Monday - Wednesday WOW

Here it is Thursday all ready, but this time I'm not going to say the usual "Where did this week go? How did it become Thursday all ready?" No, this time I know where every minute went. LOL. And even though I 'm exhausted it's a good exhausted.

Monday I had a knitting lesson to give to a lady that forever will be someone that I admire and strive to be like. She started her first "big" project, a baby blanket. We had the best time during her lesson. The 2 hours we are knitting goes by so fast and every minute is so productive. Besides she LOVES big dogs and so we knit, and talk about Gunther and the dogs she has had. On the same day that my Shepherd passed, her dog passed so we also share a sad day. Then the next 5 hours were dealing with not so nice people and running around paying bills. etc. Monday night was my knitting class. It was the pick-me-up that I needed. OMG we knitted, laughed and knitted some more. These ladies have jumped into knitting head first. They are running full speed a head with their knitting and definitely keep me on my toes. Not only are they wonderful ladies they are turning out to be great knitters. Their work is beautiful. So being around them gave me what I needed to get through the rest of the evening. Finally I was home by 10:45pm. I had left that morning at 9am.

Tuesday, Sara took the second part of her GED. She was a nervous mess. I took knitting with me to work on. I am two rows short of finishing the first side of my felted bag, and I'm about 12" from finishing the Irish Hiking Scarf. When Sara was done with her test, she has a major headache and so we came home, she rested and I cleaned. Yes, I actually cleaned, but it was only because I had gotten so much knitting done. LOL.

Wednesday, Oh my gosh what a day. My lessons started at 10am and my last student finished at 2:30pm. All private lessons. What fun. Now I have one student/friend who I tease about doing extreme knitting. She is on the fast track. She started in November and has done just about everything. She learns so quickly. Not only does she take lessons, but she figures things out on her own. The only thing like most of us that gets in her way, are really poor written knitting instructions. LOL. She has made a long sweater coat, and the sewing instructions to it are TERRIBLE. I had a hell of a time with them myself. She brought her son with her and so we went over to the kids section of Barnes and Nobles and knitted. It was great. I had a wonderful time.

Then after her was a new student. Her grandmother had called me a few weeks back asking if I could teach her grand daughter who was flying in from Boston for a visit. I said sure. Her grand daughter is 6 years old. Words cannot describe what a wonderful time I had with her and her mom. What sweet people. They both learned. She all ready knew how to do the knit stitch because their neighbor at home had taught her that much, so I got to show them how to cast on, how to make sure you don't add a stitch at the beginning of the row, bind off, and then we talked about yarns and needles and knitting accessories. Let me tell you, this little girl was really something, she was so mature for her age and so into knitting. Her and her mom are so sweet and I hope that we can stay in touch. When they come back to Georgia we are suppose to get together so I can see what she has made. I got home in time to take Sara to work. I finally had a chance to clean out and organize my knitting bag and the bag that I use for classes.

It was so good ending Wednesday with teaching a 6 year old how to knit. I was so tired and it put the life right back in me. Now I purposely didn't include the bad crap that I had to dodge, and the crazy people I had to handle because with all these great experiences the crap just took up my time, but didn't leave a lasting impression.

Now I am leaving for my Thursday morning class, I can't wait to see what happens there. ;-)

Friday's Gift

This morning when I came into the kitchen to get my coffee I looked out and seen this. It's a promise, a gift, that our cold weather is just about over. (jumping up and down with happiness) Though we are suppose to have some mixed rain/sleet and possibly snow in the GA mountains, it will only be cold and rainy here in Atlanta. I can live with the cold (aching hands and other joints) knowing that my flowers are telling soon it will be unbearably hot and muggy. LOL.

On the knitting front. The bag is coming a long really well. I haven't had much time to commit to it, but I'm about half way on the first side. Also, I'm not too far from finishing my Irish Hiking scarf. It's turning out so pretty. I know I've decided to give it away, but parting with it will be a little hard. ;-)

One more thing. This week my knitting classes have been so much fun. The ladies that I have are something else. But the one thing that they all have in common is that they are just wonderful people, with big hearts and great attitudes. It's really a pleasure to know them. Hopefully soon, I'll have some pictures of the classes to post on here.

Have a great weekend,

Blessed Be 

Next Project: Felted Bag

There are a couple of my knitting students that have made felted bags, and I got the bug. Great projects are so contagious. Since I finished the other knitted bag I've been wanting to felt one. And guess what, there has been one in that same book and it has been calling to me, so that's my next project. Here is the yarn I got for it.

Saxon Braid is done

Since I couldn't get my son to model his new scarf, Gunther was more than willing to. LOL. The scarf was finished yesterday and blocked. It turned out so nice. Maybe if we all cross our fingers I can catch GT wearing it and snap a quick picture. ;-)

21 Row Countdown!

Everyone is invited to join in with me on the 21 row countdown for the Saxon Braid Scarf. LOL. This afternoon I had some free time and decided that Mr. Saxon Braid and I were going to have a lovely afternoon. Which we have. Now I'm down to the last 21 rows. I'll more than likely finish it tomorrow and get it blocked. When it's finished and all pretty I'll post a better picture.

Did any one else today receive their Berroco Newsletter? They have several, make that 7 new patterns that go with their Ultra Alpaca. Click here to check them out.

Yesterday I had to take my PT Cruiser in to the car doctor. Since I've been back from TN, it's acted a little ill. Well this afternoon I got the call that it was ready and it wasn't too bad of shape. I thought it was going to have to have new brakes, and new tires, and aligned, etc. But, all it needed was 2 tires and the brakes had glazed (which makes them make that same terrible sound that bad brakes make) and they did their magic to un-glaze the little guys. So it's Friday night, the car is in great shape, ( I still have some money left over) the knitting is going good, I think it's party time!

Have a great weekend,
Blessed Be

Cables. Aren't they. . .

After surviving another hectic and way too spontaneous for my taste day, I comforted myself in looking forward to the little noise that my needles make, especially when they are about 7 inches from finishing a project. The Saxon Braid scarf is or should I say was about 7 inches from completion. Finally I got home, changed clothes while the coffee ways making, grabbed a cup, grabbed the needles and headed for my spot. It was wonderful, I was on a roll and about an 1 inch to go I see it. A mistake made not long after I had picked the needles up today. So here went the little conversation between the knitting angel and the knitting devil, "frog" "don't frog", "frog" "don't frog." Back and forth, back and forth, until I realized that I could not live with the mistake, it stood out like a zit in the middle of my forehead. So I am not sure which won, but I frogged. Then I realized that I had lost track of what row I was frogging. So after I fixed that little problem and got back on track, determined not to let all that get to me. So I started knitting, feeling good about myself too, until I realized I started on the wrong row, and had knitted about 5 rows. Out they came. Now with all that said. I decided that a glass of wine and a hot bath was what I needed. And it worked, I feel pretty good. The needles are calling out to me, but I am resisting, because I know that clearly my mind isn't in any shape form or fashion able to read a knitting pattern today. ROTFL. Oh yea, now I remember why I stopped knitting cables. LOL

Trying to come up with a title

You know, sometimes you just can't come up with a cute little title. And I'm thinking, sometimes is just doesn't matter. I've sat here for about 20 minutes trying to decide what to write and what to title it, till I've gotten a little irritated. LOL.

It seems like a billion years since I wrote anything on this blog, and it's because of how busy I was last week and then taking off for TN. We came home yesterday and I drove 4.5 hours in a heavy down pour of rain, with 18 wheelers flying by me like it was a sunny day. When we got home I had decided I never wanted to drive again. LOL. Until it was time to go to teach my knitting class. LOL. Even then I wasn't too keen on driving. If I could have a wish-a-day, today's wish would be that I made enough money to hire a driver. ;-) (a cute driver, a cute, single driver, a cute, single, buff driver...)

While I was at mom's I got a lot of work done on my son's scarf. The Saxon Braid. It's been on the back burner a little since I've tried to get other projects done for mom, class, etc., but I got about 1o or 11 repeats done and I'm happy about that. I also got some work done on the Irish hiking scarf. I can't wait to get that done and given away. The lady that I'm giving it to seen me knitting on it the other day and fell in love with it. So I am going to surprise her with it, when finished. That will be a lot of fun.

Right now I don't have any pictures to post. I guess I will add that to the list, oh wait, if I do that, it won't get done, because I hate that damn list. LOL.

Gunther is 6 months today

He's 6 months and 87 pounds. What a baby!