Clicking Those Needles!

I've been busy lately finishing some projects for once! The dishcloth is part of a housewarming gift. As you can see, it's a simple stitch pattern with a 4 stitch/row border. 

I love this glove pattern and finished these before starting another pair. The pattern is easier to see with a plain color.

It takes a bit of time to make one of these Ronald McDonald Christmas stockings, but it's done now in just time for the October deadline.

This yarn was a fun surprise and big enough to make a baby hat with 1 skein and a tiny leftover. I love the stitch pattern, too.

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OK, now back to work! It's not raining anymore, and time to take a walk. Have a good day!

Finally a Post! I've Been busy!

I've been busy finishing some projects including this pair of socks. The pattern is called Hopscotch Socks and requires a certain skein of yarn.  It's called Zesty Sock by Universal Yarns and comes in several different color combinations.

My quilt group makes Christmas stockings as well as quilts for the Ronald McDonald House in Seattle. I was busy finishing this one and am about to start on another one as they need to be done by October.

I won't tell you when I started this sweater, but it's finally finished and been delivered to our oldest daughter for her birthday which was yesterday! It's a fairly challenging pattern, and the yarn I used was kind of splitty. But it's done, finally!

And I just finished this pair of socks last night. It's a fun pattern called Shell Yeah and a great way to use up leftover yarn. I will do it again.

Since I finished a project and it wasn't raining, we decided to take a walk in our nearby canyon.  Here's what we saw at a house on the way there. 

Don't you wonder how it stays up there?

This is one of the entrances to the trail that starts on either side of the main road into a nearby development.  Squibbs Creek flows along the trail, but the stream is pretty shallow now. There's another entrance at the end of the trail which is the way we headed. The trail is wide and well maintained and is a very nice walk in the woods.

On the way back home, we had to stop and take a photo of this pretty dahlia.

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Well, that's it for now; gotta get back to my next project, a dishcloth, that needs to be finished soon.  Have a great weekend!

 

We've Been Celebrating!

We went to Cannon Beach Oregon to celebrate our 59th anniversary and were blessed by nice weather despite the rain on our way there and back at home while we were gone!

This was a surprise finding in a small park near one of my favorite yarn shops. (And yes I did buy some yarn even though there was plenty back at home.)

We love the walk to Haystack Rock! As you can see this sand castle is about to be washed away by high tide. When the tide is low, it's possible to walk out to the rock!

Today I just sent off this dishcloth which turned out much better than the first one. Lesson learned: read patterns carefully!

Here's one more hat to be donated soon.

Can you guess what this is?

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That's it for today! Have a nice week and a fun Labor Day celebration.

 

Catching Up!

This summer has flown by. Our weather has been unusually hot with little rain so we've kept busy doing lots of watering to keep our plants alive. We've also had visits from our oldest grandson and my sister and her husband. Despite the business of our summer so far, I have completed some finishes, but I've sure fallen behind on my blogging. 

This is a fun sock pattern with a different kind of cuff.

I finally got some professional help making the button holes on this sweater which had been languishing in my stash forever.  And on top of that a friend and I discovered a really nice and helpful yarn shop in our downtown; if you're ever in the area, be sure to visit The Knitters Studio!

These are the last of the 5 dishcloths I made for my sister who recently visited us.

This is a fun pattern!

The Diamond Mosaic washcloth. The first one I made a long time ago turned out square, and I have no idea why this one didn't! In checking the pattern, it looks like I omitted part of the directions, but my sister liked it anyway.

The Blue Angels were in town for our annual Seafair celebration, and my sister and Ted got to see them in different places every day they performed! We had a fun visit and got to explore lots of walking trails too.

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Enjoy the rest of August! 

               

Finally Enough Time to Post!

It's been really busy here! Earlier we had some sod installed in our backyard which has kept us busy trying to keep the raccoons from rolling it back up! Who knew they could do that and be so persistent?

 We've done some traveling to local spots including Cannon Beach, OR, and Leavenworth, WA.

Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach

Leavenworth, WA, horses

We have also taken David, our 19 year old grandson from the Chicago area, to some of the local sights including the Tacoma Glass Museum and a walk at Coulon Beach that ends up at this rock cairn. (I had forgotten how much teenage boys eat! 😉)

At the Glass museum you can watch people blowing glass and also see projects such as this one by Chihuly. Isn't it a beauty?

Somehow David balanced the rocks on the left; he did the 3 big ones, and I added the little one.  At the moment he's off in the Olympic Mountains hiking with the husband of his mom's friend, so I've had a little time to do some knitting!

This tiny little T-Rex was a bit of a challenge! It's for the son of a choir friend and will come with the book, Danny and the Dinosaur.

The booties are for his sibling-to-be.

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Happy Fourth of July!

A Kitty Dishcloth, a Frequent Visitor, and Two More Summer Flowers

This dishcloth is a fun one to knit!  I used smaller needles than suggested because the cotton yarn was a lot thinner.

 

This little guy visits us several times a day asking for treats.  It's a Towhee. Guess what it loves? Peanuts in the shell! It picks them up and flies into the bushes where I think it keeps them.  We also have Stellar Jays, and they will swallow the peanuts whole, shell and all, so they can pick up two at a time!

Columbines grow really well here and come back every year. This one is in a pot and is a really pretty color, I think.

One of my favorite plants is blooming well now and always reminds me of my grandmother who had them in her yard, too.  It's a Mock Orange and smells so nice!

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That's all for today. Have a great one!

Another Dishcloth and Some Flowers

This is another Rank and File dishcloth. The top picture is the right side and the second one is the back side. I think they are both interesting.

There are two violets blooming inside!

This plant is starting to bloom again. It's called Moses in the Boat.

This is the Crown of Thorns and for the first time it has quite a few blossoms.

And these two are both outside. The poppy is just about finished and the foxglove is just starting.

Hope you've had a nice weekend. We surely did; we celebrated two birthdays and Father's Day last night at a nice restaurant in Seattle.