52PP IV

I have officially decided to do the 52 Pair plunge 4 this year. It started on June 1st and I'm sad to say that I have yet to make a pair of socks. Why you ask is that? Well, I've been a little busy this month. I had a wedding last weekend and tons of family in town and lots of gatherings and on top of that I started a new job on the 7th as well. So with the new job consuming all of my time and it being summer and the kids are home all day driving me crazy I have my work cut out for me.

But, on the good side I have babies that I can knit socks for that are due this winter so that will help me get to my 52 pairs.

So with that said I did cast on a sock today. I started Wendy Johnson's Diagonal Lace socks which is also the pattern for the June KAL in the group Socks from the toe up KAL on Ravely.

Fontana

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This is a test knit pattern that will be available I do believe in the middle of May. It's very simple and beautiful and works up quickly on size 7 needles.

Some very weedy Pea's

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Strawberries

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and now look like this

Stawberry roots

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They all started like this

Strawberry garden

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garden

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cabbage

Garden's

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Here's the onions, cabbage, broccoli, beets, spinach, lettuce and radishes.

more peppers and tomoato's

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Peppers and Tomato's

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Wow, it's getting to be that time of the year again where it's time to plant a garden here's this years peppers and tomoatoes.

OMG! Look at what the UPS man brought me today.

The bag on the far left and center are the following two wools.






The Third bag on the couch (far right) is a mystery wool that I had purchased from a lady on Ebay and it really turned out to be a nice fiber. There is 10.96 pounds of Fiber between these three bags.



Now this picture below is of my cormo that I have yet to receive as well as a metric tone of alpaca and my BFL.




I can't wait to get the rest in and play with it all. Now I just have to figure out where to put it until I get a chance to spin, spin, spin, spin, spin, spin, spin, spin, and spin some more. I think.. wait, I know I have more than enough fiber to keep me busy for a very long time.

If you have questions please don't be afraid to ask.

A trip to the toy store

Today I decided to take Trinity to Toys R Us to use her $25.00 Gift Certificate that she got for her birthday. Well here's what we came home with.......




Wow, You would think that would cost a lot of money. Well, take a look at my receipt.






Did you see the total. $1.70!!!! Yes,that is correct. I had a $25.00 gift certificate and a $3.00 off coupon that you get in the mail for having your kids signed up for their Birthday club. And, They had a sale for $20.00 off all Barbie folding scooters. Yes, I paid $.087 and $0.88 for each of the scooters. The tax on it was $1.75.

I don't think that I could have found a better deal anywhere for what I got.

Alpaca farm visit

Today I went to The Enchanted Alpaca Ranch in Parkersburg Iowa with my friend Lisa. We had a tour of the barn and out to see all the alpaca's and boy she sure did have some really beautiful animals. Then we went to see her studio and look at some fleeces and I have to say that I had a really hard time deciding what I want to buy. So after looking and oogling and much talking I decided to purchase this........







1# 3 oz of Selena's Cria coat. I love this fiber and she had some of the most beautiful fleeces that is was so hard. My availability of money was a determining factor since I spent so much yesterday purchasing a gaming system for the kids for Christmas that I was kind of tapped out. But, now since I know where she is I know that I can always get more when I want.

Now let the spinning begin.....

Broccoli anyone!

fleece

I purchased these at the Iowa sheep and wool festival and I just got done messing with the 9# Rambouillet so These two will me my next projects.

A shawl for Autumn

I finished my Ruffles & Ridges shawl and personally It's to short for my liking as a shawl. So I decided to let my oldest daughter have it.

Here are some pictures of it






I made the larger sized shawl but used size US7 needles. The Yarn is Wollmeise and in the color Spice market.

I'm all warm and fuzzy!

Well, I'm all warm and fuzzy because of this.......























Lots of soft Rambouillet wool. I had purchased this in June at a wool festival and I have been working on getting it all washed and carded for a very long time and finally it is done. Now I just have to weigh it all and see how much I really have. That will be done on another day.

Back off you bad dog!

My 4yo who thinks she is a cat is pointing her tail at our german short hair dog that is not pictures and she was yelling " back of you bad dog, I'm a cat and your not going to eat me". I couldn't help but bust out laughing after I got the camera and caught her doing it a second time. This is what I love about being home with my children..... All the weird and fun stuff that come out of there mouths!

Blogtoberfest day 10 Work

Work, work, work, work, work, work. That's what I do all night long. Work, work, work, until I go home then I get to Play, play, play all day long with my beautiful family. See you latter. I got to go to work.

Blogtoberfest day 9 Time consumer......

Netflix! is consuming my time today. I finally decided to order it and all I have to say is this..... Why in the world did I not order this sooner.