Aren’t they cute? My darling husband got them for my for Valentine’s Day. And brown and pink! What more could a girl ask for?
Want a sneak peek at what I am making for Ez-pez?
It’s a really fun yarn to work with. Once you go wool, you never go back.
Time for dinner- beef stroganoff tonight. Planning a giveaway this week, so keep your eyes peeled. (gross.)
Happy Tuesday.
I love seeing people wearing my knitted clothing! I shamelessly stole this picture from Kjerste, but I loved it!
Erika is wearing the Shalom sweater I made her, and Ez is wearing a hat I originally made for Wesley, but he outgrew it. Looks pretty cute on Ez, too!
Wish us luck.
Paul and I had an awesome weekend, we stayed at a lovely hotel in Spokane, walked Riverfront Park, (If you haven’t been there, go! It’s alot of fun.) Went out to a nice dinner, caught a movie and had a nice relaxing time. However, on a Sunday there isn’t much to do, so we came back to Moscow and decided to hit up Goodwill and our local yarn store.
The brown is for another secret project for my nephew, and the dark navy blue is a sweater vest for Paul! He picked out the yarn himself! Since I am at a standstill with my sweater vest I thought I could work on one for him in the meantime. (yeah, we’ll probably be one of those ridiculous dorky families where I knit matching sweaters for the whole family for our Christmas portaits…) So I am pretty stoked about those two projects to work on until I can get my sweater vest back on track.
However, the thing I am most excited about is this chair, found at our local Goodwill for $9.
It’s obviously just a bit scrunched in there at the moment, but as we’re moving to a bigger, better place in a few months I figure it can squish in with the globe table and the terrarium table.
It’s more green and not as gold as it looks like in the pictures. But isn’t she a beaut? I am pretty excited about this chair. And it’s super comfortable!
And I also found a place to put my hearts!
So I went to the yarn store in Spokane where they said they had Cascade Yarns, and turns out they didn’t have any in stock. Ugh. So, I have the front half of my sweater vest done, but don’t have enough yarn to finish the back. So, I am blocking the front.
I know it looks kind of ginormous, but keep it mind it’s all stretched out! What do you think?
So this was what I made for Charissa and Autumn for Valentine’s Day. (Also in the package were assorted hearts, candies, chocolates, letters, notebooks for writing love letters, and some funny “Twilight” inspired Valentines.
This, for the darling and ever cute Charissa.
And this for the darling and ever stunning Autumn.
I think I’ll call them scarflettes.
And a little something to cheer up your Saturday Morning: Avett Brothers (But that is mostly for you, Autumn)
Joining Erika in her mug-shots Friday, although I am a day late.
Although, a warning, we have alot of mugs. We drink coffee every morning and tea every evening, so 1/2 the dishes that Paul washes every day (yep, he does all the dishes!)
One of my sister-in-laws got us the mug above and below, the blond girl and brunette boy, they’re pretty cute.
I got this mug in London, I am surprised that it got back in one piece!
This mug I got at the Space Needle while walking around Seattle with Sarah Halverson, I believe in 2007. I promptly dropped it and cracked it. I tried gluing it, but it still leaks. But I like it so much that I haven’t gotten rid of it.
I got this mug from my last job, after I had worked there for a year (2007). It was kind of funny, this was for Employee Appreciation week.
Charissa and Autumn got me these (a set of two) for Paul and I. (We’re actually drinking coffee out of them as we speak. Or as I blog, I guess)
I loove these stackable mugs from World Market. Paul’s sister got them for us for our wedding and they’re just so cute that I keep them on my counter all the time. (Plus I have no cabinet space for them…)
So that was the Tour of Tong Mugs. Hope you enjoyed it!
So, I’ve had this granny-square blanket in the works for about a year and a half.
I keep taking it out and working on it, then stuffing it back into my bag and leave it in the closet for a month or two (or six… it’s been in the closet since I got married). I just can’t figure out if I want to keep working on it. And if so, how should I assemble it? A border? Differing colors? Keep it all blue? A scalloped border? Maybe some white between the blue granny squares?
Or should I just scrap the whole thing? Thoughts? Suggestions? It would all be appriciated.
Paul and I are skipping town for the weekend. Nice hotel, a little shopping (and a dear husband who is willing to tag along to as many yarn stores as I can get to, Moscow has a serious shortage of nice yarn) and an indoor swimming pool! I’m very excited.
Happy Valentine’s everyone, have a great weekend.
I’m making a sweater vest for myself. And now as I am about 1/4 of the way through it I am realizing that I really don’t think I have enough yarn to complete it. But I guess that just means I’ll have to stop in at Lamb’s Ear when I come to Tacoma and pick up some more of this stuff.
That’s the front panel.
It’s made from the leftovers from my sweater and Erika’s.
I also made some cute little hearts for Valentine’s Day, although I am not sure what I am going to do with them yet.
Any great ideas for me?
I’ve been seeing terrariums all over the internet lately and I’ve really been wanting to make one of my own. So this evening I went to Michael’s and picked up a few things.
I think it looks rather nice next to my yarn bowl.
I had enough to make two terrariums, and I had a 40% off coupon at Michael’s, so I picked up this apothecary jar with a cool lid for only $7!
And I think this one looks nice next to the globe table.
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