Needles, Socks, and Passing the Torch

I and my munchkins are over our colds (DH didn’t get it, thank heavens!). Now it’s ragweed season, though, and my oldest is suffering from allergies, my poor girl
Let’s see…what’s new? Oh yes! I got my new Harmony needles from KnitPicks today and they’re soooo pretty! I only ordered one set of […]

I got tagged by my friend Carrie
I have to list things about myself based on the letters of my middle name:
L- Love to knit.
E- Enjoy Autumn the best of all the seasons.
I- Interested in spinning my own yarn.
G-Goldfield, NV was the town I grew up in.
H-Have a hard time getting all my knitting done.

I dot a code (sniffle, sniffle)

A contest, a birthday and some books

The Talent Contest went well Saturday night. DD got second place for her fiddle solo.
I turned 35 yesterday, and dang I look old on the video that DH got of me blowing out the candles!!!! I said to him, “Gees, I don’t look like that to myself when I look in the mirror.” and he […]

2007 Cleburne County Fair

We went to the Fair last night to see all the critters and find out how the we girls did in the needlework arena.
Youngest dd got first place for her latch hook pillow.
Oldest got first place for her floral drawing! Yeah!
Those booties that were the bane of my existance for months I made got 2nd place. […]

Ravelry Queue

I feel like Ralfie in the movie “A Christmas Story” where he and his brother go to see Santa and find the end of the line is clear across the mall! Here’s what I found :
Found you!

You signed up on August 26, 2007
You are #29011 on the list.
17402 people are ahead of you in line.
2334 […]

Latest F.O.

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Here’s my Jigsaw socks from the Jigsaw-Along that Carrie set up. It was a lot of fun making these socks and they went really fast!
I’m still working on Grace, it’s slow going and I’m also back on my heirloom quilt for my folks’ Anniversary next year.