Finished my first class for the HPKCHC and it has been marked as completed.  I am excited for the next class.  I have several projects in the ready and hope to use some of my stash. I will post a picture as soon as I can figure out how to.

I am going to post some pictures of my scores from the LYS 2016 yarn crawl.  My daughter and I were able to do all 28 shops in 3 days. It was long days but a fun time. I didn't even spend at every shop.

Well I had a request to post some of the pictures from my Haiti trip so here are a few.  First photo is a tap-tap (Haitian taxi), second photo concrete utility pole, third photo building form for the second floor of the school, forth photo Haitian version of the cement pump lifting the cement up to the second floor, fifth photo most of our group on the second floor of the school after the cement dried, sixth and seventh photo some of the kids in one of the villages.

Finally posting again

Well I haven't posted for a very long time.  I have been busy knitting though.
I knit/crocheted Christmas presents for all my family members and their SO's and was able to get them all sent off or delivered in time for Christmas.
I have also completed a Flax sweater for myself and started one for my husband.  I have made several holiday accessories since I gave away all of my holiday scrub tops etc when I retired.   I need to rebuild my holiday attire.
I am currently working on the Lluna shawl by Vanesa Polo and I am very excited to see how it turns out with the colors that I am using. 
Hope everyone is well and enjoying their fiber crafts.

BlueBerryMary

My sweater

   I have started the ribbing at the bottom of my Flax sweater today.  I measured it with a sweater that I wear a lot and like the length so I know I will like the length that it will be when the ribbing is finished.  One to the sleeves next.  May have to put it on hold when I am on my road trip because I am also working on Christmas gifts, one down, one about half way finished and a lot more to go.  Glad I started now, maybe I will have them all finished by Christmas.

BlueBerryMary.

        Had fun on the LYS crawl.  Made it to all 26 yarn shops.  I will post pictures of my purchases soon.  I did not spend at every shop but I did spend more than I probably should have.  In my defense I purchased some of the yarns to make Christmas gifts for family.  I am going to be very busy between now and Christmas, that's all I have to say.  That's not really a bad thing for someone that has to have 3-5 projects going at a time.  Should be interesting at least.

PNW Yarn Crawl

   Finished the PNW yarn crawl today and then backtracked to Rainy Day Yarns because on Thursday I won the daily drawing.  I was so excited because I rarely win any of those type of things.  Today I had a good time with one of my sisters and a friend of hers as we drove to Amanda's Yarn Shop in Polsbo, Allyn Knit and Fiber shop in Allyn and Fancy Image in Shelton.  The two that were with me are not knitters or crocheters but it was nice to have them along and they seemed to enjoy it also.

   Now to figure out what to make with the yarn I got with the gift certificate that was for $35.00.

Progress then stuck again

     With a suggestion from the staff at Maker's Mercantile I was able to get the collar of my Chimney Fire sweater figured out.  Now I am having trouble with the upper body portion.  I will bring it to the Wed evening Eastside Stitchers group this week and maybe someone will be able to help me figure it out.  I will also bring the vest I am working on for my DH because I will be able to get the sleeve trim finished and maybe get the side seams sewn and it will be finished completely.

Projects and housework

     Working on some of my projects that I have patterns and yarn for as well as the sweater for my husband that I am making from the reclaimed sweater oat.  I still need to rip back a portion of the back, (to the start of the neck shaping) and redo that then figure out sleeves.

    On another note I have been doing a lot of Spring cleaning this past week.  I mean a lot because I am not the best housekeeper in the world and I have finally gotten to the point where I am getting things accomplished and keeping it that way.  Feeling very happy with myself so far.

Had a wonderful time at the first annual Eastside Stitchers retreat on Camano Island, right on the water.  Had wonderful company also.  We all had a great time knitting and visiting in a somewhat quiet environment.  Did some beach combing also.  I finished a crochet project that I had in my waiting pile for a year and that felt great.

 I am still working on the sweater for my hubby, have the front and back finished, joined the shoulders and will be working on the neck edging next.  I need to find a sweater pattern that I can adapt the sleeves to work for the vest turned to sweater then I can finish his sweater.


Hope to make it out to Maker's Mercantile next week to get help with a pattern that I bought there.  Just has me baffled to no end.  Of course it is the first sweater that I am making for myself that I am having trouble with.

Hope to see everyone on Wed

Duh, I was wondering how I could not have enough yarn from an XL women's sweater coat to make a men's medium sweater, I just found the yarn from the back of said sweater coat buried under a bunch of project bags.  I will be looking for sweater patterns that I can use to adapt the sleeves to fit the vest that I am knitting for my husband so that I can make him the sweater that he would really rather have.  I figure instead of doing the trim on the arm hole openings I can just make. sleeves with the same pattern and put them in instead.  I should be able to do that with not to much trouble since I had to do that with the Teddy Bear sweater that I made for Dylan.

Pictures

I need to get on the ball and post some of my recent projects.  I have a picture of Dylan and Genevieve with the sweaters that I made for them.  Dylan's as some of you know is the one that he helped me design with the Teddy Bear with Valentines. 

Dylan's Sweater

Well I finally got Dylan's Teddy Bear with Valentines sweater finished.  I will post pictures in the next day or two under my projects page.  I am very happy with the way it turned out.  It does need a little tweaking but that is something that I can work on with the next one I make.  I need to find the other pictures that Dylan drew for me so that I can do one with a different picture and colors.

Have Dylan's arm measurements now so I can finish his sweater.  I also have Genevieve's sweater almost finished, just have to join the underarm and sew on the buttons.  If I can manage it I will post pictures of the two sweaters under my projects.  I have also finished a cowl for my daughter, for Christmas and will be working on wrist warmers for my two grand-daughters.  I have one wrist warmer for one of my nieces finished and I am working on the second one.

 I have almost finished Dylan's sweater, I just have the sleeves to finish. I am waiting for Dylan's arm length measurements so I can finish.  I have finished hiding all the ends.  I will bring it in when I finish and I will post it on Ravelry. 

Well I was able to find the web site for the knitters graph paper and I printed out a few of them and then adjusted the size for my project I am working on, Dylan's Teddy Bear Sweater.  I will probably rip out the front that I have finished and redo it with the new graph that I have printed.  I will like it much better and Dylan will know if it does not look more like the picture.  I will have time to finish it before Christmas because as people know I have the back finished and I have about 1/4-1/3 of the sleeves finished.  I will be happier if I redo it.  Hope to see everyone on Wed evening at Crossroads for Eastside Stitchers meet up.

I have been working on a pattern with the design of a teddy bear drawn by my grand-nephew when he was 5 yrs old.  He is now 7 yrs old and I hope to have his sweater finished by Christmas.  It is called Dylan's Teddy Bear with Valentines.  I have 40 rows of the front finished so far, I am writing the pattern as I go.  I have a tentative 88 rows total written so far for the front and back.  Still need to figure out the sleeves but I will probably finish the front and back and then figure out the sleeves.  I will be bringing it to Eastside stitchers on Wed evening.  I only have one picture of it so far so I will post it in the next day or so along with the picture that the design is taken from.
 I am very excited because this is the first pattern I have done.

  Well the blueberry season has come to an end.  Rain did not come soon enough to help the blueberries. 
  My youngest daughter and her husband have moved back to Washington, yea. I had the opportunity to ride from Chicago area to North Bend with my daughter in her big rig.  I was actually quite an experience in a fun way. 
  I have not been doing much work on any project lately but hope to get back to them soon.  I will be leaving for a 3 day cruise to the Bahamas on Sept 17th late flight and returning on Sept 22nd afternoon.  The cruise itself is from the evening of the 19th to the morning of the 22nd.  I am looking forward to this cruise.
  My oldest daughter will be here on Sept 12th and we will be doing our own yarn crawl.  I am looking forward to that also.  I will be nice to have her home for a couple of weeks, she will be here for her 20 year High School reunion. 

 BlueBerryMary

     

Check out Pine Lake Blueberry Farm.  Here is what people are missing.  The blueberries are great right now.

Well I just have to sew the side and sleeve seams on my grandson's (Robert) sweater and then hide the ends.  I will then be able to move on to working on my grand-nephew's (Dylan) Teddy Bear sweater that I am crocheting for him.  I will probably bring it to Panera on Sun for the Eastside Stitchers group.  I will post picture's of my grandson's sweater when it is completed.