That Knitting Groove is Coming Back!

 Hey everyone!  How are you?  I am starting to feel like myself again.....I am getting my knitting groove back and I am thrilled.  I still only worked on 2 items, but I worked on them more than in the past two weeks.

Before I just right in.....Happy 4th of July!!

Okay.....here are my 2 projects I have been working on.

My Morning Rain (I'm on last chart):

and my Top Down Pullover (I am just about to divide for sleeves):

In the "A Place to KALMYO" group we started a knit together chat to work on WIPs, UFOs and with stash!  Ineta made the greatest pics with AI:

I got the red yarn in and it is so pretty!

Speaking of red....Lupe told me to get my nails and toes done today (He really spoils me)!  They are 2 different reds, but I got my pedicure first and then I was getting my manicure done where I was having my acrylics taken off and then shellac polish, but they said Dip might be better for my real nails....so I went with dip and the red I picked was darker.  I love this Dip....If you have not tried the Dip before, it is perfect for your real nails!  I love it!

Lupe got me a new Owala cup and I am obsessed with it.  I love you can sip or tip the cup to drink.

and he got me the new Ninja Crispi that I have wanted for a while and was on sale at Costco.....I made my first meal today.....It was delicious (and healthy)!!!!

Well, that is all I have for today.  I hope to finish my Morning Rain this week...keep your fingers crossed for me.

Have a great week!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

A little of my other hobby!

 Hey everyone......I still have not done much knitting, but have you ever heard that knitting and buying yarn are two different hobbies?  Well, I did a little of my other hobby....LOL!

I got some cotton yarn to make another cotton shirt.

and I ordred some on a destash on FB. It is a red cotton.

I also ordered a journal cover for my hobonichi from Chelsea Yarns....I love it!

I did knit on my burnt orange sweater (it is blown out a bit here).

and I started chart 4 of the morning rain...this is so much of a thinker to me, I do not get to work on it much

Last week, Amira did not have daycare on Friday so I watched her at Paige's. We had a great time....she mostly watched a disney movie.

I had a blood donation.....I always bring Lupe back chips when I do a donation.

That is all I have....I leave you with pics of my co workers....LOL!

Have a great week

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Not Much Going On......

 Hey everyone.....sorry I am a day late.  I do not have much going on in the knitting department.  I only worked on one thing....the test knit:

I am hoping to finish chart 3 later today.

We had terrible rain yesterday (even causing some flooding) and it has given me a killer headache.....all those lightning bolts to the left of SA is my area.

When we went on vacation last week I saw the little girl, Vera, where she loves to see me knit and I mailed her a little knitting kit so she could practice.....well, I got a video of her practicing.  

Lupe bough me beautiful flowers....Look at this adorable boot some of the flowers were in

My bell peppers are almost ready to pick!  One is orange and I have two that are red and one is still green:

Lupe and I went to see my dad this past week and look at this doe just staring at us.....I think she wants to ask us if we have any corn....LOL!

Lastly, I finally talked Lupe into getting a good pellet grill.  I wanted him to ge a traeger, but he said those were too expensive but we found this pit boss on sale ($300 off) at costco.  He loves it.  It has an app where he can see the temperature and set the temp and see if the inside of the meat is a certain temp.....he was playing with it on Sunday and I was so happy!

That is really all I have this week.  I hope to have more next week (but first, my headache has to go away...my allergies have been worse this year than any other year!)

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Home From Vacation!

Hey everyone.....I hope you are all well.  We went on vacation last Wednesday and came home yesterday.  It was fabulous.  I will do a picture dump at the end of this post.  Let me say Happy June to everyone!

 The only thing I worked on last week was this sweater....top down knit pullover in a beautiful burnt orange from purl soho yarn

When I got home yesterday I pulled out the test knit and did a couple of rows.  I have decided to use the beads for now.  I am not sure if I will do all the beads recommended by designer....we will see.

and had 3 needlepoint kits waiting in my mailbox.  I cannot wait to work on these.  They are Key Fobs and have a holder with each one (Paige, Darlene and Carrie)

I did not eat the best on vacation and my waistline is showing it, so I made a smoothie this morning and have not lost any weight yet....LOL!!!

With vacation, that is really all I have......here is the photo dump.  Have a great week!

We had an adorable cabin

and we went with great friends....everyone loves Uncle Lupe!  

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!