This weeks patterns

Christmas is over, hopefully you are settling down for some non stressed crafting.
This weeks patterns are easy, fun, and would make great gifts for those babies that will be coming soon.
Knitting: Come Sail Away Blanket
Socks: Quickie Sneakers
Crochet: Hi-Five Towel
I hope everyone is having a great week
God Bless

This weeks patterns

This week I fished out some great patterns for being stuck inside, OMG, all the knitting time, what is a woman to do?!
Knitting: The Q Scarf (the post just below)
Crochet: April Scarf
Socks: Pebble Stitch Fixation Socks
Have a great week everyone!

New Pattern: Q

This is a great pattern for showing off your team spirit! Knit with your favorite colors and in three different sizes, this promises to be a hit with everyone.
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A friend of mine at work asked me to knit him a hat and scarf. As you know, I hate to knit scarves! But for him, I broke down and came up with a pattern in the colors he wanted, and it came out so well I thought I would share it with you.
I hope you like it.

This weeks patterns

The patterns for this week lean, very hard, toward 'warmth'. Hats and Socks to help chase that cold wind away from the skin.
Knitting: Spiral Kiddie Cap
Socks: Gumball Footies
Crochet: 3-Way Cap

Have a great week everyone!
God Bless

More Pics from the Great Outdoors

For my BFF because everytime I see the moon I think of her.
Yeah, you know who you are.





The Hibiscus is blooming it's a** off for some unknown reason. It doesn't bloom this good in the dead of summer.

Out My Back door

We had an emergency trip to Callahan Fl this weekend. During the trip I took some awesome pictures, I thought I would share with you.
Yes I get very bored when riding for 7 hours.
These are all from the car on the ride back home after the funeral.
I think they came out great. What do you think?

Awards from the fair

When I went to the fair on Friday, Bella Boop's dress had won a blue ribbon! Then when I went to pick up my items today, there was another ribbon. Special Award!



My hand towel won 3rd. It was the only knitted item in the category.

And Bella Boop's shrug won 3rd also.


It was a great fair this year.

This weeks patterns

It has been fair week here on the Gulf Coast and there are fairs going on all around us. We have been three times and had a blast every time. I did enter some hand knit items in the fair. I won first place for Bella's Dress and third for her shrug.
I also entered a hand towel which won third, so I am happy.
Well down to business:
Knitting: Amelia's Options Baby Hat
Crochet: Autumn Leaves Mittens
Sockpattern: Meandering Circular Ziggies
Have a great weekend!

This weeks patterns

My mind is moving closer and closer to cold weather knitting as the weather seems to want to get straight to winter this year and skip fall all together.
This week's patterns are geared more toward the chilling of the air.
Knitting: Torbay
Crochet: Autumn Spice
Socks: Alaria Socks
Have a great weekend everyone, and by all means...stay warm!

f. pea: free pattern friday::bumpy jacket & hat

You have probably already seen this cute little sweater and hat. To me it is new, and OMG it is adorable! I am going to make this for Trin for Christmas. Not to sure about the hat, Trin has allot of hair, I don't think her and hats are going to get along. But the sweater is a definite!

f. pea: free pattern friday::bumpy jacket & hat

This weeks patterns

Yes it's time for the gift giving, crafter craze to begin.
In the interest of helping out, the patterns this week are great for gift giving.

Golden Compass Hat

Flower Tote

Socks, Circa 2008

I hope everyone is having a great weekend so far.
God Bless

Fingerless Gloves @ stephsdesigns

Ok, I have finally found it! The gift I will be making for my co-workers this year, girls and guys, this is perfect, everyone needs a pair. And who doesn't have all those single skeins of sock yarn laying around?
Fingerless Gloves

Pictures of FO

We didn't get all fancied up, it's too close to nap time to make her do too much. But here is Bella modeling her new dress and shrug. She likes the dress, but she has never, and will never like jackets or sweaters, so it was all I had to get her to get a good picture wearing the shrug.


These two patterns were both very easy to follow and execute, if you need a quick gift for a special girl, you should try these.

Violet Dress Finished!

I don't have a picture of her wearing yet, I have to convince her to put it on sometime this weekend.
This was the easiest knit, if you need to make something for a special little girl, you can complete this one in just two or three days, and how cute!
Once again the pattern can be found here:
Violet Dress

Pics of Bella's Violet Dress and other knitting

First off, believe it or not, I am STILL on a cotton thing. I HAD to knit something with cotton. So here it is, the Mock Woven Tea Cloth in Knit Picks CotLin on size 5 needles. Whew........ I feel better now and can go on to finishing Bella's dress.


This is the WIP. It is almost finished, and had I not been sooo into Dexter last night, it would be blocking today. It is a very easy knit, but I have waited so long for the new season, I didn't knit through it, I didn't want to miss a thing.
Yeah, it was worth it.
4 more inches to go and I can start the shrug.

My first new project in a while

I finally have gotten in the mood to knit again. Go figure, I had all the time in the world for the last three and a half weeks and didn't knit a thing. I would get up at 5:30 be to work by 8, leave work at 12, get Chas and I something to eat for lunch and be to the hospital by 1. I would try and be there to let Chas have a break. That long at the hospital can wear you down quick.
I would be at the hospital most nights until well after 8. See what I mean, loads of knitting time, but did I knit, NO, not one little stick or string did I bring with me. I just couldn't get in the mood, I think too much when I knit, the stress with the thinking, I do believe, would have fried my brain, and poor Trae didn't need his MiMi in the hospital with him.
But I have finally gotten in the mood again, and just in time for Christmas gift knitting time.
I chose to start with the bigger projects first.
Bella Boop is getting the Violet Dress from Shelby Knits.
This is the cutest dress, and I love the ease of the pattern. I am knitting it in Bernat Satin in a pale green colorway and so far it looks great.
I think it will go great with a little white top, This Shrug, a pair of white tights and black shoes.
It will be too cute on her.
The dress is about 75% finished. The shrug will have to wait until I can find some more of the same yarn. I guess I will just have to check out the Bernat website and see if I can get it there. That is the only bad thing about buying bargain yarn on Ebay, you either have to make projects with just the yarn you have, or hunt down the yarn if you need more.
But that's ok. It is coming out wicked cute and I can't wait to show you all the pictures!

Traedon is finally home again!

It was the roughest four weeks of my life, when we found out Trae had a brain tumor.
To date that is the worst news I have ever received in my life, but we had great doctors and he was at one of the best children's hospital in the country and today he is home again.
His little head is shaved in some spots, and the skull has not grown back yet, but he is smiling all of the time, he laughs at everything and is starting to pick some of his milestones back up. The long term looks really good for him.
And look how fat he has gotten! All the steroids after the surgery, and laying in the bed for three weeks sure did plump him up!
Now he is home with his Mom and brother and sister and he is doing really really well.
Thank you everyone for the prayers for Trae and our family, the were a comfort to all of us, and look... it worked!

Cool kids� capris - free knitting pattern - Pickles

Cool kids� capris - free knitting pattern - Pickles
These are wicked cute! I was surfing around the web, and getting ready for work..... yes Virginia, I can multitask.
I am thinking that the Grandbrats need these when they get out of the pool. They are always shivering. These are next on the list for them!

Finally.... A new camera

We finally got a new camera the other day. I am still not sure what happened with the Kodak, other than the fact it was a Kodak, I will never have another thing "Kodak" in this house, I have lost a thousand pics and now 400 dollars on Kodak! I think I have learned my lesson now.
Anyway, I digress, the new camera takes great pics.
Plus... the bestest part... it's takes awesome underwater pictures!

Issac, PawPaw and Bella Boop, under water~


Bella is just starting to put her head underwater without being thrown in.

Isaac would live underwater if he could.

Remember when I told you about the ghost in the house?
Well, here she(?) is laying in the pool.
I don't know if you can see her, but when we first got the camera, Kendall was playing with it and went underwater to get a shot of me outside the pool. Can you see her under me? Laying on her side? Wicked cool huh?!

The camera and the salt water make Kendall's eyes look awesome underwater.


Here I am watching Kendall play with the new camera.

Me and Kendall or as I like to say, "Me and Leah"

PB

Just messing around with the new camera! It does take good pics, I haven't played with all the settings yet, but I am getting there.


Shiloh


We have loads of fun with the camera since it is shock proof, water proof and freeze proof, I can take it places I used to be too scared to take my other camera! This is gonna be fun!

Congressman Gene Taylor came to the station....

We were very excited at the station yesterday, Gene Taylor came in to do our show "Spotlight On Jackson County".
I have always liked Gene Taylor, he is a down to earth, for the people, kinda guy.
Politics and I don't get along, I think there is a rift in this country between the people and our government, one that I don't think can be fixed, until you meet someone like Gene Taylor, he makes me believe that our government might still be savable.
Plus! He has got to be the most handsome man in Washington!

Yeah, you know I got a pic!


I think I invaded some personal space to get this pic.


Josh setting up the camera


Doug Mansfield, the host of Spotlight On Jackson County