Ramblings...

 Hi Dear Blog Readers...

It's been a stellar summer weekend here in Western NY after a hot week. Work was very busy. I'm so glad I had Friday off.  

Knitting has been slow.  I've been very excited about it and looking at yarn and patterns.  I did NOT like the shawlette I started last week.  I was having trouble with K9 stitches into one stitch. What if I knit 8 or 10?  hahaha.  So I ripped.

I looked around for patterns and though there are hundreds of nice ones, I could not find one I liked. The yarn is so  beautiful, I wanted to showcase all of the colors.  So...I asked Microsoft Copilot to help me create a pattern. I told it the yarn yardage, and that I wanted to showcase the three small skeins.  After a little back and forth came up with something I wanted. A garter shawl, with a lacey pattern for the colors after a lot of increases.  Simple.  I decided to add a little pop of color at the beginning when there were fewer stitches so not to use up a lot of yarn.  Also,  the pattern suggested eyelets that I forgot. I ripped back to start and eyelet row.  Added color.  Make progress and then took a good look. and saw that when I picked up the stitches I picked them up wrong?@#$%^%^  Who messes up garter?  ugh x 10000. So I ripped the whole thing out and have another small start.  

 Ruth went through her stash this week and found a lot (and I mean A LOT) of shetland wool in her colletion.  She has started a sea glass sweater holding the yarn double.  It's going to be fun watching the colors as it gets larger.

 Martha is working on her shawl.  She is decreasing now. I love how it's turning out.

She went this week and found yarn for the Carlina pullover. She had seen the yarn previously and it was calling to her. We all know how that is.

She is going to make hers in bright colors!  I bet it will be really nice and FUN!

 In other news:

Joe went fishing and caught a nice bunch of walleye ! 

 

Mason came he next day and helped him clean them.

 Summer fun!

Joe and I went to Seneca Lake on Friday. It was beautiful.  

I have this flower that closes at night and opens up during the day. It's climbing.

As the day goes on they open up!

 

On and on

 Hi Dear Blog Readers...

Heat wave here this week  Temps in upper 90's and it felt like 105.  Thank goodness for air conditioning and the pool. I knit a lot on hats this week.  It was hard to stop.  Two of them are the same colors-- I had that much yarn. Each one only took a couple of hours.  I'm stopping now until I need a brainless project to whip up.  The possibilities are endless!

Wound some yarn I got at a recent fiber festival that Ruth and I attended.  I'm going to make the So Sweet  Shawlette...I'll start it and see how I like it.

I have sooo many shawls...but I love to make them, especially in the summer.

 

Ruth made a hat this week!  And she is starting this cute shawl.  It's shawl season y'all!

She used up bits of yarn also. I love the colors and how it turned out.

Martha is working on a shawl also.  Blue Jeans Wrap  by Laura Aylor

 

 In other news:

The flowers are pretty now.  We have had so much water the last few days I haven't' had to water much.
 

We had a little picnic yesterday, inside because of rain, and it was fun. Joe's sister came. She winters in S.C. so it was nice to see her.

Mason loved the pool this week!

I'm that person

 Hi Dear Blog readers....

This post comes after a particularly hard week at work and busy weekend. All good.

I finished up the knitting on Jayce's sweater. I will wait till fall to see how big he is to bind off. 

I started a scrappy hat.  Size 13 needle. 40 stitches.  The yarn is a guess. Four strands for the ribbing The bigger blue is worsted maybe. The other ones are fingering.  Ribbing was 4 strands. It seemed too loose so I added the red on the stockinette to make it 5 strands. It's not bad to work with if I don't move the balls around.  I am that person that saves bigger bits and pieces. These were all bigger balls of leftovers.

I am two rows in on decreasing for the top This is maybe 2 hours of knitting or so.  Bloggers are making tons of them to donate. I will probably donate or put in a drawer to put on kids when they come over.  The next one I may make smaller and Mason can keep it in his backpack and give it to a kid at school that does not have a hat. Of course he has 7 or 10 hats since I'm his grammy...hahahah  

 Ruth had a few stops and starts with her sweater but now  the button bands are done. It sure is beautiful.  It just needs buttons now.

 Martha finished her beautiful sweater. She even wore it this week on a cooler day.

 Martha is working on a new shawl.   Fun triangles!

In other news:

We had Joey's kids last night and so much fun, but exhausting.  Here are few pics.

I had a large paper towel delivery from Amazon and saved the box.  I put crayons in there and the kids spent a good amount of time in there coloring, having snacks, having a drink etc.  It was fun. 

Joe put water in his snow sled and they had a blast playing in that.

Grammy's arms are not long enough for proper selfies

Jack LOVES bubbles.

Charlotte was amazed by clothespins. So Joe put her crackers on them.  LOL

 Have a good week dear blog readers. Stay cool.

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 Hi Dear Blog Readers,

It's a beautiful Sunday, Father's Day, here in Western New York.  The weather has been weird again this week.  Lots of wind and storms.  

Last week, my blog friend, Karen, commented on the blog. Saying she loved the stripes on the sweater. Thank you for commenting Karen, because I had forgotten about the sleeve stripes until you wrote that!  I  was at the perfect spot to start them without having to rip.

Ready to start the 2nd sleeve.  I will try on Jay in the fall and see if it should be a little longer body or sleeve before I bind off.

I played around with yarn to starty a scrapy hat but didn't have the right size needle. The cost for needles is a lot lately.  I found these on Amazon for under $10 each.  One size 13 and one size 15. I'll see what I like better.

Look at Ruth's beautiful Tinder sweater.  She has all of the pieces sewn together, and one button band done.  It's so pretty.  
 

 Martha is done with her Sea Fret cardigan. Buttons are sitting on top waiting to be sewn on.  So pretty huh!  Love the color.

 In other news:

Joe and I took a little overnight to Ithaca NY this week. It is known for waterfalls.  Beautiful.

This is Ithaca Falls.

The rest of the pics are from Robert Treman state park.  It's so much better in person...the pictures don't do it justice.

Have a good week dear blog readers...