Something new...

Here is what I did on Wednesday evening. I traveled to Lexington to see the new (step) granddaughter. Her name is Savannah Raye. She weighed in at 6 lbs and 12 oz. She was born on Tuesday, June 13th. Mom, Christina (in the bottom picture) just turned 29 on the 2nd of this month. And I can't wait to see her again. We are traveling to 2 different birthday parties tomorrow, Sunday. First to my brother's house. Both his children have patriotic birthdays--John Michael's was June 14, he turned 11. Margaret's is coming up on the 4th of July and she will turn 13. They are celebrating both of them tomorrow cause they are going to be gone on the 4th so wanted to get the families together before they go. Then at 3:00 we must go to my MIL's house to celebrate my step-daughter's 21st birthday which will actually be the 20th. Full day tomorrow and there goes my diet.



Hopefully, will have some knitting pictures later this next week when I get my camera back.

A week...

Since I last checked in. This is what I have been knitting at these last two weeks. Slowly. I just have been knitting so hard lately that I am not really in a mood to do much. I really need to get these finished. I want to enter them in the fair this summer and I have two other pair I want to finish by the end of July. I also need to finish up the baby blanket I am knitting for the yet-to-be-born grand-daughter. We are baby-sitting for a few days. My daughter just acquired this little stinker. She hasn't decided what to call her yet. I have forgotten what a full time job this is. Anyway, here are some pictures for you to peruse.








Ok, she isn't spoiled yet...do ya think? Gonna go get busy on those socks now. By the way, here is where you can see the pattern for these in case you are interested...
http://www.beadopalwoolqueen.com.au/gecko.html
Enjoy!

Just counted...

and we have made 60 scarves, 7 hats, and 1 shawl so far for the Markey Cancer Center. We still have until July 1 and I know there are lots more out there. Some folks are waiting till closer to the deadline and sending all they have made at one time. I'm feeling really great about this project and just so glad that I can contribute in some small way.
I will leave you with a picture that my daughter took of myself with the "Queen Cat" and also of my husband with the same cat.

My last finish...

is this garter stitch scarf from LB Homespun. It is for the Markey Center. I finished this on Saturday while we were on the way to Richmond, Virginia. Easy peasey! I have a cotton roll brim hat on the needles also for this project. Maybe I will finish it soon.

More scarves...

for the Markey Cancer Center. These 7 beautiful scarves are from June in Arizona.

My personal knitting progress...

is almost non existant. I cast on another scarf in LB Homespun and another hat in Peaches and Creme cotton. We are heading out early in the morning for Richmond, Virginia. I'm taking the scarf, my Diamond Fantasy shawl and the Big Bad Baby blanket to knit during the trip. Hopefully I will make great progress. We'll see.

Another update...

Lovely scarves, again. For the Markey Cancer Center. These two above are from Mary in Washington state. The following 16 are from Paula in California.



We have now collected 50 scarves, 6 hats, and 1 shawl. Pretty good, so far. Long way to go, though to beat our last collection of over 200 scarves. Knit on!

Got my STR sock club package!

Here it is in all its glory! The new color is Fairgrounds. I love the colors in this skein. I couldn't wait to wind it up into balls, ready for sock-making! Not sure about the pattern though. I will have to study it more before I decide if I want to use this pattern or another. Did I mention I love these colors?!?!

Late finish!

Just finished this chemo hat while watching House. I used Bernat Softee Chunkee in Carnival colorway.
Off to bed now!

FO's and packages in the mail...

So here are my Socks That Rock Club socks. They pooled because I divided the skein into two balls and knit both socks at once on two 2.25 mm circular needles. I like to do all my socks that way because is takes less time and I don't experience SSS (second sock syndrome). Also I didn't want to fool with switching back and forth between two balls so I wouldn't have this problem. These aren't a color I would normally buy on purpose, but I am sure I can find some reason to wear them cause I love the feel of this yarn. The next shipment should come in sometime next week, rumor has it that the next shipment goes out on Friday, the 19th. Can't wait for the next one!
This is the latest shipment of scarves & a shawl for the Markey Cancer Center Project. I just love getting these packages in the mail because I love seeing how wonderful and different each item is. I know how much caring and love is knitted into each one. BTW, this package came from Mary on Bainbridge Island in Washington state.
This scarf is really cool! The cream colored part looks like rolled up material. Wonder what it really is?
This shawl is really soft and snuggly. It will keep someone really cozy.

I still have my Beaded Opal socks to work on and plan to start another Big Bad Baby Blanket to go with the baby sweater/bootees/hat for the coming (step)grand-baby. Gotta go now!