More summer fun and a little knitting, too

We’re lucky enough to have neighbors who were willing to buy one of those huge water slide playthingamajigs for the back yard. Our kids pounced and played for a while yesterday and again this morning. Poor neighbors. They have one child and all 3 of ours descend on them like locusts whenever [...]

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Hang On!

Knitting content coming soon!  We’ve been busier this year doing summer stuff than ever before and I haven’t really got much knitting to show for it.  I have been making great progress on the auction blanket, but I want to finish before posting photos of it.  I’ve also been searching for a sweater to make [...]

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A fugly blanket, by request only

I have agreed to knit several things to be grouped into a baby basket which will be offered at our school’s auction later this year. I needed to purchase the yarn for these items, and because we’re looking for the most cost-effective and easy-care items, I headed to HobbLobb. While there with all [...]

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Pool Fun

We took the kids to a local pool today… It was shockingly uncrowded, even though the weather was awesome. Worked out great for us since it’s hard to keep track of 3 kids who all want to go different directions at the same time! I was surprised that my daughter, who often [...]

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Mike Wazowski

My good friend Sheri was perusing my Flickr account when a coworker looked over her shoulder and spotted the monster toy I made for our school friends… She shouted “Mike Wazowski! I want a Mike Wazowski, too!” When my friend told me about the little chat, I took it as a challenge and [...]

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Somebunny to Love

Pattern: Sophie by Ysolda Teague (Rav link)
Yarn: Red Heart Super Savers in Lavender, not much… forgot to measure… maybe 1/3 skein?
Needles: US4
Started: June 4, 2008
Finished: June 8, 2008
Measures ~13″ tall

This is such a great pattern! I think it’s very well written, with photos to help clarify the instructions and available [...]

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Soccer Post

I don’t have substantial knitting to show you today, but I did manage to take a few fun pictures of my oldest son playing soccer yesterday.

The ‘Fun’ Team Shot:

The ‘Real’ Team Shot:

And a closer shot of the only two boys on the team:

Our team won this game (although no official score was kept… wink wink) [...]

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Rubber Ducky, You’re The One…

(I am aware that the poor duck’s arms are a bit lopsided and that my embroidery skills still suck as badly as when I first started knitting. I’m perfectly OK with that. Really.)
Pattern: Duck Toy from Fiona McTague’s Knitted Toys book
Yarn: Red Heart Super Savers in Bright Yellow (about half a [...]

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