Today, although Valentines, is my normal shopping day. Told DH there was no way I was going to the grocery store. It is also Presidents Day Weekend and the beginning of Parade of homes. We did do a few small errands together and then he left me to my own devices.
Mentioned to D H that I couldn't find my table top and asked him if he had any idea what happened to it. He said no, and a light bulb went off. I know at one time he put a board under the mattress for his back. I mentioned that and he agreed that might be what happened to it. Sure enough when we got home there it was. It was even painted like I remembered. I am very happy that I don't have to buy a new one.
Went back to Lowes to get the hardware for my desk. I haven't been able to find what I bought yet. A really nice young man helped me find the right size hinge for the table legs so the will collapse. He asked me if I had any braces to keep them up when I had the table set up. Hadn't even thought if it. He found some collapsible braces for me. Even though I had to buy another package of hinges, it was worth it for that hint.
I took the paint samples from the craft room to JoAnn's Fabric. I wanted to be able to match the colors for my knitting needle organizer. That is the other thing that isn't working. I have at least 2 sets of most of the knitting needle sizes. I usually have 3-5 projects going at the same time. I made a roll up organizer for them about 10 years ago, but I have outgrown it. I hate having to paw through them to find what I want.
I saw a cool idea from Etsy, but the owner was sold out. It was very similar to what I had already done, but on a larger scale for over the door. This one has a top row for crochet hooks. I probably won't put that one in. I don't crochet much anymore. I will do one for double points, cables, short and long needles.
I'm making the back of it yellow and the pockets will be two different patterns of orange. I decided to bring in a third color after all
I also went to Michael's and picked up the second thread rack.
Christmas morning:
Well as you can see from the picture the sweater for DS2 was huge. He was really sad. Looks like I am re-knitting it.
Sweater for DS1 wasn't quite done. I almost made it. The first one took me 10 days. I just ran out of time. He got a gift bag with both sleeves, a back and one side done with an IOU to finish.
I have been working on DS2's sweater every available moment and it is done. It looks really nice. Only problem is it is huge. I pulled a total beginner mistake. I didn't take time to check the gauge. I was anxious to start for one reason. The other is it honestly didn't occur to me. I have knitted on sport weight so long I assumed it was the same. Totally spaced the fact that it was a different brand of yarn and might have a different gauge.
I am just going to have to see how it looks on him Christmas morning. If it is a little baggy it might be okay, if not I guess I will be re-knitting.
I got the yarn for my boys sweaters today. So excited. Starting DS2 sweater tonight
One of the pleasures of buying yarn in person is being able to touch it and see how it feels and drapes. I was worried about buying it online for this reason. I have to say that I am really pleased with the way it feels. It is so soft. Excited to work with it.
So I got a bee in my bonnet, or a bright idea depending on how you look at it. I've been having a really hard time deciding on what to do for my two sons for Christmas. It may be their last official Christmas at home. DS1 is planning on going to college this next year and DS2 has joined the military. I decided that I would make them sweaters.
I haven't knitted for either one of them since they were young. They lost interest in me knitting for them. I've noticed that DS1 all of a sudden has been wearing sweaters all the time. He is wearing a few pull overs, but the majority of them are cardigans. DS2 is wearing the pull over that I bought him last year almost constantly lately.
I always use sport weight yarn, since we live in the desert. Worsted is just too hot even in the winter. The only store that carries sport weight in town is our local Hurst Ace Hardware store. I usually use Red Heart since it is affordable and it is washable. I went a couple of weeks ago and couldn't find it on the shelves. I asked a sales person and was told Red Heart has discontinued this line. I was so disappointed that I was almost in tears. The sales clerk said I could probably find a yarn online. I knew that, but it is going to be more expensive and I will have to pay shipping.
Red Heart I'm not happy with you right now!
I was able to find find some yarn online tonight. Thankfully not too much more. Still within my budget. For DS1 I am making a heather grey cardigan with cables running up the sides. For DS2 I an making a color block crew neck pullover. The top will be a sky blue and the bottom navy.
In October of 2013 I knit this really cute jumper from one of my Etsy patterns. I really liked the Kimono style and the fact that it was sleeveless so you could use it as a jumper with a turtle neck or Peter Pan collar underneath.
I made this the end of July 2013 for a baby shower. It was for one of the girls at work having a baby girl. I found a site on Etsy that has really inexpensive baby pattern foe knitting. LOVE IT. I could easily spend a fortune there. This was one of them. She is in England, and so the pattern are uploaded to Etsy. Then I just print them off. Works for me.
I know the picture of the Mary Janes looks like a different color, but the lighting was just different.
