some things! There's a neck warmer (from the luxery one-skein wonders book) that is for a class I'm hoping to teach at the Tangled Skein in July. It is made out of less than 1/2 of a ball of gorgeous hand-painted wool.

I also made a market bag (sunshine string bag) for Mom for her birthday. She thought it was a tank top at first and was relieved when I told her what it was. ;-) Both very nice patterns but boring doing the same stitch pattern over and over.

Thorpe - FO

I finished the earflap hat I promised to a friend at work for a Silent Auction. It took less than a skein of bulky wool and was fun to knit. It is a little small (size medium) for an adult head so I'll be making more in larger sizes for gifts this coming year.

Brenna's Bella hat

This is a gift for Miss Brenna - one of my favorite Twilight addicts. ;-) The hat on Bella is above, my "version" is below. Sorry for the model but all my human models scattered this morning when I brought out the camera!

Let there be light!

After fighting with the fluorescent light in our closet for way too long. Tom has rescued us and replaced the ballast and both bulbs. It was so nice this morning to pick out my shoes this morning by sight rather than by touch! :-)

Mexico City - circa 1983?

This photo was sent to me by a good friend from high school that I have found again via facebook. This shot was taken of a group of us on the top of the pyramids near Mexico City where we went for a Spanish class trip in high school with Senora Everett.

I am on the far right, do you recognize anyone else?

Cabin...

We went out to the cabin on Sunday morning/early afternoon and got that last repaired window put back on the porch, the boat onto the lift and the canopy on the boat lift. Other than the jet ski and a good cleaning of the cabin, we are ready for summer!

Drake spent his time chasing the fish, sniffing the grounds and chasing Kudos. Of course he then spent the rest of the afternoon in this position!

Golf Subsections

May 19th the golf team had subsections at a very tough course.

Chris golfed a 90 and placed 8th overall. The team won and will be competing at Sections on Tuesday.

Jim was our family representative at subsections. I have taken the day off to attend sections. We will both take the day off when they advance to state! ;-)

Fresco Mitts & Woven Scarf

Here's some shots of the Fresco Mitts I finished last winter and LOVE to death. The lace pattern isn't very noticable anymore now that the alpaca has had lots of use but they are very warm and wonderful.


This is the Neckwarmer/Woven scarf I am making for a prototype for a class I am teaching at the local yarn store this July

Oregon Vest - FINISHED

Two years after being done knitting this vest, I have finally gotten the cloth pockets sewn in. I am pleased with the pockets but not so much with the way they make the stretchy knit fabric so non-stretchy. It is hard to make the cotton cloth stretch when it isn't meant to but it surprised me what a difference it made.

This is detail of the pocket, you can't even see the pretty fabric from here....

elefante

How can you NOT smile when you look at this cutie!



Cascade 220 scraps with (unpopped) popcorn for weight in the legs and trunk, fiberfill in the rest. Pattern is here and here.

Black Walnut Headboard

We've done a little bed switcheroo at our house. Jim and I got a new king bed, Tom got our old Queen bed and then Chris got Tom's lofted single. Our house is a mess but we are all sleeping better.

Tom has made a black walnut headboard to go on his "new" bed in school and it is drop dead gorgous. His plan is to have it become a platform bed, this is the first piece.

Diminishing Ribs Cardigan is done!

My Diminishing Ribs Cardigan from the Winter 2009 issue of Interweave Knits is finished. I made it 2 inches longer from the underarm to the first set of ribs and I lengthened the sleeves so they are long sleeved and I'm really pleased.

I have really long arms and anything that isn't short sleeved or long sleeved makes me feel like I bought the wrong size!

Cascade 220 yarn (6 skeins) in a pretty blue/green heather. Details on my Ravelry page.

Chocolate Chip cake

Nummy - I have this in the oven right now... I sprinkled the top with chocolate and butterscotch chips but I'm also thinking dried cranberries or blueberries would be yummy for breakfast this week.

Sarah's Bisquick Cake
Yeah, I know what you're thinking. Bisquick? In a cake? Seriously, y'all. It's good stuff.

2 eggs
1 1/2 tbsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups milk
1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 cup sugar
4 cups Bisquick
3/4 cups chocolate chips
1/2 cup powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease & flour 9" x 13" pan. Mix eggs, vanilla and milk. Set aside.

In large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Alternately add milk mixture and Bisquick to creamy butter. Pour into pan. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Bake 35-45 minutes (test with toothpick for "done-ness"). Sprinkle cake top with powdered sugar.

Visit this website for more delicious recipes: http://whachagotcookin.blogspot.com/2008/04/sarahs-bisquick-cake.html

The chips all wound up on the bottom of the cake and make it a very sweet dessert... I'm anxious to try fresh blueberries or dried cranberries to see if my breakfast idea will work out.

Joke of the day

What did the hockey player give the thief?



....a check

Adirondack!

Tom brought home his finished Adirondack from Woods class and it is gorgeous. He's planning to make some more so we have a set for home and one for the cabin. I'm not sure this one will ever leave the living room it's so pretty!

Chris in Arizona

Dad updated his blog so I have some pictures from Chris' trip to Arizona to visit them. Chris didn't want to take a camera so I'm "stealing" one of Dad's shots ;-)

Chocolate giggles?

This video clip cracks me up!

Hands Free?

What an inventive (funny faced) kid. No hands free option? Just borrow one of Mom's headbands! ;-)



Is it so terrible to smile nice for the camera? Sheesh!

Roughing it in Arizona

He's really "roughing it" with Grandpa and Grandma in Arizona. ;-)

Hockey Parent's Night February 2009

I am starting to feel like a munchkin living in the land of giants! ;-)