sherriknits

Yes, I have done it!  It was totally painless.  Of course, it was a sock and not a fair isle sweater….but how fun to have tried it and had it work!  I started Cat Bordhi’s Houdini sock at Stitch n Pitch and hadn’t worked on it since the game.  Tonight I finished the “footprint” and inserted the needles for the steeking.

Then I snipped and unravelled.

The sock fits!  I knit the inch before starting the pattern on the cuff of the sock which was to use another method (the name escapes me right now).  It took me so long to do 3 stitches even though I knit the previous row very loosely as she suggested but for all that work, I wasn’t horrible fond of the look so I’m going to find another cuff pattern.  I’m thrilled, though!

I got my Olympic knitting done….my share of the Relay blanket.  I think we decided to call ourselves the Friendship Knitters.  We are so far ahead of schedule.  I was 3rd on the list and the knitting started at 5 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 8.  I got my call to start my block at 12:35!!!!!!   I was no where near ready to start.  I had gone to get my hair cut and foiled and had barely gotten to work when I got the call.  #4 on the list was knitting there already so I traded places with her.  She, too, is a fast knitter so she passed the needles to me again in the early afternoon.  By then I was ready and got mine done that night.  I think we are on number 8 now.  Such fun!  I think we’ll do it again but maybe in a different format.

I love the color of these blocks.  We had 6 colors I think.  We each got to pick a page of patterns.  The garter stitch was my warm-up event.  The first square (triangles) was my relay block, and the checkerboard is my final event.  These aren’t blocked yet, but I’m happy with them, they are the same size and so far every one I have laid it up against it has been the same size!

Tonight I got to deliver a baby gift for Sweet Pea. 

I absolutely LOVE this.  The pattern is “Moonbeam” and it’s an adorable little cape with a hood. 

I love the little wall plaque.  This baby is fortunate to have 2 very wise parents….but I am so happy that this new father is going to make us very proud.

Isn’t the card cute?

And I love the little label inside. The designer is Kim Hargreaves.  I want to knit this myself.

Another friend gave her a copy of this drawing from the 40s.

I also wanted to show the little bear that daddy’s grandma made him when he was a little boy.  She just passed away so it is even more special.  His mom put a very sweet card on his neck.  I could just cry it’s so sweet.

#1 son and his fiance leave in the early morning for their mission trip to just south of Tijuana, Mexico.  They have been to the same village several times.  In fact, mama-to-be went down there and stayed for 6 weeks all by herself because she wanted to experience life in a village without having the comfort of her friends and team.  She stayed with a missionary family that our church as come to know quite well.  The kids are going to build a home for a family.  The only hard thing is they are sad to possibly miss the arrival of the baby that will make him an uncle for the first time.  God knows the day and the hour and He knows they were going to be on this trip so it’s all in His hands.

Tags: knitting, missions, Olympics, sweet pea

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