Saturday Sky and a couple other things...

I loved Sandy's Saturday Sky but I don't think to do it often enough.  And today is an especially uninteresting sky.  But I'm still going to show you what we have going on for the next several days.

Grey and rain.

The start of this farming season is horrid.  There was snow everywhere still in early May and now that the snow is gone and the fields are just starting to get ready to plant...this happens.  Uff.

We are SO late.  But the farmers are holding it together.  And we desperately need the rain.  It was so dry last year.  If only it had held off for a few weeks and given everyone a chance...  /sigh

On a brighter note...well, maybe...I'll let you be the judge of that...

It's CMMDI Mega May.  I didn't think I'd have time, patience or the right attitude for knitting but as it turns out I really need that time in the evenings.

But to find the pattern to go with this yarn, (Malabrigo Lace), turned into a "Mega May Effort".

This is the list of patterns I have tried.

1. My Heaven Shawl
2. Rock Island
3. Flower Basket Shawl
4. Dragon's Blood

And the pattern that the yarn finally said "Ok, this is the one." is Citron.  It's the only one that has Malabrigo Lace as the suggested yarn.  Duh.  I should have looked for that first.

 

 

It's looking pretty good and is just what is needed.  Simple knitting with a little counting thrown in for good measure.  The hardest parts are the M1s and that is because of the slippery needles.

 

News about the house building is good.  The siding is going up and is looking good.  The hardwood floor is beautiful with the 1st coat of finish.  The woodwork is mostly up everywhere. 

 

The only thing that made me freak out was the sticker shock from the price of cabinet pulls.  But I pulled myself together, got my p**p in a group, my ducks in a row, my head on straight and lived with it.

 

Have a great weekend! 

 

 

Winter on the Prairie

I've shown you views of the country in the summer.

 

 

But...



                                                                  

I thought maybe you'd like to see the same field in the winter.

Saturday sky

I captured the red sunrise! Click to see it bigger and better...

The Perfect Day

I got my day in the 50s to clean out the flowerbeds. It was a picture perfect day today. Good temps for this time of year, virtually no wind and sunny. And so I tackled cutting down flowers in all the beds. I only took pictures of the main one though....


And so this is the before picture.

See that beautiful Saturday sky too? :)














And this is the after.

Some things were left for winter interest and some things because I just didn't want to deal with them!














After I was done with the flowers, I cleaned the windows that I could reach. And now my knees, hips, back and shoulders are asking...no screaming....at me...why did you do all that in one day??? What can I say. Days like this in ND can be as rare as hen's teeth. So you use 'em when you've got 'em!

Saturday Sky, some flowers & more finished knitting

Saturday sky. Yes, our trees are just budding out. Hard even for me to believe.

Pretty flowers in a pot. The geranium was a Mother's Day gift from 1st DS and his family. I added a couple others to fill in the pot. Hopefully I didn't overdo it like last year. When I went to take the dead flowers out of the pot all the soil came with. It was totally rootbound from too many plants. Live and learn!

Baby set for Great niece's upcoming baby. I used Lion Brand Baby Soft. 3 reasons. I had it on hand. The color was right. And if she uses it at all and has to wash it, it couldn't be wool. Trust me. I know her. I didn't like the knitting with it though....it really did squeak when I used bamboo needles. Freaky.

Real name is Hospital Hat but I call it an Umbilical Cord Hat. Don't study on it too hard though. The decreases are a terrible mess.

Seamless Yoke Baby Sweater. This is the 4th time I've knit it. I left off the decorative stitches and did the stripes instead to make it more manly. Little boy manly. Whatever.

Fog plus cold temperatures equal....

A bunny was here.







































Sunrise.








































































Hi!

Saturday Sky and yarn on sale!

We are having a much longer Indian Summer than expected. It is wonderful. We have missed forecasted rains and have had warmer than average temperatures. Harvest is racing along and maybe there will be a fair amount of fall's work done also. It always makes spring go so much faster.

And look at this haul! This week at Michaels there is a sale on several different yarns....2 for $5. I'm not exactly sure how or why I got an odd number of them. Maybe it's because I got them yesterday. 13 skeins for Friday the 13th? Anyway, I'm really excited about this. I am thinking about making this rug or this cat bed or this cat bed and this yarn will be super for these projects. Oh, and the blue is possible for a pair of Fuzzy Feet. There is a fair amount of Peace Fleece lurking around here too and I'm sure they'll play nice together and make one or two of these projects.

Update on my blue sweater. I'm doing the ribbing on the bottom and then will only have the sleeves left to do. I'm tickled pink! :)

Saturday ramblings

Leaves as far as the eye can see. I should be raking. Nah. Don't wanna.












Saturday sky. Grey again.













The swatch.



Yes. I actually did a swatch. And washed it. And measured it several times. I did cheat a little. There are 3 needle sizes in that little swatch! Hope that doesn't come back and bite me.






The cardigan collar. You can really get a lot done with fat yarn and fat needles!



I really like the color but it is fading onto my hands. And the swatch bled a little into the water when I washed it.


Maybe this isn't the best for a hat for DH if I have enough leftover yarn. He's smooth on top (bald) and he might look really cold if the blue hat fades onto his head! ;)



Farming update. They were able to combine part of a field of soybeans late yesterday afternoon and late into the night. I think we went to bed about 2 am. I hope they can do some more today but there is rain in the forecast for days....











And now for your viewing entertainment.....Teddy sleeping. With his front feet and back feet pointing in opposite directions. And his head and neck doing a 180 from his body. Ouch.

Saturday Skies

Last Saturday,




with knitting outside even!






This Saturday. I'm not going out unless I absolutely have to!