Ice Palace

 Morning Dear Blog Readers...

It is like an ice palace outside this morning.  We had a lot of freezing rain in the night and a bigbig branch fell off a tree in the front yard.  

I have spent this week at the hospital with dad again.   

Started a little shawlette....it's written so I can use all of the yarn which I love.  Yardage is 463.  Dancing Leaf Shimmy yarn. 

I started socks with it but it is too pretty to be socks. And, I didn't really want to make another sock.  LOL

Free pattern on Ravelry - Easy Goes it.   The pictures are a little dark. It's very easy to memorize until I get to the lacey part.  Great hospital knitting.

 

On the rare evening that I was home I knit a few rows on the toe of the current sock. 

Ruth is working on an adorable hat!  Colorwork!   Pattern is Roadside Beanie. It’s Oliver Henry’s pattern for Shetland Wool Week 2019. The yarn is Jamiesons leftovers from other projects

 

 Martha has been sick all week so I suspect she did not  knit much.

 

No other news this week...I'm off to the hospital for the day.

 

Non Post This week. :)

 Hi Dear Blog Readers.

A non picture post this week.  We never did go on vacation....Joe's BIL died unexpectedly.

This week my dad ended up in the hospital with severe pneumonia which is bad for a 91 year old.  I'm heading there this morning for the day.  I'm supposed to start back to work tomorrow...we'll see.

Knitting news:

I ripped my sweater. My numbers were off and I need to go up a size.  When I start it over, after dad is better, I will use a notebook for each row to get the count right.

Ruth finished up her sweater - it's a beauty!

Martha is looking for a new sweater to knit.

Have a good week dear blog readers. 

 

Spring Ahead

 Hi Dear Blog Readers....in the middle of the night we "sprung ahead" the clocks in New York.  I know this week I will not feel very springy...the time change wipes me out for a bit.  

A little knitting news:

I worked on the sock a bit. Just past the afterthought heel. I decided I  needed to get these done..Totally sick of them.  Luckily Hermione's  sock pattern is easy to remember so easy to pick up and put down.

 

The sweater is coming along, or was coming along. Three rows back I knit the wrong pattern and did not do YO row to replace K2Tog row...oopppssss... no wonder count was off.  Rows are very long since sleeve stitches are on there...hope to be back on track tomorrow.

 Ruth got a big (giantly big) cone of yarn from Brooklyn Tweed imbue. color is Mosto. She wound it off the cone with her niddy noddy and washed it up.  This kind of yarn needs a good wash before use. Look how beautiful it is!!! 

Here is her sweater.  Sweater pattern is Perfect Polo by Hinterm Stein. Yarn is Bartlett DK. The color is lilac heather.  There is long patterning on the sleeves that she is about to start.

Beautiful colors....just stunning!

Here are the mittens Martha made for her son.  Trigger finger mittens. She put holes inside the thumb and first fingers for texting. 

In other news:

Tiffany's kids got out to play outside this week.  So nice to get some fresh air.

 Have a good week dear blog readers....come on spring!

There will BE NO BLOG NEXT WEEK.  Joe and I are off for a long weekend.

 

March came like a lion!

 Hi Dear Blog Readers.

March came in like a lion here in Western NY yesterday.  Today it was 9 when I got up.  Tomorrow it will be 50. Welcome March!  LOL

I did not have a lot of time to knit this week.  I did take the Alhambra  sweater and put it on a string and soaked it to see how it will size up before I go any further. It does not look like much, but it is a lot of knitting.  

Ruth is going round and round on her beautiful Perfect Polo sweater.  Love the color. Love the pattern.  Her sweaters always have a great fit.

 Martha had a horrible week at work so no knitting news from her.  70ish more days till she retires.

In other news:

I went to see the little boys today. Clearly I was not paying enough attention!

Jack dressed in blue....those eyes!

I had grammy snuggles with him Saturday.  Rather than put him down when he fell asleep, I  chose to hold him.

Lots of fun with Charlotte and Jack.

 Have a good week dear blog readers...It's snowing like crazy here now. Ugh.

Snooowwwwww!

 Hi Dear Blog Readers...

Snow is the theme for this week. Oh my goodness we got a ton.  Monday to Friday. It was like a real old fashioned Western NY winter. We  got maybe 12-18" total.  I'm over it. But it's going to be almost 50 this week. Bring on the flooding in the backyard...sigh.  

I worked everyday this week. No snow days when you work at home. :)

Finished up the baby booties. I hope Joey will put them on little Jack when he starts crawling.

 

Turned out cute. 

 

I am working on the sweater again. I hope I can get some knitting time in this week.  The rows are long with the sleeves increasing.
 

Ruth has spent a lot of time with her Pattern is Hinterm steins Perfect Polo sweater this week.  She says it's zipping right along  with the sleeves off the needles.  I love the pattern/yarn combo. 

 Martha was in Maine this week visiting her daughter, a college professor!  They were looking at wedding attire for Martha and of course yarn. Martha got some very pretty yarn that I hope she shares soon. It's a pretty pink and screams SPRING!

In other news:

(Note: I share a lot of family pictures here because we use it as a family album. It's fun to look back and see how the kids, etc have grown. And mom.  Oh I love the pictures of mom. Feel free to skip past this if you are only interested in knitting).  

Tiffany had a birthday this week!  My special girl.  

I took a video of everyone singing..well I thought I did..and messed it up. Mark was even singing!

 

 

Tiffany and Mark went to dinner Friday near home and we watched the kids and had bday cake afterwards. I want to note that 22 month old Jayce set the table and did a great job!

Saturday the boys came over for a play date so Tiffany could shop with her friend.  See comment way above about snow. The boys of course wanted to go outside. It takes a long time to get two of them ready. 

We had a blast though.

With that hair the kid could be in movies!

Mason worked so hard blowing snow and making a castle.

Note they are both wearing the green hats I made them. They cover the ears so well. Jayce did not have mittens that fit but he stayed out a long time just moving snow.

Joe was trying to clear snow off of the room and Mason was trying to move it. He worked so hard. LOL

 

This was the moon yesterday morning. It was so bright and beautiful.  I can't wait to walk outside in the mornings again!

We got to watch little Jack and Charlotte last night.  They are so adorable! And Charlotte played with Joe!  yea!

 Have a good week dear blog readers..stay warm and knit on!

We Interrupt this sweater to bring you.....

 Hi Dear Blog Readers!

Oh we are sure getting a mixed bag of weather today. Snow! Sleet! Wind! Rain!  It's winter, that's for sure.

This week I needed a break from the sweater.  Joe and I went for a little get-away to Niagara Falls and I wanted something more portable than he sweater, so I started booties!

This was my inspiration....socks I made  Joey years ago. 

 I saved the yarn in case he ever had a little boy, which he did.

I found this pattern for Stay On  Booties .  A very (very very very) simply worded pattern that needs a lot of interpretation.  Notice that I have printed out the original, and three more of the same pattern that others made notes about.  I have used all of them.

 So anyway, I made these booties for Jack.   I added some fluffy yarn to make it softer.

I read the pattern wrong (all four of them) and had to rip back a bit.  Once I figured that out it made sense.

The pattern is kinda cool...It's like orgami that you sew together. My mattress stitch is not that good. I'm hoping it evens out.

 Ruth has started a new sweater!  Perfect Polo. Hinterm Stein pattern. Yarn is Bartlett sport.

Martha made a cable hat for her son Tom this week. She used Bartlett yarn.  Cute huh!  Now she is making him texting mittens.

 In other news:

Joe and I got to see the little boys this week, but we were so busy playing I didn't get any  pictures.  Joey's family has been sick so I haven't been able to see them in a few weeks!  

Have a good week dear blog readers...I'm off to start the 2nd bootie!

Superbowl Sunday

 Hi Dear Blog Readers...Here we are at Superbowl Sunday already.  I really don't care about the game much.  I'm excited for knitting for 3 hours straight!  HA!

Though it does not look like much yet, I knit a lot on the Alhambra sweater this week.  It's really fun!

 Ruth finished up her beautiful Spinery Jacket sweater.  Look at the buttons!   It's just lovely. Great fit!  I wonder what sweater she will knit next?

 

She is almost done with her  Cables and Moss watch Cap. Pretty colors!

 Martha did not get much knitting done this week.  

In other news:

Tiffany and her boys came over yesterday to play in the snow. Joe has a snowdog and pulled us around on it. We took turns in the sled.  So fun. 

This is the only picture I have of Mason..see him in the front? I wish I had more. He had a great time. Was such a trooper. Loves being outside...

Jayce had a blast too.  He was fine till his mittens came off and his hands froze.

I love that they wear the stuff I made. ;)  He is so cute!

 Another picture of the sweaters...forgive me.  But this one is special to me. Tiffany was at work and Mark was watching the boys. He dressed them in their sweaters, and put matching pants on them, AND took a pic and sent to me. I love  how they are holding hands. 

 

Little Charlotte is kind of fascinated with her brother.

Two months old. Look at those eyes. Be still my heart!

Have a good week dear blog readers...

 

Companions

 Hi Dear Blog readers...Winter has returned here in Western NY.  Friday it rained most of the day, then turned to snow. Saturday it was absolutely beautiful with all of the snow on the trees.  It's supposed to be 38 tomorrow...think muddy mess.  LOL

I finally got some buttons for the boys companion sweaters.  Joann's stores used to have two rows of buttons, now there is one little section. I'm ok with what I found though.

Plymouth  Select yarn - superwash. Wonderful yarn for kids.  

Size 7 needle

Pattern is Boy Sweater by Lisa Chemery.  Mason size 6 yr / Jayce size 2 yr

I did not like the bottom pattern so I found a snowflake pattern I liked and added that in. Tweeked the stitch count to make it work when I got to that part. 

I took lots of pictures because this has been my knitting life for a couple of months now!  HA!

Mason loves yellow and I love Jayce in green..sooo... and I LOVE these boys!

I feel like photographing knitted items on a sheepskin bring out the true colors!

He is saying Cheese!

Mason's sweater is a little big so maybe he can wear it next year. He was so happy to take the picture.

I finally found a sweater that will work with my yarn and gauge.  Alhambra

I've knit Isabelle Kraemar's patterns before and the detail is amazing.  No guesswork.

Ruth is almost done with her sweater and is making a hat! Cables and moss watch cap. Kathryn McGonaghie. Nice details in the ribbing!  So cute!

Martha has the knitting done on her beautiful Harriett's Jacket sweater!  Stunning detail!

In other news:

Our beloved Buffalo Bills lost.  The End till next year.

Have a good week dear blog readers!