1st mitten of many...

Well...

it's a start at least...

3 pairs of stranded mittens and a hat besides??

I had a phone call over the weekend.  It was my sister.  She was telling  asking me to knit her a pair of stranded mittens like I made myself last winter.

I stuttered and stammered and finally said that I had promised 2 pairs of those mittens and a lined stranded hat, like this one, to sons and DILs. 

She said it'd be ok.  She didn't expect them until January.  What?  What did she say?  What?

Besides that, I've got these beauties I'm working on.  And right now I'm in love and won't be distracted by anything else.

This is Henslowe.  Such simple knitting but the construction is what is blowing me away.

See the bit of yarn by the lace?  That is where the shawl started.  Yup.  With 1 stitch. 

The garter is knit first.  Then it is bound off, all except 1 stitch.  You then turn the piece and pick up stitches along the other edge and proceed to knit the lace.

After that is done there is a knitted on picot edge.  Can't wait to get there.  It's so pretty and I'm thinking of putting beads on the picot.

And also on the needles is this cutie. 

 

It's gonna be for 1st DGD. She's 7 and already a fashion-ista. Pink and purple are her colors. Just like this gramma!

 

I'm gonna knit on it until the yarn is gone.  I hope she loves it.

 

So getting back to the stranded mitten dilemma.  I succumbed and ordered the yarn for my sister's mittens per the colors she requested.

 

Do you think I can get 2 pairs of mittens and lined stranded hat finished by Christmas...whose yarn has to be washed first, BTW, because of bleeding...and then get another pair for my sister done sometime before winter is done? 

 

Because, you know, I'm totally going to ignore her January deadline.  I love her but really, I'll be pickled and never want to touch stranded knitting again.

 

I think I know the answer to my question.  (That I'm oh so very delusional.)  But could you all weigh in too? 

 

 

 



My laundry room needs a window.

In our new house, the laundry room is in the middle of the house.  Because of that, it has no window. There will be white cabinets and light colored walls but that can only do so much. It's gonna need good lighting because I'm going to sew in there too.

If it could be a little fun that wouldn't hurt any either.

And so, I hatched a plan.

It will have a window.

A faux window.

 

This is it.  I saw it in the window of an antique store in Grand Forks and instantly fell in love.

It's just the colors that I was hoping for.  Bright.  Pretty.  Cheerful.

The glass looks like it's been in freezing rain.  I love the look.

Here's the plan....

The window will be set into the wall so it looks like any other window and trimmed out the same too. 

It will be lit from behind with lights to be suggested by the electrician.  The contractor says it could be put on hinges so that the light bulbs can be changed easily.

Because the glass is transparent DH suggested that a sheet of frosted plexiglass be attached to the back of the window to hide the wires and the light fixture.

I have yet to show my plan to the electrician but the contractor is on board and I actually think he's kinda excited by it.

Claus approves.

 

 

And so does Teddy.

A little more corn harvest video

This is the video I shot of the combine working in the field. It should have been viewed first but Blogger was giving me real issues that day. Better late than never?

 

 

I hope everyone enjoyed these videos as much as I and DH did making them.

 

And stay tuned...

 

I made a couple fun and interesting purchases last week and over the weekend.  I'll get them on here quite soon!

Corn Harvest Videos

Today I got a text from 2nd DDIL. She is a 1st grade teacher and in the text she was telling that she is currently teaching her class about where food comes from. And so, since it's a beautiful day here and the last day of corn harvest, I volunteered to take some video of corn harvest for her class.

If you don't mind being talked to like a 1st grader, here are the videos I made.

I used my camera to video and had never done it before and so I didn't realize that I couldn't turn it and so consequently poor DH came out sideways.  All I can say is tip your head to the left!

I love watching the hopper fill.  And because of the size of each corn kernal, it fills up so quickly.  A farmer's dream come true!

 

 

Long time readers have seen this as a still shot but now it's in motion!

 

 

And the last video...

 

 



 

 

And so there you have it.  Corn harvest for 1st graders! 

 

I have a longer video of the combine actually going in the field but it was enough of a struggle to get Blogger to let me put these on here.  If anyone is interested I'll get the longer one on here one day soon.

It's a little bitty bunny

A week ago Friday evening we were invited to a birthday party for a 1 year old boy.

The party was the next evening. 

Well, as most of you know, we live in a tiny town with minimal shopping.  Certainly no gifts for a 1 year old.  And I wasn't really in the mood to drive 60 miles for a gift.  And so the next best thing...

Get out the yarn and find a crochet hook!

And a little bunny was born. 

He was fairly quick to do.  I started him at about 10 a.m. at our Saturday morning Knit & Purl at the local library. 

I started really disliking him at around 3 p.m. though.  Those ears and arms were quite annoying.

But...

look at that cute tail!  It's what kept me going and I finished him at about 4:30 p.m.  In plenty of time to get him into a gift bag for the little guy...

I think he turned out kinda sweet.  But the toys that had flashing colored lights and played music were the hit of the night for the birthday boy.  

That was as expected.

Details here on Ravlery. 

Winter Wonderland

Look what we woke up to this morning!

 

 

And for good measure the power was off for awhile during the night.

 

 

Let the fun begin!