Just a few...

This is a neckwarmer...Pittsburgh STEELERS neckwarmer...I knitted this for hubby to wear on our Thanksgiving trip to Washington.




Shivers wasn't too happy...we were spending Thanksgiving with our daughter in Mill Creek, Washington...it snowed and the temperature was 17 degrees...as soon as this photo was taken hubby picked him up and took him in the house...he was happy as long as he was curled up under a blanket in the house




Here's a Niddy Noddy my husband made be from PVC pipe. It makes a one yard hank of yarn. The beautiful grey yarn wrapped right now is Lambswool/Nylon ~ recycled from a sweater purchased at a church thrift shop while in Mill Creek, Washington over Thanksgiving.




Paraphernalia ~ my "Personal Project of the Month"

Some members of our local Ravelry group decided to do a Personal Project of the Month. I enjoy knitting socks so I picked 12 sock patterns and the yarns that I wished to use (all but one skein/hank came from my stash). The patterns and yarns were matched up and then put in 12 separate zip lock type baggies. On the first day of each month I'll pull one baggie and knit that pattern.



Can you see Shivers in the following photo? His nose is poking out under the blanket...he's so funny.

Another Delightful Day

We've added two more to the group...Katelyn and Amanda

Katelyn is 11...she learned to knit in school last year. Jen has taken her 'under wing'...refreshed her memory and now she is knitting a colorful scarf. And wouldn't you know it...in the drawings today she won a beautiful skein of homespun yarn in her school colors. Her face lit up when she saw it...I for one, look forward to seeing what she knits with it.

Amanda has been knitting for quite awhile...check out her page on www.ravelry.com ...

Jennifer made great progress on a shawl...love the color...although I believe it's bluer than what is in the photo...


Suzanne worked on her mosaic sweater...looking good



Pat made progress on a beautiful shawl...



Christy...showing off her hat...


Jen brought a couple skeins of 'halloween' yarn to share...


Jen also modeled a cowl that Paige was working on...

Marlene arrived wearing a gorgeous shell she knitted...




MaryAnn worked on mosaic socks for the Scarfest Sock group on Ravelry....(sorry, didn't get a photo)...

Paige was also working on a shawl...as was Amanda...

I worked on my shawl...just a simple little one...pattern from Ravelry ~ Carol's Clever Little Shawl...I just love how it is progressing...

Drawings were held...we had enough donations that everyone went home with something...

A Big THANK YOU to everyone who donated...it is very much appreciated

This post is posted by Ruth (Grandy)

Nice?

First off, we've had wonderful weather here the past few days...but, like all good things it didn't last as long as we'd like and it's supposed to be in the 90's today.

Last week I made one of our favorite dishes..it necessitated using the oven. Well, I thought I'd make a pie today so I turned the oven on...turned my back less than a minute and wow... the kitchen and dining room were filled with smoke! I turned the oven off and the vent on boost! The smoke is gone but the smell. Evidently when I used the oven last week I didn't notice that a bit, well a big bit, ended up on the bottom of the oven.

Hot

It's hot here!

And I mean the temperature is supposed to be around 108 today...just in the last thirty minutes it's gone up 3 degrees...and this isn't the hottest part of our day

The sun is shining, beautifully I might add...it's a shame that we cannot go out and enjoy it

I've rearranged a couple bookshelves and hubby hung a few more pictures...when I get the house where I want it...it'll be the time to move

I must get back to test knitting this sock pattern for a dear friend of mine...can't tell any secrets...just have to wait

I hate this fibromyalgia with a passion...didn't get to sleep until 4 this morning...but at least today I got a shower and dressed...yesterday was a jammies day...

back to knitting

Just trying to make it...

I'm in a state of chaos at the moment...

I raised three children and work full time...

Right now, I couldn't tell you how I did it...

Why? If you've ever felt like you've been hit by a Mack truck...maybe, just maybe you'll understand how I feel...I feel this way most of the time...never saw that truck coming

Don't ever expect me to jump out of bed...for me it's a roll out of bed slowly...when I need to set the alarm to get up by a certain time it gets set for an hour earlier...that way I can be up when I need to

Energy...I remember the days I did jump out of bed and didn't stop moving until very late...not now...there is not energy...

There have been times when I've been asked to go somewhere or participate in something...I've missed so many things due to lack of energy and pain.

I worked as a waitress for a short time...lately it was suggested that perhaps I could find another job waiting tables...I asked if they had stock in Aleve...when I waitressed it was usually a four hour shift...I'd take two to four aleve before the shift and another two to four a couple hours later and two or three at the end of the shift so I could drive home...I'd be in so much pain that that was the only way I could make it...

I still take aleve...I couldn't make it through a day without it

So please listen...if you want me to go somewhere with you or go visiting or shopping...please try to understand when I have to decline...it's not that I don't want to...it's just that I don't want to burden you with the way I have to make it through a day

When we go shopping I'm fortunate if I can make it to more than one store...fortunately my hubby does the grocery shopping...and if I'm having a good day I may go with him

I was very lucky that for three nights I was able to sleep...but then last night...I was so tired I couldn't keep my eyes open...but I couldn't get to sleep until 6 a.m. ~ so you see if you happen to come to my house and I'm still in my jammies...I probably hadn't been up very long or perhaps I haven't been to sleep yet

I have to plan things out...I go knitting on Tuesday evenings so Monday from noon on and Tuesday day...I have to rest...if I don't there won't be enough energy to make it through the two hours on Tuesday evening...the same is true for Monday and Thursday mornings when I go knit with friends

My husband likes to walk in the evening...he'll ask if I want to join and I do most of the time...I only wish I could join him all the time

I appreciate my family and friends who understand this horrible 'thing' that has taken over my body and my life...you are the best anyone could ask for

Now some of you may ask why the doctor doesn't give me prescriptions for the pain ... hmmm...good question

NO INSURANCE means no doctor visits unless I have the cash to pay for the doctor visit, any tests that he may feel the need to run, and the prescription(s)...so if you have an extra couple thousand dollars sitting around...I'll go to the doctor...if you have health insurance appreciate it as it would cost me over $600.00 a month for coverage and that if I could find a company to cover me

If you're talking to me and it seems that I've 'wandered off'...I'm sorry...just means that the fog has hit my brain...

Today I haven't the energy to even pick up my knitting to knit a stitch let alone a row...and I have to figure how I'm going to make it from the craft room to the shower

I'm wishing each and everyone of you a pain free healthy day

Invaded....

The other day we decided to enter the black hole...

Most of you have a black hole in your kitchen...

You know, it's the corner cabinet on the bottom...

It goes forever...and things get hidden on those black shelves...

Well, we decided to clean one out...mostly because I kept getting aggravated when I went to get a plastic container for leftovers to be put in the freezer...found a bottom but no top or a top with no bottom...

my aggravation paid off...every bottom and top were matched up...had just three bottoms with no tops left and two tops with no bottoms left...

Next, the black hole on the other side of the counter...the one that holds all the pans...not sure what I'm going to find in there..

In my knitting world...

I'm making hubby a hat...not just any hat...a Pittsburgh Steelers hat...when it's finished I'll post a photo.

Also, stopped off at the thrift shop (Discovery Shop)...not looking for anything in particular...but found a beautiful sweater...handknit in Estonia...if you're a knitter you know what I'm talking about...I'll post more about it later....

back to the Pittsburgh Steelers hat for hubby...

Happy Birthday

Today is our sons birthday...

and no I am not telling his age!

We are proud of you son...

We wish you happiness and love

We love you very much...

Enjoy the day...

Me, I'm going to go knit...perhaps on socks, or maybe a hat...whatever it is doesn't really matter at this moment...what matters most is that I'll be with friends...good friends...now I must get my knitting bag and be on my way...

Have a wonderful day!