WELL THIS IS.........

what i do when under the weather.

i took a picture of me wearing a knitted scarf to prove to me that i was cold really cold !

something i have not felt for maybe 8 years now.

and i must say i not only loved wearing the scarf but i'm dreaming of turtle necks again.

and since all i can down today is tea i thought why not make it as pleasant as possible !

so out came those lovely english tea cups of eric's grandmother.

and yes more blocked scarfs....

on the other up side of having stomach flu---

it is so much easier now than when having to care for small children at the same time.

i'm going to go and lie down again now ;o/

YARN ALONG

yup it is wednesday again......yippie-

that means it is yarn along day

and i have something completed.

totally finished these boot stirrups on sunday.

i mean all the finishing work is done....weaving in all ends neatly.

i'm not great at finishing work with knitting,

not sure why but am making an honest effort to be timely and have a nice looking finale project.

started another pair of stirrups on sunday afternoon.
{ sorry about the blurry pics. but that is how i'm feeling today...
the stomach flu has arrived at my house...ugh }

my amish christmas read was ok.

i only finished the first story in the book.

it proved to be the average amish story

but these are always good for a plot of forgiveness and redemption.

something that is always worth reading for me.

linking up with
yarn along

IN PICTURES { the first week of december }

YARN ALONG

knitting some church mouse boot leggings with stirrups.

how fun is that ?

i have two pairs to knit before christmas, 

but have no intention on getting stressed out about finishing on time ;0

my family is use to my delayed gift giving.

most christmas's i loose { forget where i have hidden presents }

and days, weeks, months and even at times the following christmas they get the forgotten gift.

it's just the way i roll around here.

last week after reading yarn along one of the blogs said she is only reading christmas books during the holiday season.

i thought what a great idea and out i went to get christmas books.

starting with 

a plain and simple christmas

of course it has an amish flair!

what are you knitting and reading?

linking up with ginny and

yarn along

WEEK-END

i had a slow week-end, cleaning knitting sewing and hanging out with eric..

{ my best friend }.

on sunday afternoon i went out east on the open plains to help a friend sew for her baby that is coming any day now.

oh the joy and the miracle happening looking at a mom getting ready to deliver.

we made diaper covers, { yes she loves and is concerned about the environment and is going to do her part for her children and use cloth diapers. keeping the land fill free of paper/disposable diapers. i commend her for her thoughtfulness ;) }.

on the way home the sun was a glow in the west due to the fern lake fire in rocky national park.

beautiful but sad.

i saw the front of 

business week magazine recently and in bold print....

"it's global warming stupid"

it's time to pay attention!!!

YARN ALONG

wednesday is now one of my favorite days...

why ?

because i'm in love with yarn along.

this past weekend has been a knitty 4 days with thanksgiving and all.

the simple  little baby sweater pattern i found on a blog

it is your basic top down yoke sweater.

their are several different patterns on ravelry.

the shawl is one i have been looking at for some time and decided i need to knit this for me.

whippoorwill

madalintosh sock weight 

have been trying to get some reading in but i seem very slow.

always something else to do and i have never learned to knit and read.

walk and cast on....even walk and knit but sadly not knit and read.

i have read Lorna Landvik books and she always made me laugh

so am having high hopes for this one.

will be visiting around yarn along after work

looking forward to seeing what is going on in your knitting world.

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YARN ALONG and PIES

yes it is thanksgiving

and in my family that means PIES

lots of PIES

when i was growing up the wednesday before thanksgiving we all would gather in the kitchen and make pies

anywhere from 7 to 10 pies

{ i come from a VERY LARGE family }

this was a favorite tradition in my family and apparently it is in the genes.

caitlin opened a pie business which means----

thanksgiving and we are making pies.

50 last night,

yes a record for me and my aching back.

we were up to our eyeballs in flour and fillings

and it was a great time.

no one cried or had a melt down,

we were grateful to have GIBBS 

{ caitlin is using their kitchen }.

here are a few pics of 

me oh my pies

first major pie baking night.

sweet caitlin had to be at the bellevue bean to open this morning too.

good thing she is young ;o)

apple and cherry all locally bought

i hear the produce man is very good to look at.

haven't had the pleasure yet

but their is always the christmas marathon pie baking...

 since the pie thing has been non-stop for over a week,

prepping all last week and 

baking this week

i have had little time to knit or do much of anything.

but walking to GIBBS yesterday i decided it would be a good time to cast on for a baby sweater.

it went well.

amazing what one can do if one really feels the need

to knit.

i was even able to get through nine rows before collapsing in bed last night.

more pies

please everyone have a wonderful safe thanksgiving.

YARN ALONG

http://www.meohmypie.com/