18 Rows down 12 Rows to go

I brought the Sannybug Jaywalkers out of hibernation today to work on for a bit. I started the heel flap and as the title says I have 18 rows done and 12 to go before I start the heel turn. Heres a picture of the sock before I started the flap… I still love the way the colors are pooling around the sock cuff almost exactly how Sanny’s colors pool in real life. The flap is different, the colors arent pooling at all, they seem to be striping instead. I’ll have a pic of the completed heel flap tomorrow and hopefully the cup and part of the gusset as well. For the Sock KAL on Ravelry Junes sock is either a pair with colorwork or UFO’s. Since I dont have a colorwork pattern other than the boot sock pattern immediately available I’m gonna work to finish this pair and and how ever many Fuzzy Feet slipper pairs I have left, hopefully tho those will be done and given to their new feet This pair of socks (Jaywalkers) are planned for Josey so they need to be finished in the next month or so. Summer of Socks 2008 also starts June 21st so I am trying to finish up what I have started and be ready to start with no sock WIPs OTN. I have my yarns and patterns together with only a few more skeins that need wound, I may end up changing a few skeins and patterns around but I have plenty of time between now and then to make sure I have the correct pattern and yarn together

 Remember this sweet little bud? Today it looks like this… Isnt it pretty! The color is called Midnight Blue. It has shades of purple and dark blue in it and there are several more buds coming up on the same stalk and in 2 more. I will get and post more pics of this set of Irises as they bloom! 

Brian and I both have a sweet tooth tho he is by far a much bigger chocoholic than me LOL! He wanted Chocolate Chip Cookies and I wanted Chocolate Cake, since we are short on butter I compomised and made Chocolate Chip Choclate Cake Its yummy! Tonite after VFW I’m gonna have Brian stop at the store and pick up some Cherry pie filling, more Chocolate Chips, Heavy Cream, Redi Whip and some plain chocolate Ice Cream to make us a Black Forest type dessert to go with supper tonight. I’m gonna chop up a couple of pieces of cake and layer them with the cherry pie filling cover that with the ganache ice cream and decorate with the redi whip, doesnt that sound good? The Cake recipe is on the back of the Hersheys Baking Cocoa box it’s called Perfectly Chocolate Cake, just add choco chips if you wish or not. The Ganache is made by heating the Heavy Cream and melting the Chocolate Chips (either semi sweet or milk will work your choice). and you can imagine the rest. I will take pictures of it when done before we eat.

Since we have VFW tonite I’m gonna get the veggie portion of supper goin before we leave so I will see ya tomorrow. Pictures to come of Sannybug heel, BlackForest style Chopped up Dessert and anything else I can think of to show Have a Nice evening and I will see ya tomorrow!

An FO to display

 Yep!! Jacob’s socks are finally done!! Considering they were due the 25th of Dec 2007 I’d say I did pretty good getting them done within 6 months of the due date They are in the laundery basket waiting to be washed and then will be gifted to him. Now to hope he didnt grow out of them in the mean time, LOL!

On to another Christmas 2007 overdue present (these werent even started till this month) I showed the starting pics of Fuzzy Feet from Knitty.com the other day in Caron Felt-It felting yarn Wildflower well, today I finished the first one . I like how the colors are playing with each other and arent pooling. I did however have to cut out a knot and even that didnt mess up the color arrangement. I have cast on the second one and since the only other UFO I have right now is the Sannybug Jaywalkers I hope to get the second one done even quicker than the first. Well…unless of course I get distracted again like with Jacob’s socks I did however catch myself goin through my bag of patterns and yarn today and seriously thought about casting on another pair of socks, that urge passed, for now anyways

 Here are the pics I mentioned in yesterdays post about the building/rebuilding of the Iris beds. The first one is the East side of the porch (front) the second one is the South side of the porch  prior to the Irises being temporarily moved. And the last one is of the East and South sides together  I havent done any work on the beds today due to the one flower still in bloom I dont want to disturb the roots while there is still active blooms on the plant, and the way the plants are packed in if I move to many more thats just what I’ll end up doing.

Well since wordpress was bein a pain earlier this post is late, and I need to go make supper before my poor husband starves to death so I will leave ya here and will try to post earlier tomorrow. Hey who knows maybe I’ll have another slipper finished, well, in my dreams maybe, but surely by this weekend

Have a nice weekend and stay in outa the rain and storms if you live in the south central US. 

 

Summer is almost here!

Yep thats right its almost time for Summer vacations! I cant wait, Josey will be here for the summer in about 2 weeks (he lives with his dad during the school yr) and is ready to work on building raised gardens, go fishing and camping, and generally have fun playing. Sunday he and I worked on building the east and south side raised Iris beds. We dug out and leveled the small one, put the timbers in, layed out the black plastic and started filling it with the dirt removed earlier. The plan is to fill it level with the top of the timbers with the removed dirt then add some flower type garden soil/fertilizer to it then, keeping the front level with the timbers build up the back and middle about an inch or 2 higher so that theres a slope for runoff.  We planted several Glads while filling the bed and will do the same around the other side of the bed when we get to it. The Irises in the old S side bed are almost done blooming so will be moving them in the next week or 2 into the new side temporarily  until we can gift some of them, trade some for different colors, and get the old bed deweeded and rebuilt fro planting The beds on the other side of the front porch will get the same treatment when the Irises are done blooming.   Heres what it looked like when Josey and I started. More pics will come as soon as I upload them, OOPS

I’ve gotten Jacobs sock to with in an inch of the toe so will hopefully be able to call it finished in the next few days!!! I also got the first pair of Fuzzy feet started

 I have actually got the foot almost done its at 6 inches now and needs to be 9in before the toes starts. This is by far the biggest sock type object I’ve made! If I had actually knit on it and not done anything else I woulda had the first one done and the second one prob at this spot now, oh well, storms and gardening got in the way I am thinking about winding up the Wild Child skein of yarn and starting a pair of socks for recipient yet untold.

Oh Before I forget… I signed up for Summer of Socks 2008, it sounds like alot of fun! JUst click the linkie provided and check it out! Oh for this year you have to either have a blog, be a member of Ravelry and or have a flickr id, I used the blog for mine but I also have a Rav and Flickr account. So now am off the join the SoS 2008 group on Ravelry and will see everybody later! More garden pics and WIP pics to come in the next fewdays

Happy Mother’s Day!!

This will no doubt be said on several blogs today and and in homes across the country and in other countries. But…In light of yesterdays tragic storms in Oklahoma and Missouri and the ones hitting the Southeast today it will be especially poignant for the mothers and children who have and will be affected. Where I live in SW MO we got extremely lucky last night. The Tornado that wiped out parts of Picher OK, Seneca MO, Neosho, Granby, Newtonia and hit several other small communities on its way to Purdy was on a direct path headed towards Rocky Comfort as it hit Newtonia and thankfully turned and headed due east as opposed to continuing on it’s southeast path. I say thankfully for our sake as we had my son, and my parents with us last night and could see the leading edge of the tornadic storm to the north and west of us and could hear the storm sirens from Wheaton as they went off. We all feel for the families that lost loved ones last nite and their homes in the onslaught that hit from Picher to Purdy. For more info on the damage and tornado tracks check out the Joplin Globe it’s the headline story for todays paper.

I got quite a bit done on Jacob’s sock and the first felted slipper before the storms yesterday. I dont however have pictures uploaded from my camera yet so they will have to come tomorrow, Its sunny out today so will try to get pics outside with my flowers to show it off

 Thats all I have for now…Oh yeah AlisonH, after last nites Tornados do you still want to trade a small Earthquake for a Midwest Storm? Just let me know and I’ll see if I can ship one your way, oh the small Earthquake, please make sure you dont send it to the New Madrid Fault. There are a couple of small inactive fault lines in  Barry county that would be much better for a small Earthquake.

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY to all who are, have been, and will be mothers in the coming year!

The Black Socks they are DONE!

 WOOHOO!! They are done and have been shipped to Kim as of this morning! Now I can get back to all my scheduled knitting that I have been putting off to get them done. And I can get back to finishing my flowerbeds, heres what I did today. This is the old bed, as you can see I have widened it out and started pulling the grass and weeds out of it.  I have also done the same for the new bed on the front of the porch but no picture of that one. Speaking of Irises I have a new color to show ya, its a cross between the Burgundy and the darker purple ones,  as you can see the bottom leaves are a redder purple than the reg purple and the upper petals are a purpley burgundy. The flowers are much prettier in person and the colors are easier to see but this pic woll have to suffice.

On to the Knitting we will go… I have switched Jacob’s second sock to Magic Loop and it is coming along quickly, I will be switching it back to DPNs when its time for the toe as I havent learned ML that far yet I have also got the first skein of Caron Felting yarn balled and ready to go for the first pair of felted slippers I plan on starting them this evening so I can work on them and Jacob’s socks at the same time. The felted slippers are Fuzzy Feet from Knitty.com and will be my May KAL sock for the 2008 Sock KAL group on Ravelry. Tomorrow I will post pics of Jacobs sock and the Fuzzy Foot thas has been started. I will be home this weekend so plan to work on my garden, and the socks as much as I can. Oh Before I dont think about or forget to mention it, HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to all the mothers who read here, May your day be happy and bright!

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND ONE AND ALL! 

 

It’s Raining and Storming

 Heres the Yellow Iris I had planned on showing yesterday in a different pose. The one I was gonna post was from the top and was out of focus. I also have some pics of the Rain today…

 Purple and Burgundy Large Irises. The one on the left looks like dark purple here but in reality it is a rich burgundy color.  Here are the Blues, they are smaller than the others but are far more numerous with multiple blooms on each stalk.  These yellow Irises are older than Brian can remember even bein planted. They too are smaller than the Purple ones but like the Blues they are numerous. I like taking pictures of my flowers in the rain, if you look the rain drops show up so well and add a sparkly tone to the pictures. Enough about the Flowers onward to knitting

The Sock KAL that I am a member of  on Ravelry has any Knitty.com sock pattern down as the May pattern. So, for my dear family members who have been waiting 5 months (since Christmas) for their Fuzzy Feet slippers I will be working on them this month. I dont have any pictures yet even of the yarn, those will be coming as soon as I get them out of their drawer :-) Since today is a stormy one I am working on the BBS and hope to finish the second one today and have em washed and shipped by Friday!!!!! I know, I’ve stated the idea of when I’ll be finished a couple of different times but, if you look at the pics from yesterday you’ll see just how close (minus the 2in I did yesterday ) I am to being finished, not that it is any real indication as to how fast I’ll be able to finish the second sock LOL!! 

I have been watching Star Trek this week, Enterprise on Mon, yesterday I watched TNG and Star Trek The Motion Picture. Today is more TNG and We will prob watch StarTrek 2 the Wrath of Kahn. If there are any Trekkers/Trekkies that read my blog check out cbs.com you can watch all of the Original Series Episodes there, unless of course you have them on DVD or VHS then you can watch them that way too I enjoy watching all the old episodes, unfortunately we dont have any of the DS9 series. If you have Directv Spike has Voyager M-F at 3 and 4 cst and SCI FI has Enterprise Mon nites from 6-10 cst enjoy! What does TNG and the Movies have to do with knitting? Nothing, tho it does give me ideas for designs on my socks, for me it makes for good knitting time.

Thats all for today, I will try to have pics of atleast the yarn for the Fuzzy Feet slippers tomorrow maybe I’ll even cast a pair on. See ya tomorrow and I sure hope my ramblings arent to boring LOL!  

One Finished and One to go on the Soldier Socks

Warning picture heavy post!

 WooHoo!! One Ginormous sock finished!!! I plan on the socks being male size 9-10, heres hoping they will wash up to the correct size I finished it at about 10:30 last nite and will see if Brian will try it on so I can see how well it will fit him.

In flower news… I have several pics to show ya (well 4 for now anyways)

 From the top left: Grouping of 4 large Burgundy Irises, next a small grouping of Lt Blue Irises, Closeup of Burgundy iris, and a closeup of the newest Purple Iris. There are several more open or will be opening in the next week or so including some small Yellow ones and hopefully Pink and Dk Blue Irises.  I will endeavor to post more pics as the new ones start blooming.

How bout some Lazy Kitty pics?

Recognize this kitty? Yep its Bligh in his favorite sleeping position, but I must warn you…as tempting as soft fuzzy kitten bellies may be DONT PET THIS ONE! Unless of course you want to loose a Hand that is  Charlie has stolen Bligh’s spot for this pic, and as you can see she has made herself comfy.  Heres a Nuggly Bug, well… she isnt cuddling right now but is clearly in a position to be nuggled HEHE! Am pretty sure shes Purring, but one never knows with her

KooKoonut is in one of his prefered spots, the foot rest by Brian’s computer. I tried to get a pic of him sleeping like the rest of them but this guy is a camera hog and wakes up everytime I pull the camera out

Laundry is done for this week, well almost I have 1 load left to be folded and put away. The living room has been straightened up and vacuumed. My next plan is to go through all of my yarn and put patterns and yarn together ALA Turtlegirl76 on Ravelry who made  up her own sock club by matching yarn and patterns into zip bags and as soon as she finishes a pair she just picks out another bag and sets to work. I’m gonna set to printing off patterns and matching them with the yarn today and then as soon as the BBS, Jacob’s socks and 3 pair of Fuzzy feet are completed I will be in sock club heaven

Thats about all for today… As soon as I am done here am gonna go post the updated pic of the BBS to my projects on Ravelry and then get busy organizing my yarn and Pattern stash. Have a very Nice day and I’ll see ya tomorrow!

Weekend Full of Nothing to do :-)

I got quite  bit of work done on my BBS this weekend and am ready to start the toe on the first sock. Will have a picture as soon as it is done, hopefully tonite during Enterprise!

We didnt do much this weekend; Friday my mom and I went to KnitWicks in Rogers to check on her Baby Alpaca order and I picked up some wool to dye and some Merino Cashmere blend yarn that I will probably use for a Shawl. Today I decide to try using some spent Iris blossoms to dye the wool, and if todays experiment is any indication I got alot of work ahead of me Lets just say that so far using Iris petals to dye wool hasnt exactly worked out like I had hoped LOL!!

In other news… My Mom and Grandma came up for lunch and to visit so I showed her the Cables and Lace swatch in DiC Giant Peach. She loved it, so we looked on TLE so I could show her the other colors  available and she chose the color she wants and as soon as my rebate comes in and the yarn gets restocked I’ll be ordering it and getting her Cardi started. Well thats about it  I’ll be back tomorrow with a sock update and anything else I can think of.

The Blue Irises are Blooming!

Blue Iris 3

Originally uploaded by sannybugknits

Here are 2 of my Last years New Iris plants with Buds and Blooms! They are a Ligt Blue with darker blue varigations on the petals and inside, very pretty when seen in real life! I am gonna try to upload a few more pics cross your fingers  that it works! Ok I think I know how to do the picture thing for now , tho I am gonna have to figure out why my flash uploader is acting weird. Here is a picture of a Violet colored Iris that bloomed the other day. Please ignore the cigarette in the pic I still have several (actually A BUNCH/SEVERAL/ oh crap..ALOT!!!) of Irises left to bloom they a more prolific and colorful this yr than I’ve seen em in the past 5 yrs. Brian and I will be doing sone yard work today including planting some Glads and Dahlias and putting down ant and other insect killer (I also plan to kill off as many red hornets as I can so I can work outside without fear of getting stung).

Knitting: I have gotten both the BBS most of the way done with the foot, One of them is 3 inches shy of starting the toe and the other is about 4.5-5 in shy (am working on that one today to get it caught up. As soon as I get the second one’s yarn done to the last 6 inches of the skein I’ll get the 3rd skein balled up and finish them off and get em along with other goodies sent off to Kim! Also Christmas 2007 still reigns strong in my knitting, Jacobs second sock is almost doen and I will be starting the 3 pair of felted slippers in the next week, pictures to come later. I also swatched the DiC Giant Peach for Mama’s Cables and Lace Cardi Am loving the way it looks, how it knitted up, and most of all I really like the color! Mama’s cardi will prob be done in either Gothic Rose or Chinatown Apple, but I am planning to order myself some more of the Giant Peach and Lipstic Lava to make a couple of Sweater Tees and matching socks! I know, I know, finish up what is on the needles and start on the yarn I already have but…..More DiC Classy and Smooshy oh and Numma Numma, and Yarn Nerd are  in order as soon as TLE has em in stock. Speaking of yarn orders…I participated in Ray’s sale this week and have some ________ coming for socks to make my mom, hint: its a color she really likes of his, some Whine and Cheese coming for MIL in his already discontinued Uptowne Road (I dont blame him see his blog for why) and some of the River Stone (I believe) for Brian or Josey depending on who I decide needs it more, or likes it more

Thats all for now, I may try to post later today esp if I can get some really good pics after the yard work is done, if not you’ll hear from me tomorrow eve after my mom and I go participate in the Knit WIcks sale!!

This is late But (hopefully) I have some Pics

Ok so far I dont have the pics to show GRRRRRRR! I have them on flickr (hopefully this linkie works) For some reason I cant get the media uploader to work and when trying to upload using the flickr URL the pic didnt show. Oh Well, will try to get them uploaded tomorrow.

The Pics I was trying upload included a Purple/Burgundy Iris, one of KooKoo ontop of the LR door and one of Brian yesterday after he got home snuggled up with Bligh. I have some blog work to do tomorrow, need to change my webring info and a few other things, so will have a longer and hopefully pic filled post!

See ya tomorrow!