sherriknits

It has been so much fun seeing the excitement of the ladies who are joining together to knit a friendship blanket for our local women’s/children’s shelter. Each section is 4 blocks knit in one strip. I have a bottom section so I got to do a regular cast-on and will leave mine on waste yarn. Those who have a top section get to do a provisional cast-on. There has been much enthusiasm with the project. This one is a child’s blanket and it has a beach theme.

The color is awful….you’re looking at purple and lime green. My first block was yellow (you may recall an earlier post with the yellow block). These are “sea wall” and “cobbled stones”. Both were fun and easy. I have started my orange block (attached to the green) and it will also be the sea wall pattern.

There’s another look….the yellow one is sand swirl (I think…my pattern is not within reach). Some of the blocks are cables and some are bobbles….so much fun! Can’t you just see a little one snuggled up under it?

I’ve been diligently working on mine because today I got a fun new project in the mail.

The chicken saga continues! My friend, Shanda, made these same chickens and she is responsible for the fever that has struck me. I am thinking these will make great toys for coming to visit Grammy! I’ve seen so many cute pictures of little girls holding their chickens on Ravelry and finally caved in and decided to make my own….since Shanda just wouldn’t do it for me!

Tomorrow is going to be another busy day. We have a picnic after church, hopefully the weather will hold…it’s supposed to be cloudy and cool. We have to leave early and head to Olympia because Kyle is officiating at a wedding and they found out last night that children are not invited to the ceremony. Kyle would like Rhianna to be there for his first wedding so we said we’d come play with her during that time. It will be nap time and she is not normally very flexible when she’s tired. Most of the time that works out fine. Rhianna offered to deliver her to the mall for us but I’m not so sure I care to have her at the mall and have her start screaming, that girl does not let up. I’d rather sit in the comfort of my car and feed her. I can understand now why our parents were afraid of our carseats….I can never remember how to work the silly thing.

In swagbucks news, I just ordered my fourth $5 Amazon gift card! Lately the points have been accumulating so fast I’ve ordered one a week! They take about 2 weeks to show up in my account, but I’m saving for something bigger so I don’t care. How fun is this! If you are using SB, just make sure you do your searching through the search bar or from their page. I put my swidget on my google homepage so it’s easy to find. If you have a pc, it’s easy to use the search bar, I don’t know why they make it harder for us mac users, but I am really not having all that much trouble. Thanks to those who have signed up under me! I hope you’re finding people to sign up under you…it’s so much fun to sign in and see my points have made a big jump because of you guys!

Have a great Sunday

Tags: knitting, swagbucks

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