WIP Wednesday–and Knitting Excitement!

First up I’ve been working on the 198 Yards of Heaven and am loving it!  Lace knitting never looks pretty until it’s blocked, so keep that in mind.  All I lack is the border and it will be finished.

 

My focus knitting right now is the Mara Shawl by Madelinetosh.  I’m using Brooks Farm Mas Acero yarn and it is a dream to knit with. I cast this on because I needed some knitting that didn’t require much thought to work on during The Loopy Ewe Spring Fling this weekend!

 

And I finished two quilt blocks at the retreat I went on recently. This is a block of the month from my favorite quilt shop and the theme this year is Civil War.

 

On to my “knitting excitement” news, which I referenced above.  I’ll be flying out Thursday morning with my mom, headed to St. Louis for Spring Fling, a knitting retreat! It’s hosted each year by The Loopy Ewe and I’m so glad mom and I have the opportunity to go.

Brooklyn Loves the Easter Bunny!

Hope everybody had a beautiful and blessed Easter today. We had a wonderful service at church this morning and right now we’re getting ready to weather more fierce storms coming through the area.

Here’s a quick picture from yesterday’s egg hunt and carnival at our church.  Brooklyn was a little unsure about Mr. Bunny, but we finally coerced her into going over to see him. 

Brooklyn and The Headband

 

I received an instant message from my daughter-in-law today that made me truly laugh out loud:

 

“I was at target and saw the cutest headband to go with Brooklyn's dress

she said oh wow mommy that is beautiful, I want it

I said ... i don't know you tend to break headbands... Let me see how much

Still me: What? $4! I don't know

Brooklyn: Four dollars? *sigh* no I will just break it. Put it back “

 

Have a blessed Good Friday!

 

(Photo from Sky Turtle on Flickr)

Card #3–Happy Birthday Beloved

So even though his birthday was a bit ago I’m still going to post this card.  

My Beloved celebrated his birthday and I was pretty pleased with how the card came out. His favorite color used to always be orange, so that’s what I went with. And one of his favorite things to say is “Love”, which he pronounces in a monotone (maybe you’d have to be there to fully appreciate it), so I was delighted to find this very old Stampin’ Up set amongst my goodies.

 

The ribbon is also Stampin’ Up and the the little hearts on the sides are free form with Stickles.

A very fast to make card…except for the Stickle drying time. 

Older Is Sometimes Better

Our vacuum has breathed its last. We've tried doing repairs, but this time the repair would be more than the value, so I waved my white hankie at it and said goodbye.

We're not certain yet what kind we want next, so we pulled out the oldie but goodie:

Yes, we have a Kirby. And not just any Kirby, but the Kirby that was a wedding gift for my in-law's. So while we sometimes fall for the flash and bright lights of the newer models, there's something to be said for old faithful. Old faithful that is always there for us. :)

Brooklyn Cuts Her Hair

With little girls it’s really inevitable that they will cut their hair. Brooklyn decided to cut her hair in order to show her daddy the new hair scissors that mommy bought.  This is the text photo I received:

 

 

And this is a few hours later, after the friendly stylist fixed things up a bit:

 

She had been saying that she wanted to have hair like Rapunzel, but cutting off a chunk of it isn’t the way to get there!  Fortunately she’s very happy with her new hairdo and I think she looks ready for spring.