Mid October !!!!

Well has time flown by or what!!!!! It is already October 16 !!! Sheesh !! Clark is now one! Becky is off of mat leave and back to work full time :(:( Hmm no more nice long phone coversations ! I have gotten quite a few projects done ! And that makes me very happy :) I am back to baking a bit, tis the season hehe :) Nothing better than fresh baked goods in the fall !! :) Let me see what have I completed ? A pair of socks for Hollie, a sweater for Dominick, only one doily, called Fans. I got all the stuff done that I wanted to make Clark for his first birthday, a hat, pair of matching mittens, a sweater with a froggie on the front, and a Superman sweater! All are matching so he can wear the hat, mittens and gloves with either sweater!!! Superman blue hehehe !!!!!
The Superman sweater turned out wonderfully but I feel the logo is just a bit small for the sweater. I think it was a hat logo pattern I used, live and learn !!! Well, and as it turns out the cuffs of the sweater are a bit small for our dear boy !!! Who has grown so wonderfully for a start as a preemie!!!!! Ssssoooooo, you guessed it !!! I am going to make my own dern Superman Logo so I can get the size I want and make a new sweater LOL :):):) Can ya tell I love to make things for the boys !!!!!Ohh and I made a hat for Dominick :) Pretty much the same as Clark's hat but 2 sizes bigger ISH :) And a pair of slippers for me !!!! :)
I have a ton of things more that I want to do :):):) I bought some really kewl cotton blend yarn, and have picked out a pattern to make me a tank type sweater !!!!! Jessica some socks !!!! I found a lovely argyle vest pattern for the boys!!!! I will be using Red Heart Lustersheen, I have all the yarn for that :):) It will be my first try with an argyle pattern. I want to make the vests as matching as possible so the boys can wear them at Christmas :):) heheheh
I have thoughts for another afghan for my couch as the other one I made recently is now on the back of the loveseat !! :) As well I have a ton of greens I think three shades.. hmm afghan !!! :) I have another afghan I started years ago I really should finish up !!! :) I want to start some more baby outfits...
I think that will keep me out of trouble a bit :) Ohhh Yes, and we got a new pup !!! Dexter!!! He is teething at the moment LOL Poor bugger ! He is a nice little dog, spoiled already of course. We got him the last week of August.
Ohh and I still have not smoked!!!! 8 plus months now :)

Well here are a couple of pics of the boys...

My two dear Grandboys:
Clark and Dominick:

1 Year Old Clark

Dominick is 3

I will post picks of my finished projects another day !

Have a great day everyone !

Clark and his Pumpkin Hat!!

Well I searched and searched and search patterns last week to make dear Clark a pumpkin hat for October !!!! But the gauge I worked out for the orange yarn I have and all the patterns on
the internet .. did not match ... soooo here is my little creation !!! :):)
The hat and stem are knitted and the eyes, nose, mouth leaves and curly thingys are all crocheted!!!! :)

















Here is another pic which shows the colours of the leaves and the orange so so much better!!! :)





And without further ado.. here is Dear Clark modelling the hat !!!! :):)
I am sure his dear head will be quite warm in October!!!!!

Have a Great day !!!!

Back in October??

Hmm Well it is September 3rd LOL And I guess I was supposed to come in for September!
But heck I was just out back enjoying our wonderful pool!!!
Twas a pretty chilly and wet summer :(:(
Well guess I might see you all in Oct? Err, hmm, unless the weather changes drastically LOL :)

Afghan !

Well I made an afghan for our couch !!! :) I did all of it in a variegated colour and the last 2 rows ISH in a dark brown! I had about half of it done and thought I would put it on the couch till I got another row of squares completed... and well just hated it LOL !!!!!
Sooo I took it apart and took the dark brown off of each of the 12 squares! I finished each of the 12 squares off in the variegated :) And used the dark brown to sew the squares together hmmmm I think I slip stitched it all together ... Just the effect I wanted :) I crochet a row of dark brown SC around the completed ghan .. and then a row of variegated SC and finished it off with another row of SC .. I was going to do the reverse sc but I did not like the look of it :)


This is the how the afghan squares were originally!








This is the new and improved look !!!









Here is the finished afghan. The pictures are taken without the flash
and well, ... with the flash !!!



The afghan on the couch!!!

See you in September!!!!

Wow, am I ever a slow blogger !!!!! May 19th, it is now July 27!!! hehehe :):)
Ohhh well :):) I am sure though over the winter months, I will get a bit more talkative :) !!!!
One can hope anyways :):)
There is this Canadian Tire commercial :):) Where the hubby is sooo enjoying all his new outdoor type things... that he tells the wife he will come back in the house in September!
Thus, my hubby Terry and I joke about that !!!! telling each other that we will go in the house in September! hehe
And unless there is a really bad rainy day I guess...... I will see you all in September !!!!

More Doilies!!!

I finished three more doilies :)











This one sits on my coffee table :) It is called Stars, Fans and Pineapples!!!! :)
It pretty much matches my Hearts and Pineapples!!!! I made two of these, one for each end table!!!!


This doily is made from a pattern by Patricia Kristofferson!!!!! This is the first doily I have made from this designer!!!!! Her doilies are beautiful and very intricate !!


















This doily is called Innocence ! I am trying to use more *colour* in my doilies!!!! :):):) I usually just use white or ecru!!!! I gave this one to my Mother In Law.

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A Couple of Doilies

A couple of doilies I finished this week !! :) These ones I am keeping for myself!!!!

My camera has been hiccuping lately so I was quite happy to get these pics off quick, sadly tho no staging :) LOL :) I was going to take a pic of the Hearts n Pineapples on the table it is sitting on .. but the camera died LOL rotten stinker :)

North Star Pinwheel is done in size 10 thread yellow and brown, 1.5mm hook and is about 24 inches :)
This one sits on a little table at the bottom of the stairs to go into our computer/ craft room :) Looks quite good!!! With kid n grandkid pics sitting on it !!!
I have not used a lot of colours in my doilies, usually ecru, or white!!! I am trying to expand my horizons !!! :)

Hearts and Pineapples is done in Ecru :) 1.5mm hook and is about 29 inches :):)
This one is sitting on an end table in my living room and I will make another one of these for the opposite end table ! :)





Have a great day !!! :):)