Wow. A year has passed and I did not even notice. Where did the time go?

I will be updated this blog shortly.

Simple Triangle Shawl

So, I had this soft, comfy yarn and no goal for it. It was Serenity Chunky in Stormy. So I decided to make a simple, triangle shawl.

I ran out of yarn when I needed it a bit longer, so I did a crochet border with some scrap Homespun. Since it was missing it's lable, I'm not sure what color the company calls it, but I call it a grey heather.

Front:

Back:

Yes, I am the model here. lol

Photography by Elderjarl Photography. All rights reserved.

Lots of changes

Due to a great many changes in my life, I was without a computer for the longest while. Then a move. Then unpacking. Then the holidays. Then my annual bout with winter illness, this year it's pneumonia.

There is a positive about having pneumonia. You have to stay down, stay warm, but also stay upright. All of which is perfect for winter knitting.

I pulled out a large project that I had started in October 2008, of which I have posted some in progress images.

Well, it's done and up for auction on eBay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280446147086

5 hours designing and creating the three charts; $45.00 in yarn; 35 hours knitting time.

Mother's Day

For Mother's Day, my Mom wanted us to all have breakfast at our American Legion Post. It was my Mom and Dad, my sister Val and her husband, Henry, then my hubby Eric, and our twins, Thomas and Elizabeth. here are a couple of images from that morning.

Changes

Lots of things going on. Lots of changes.

I am currently recooperating from some recently dental work. I was informed that I may be in pain for up to a month.

In the meantime, I have been acting again. I spent 13 hours on the set of TNT's Leverage yesterday, working as an extra.

But the really fantastic thing is, I landed a medium supporting role on a series of movies called Hybrid. You can see more on the MySpace page at: http://www.myspace.com/thehybridseries

On the set yesterday, I did try to knit. But the people I was with had never seen someone knit before. I was starting a pair of women's fingerless gloves. I was using 5 size 4 double pointed needles, and that really confused them. I spent more time explaining things than actually knitting. lol

Birthday Party

Dad and I dancing while my husband Eric is singing

Yesterday was my 39th birthday. We generally do not throw parties, but my mother decided that I should have an actual party this year.

We had a fantastic time! Everyone was in such a good mood that it was contagious to everyone around us. We were at our favorite bar that has karoke on the weekends, and we closed the place down.

Me and my dad

My niece Teri

My mom (in blue) with our friend Sandy

Our friends Don and his GF Jody

Our friends Dan dancing with Gerry

Baby Booties

I spent some time knitting this weekend. Not just the knitting, but designing a new pattern.

These cute booties are for sale at my Etsy store:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=22066210

While I love the way they came out, I need to rework the pattern. The only reason is that these used little, tiny needles, and little tiny stitches, which translates into too much time for the sales price.

I will revisit this next weekend.