Last min WIP ... Not.

Well, with tomorrow being St Patty's day, and me wanting to make a Shamrock pin. I thought to my self "Find a quick pattern and hook one up."

Ha ha ha ha ha ah ha ha.  

As you can see this is a right proper mess. 

I think I'll call it quits. 

Last minute projects are not for me. 

I'll go back to my blanket of awesome. 

What's on your hook?

Voting: Or my crochet and hopes in progress....

Feel the Bern! Maybe?

Yesterday in GA was the day to vote in our primary. I voted Democratic, as I felt the need to vote for Bernie Sanders. 

Yes, I think his ideas are good ones. 

We'll see how this plays out by November. 

Right now I'm still working on my sweater. I am seriously hoping to have it done by Monday, and as I'm on the last finishing edge, I should. 

How's your week so far?

WIP Wednesday!!

It's Wednesday. That means it's time to see what I'm working on!

This is a sweater that I had thought I was finished. I have since decided it needed to be longer. 

So I snipped in two spots and frogged the bottom shell edging and started adding length. You can see the frogged yarn wound up on a bobbin. 

This shows what my two pretty glass buttons look like. 

And of course, I have a blanket that I've been working on for the past few years now. Like seriously, I have been hooking away at this one project off and on for maybe four years or so? At least? At this point I have no idea if I'll ever get this one blanket finished. LOL

What's your longest running project?

Ttfn, Jennie

Wednesday ! Wednesday!! W.I.P.!!!!

  Woo-hoo!!

     It's Wednesday, and I'm actually going to remember to list my Works in Progress! 

     And talk about them. 

     And then I'll actually get it posted while it's still Wednesday!

     Wild, isn't it?

     This will one day be a blanket. One day.

     It is being created with Cascade yarn. I love the jewel tones mixed with that stormy grey.

     I am also working on writing a pattern for a shawl. So far, so good. 

     I think I'm really going to love this one when its done. And this yarn? It is fantastic! It's made from sugar cane and feels just like silk. It's soft, shiney, but it isn't quite as snaggy as silk can get.  Which pretty much makes it perfect! 

     Here you can see its size in relation to my All Shawl that I'm still working on. It's still so little! But the pattern is working up fast! Unlike the All Shall; which is being done in two strands of lace weight yarn.  

     While I love these yarns, and I am sooo excited about this shawl, it is moving sooooo slowly!  It's moving like molasses in January!  

      It's taken two skeins of Malbrigo so far, and I'm thinking I'll want to add about five more...or so. 

     I'm going to make this a pretty big shawl. More to wrap up in.  :-)

     I have also started making some Christmas bunting. 

I love this book! The motifs in it are just so neat looking. 

    The idea of working in all the different ends has scared me a little bit, but I'm going to push past that and just get this done. I can't wait til I'm hanging it on my mantle with our stockings! 

     And then there is this. 

    A lone slipper.

     I need to go ahead and make the other one. Especially since it's gotten really chilly in the mornings here.  Autumn, I'm loving it!

     So, yeah, that's quite a lot of projects on my hooks right now. Whew. I wonder if I can get all but the blanket done by the first of Dec? Hmm. That sounds like a goal! I also have an idea of making a few scarfs, and hats and a shawl for gifts this year too. I guess I really need to get busting on the stitches!

     So, what projects do you have on you hooks, or needles right now?

    Ttfn

        Jenn

Right now I am...

     Right now I am enjoying my Tardis blend tea. 

     This is the side table next to where I sit on my sofa. My crochet, embroidery, and nail polish tend to sit on this for way to long. It never seems to ever stay tidy. But I love being so crafty. 

     Right now I love crocheting. 

     I have started another shawl to put into my Etsy store. This yarn is Paton's Firefly. I love the frosty snowflake vibe I am getting from this yarn!

     I love, love, love my shawl. 

     My lovely malbrigo/jade sapphire shawl is on pause while I await a secon skein of the malbrigo yarn. In this picture you can see where I've added the second yarn to the shawl. I kinda wish I had started off the shawl this way, but not enough to frog the whole thing and start over. I know I will still love the finished project. 

     I am loving the morning sun shining into my house. 

     It is just starting to feel cooler and I can just start to smell fall in the air. I love fall. Pumpkins, pies, hot ciders, and fires in my fireplace. I can't wait. 

     I am lovig living in the country. 

     Often you can see deer munching on the grass in my front yard. One of the babies growing up is a piebald deer. It's so pretty. Hopefully I will be able to get a good picture of it soon. 

     So, what are you loving right now?

   Ttfn

        Jenn

And one more year makes Sixteen...good grief, I'm getting old!!!

     So, it seems that I'm great at blogging Wed-Fri, and pants at blogging the other days of the week. I'll see if I can't get into more of a more daily routine. :-)

     This past Saturday, two of my Diva friends, my younger son and I went out to Penzeys spice store, lunch, and then to Buford's Farmers Market.  I love, love, love this store! 

    Food. I love food! And any store that has food from around the world, is a star store for me!!

     Strange colored bell peppers! According to Sheri, these have been grown too close to eggplants and that's what causes the neat color. I have no idea if it affects the taste. 

     So many different kinds and flavored of olive oils and other cooking oils!!

     These are different types of eggplants!! They looked so colorful and tiny! 

     Tuesday was Shae's birthday. (My younger son.)  He has turned sixteen. 

   16!! 

   Sixteen. 

     Cripes. I feel old when I think of that. He is studying the drivers ed book so that he can take his learners test and get a learners drivers license. And that makes me feel even older! I think I need some coffee, now. 

     His dad had sent his gifts, so I wrapped them up when I wrapped the one we had gotten him.  

     The Nightmare Before Christmas is kinda big in my house. At least it is with Shae and I. :-)

     I make a cookie-brownie creation for his "cake". We decided that his piece kinda looked like Oggie Boogie. It was also decided that Oggie Boogie Christmas Brownie-Cookies will become a thing this coming holidays. And I can't wait! I love fall!! It can not come soon enough!

     And here is Shae, trying to decide just which game to play first. LOL he is such a stinking ham! I love this kid! Even when he is being a substantial pain in the butt!!  Teenagers. 

     Will we ever really understand what each generation is going through? I'm in my 40's. Can you just imagine going to school with the technology that our kids are using? The phones? The tablets? 

Well, I'm still working on my two shawls. They are coming along so well. I love the feel of these yarns!

     This is the Noro yarn. It's so thick and scrunchy!!

     This is the Malbrigo yarn. It's so fine and soft and fluffy!

     And this? This is my newest garb project. I need a supportive under garment that will give me comfortable support, and not give me too modern a silhouette.  For this, I've gathered up some scrap patterning fabric, and an old bra to use for a somewhat guide. This will be a fly-be-the-seat-of-my-pants sewing exercise!

    Stay tuned for the, um, fun! LOL

   Ttfn

         Jenn

W.I.P. Wednesday!

    Well, it's Wednesday and that means I get to show off my works in progress! Yay!  As I've mentioned I have the shawl that I started so that I can have a project to work on while at church. Well, the pattern is so simple and fantastic that I needed to make it more of a challenge, at least that's how I'm going to spin it!  LOL

    

    So, here is the second shawl that I'm making.

     Yep, lace weight yarn, or rather thread! It's so lovely!! I love, love, love this color way! 

    I have no memory what this yarn is. My Diva gals gave it to me earlier this year. But I do know that I love it and will so enjoy the feel of this shawl when it's done. I'm going to use all of this ball and then I'll add more yarn to the shawl to keep going for a decent size.

    More scrummy yarn from my stash. I'll use these two yarns together for the rest of the shawl, and if I can, I'll get more if the verigated yarn to do the lace edging with. These two colors are a near perfect match with the other yarn! 

    I'm so going to Love, LoVe, LOVE this shawl whee it's done!!

    I've of course been working on my blanket too! Can't leave it all alone, as I can't wait till it's fall and cool and I can use it, and take it camping with me at events. Scrummy, scrummy yarn!

    See, scrummy yarn!  This is all I have left of the yarn. I'll have to order more since I really want to make this a blanket that can cover my king sized bed. Huge! I want it to be Huge!

LOL

So, what are your W.I.P.?

Ttfn

Jenn