Year's since my last post

I don't know what to say it has been year's post. Still working knitting once and awhile. thinking of crocheting again. I will let you know how it goes.

Still Going

Well another long time between posts. I am still working on my Aran Sweater. Still working on the sleeves. I started a crochet scarf for my cousin it's going pretty good. Listening to Harry Potter on cd at work. Reading The Broken Circle, by Cheryl Potter. When I finish the sweater I will post it on Facebook. I tried several times to add pictures to my post here but for some reason I can no longer add pictures to my posts.

Long Time Since My Last Post

This has been a hard year for me and life just does not seem very exciting.  I am listen to books on my Kindle and still trying to finish my sweater. My daughter and I went to Myrtle Beach this summer and I was happy to see the ocean again because last time was December 2006. It was also a little sad because my Mother was not with us, see died February 28 2014. She loved the beach and the Sunday before she died we started planning a family trip for this summer but she did not make it, I can not believe it has been almost 7 months. Time passes by quickly. Months ago I could not post a picture on this blog and so it makes it hard to show updates on my sweater. I finished the back and now working on the sleeves. Maybe one day I will finish.

Still Knitting, Working, and trying to keep going

I have not blogged in a long time. I still working on my Aran  sweater. I have started working on dishcloths Knit Dishcloths by Julie Ray it is a Leisure Arts pattern book 15 patterns inspired by quilt blocks. So far I have finished two King's Crown and House, and currently working on Arrow Point. When you finish all of them or as many as you want you can stitch them together and make an afghan. No pictures of my sweater at this time and am decreasing the back of the sweater.      

Trying to Keep Going

It has been a long time since my last post and a lot has happened to me and my Family. On February 28 2014 Our Mother passed away, it was exactly  one year and twenty five days between her death and my Grandmother's her Mother's death. March has been a very hard month. A month of trying not to cry and lay in bed everyday. After the funeral and going back to work it has been hard  to make my self keep going but I have to and on Friday I found it hard to believe a month had already past. I am still working on my sweater it is slow going and in June it will be a year since I started the sweater. I am working on a baby blanket for my niece  her first child due in May. It's going well and I have a scarf on the needles for a friend.

Ready for Spring !

I am so ready for spring!!! I am tired of rain and snow. We had a snow storm Wednesday. Our agency closed at 1:00 it was a slow ride home. I might live 10 minutes away from my job and on Wednesday it to over 30 minutes to get home. People passed me because I was driving slow. When I took me to my home a car could not get up the slight incline another car was trying to get around him, I was thinking why are you trying to get around this man while his car is still moving and sliding around.  Finally he stopped moving and the person got around him, then it was my turn so I waited until this car stopped trying to move a very slowly made my way around him and off the exit. It took 25 minutes for me to make it to the turn off for my neighborhood. I was a very happy girl when I made it my driveway. I did not move my car again until 11:30 am today to go to work my office opened today at noon. Spent Wednesday afternoon and Thursday afternoon watching it snow and watching tv threw in some kitting.

WINTER BLUES

It is February and I am ready for the first day of Spring.  The last two Wednesday's in January we had weather related issue's. I know people think really! a dusting to a few inches of snow? but it is enough in the south to make things come to a stand still. I finally finished reading A Fatal Fleece, by Sally Goldenbaum  it was a great read it took so long because I have a hard time getting into my hobbies like I did a few years ago. However I still brought a copy of Betty Hechtman's lastest Crochet mystery made it to chapter 9 so far so good. Still working on the first in her new Yarn Retreat Mystery. I have a few more I am trying to work on also. I finally started the decrease on the back of my Aran sweater. It is slow going because I don't want to mess it up and have to rip out a lot. I have not worked on it in at least a week. Due to the weather last week's Wednesday knit night was canceled. Working on a few dishcloths for my daughter's friend.  Quick up date! Happy Crafting!    

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Happy year year! Spent the day with my family. We had the traditional New Years Day meal. I watched the  Twilight Zone Marathon on the SyFi channel then the HGTV Dream Home Special. Spent sometime knitting and working on a jigsaw puzzle. How I am preparing for work tomorrow. Happy crafting in the new year.

Just A Few Hours Left

Well here we are again with just a  few hours left until the new year begins. I must say each passing year is worst than the one before. On the reading front I did not finish reading very many books. I started a lot but did not finish had to return a few to the library.  I have knit a few dishcloths. I started an Aran sweater in June, I am still working on the sweater and I plan to finish. I am working the back of the sweater I am almost at the point of decreasing for the arm holes. The knitting group I meet with on Wednesday's has not met for the last two weeks due to the Christmas and tomorrow's New Year's holiday so I have not worked on my sweater since December 18th. I had to work today and now I am at home watching for now Storage Wars, drinking wine, and knitting a Grandma's Favorite Christmas Tree Dishcloth by Deb's Heartfelt Designs. I hope to continue to increase my knitting skills and finish my sweater next year. I want to read more and I will have to force myself to do all these things and make myself live rather than exist. Oh I want to try and be a better blogger this I think has been my worst year. See you in 2014.      

MERRY CHRISTMAS

A very long time since my last post. It is Christmas Day! My Daughter has gone home and I am here with my Mother watching the 1951 version of A Christmas Carol. I am knitting a dishcloth shaped like a Christmas tree . I am still working my Aran sweater that I started in June. I have not read as many books this year. I just needed to post at least one more time this year. I might post again before the end of the year. Happy Holidays!

Still Yet Holding On!

The slow and steady progress on my Aran Sweater continues. I am working on the back of the sweater. It is slow progress because I don't work on the sweater everyday. Also I am a slow knitter when it comes to this sweater. I want to read the pattern over and over and  I want to make sure I get the stitches right. You have to pay close attention to the back because you need to cable in both the front and the back all in the same row! One day I will finish this sweater.  I finally made up my mind on buttons for my sweater. Great day today not to hot or cold and no need for the air conditioner! Happy crafting.   

First Day Of Fall

Today is the first day of Fall and it has been a very pretty day. I did not need to turn on the air conditioner. Still working on my  Aran sweater I had the ribbing for the back and the first 3 rows done last night but it was looking bad, so I ripped it out and started over. I sent an email to Karen the lady teaching the sweater class. She email me today and said she could met me on Tuesday to help with the increase and I am hoping the first 2 or 3 rows, maybe just the first two. This coming week is Banned Book Week. The reason for bringing this up is because this past week here in Randolph County located in what some people consider the great state on North Carolina, the state in which I live  and I am becoming increasingly embarrassed  to admit that I live here.  The Randolph County School Board by a 5-2 margin voted to ban and remove all the copies of Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison from all Randolph County school libraries. The book was one of three rising Randleman High School juniors could choose for summer reading for the 2013-14 school year. A parent complained about the book. This lead to a committee to met, the committee recommend not to ban the
book, but that fell on deaf ears. The book was banned. Apparently this did not go over well with a lot of people in the community and I think the Randolph school parents. Because in an article in Friday's issue of The Courier-Tribune it was announced that a special board meeting will be held September 25 concerning the book. I hope in the end they will decide not to ban the book. I have not read the book but since the board decided to ban the book and all the uproar, I decided to read the book, and apparently I am no the only one. I plan to start reading tonight. This book is not to be confused with The Invisible Man, by H. G. Wells, I admit that was my confusion at first. I had never heard of the book before the article about the ban. So this parent who wants to get a book banned has done a great thing and that is to get people reading again. I am sure all the teenagers that can no longer read book will try and find a way to read it even if the have to go behind their parents backs.
    

Another Sweater update

It has been a long time since my last sweater update. After a long time I have finally finished the left and right front of my sweater. I cast on and knit the first six rows of ribbing for the back of the sweater. To tired to do much more no reading or crochet. I have found the perfect buttons for my sweater. I will post a picture next time of the buttons.

STILL WORK ON MY ARAN SWEATER

This is the last day of August and my only post for the Month. Life is moving on as it should, with long hard days and nights. I am still working in my sweater. I am trying by best not to give before I finish. Long weekend with no money and nothing to do. I should try knitting and maybe I will be able to finish my sweater.

STILL FORGING AHEAD ON MY SWEATER

It's the last day of the Month and my first and only post for July. It is sad but true it seem I am losing all interest in living my life and doing the things that I enjoy. I have so many soul sucking things taking up my life. Oh well on with my tale of July.  The month started out signing up for another class on knitting an Aran Sweater this was turning out to be a very expensive sweater. Still I did not mind because I enjoy the class and I really like all the ladies taking the class and the woman teaching the class. Everyone in the class is at a different stage in their sweater most are ahead of me. A lot of the ladies are retired I think 4 of us that have full time jobs. They are not as lazy as I am and are further along than me. Last week I became somewhat  discouraged because my cable went a little off and it was in a place that you could tell something was not quite right. So I gave up all together and did not on the left side, which I could have and then I would be closer to finishing my left and right side. So tonight I went to class and it was planned  ahead of time that we would work on a hat to felt to take a break from the sweater. It is a hat knit on circular needles in the round a great break and so far an easy knit. At the end of the class I ask the instructor to take a look at my cable she looked at it knew what to do to fix  it without ripping out the entire row and she fixed it for me and now I am back on track and this weekend I am determined to finish both sides of the sweater so that I can start my back. Since we have come to the end of our second set of classes the Arts Guild told us that we could continue to use the space as a meeting place and so now we are forming a knitting circle, no name yet. We can continue on with our sweater knitting or knit whatever we like and enjoy each other's company. The next knitting class offered by the Arts Guild is a Christmas Stocking. I plan to take this class also. Still searching for buttons for my sweater. So this is about everything for the month of  July. I am ready to move into August and hopefully a better month. Sweater progress picture below, the color is much better in person.            

SWEATER UPDATE FROM A LAZY KNITTER

Well summer is here and I am still working on my sweater. We finished the 4 classes and I have almost finished the left side and started the right side. I started the armhole for the left side. I am a few row's in on the right side. We will continue the sweater through the month of July. I am a lazy knitter because I have no husband, children, or anything pressing me on the weekend so that I can not spend time knitting. I stay in the bed on the weekend very late and then when I get up  watching tv and the Internet claims a lot of my attention. So far today no knitting and yesterday only two or three rows. It is not that I don't enjoy knitting I do and I am enjoying learning how to knit a sweater, it is working my self up to do something other than staring at the tv. I refuse to give up and will finish the sweater. I have a few days off this week and hope to make progress. I will work a half day on Wednesday and off the 4th and the 5th.       

World Wide Knit in Public Day

Today was the  start of what how has become World Wide Knit in Public Week. It is however WWKIP day. So I got up this morning and went to Common Threads in High Point to knit in public. I had a great time and worked on the baby afghan I started weeks ago. I added several rows. I did not take my sweater because I did not want to get off track. All the people at the shop are very nice and I really enjoyed listening to everyone talk. Most of them worked on I think the Holden Beach Shawl. Some of the ladies worked on mice Christmas Ornaments . One lady worked on a baby afghan also it was beautiful knit with three different colors at the same time. She had a beautiful knitting bag made by her sister with chickens, she also had a knitting needle holder with chicken's all made by her sister. I loved it. I have not worked on my sweater today but I will tomorrow and until the next class.        

SWEATER KNITTING 101

Last week I took a big step and signed up for an Aran Sweater knitting class. The class started 06/05/2013 and we will meet every Wednesday in June. The Randolph Arts Guild offered the classes. A friend of mine from work saw the article about in the paper and cut it out for me. All the ladies in the class seem very nice and the instructor was very nice and very patient. I finished the first 12 rows during the class. The classes are 2 hours long. I feel like the price for the 4 week class was good also only $40.00, you have to buy your own supplies. Don't get all crazy about this but since it is my first sweater I am using an acrylic yarn!!!, I brought it at Hobby Lobby it is I Love This Yarn! I went with Graymist. I have added two rows tonight plan to add another row or two before I go to bed. I am worried that I will mess up my cables. This weekend I plan to go to a yarn shop in High Point to participate World Wide Knit in Public Day. I am not sure if I will take the sweater to work on or a baby washcloth. I am afraid I might lose my place in the pattern because I am sure a lot of talking and comparing project will happen.         

Spending time with my Daughter

Went to the NC Wine Festival with my daughter today. We had a great time and sampled a lot of great wine. We brought a bottle or two home.

It is time to get your gardening on!

Last week I planted Cilantro in a large container and put it at the end of my deck. It has come up and I hope I can get it to live. I love Cilantro!. This week I planted Mesclun salad mix and the spinach in two containers. Getting a little reading, knitting, and crochet. This month I am working on a knit baby blanket added one row today.  Long weekend coming and I am glad this will give me a chance to read and knit.