On and Off the Needles

Between wonderful weather that caused the garden to scream for attention and a trip to the Midwest, I've been missing from Blogland.  Traveling did give me some time with the knitting needles, however.  Because we were seeing our niece in person, I was highly motivated to finish the Raggedy Ann booties for her baby's expected August arrival.

We also got to see Baby's big sister Maddie for the first time since she was a newborn herself. (The other cousins were so busy that we had a tough time catching their photos except for this tiny bit of Libby who was on the move, chasing Sawyer their new puppy.)

We met the Chicago grandkids at the Great Wolf Lodge at the Wisconsin Dells.  They all had a blast in the water, but we did catch them long enough for a little photo op and a bit of reading. Thanks, Susan, for suggesting Outfoxed! It's a fun story. (We must have read it at least 10 times!)

At the moment there are four pairs of socks on my needles which are all at about the same point, just after the heel.  Car and air travel make for good knitting time.

This one is Jaywalker and is great fun with self-striping yarn.

I love the way Simple Skyp is coming along, too.

Here's Spring Forward which is a fun pattern in STR yarn.

This one is a challenging pattern called Patina and the one I spent most of my time working on. It's a Knitty pattern marked "Tangy" which is right on!  All of these patterns can be found on Ravelry in case one of them speaks to you.  As for me, I have my work cut out for me, don't I? But the garden is calling once more.  Stay tuned for an update; it went crazy while we were gone.  Oops, I forgot to link to Patchwork Times!