Some Cooler Mornings :)

 Hello everyone!  I hope you are all doing well.  Here in SA, we have had a few mornings that were nice and cooler than usual.  Cool enough that I opened my windows in the morning, even if only for an hour or 2.  The afternoons are still pretty hot, but I will take the cooler mornings for now.

I got an amazing package from my Fiber Fairy.  The yarn is amazing and I am already using the Bucks Needle point protectors.  Thank you Fiber Fairy!

My sister is a grandma!  Yahoo.  Sean and Leilani asked us not to put anything out on social media....and while I am not sure if a blog is considered 'social media', I will put just this one non identifiying pic.  Congrats to my sister and Jim!   Welcome Jonah Shea Flynn!

Lupe and I have not really done many walks/hikes or other events since he started working....which is fine, but he wanted to do something.  So, we both took part of the day off on Friday and we went bowling.  I won the first game (barely) but he won the next 2.

Then we went on a walk/hike on Saturday

He also wanted to go see his mon's final resting place.  He had not had a chance to go since the funeral, so we went.

I also got some great pics of Amira at the zoo....she enjoyed it!

As far as knitting/crocheting.  I finally got the first 2 patterns to do the test knit for Brigit's Annual Advent Stole.  I have only done the first 2 patterns, but they can be time consuming.....but they are secret so I cannot show you....but I can show you the yarn and beads I am using.

Then, I worked on more squares for Antonio's AI blanket....these go slow for me, so while I know it does not look like a lot.....they took me forever.  You can also probably see that on one of the squares I forgot to put a checkmark on my paper of random numbers and I made one square twice.  Oh well.

Lastly, I started a sweater for Lupe's friend's daughter.  Her name is Vera and when we went to their Air bnb a while back, she saw me knitting on a sweater and asked me for one in purple.  This is the only purple I have.  The pattern is called Monday Sweater Junior and the yarn is Miss Babs Yowza in the Batton Twirl colorway.

Antonio is going to be 14 this coming Thursday....I cannot wait to go see him and tell him Happy Birthday.  I am getting his cash (his request) so he can go thrifting/shopping.

I hope yall have a great week!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Happy Columbus/Indigenious People's Day!

Hello and Happy Columbus/Indigenious People's Day!

I have the day off, but Lupe had to work....so what have I been up to?  Well, do you remember the sock and hat set I am making for Mia?  Well, this hat has had me from day one.

I was chugging along and realized a missed part of the pattern repeat

So, I tinked it and got to the hat decreases....I went to go read the pattern and it turns out I was supposed to increase to a much larger size needle for the body of the hat.  I did the ribbing in 6 and then went up to 7 for body, but I should have gone up to 10.5....ouch.  I ripped an restarted.

I ended up making the same mistake again (missing part of the pattern repeat....but I got through it all finally and then blocked it all.  This is for Coley to take home.  The green socks are for Coley's best friend, Claire and the blue set is for Mia.

Lupe gets "points" at work and then he can redeem points for merchandise.....so he got us a robot vacuum.....we are both in love.  We set it to go off at 10 pm......it does pretty good for a free robot!

Then I decided to finish Lily's blanket and it came out fine with 4 skeins of bulky, so I have enough yarn to make another one of these.

After finishing the crocheting on Lily's blanket I pulled out Antonio's.....I got to putting it together and it looks great. I need to get back on to making more squares....I am gonna try to work on only that all week....we will see how it goes.  It is not as mindless as knitting, so I guess it just depends on how busy and brain draining my work week is.

Well, that is about all I have.....I think Paige wants to order a new iPhone 17.  I told her I would order it but I had to bribe her to tell her that with the new and amazing camera, she needs to send me more pics of the kiddos.....it got her to send me some more of the kids.  Amira is so adorable and Tone is the best big brother ever!!

Lastly, I am not sure if I told you all about the new nail kit I got myself.  I am not the best at doing my own nails, but Lupe's friend's wife told me about this kit that you put powder on your nails....I looked into it.  It is called Sistaco and there is a whole group of ppl obsessed with this nail kit.  I got the basic one, but I have already ordered some accessories that I know will help.  You can mix and match different powders for different looks....You can google Sistaco or search it on instagram or facebook....it is really pretty cool.  I will probably give away all my gel nail stuff.  Here is my first nail.  I have since done all my nails but it is super hard to take pics of your own manicure....LOL!

Have a great week.....here is a pic of the hunter's moon and I just love the detail that my camera was able to capture.

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

It's coming back!

Hey everyone!  How are you?  I am happy to report that my mojo might be coming back.  Nothing like new yarn to give your mojo a shock to get it going!

I started a hat with the new yarn I got that I mentioned last blog post.  I am in love with this yarn.  It is so pretty and I love knitting with it and watching the specks of color show up.

I also ordered some yarn to make socks and hat for Mia (Coley's Goddaughter) and that yarn came in.  I love the way this was packaged....how cute!

I finished the socks (tiny feet) and started the hat!

I finished this double dip ribbed hat...not my favorite thing to knit, but I love the outcome.

I also did a big skein on this crochet blanket.  I purchased 8 skeins of yarn but the pattern calls for 4 skeins.  I am on my 4th skein but I do not think this blanket will be big enough when the 4th skein is done so I am sure I will need to use more....meaning I will not be able to get 2 blankets out of the 8 skeins.

I do not know if I mentioned that Lupe got a job at Coca-Cola....but he did and I am super proud of him to have found a career he can be happy with.....but......he is gone all day (sometimes more than 1/2 the night) so I am doing a lot of stuff on my own......like walking the dogs.  I have to walk them separately because it is a lot for me to walk them together.

and sometimes while I sit and knit (and listen to a book), I see this pretty girl just sleeping.  I am 100% sure her life is better than it was 3 years ago and that makes me incredibly happy!

That is all I have.....I hope you all have a fabulous week!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Knitting and Crochet MoJo!

 Hey everyone!  How are you?  I think last week I told you my knitting mojo had been off so I tried to do more corcheting...well, now I think they are both off....my knitting and crochet mojo!  But I am working on trying to bring them back!

I cast on some socks.....and finished them....they are DK weight so they go way faster than fingering weight!

I also worked on the hat I started at the lakehouse

but that is pretty much all I worked on.....but, I did get some pretty yarn in the mail.  The burnt orange will be a sweater (I think) and the varigated yarn will be a hat with socks (I think).

I got an adorable yarn shirt that while I am sure is made for fall and halloween time....but it reminds me of Harry Pottery and yarn

I also went a bit crazy on my sourdough bread journey.  I made a loaf that I think maybe over proofed.

After stretch and folds

After shaping and putting in banneton

Next morning before baking

After baking

Its pretty 'flat'...but it was still tasty

So I asked my sourdough guru, Tami and she said to feed my starter a few days in a row and gave me the ratio....I did it for 3 days I think.....and it was PERFECT!  I made two new loaves and these were my best loaves of bread EVER....and the tastiest!

Here are some sandwiches (ignore the fat on the right....that was for the dogs....LOL)!

Lupe got me some flowers and my mom gave me some flowers (the red ones are from my mom)

I got the cutest outfit for Amira and took it to her....while I forgot to take pics of the outfit, I did get some pics of Amira (I love this new phone...the pick quality is way better than my old phone)!

Lastly, I am sad that the 49ers lost....but the dogs were playing around while representing (and you can also see how amazing Lupe's peace lily plant is doing).

I hope yall have a fabulous week!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!