So FLO - hope you can peek at this from up there!!

This sweet little sweater is about to go into the mail to our Granddaughter. It is a size 2, but once again, I think it's too big. The pockets turned out pretty cute, the buttons (picked out by Papaw) really finish it off, the hood, well, each little section that I added just kept making it a piece of art. I have done several "crafts" through the years, but I made it a personal goal last year to kick it up a notch and make it an art ... when I'm designing items like this I'll consider myself "arrived." This is Berrocco "Saige" if you're interested in the pattern.

It required 5 colors of self-striping sock yarn, one for the trim, one for each "wing" and one for each front/back panel, reversed for the hood. Too Fun.

I Miss my M-I-L -

Today she would be 85. My mother-in-law was more than my husband's mother. She was my best friend. I could tell her anything, and she could listen with interest. She had incredible advice, and knew my hubby well enough to set him straight, in love. She was my advocate, too.
Mind you, I never had to tattle on him, she could see areas where he needed to step up, and she'd do the Mom thing, and he'd do the respect thing, and, walla. Of course this only happened some when we were much younger, and he's a great guy - don't get me wrong.

This is the 2nd birthday without her, and it still doesn't seem right. Not being able to pick up the phone and fill her in on big and little things going on with our travels, our kids and g-kids, what I'm knitting, etc. Bummer.

Anything I ever made, sewing, crafts, framing, ceramics, crochet, knitting, through the years, I ran it past her before it was gifted. Dog-gone-it ... I miss her.

Knitting Contest

In my quest to be published (and win prizes) this year, I'm preparing for a few different contests on-line. This one is for the Knitting Pattern A Day Calendar:

KNITTING PATTERN A DAY

Another neat contest I found is

Aslan Trends Yarn is raising funds and awareness for Multiple Myeloma (which is what my 82 year old mother has):

ASLAN TRENDS COMPETITION


Then today I entered a poetry contest to win some YARN - uh, oh, I think I have a bug!!

Knitting on pins and needles ...

Vintage Items Sell on Etsy, too!!

Well, I remember the day I bought the Key West large print fabric, in Key West in the early 80's. it has been in my sewing basket, or stored in a bag in my linen closet in 1, 2, 3, 4 homes since. I bought it to make huge throw pillows for our rattan sun room furniture in Key Largo, when we lived there while Pastoring a small church.



We moved to Indiana, and I never got inspired to use the fabric, since our decor ended up being "Early American collection of whatever we could find furniture" in our new parsonage, then over time "Southwest (well-traveled) inspired."

MY VINTAGE Key West Fabric sold on ETSY today!! So cool!
me.

Designing Purses while I ride my motorcycle.

I have a couple of amazing purses in my head, that I will be getting on paper. Plus I designed a purse last week that has two inside pockets. Really only big enough for a cell phone and some make-up, but it will be awesome once it is felted.

The others I have designed will include NUNO felt. Once the purse is felted, I'll be adding beautiful designs with Roving wool. Right now I need to concentrate on getting several bags started, and in different stages of the knitting and felting process for a workshop I'm teaching at a ladies retreat in May.

Whew, it's a good busy though!! Love it.