Finally a Post!

I just realized that I've not posted for quite a while! It's been busy here with company that included a friend from high school and also our oldest daughter.  Her husband was in Ireland with their youngest son and went to see David, his brother who's studying art there.  She visited her sister and us as well as a good friend in Sequim. Here she is with here niece and Lulu their dog.

I haven't finish any projects lately until today when I completed this hat.  It's made from a yarn called Cherish (King Cole) that makes it's own pattern.  The hats I've made from this will be donated to a local charity.

 

Lately we've had lots of visitors to our yard who think our plants need to be pruned!

Yesterday a friend and I went to a local quilt show and saw lots of beautiful quilts.  Here are a couple of my favorites.

So that's a bit of an update on what's been going on here. Hope you all are enjoying the return of fall! We finally had some much needed rain here last night. It's finally quit, so we are headed to the grocery store.

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Hope you all have a good week !

Another Hat and Another Dishcloth

This hat was made with King Cole Cherish yarn just like the last ones, and that yarn makes its own pattern!  Most of these hats will be donated to Kidvantage in Issaquah.

I finished this dish cloth a bit early because my yarn was running low; it's supposed to be 9" square. The pattern is called Moss Stitch Dishcloth.

Have a great week!

Lots of Hats, a Bonnet, and a Couple of Dishcloths

The hats are all made of a King Cole Yarn called Cherish; it make its own design! The bonnet is made from cotton yarn as are the dishcloths.

 As you can see I've been doing lots of knitting. We've also done some traveling, but I will update you on that soon. Hope you are having a nice summer! It's been great weather here.

 

Spring and a Fun Yarn

This little guy visited our backyard the other day. It's the first time in ages we have seen a humming bird! Do you think this is a young one?

We have been enjoying the iris that are blooming now especially this one!

Have you ever tried knitting with King Cole Cherish yarn? It says baby double knitting on the label, but no matter the size of the hat, it creates an interesting project! I loved the first one so much that I had to find some other colors.

2-3 years

adult

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Have a great week!

 

What Have We Been Doing Lately?

 Yikes! It's been quite a while since I posted, perhaps because it's been kind of busy here. Just recently we got back from 10 days in the Midwest where we attended lots of our relatives' concerts, watched our grand daughter graduate, and visited with my sister and her husband, 2 of my cousins, and a friend from my growing up days.

Here are me and my sister standing by a poster of my granddaughter (Jane's niece). Sophia sings and dances in the Mundelein High School Honor Choir, and this was her last concert before graduation.

Every year their wonderful choir director makes a teddy bear for each of the graduating seniors. That must have taken a while because there were 12 seniors!

                                                    

Because Mundelein High School is big, Sophia was one of 500 graduates! Here she is with her diploma.  On to college next fall to study education since she wants to teach kindergarten

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So this is just a few of our photos from our time there, and I will show more of them later soon!

                                                             

 

A Recent Visitor and Some Wind Damage Here

Look what strolled through our backyard this morning! There were two, but that one was faster, and thankfully they didn't stop to prune our roses.

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Hope you are having a nice week. It's supposed to snow and rain. Earlier this week we had snow and lots of wind that damaged lots of trees in our area.

This is how it looked before the city chopped the rest of the tree down and cut the branches so they could be hauled away!

A Surprise Outside and Another Hat!

Our camelia bush in the backyard is blooming despite our crazy weather! The snow is gone, but it's been raining ever since.

I finished another hat to donate. It's called the Fern Forest Hat but isn't on Ravelry. However, you can find it on Lion Brand Yarn.

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Have a nice weekend!