Finally got some printer ink so I could do my test swatch for the new KAL Donna Rocco.
Sure didn't take long to knit that one up.
The details are hard to see, but I think I got the gist of it. Tomorrow the pattern clue 1 becomes available and at least now I can print it out.
The wool I chose should be fantastic. Can't wait.

TTFN
Lilly

It has been a cold summer so far.
My "helper" Toby ( seen in one of the photos below) passed away July 13/09 very peacefully. One minute he was sleeping in his favourite spot and the next we found him dead in front of his waterbowl. I am glad he didn't have to suffer and went purely because of old age. It was heartbreaking to see him lying there, but he truly looked like he was sleeping. My son took it the hardest. But he is ok and we still have Phoebe!!!! ( and then there is always the pet store - will a new kitten arrive on our doorstep at some point in time? Who knows..)

Last week was holidays at the cottage for us, and we did have some warm days, but most was cool and rainy. Too bad! We managed by playing games and just keeping our noses in our books or in the wool bag.

Next knit along will start soon and I can hardly wait. I received my wool while I was away and I am thrilled with the colours. We'll see what this will turn into or now.

TTFN
Lilly

Baby Shower

I went to a baby shower for a friend's daughter's first baby. Wow! Hard to believe she is having her own child. I knew her when she was just a wee little thing.
I remember seeing her in the school play Alice in Wonderland. She was the Queen of Hearts. My children were still quite little at that time, but were amazed at the show their school mates put on. One could only dream to aspire to the same kind of talent. As it turned out, both my kids ended up taking drama class in highschool and my daughter was a ballerina up until she started work. So it must have had an impact.
I of course had to make something homemade. Not everyone likes home made things, but as luck would have it, Erin was worried that her child would never know the love that goes into making something for a little one. Well now she has something to put away when he outgrows it and give it back to him when he has his own child. I am sure a story will go along with that.
Now her mom has picked up knitting needles once again as well, so I am sure this little "nugget" as they affectionately call him, will have plenty in his memory box to oohh and aaah over in later years.
Here is a photo of the outfit I made. There is also a blanket that goes with it, but unfortunately no photo is available. All I can tell you is that it is made of camel colour Bernat Satin solid in an argosy pattern. It is the softest and warmest little blanky. I am sure she will get lots of use.

TTFN

Lilly

Woohoo! Mia Bella, c'est fini!!!
She is done and drying and stretching on the spare bed. What a blast this KAL was! I am impressed. I have always wanted to make a lace shawl, but never had the nerve to try one. I always found it too overwhelming. Well, now it's complete and I am absolutely thrilled. I can't wait to use it somewhere.
Even my husband likes it!!!! Every time I picked up the knitting needles, he wasn't allowed to speak to me, because I would mess up on the counting. :)
He already asked what I am going to do now, since I am finished. And honestly, I have no idea, but I do need to find something else quick, that's for sure. Maybe I'll make another sweater.... a summer one....which means I have to go to a wool store.....oh he'll be so bored...haha..
Notice my helper? He always has to be around what I am doing. I'll have to watch the kitten though. She loves the string...

So off to scout out a new project for me to do.
TTFN
Lilly

So, today is a rainy day and I am expecting to get my Mia Bella done. Although I have a baby shower to attend, I should still get it done. Only a few more rows to go. Yesterday was so lovely outside, that I just spent the day sitting outside and read. I picked some weeds out of the gardens. Now, why is it that the weeds grow marvelously, yet my flowers seem to take their sweet time to get established and bloom. Sigh!
Also the tomatoes seem to have been "slugged" and are dying. We tried to save them, but I am not sure it is possible. We'll see.

ttfn
Lilly

Newbie!!!

Well, I have never done a blog and I am not really sure I know what I am getting into. I love crafting and I thought this would be a great way of displaying some of my accomplishments. I usually just "craft" for fun or family. Lately I have been getting into making things for other people or trying some things I always wanted to make.
My latest craze is blankets. I made "knit-along" blanket for my daughter for Christmas. It turned out beautifully. Then it was baby blankets - quick and easy, you know. It seems everyone is having babies. Strange. But now instead of my friends, it's my children's friends. You know you're getting old when.....lol.
And then I took it a step further and decided to do some lace work, and since I had never tried that to the extreme, I was a bit scared. But I found a design and another knit-along at www.die-wolllust.de. Fantastic instructions and designs, I am hooked. And what was even more fun, Birgit gave us the patterns in clues - one a week. So the whole task doesn't seem so daunting. I am almost done my shawl and will post some photos later.

That's all for today folks
Lilly