Finished objects and a few other things!!

To start with this weekend has been back to cold, windy and snow. We were supposed to get the snow yesterday (Saturday) but that didn't seem to materialize until almost dark and today it just will not stop. I am hoping for March to magically turn into this beautiful Spring month - do you think I will get my wish??

First off for the weekend - I now have an Ipod. My son got bought a new one and said I could have his old one. Its not all cute and small like the new ones but it does what its supposed to do and plays music. He has had this one for quite awhile and the new one does so much more but I have never really got into that listening to music all the time type of thing - I don't even play the radio in the truck. I think it has something to do with all those doctors constantly talking at me while I'm working. At my job you dial into what they have dictated and they keep talking for 8 hours - along with coughing, sneezing, belching - you get the picture. Today he helped me download some songs and I am up and running. I didn't download a lot - just to have a few songs to get me going. He is the tech guy in our house and like I said to him - Are you ready for me to be bugging you about how to turn this thing on or get the music to play. What I really wanted it for - is when I'm out walking. When I had Annie she would set the pace - not the leash pulling pace, but she liked to walk at a brisk pace and I guess if your going to walk to get you heart rate up stay you need to be going at a brisk pace. I have noticed that since she's not with me I walk pretty slow. This is the sock that I have been practicing on - getting used to sock yarn. I'm now at the heel so I'll have to read up on that and see where to go next. Starting next month I'm taking a sock class so they suggested you start practicing with the thinner yarn, our last class was a thick boot sock and magic loop. This will be double points and I sure am hoping it works out better. Hard to tell in the picture but the yarn is shades of green, oranges and a mauve looking color. Really pretty but the yarn is not something that I will not buy again. Its Berocco Comfort and I'm a little disappointed. In the 8 inches that I have knit the yarn has had 2 knots in it where it looks like they tied it together. I found the same to be true with the heavier stuff on the last sock. Pretty discouraging if you ask me.

I finally finished this shawl. Its out of Brown Sheep and is a verigated blue and white cotton. Just what I will need for all those chilly Spring days next month - Right???

I also finished the binding on this quilt, which I am ashamed to say has been done since last Fall. Several years ago I did the hearts attached to the squares in a blanket stitch. Then it sat for a long, long time. Last Fall Sara put it all together and quilted it for me. All I had to do was sew the binding - but its not one of my favorite things to do. I sat and wathed Notting Hill last night with Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant and only had a little bit left to do this morning.

Tom has been sick most of the weekend with fever, chills and a cough - so its been pretty quiet around here as he's been on the couch sleeping a lot. I have done some more cleaning in the kitchen and in the bedroom. I will be ready for Spring whenever it shows up.

Now I have a big pile of wool that is called me. I want to see what I can get started on with that. I have a couple of ideas - maybe some easter eggs or a table runner - we'll see what happens.

Hope you are having a good weekend....

Yellow - Day 5

Yellow trimmed rooster egg cups. Makes me think of Spring - which we are not having today. Its back to the deep freeze and more snow coming tomorrow.
No knitting for me this weekend. I have some small hand sewing projects that I need to get done. Have a good weekend....

No yellow today - just a blue day.

Today we put down our border collie Annie. She has been sick since way back in July and nothing that we have done has seemed to help. Everytime I would think this is it I'm going to call the vet she would perk up - just like she did this time. He confirmed what I was thinking, she is not going to recover. We adopted her 3 years ago and it seems so strange not to have her here tonight. From day one I was her job, making sure that I wasn't making a move without her. The only time she left me was to go to the barn with Tom - she loved being in the barn and even then she would periodically come back up to see what I was doing. We walked countless miles together - it has been strange going without her these last few months. One good thing though, for the last 3 years she has had a very different life from her previous and I like to think we were meant to come along and make her happy in her final years. Back to yellow tomorrow...

Yellow - Day #3

This is perfect for today. Its been a cloudy, rainy, windy and cold kind of day and these would definitely cheer anyone up. I think its time for the snowmen to go - I am so ready for some warmer weather.

Have a good evening........

Yellow - Day #2

Here is day 2. The barn on the left is yellow - it was hard to get a good picture. They sit up on the window ledge at the very top in the family room. These barns were put out by Farm Bureau for Ohio's 200th birthday. A barn painter went around to every county and painted what you see on all the barns. The yellow one is Cuyahoga County - the county Tom and I grew up in and where my mother and brother still live. The one on the left is Medina County. Actually this one is only about 3 miles from our house on the main road and we pass it all the time. Ohio's bicentennial was in 2003 and the Medina County one is starting to show its age. I hope they don't pain over it.

This was a spur of the moment yellow - I was talking on the phone with Kris this afternoon and just looked up and it hit me - I have something else yellow.

See you tomorrow!!

Ice Festival

Thought you wouldn't mind seeing some pictures from the local ice festival. It was cold but not as bad as some years have been and the sun was out. This was was huge. Jessica and Tyler are standing on the street just off the curb - so gives you an idea how tall it was.

The picture below is in front of Studio Knit. Its a kangaroo complete with hat and scarf and knitting needles and yarn in its pouch.

Its always a fun time and something to do on a cold February afternoon. Now we can onlyhope that Spring is not far off.

Enjoy you evening....

Yellow - day 1

I'm participating in houseonhillroad yellow week. This is going to be a challenge for me as I don't have a lot of yellow things. If it were blue - we could go on for a month - even orange or green.
This is one of the yellow areas on the quilt that Kris made me for Christmas from bed sheets. Its my Saturday afternoon nap quilt - I love using it!!

I'm in a hurry right now but hopefully I'll be back later with pics from the ice festival. Kris brought Jessica and Tyler over for a quick tour of the square and all the sculptures. Right now, I have to go find more yellow things.....