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Some things that I finished a while ago and never took pics of:

A simple ribbed hat for my dad

And a mason-dixon washcloth for my grandmother (which I ended up knitting in cotton instead of the cotton chenille).

Another WIP

The Lanaloft I bought was screaming my name and I had to start knitting with it. The girls from Knit Knite talked me into the clapotis (instead of the bag, and not that I really needed much convincing). I have to say that I am totally in love with knitting this and am so behind on my Christmas knitting! (Sorry mom but those slippers might not get finished before our family Christmas and they might end up being a birthday present instead...)


Sesame Street Live

Even though this was a few weeks ago now, I had to say that Ollie loved seeing Sesame Street! He was glued to the stage the whole time!! Here he is totally into the show and wearing the wonderful wallaby I knit him!

Hedgehogs?

Well, I finished the Huggable Hedgehog yesterday. This was my first felted item and I was surprised how well it went. I had been worried because I have a front loader washing machine, but it all went very well. I love the hedgehog and plan on making more. I think Ollie likes it too and he is surprisingly good at saying hedgehog.

I started on a Mason Dixon washcloth in cotton chenille yesterday. I am not sure what I think about it yet. I feel like the pattern is easy, but I think I should have gone down a needle size and gotten a plain color yarn instead of the print yarn that I got.

I also am super excited to say that I won tickets to take Ollie to see Sesame Street Live today from 'Good day, Columbus', a local talk show on channel 4. It isn't something I typically watch, but I usually put on channel 4 for the news and tabloid type shows at lunch time. Well, we had an early lunch today and this show was on talking about Sesame Street Live coming this week. At the end they gave away tickets and low and behold I was caller 5!! Can't wait to go!!!

When it rains, it pours...

Well, let me start with the fact that I waited two hours for my dentist appointment yesterday afternoon. I don't know exactly what happened. The waiting room was full when I got there and a whole family went back with my hygienist a little after my appointment time. Well, two hours later they still had not come out! So, needless to say I left. That was where my bad luck started, with the loss of two hours.
Then this morning, when I went to take a shower, I noticed a soft spot on the floor. Yes, water is getting in under the flooring in one corner by the shower. So, I am freaking out thinking that the whole floor needs replaced. I go in the basement to see if there is a water spot, where the water got all the way through the floor. Fortunately, there is not any water coming through the floor, but I notice something else. Lint all over the back of the crawl space. And a piece of venting hanging down. I think 'where is THIS coming from?' The dryer of course. Which we just replaced no more than 3 months ago. Thank God the house hasn't burnt down before now.
So now I have calls to make about the shower and the bathroom floor, plus the dryer vent. So, what happens... my phone line goes out! Thought the problem was fixed last year when the phone line went out anytime you used it (or so it seemed).
Well, all I have to say is when it rains around here, it really does pour!! UGH!!!
On the bright side, I scored some beautiful Brown Sheep Lanaloft yesterday. 3 skeins of Turquoise Magic (it's a bit more on the green side than the picture shows). But I can't decide if I should use it for a felted bag or a scarf of some sort (maybe a baby clapotis)? What do you think?

First Post

So I decided to give this blogging thing a try again. Hopefully I can keep up with things better this time.

Lots going on to tell about. First I wanted to post some pictures of Ollie from Halloween. We took him trick-or-treating for the first time this year. He was really excited about it and we went with our neighbors and their two girls. We went to a few houses on our street and Ollie was not scared of some of the neighbors who put masks on (one even dress as the family guy.) Ollie now associates the term 'trick-or-treat' with candy and says YUM, when he talks about it!

I have been knitting like crazy lately. I have a full plate for the upcoming holiday season. I did manage to get some hats finished before starting on gifts. Here is my first fair isle project, a Norwegian star ear flap hat for who else but Ollie.

I also got my hat attack hat in the mail yesterday. It is knit up in some luxurious Malabrigo (now I have to say YUM). And the package had four skeins of Knit Picks Wool of the Andes and two skeins of Palette! I couldn't have imagined death would be so sweet!