diva's had a busy day. busy week, actually.
cranked out this little number.
this multnomah was knit with knit picker sock yarn in rainbow. basic garter stitch triangle shawl with a feather and fan border, a good challenge with a pattern to keep me on my toes.
i got this yarn last week at kutztown festival, originally to make a pair of socks. i'm into "rainbow" colors now and thought it would make a neat pair of socks. but i kept looking at the yarn and thinking, you should be more than a pair of socks. i really want a shawl. what kind of shawl can i make you out of? thank bobness for the ravelry database, i found a bunch of shawls i really liked, but i needed one with a simple pattern to show off the rainbow colors.
i also got to test drive my new blocking wires. i got them 2 xmases ago - the package wasn't even open. guess i was too depressed/tired (i got them the year of ani's EDD/impending pregnancy with the kiddos) to peek at the wires. oh my, i will never go back to blocking with just pins. it was so easy (!!!) to thread the shawl on the wires then pin the wires. no scallops! my only roadblocks - i ran out of blocking squares and had to supplement with the kiddos' foam floor blocks. that and sharing floor space with the boy's toys. some day, i will get my own yarn room, and i will have floor space for my blocking squares.
i call my shawl it takes balls to be a butterfly. it's the name of a song i like by jerry fish and the mudbug club. hubby introduced me to this singer recently and i love this song. the gist of the song - be yourself. not that it's original to use sock yarn for a shawl. using my yarn for a shawl was incredibly out of the box for me. and i don't see a lot of rainbow shawls out there - also very butterfly.
yes, i took itbtbab's picture on my butterfly bush. it almost had a butterfly in the picture but i scared it away. :(
hubby and i cleaned out the back porch. it was due for a thorough cleaning. gave the pantry an overhaul. we set it up about 5 years ago, and while i do clean out the canned goods on a semi-regular basis i gave the shelves all a good once over. and even pitched things that i'd been hoarding (like 3 small containers of woodstock crackers. seriously. they were so old, the colors faded on the containers. i sighed, wished we'd eaten them sooner, then tossed them in the garbage bag). some objects found there way to the yard sale box - others are destined for the dump.
my shiny happy pantry:
and just can't resist these photo gems:
the boy's in reading camp this week. he actually picked this outfit. the shirt is for church, and the shorts came with a mario shirt. he was so proud, he wanted a picture taken.
dear freddie beans, stuck again. why why why do you get yourself stuck in these situations!
i bought that hamper at target for my stash. the kiddos liked it so much, i gave it to them for their smaller toys. out of sight, cleaner floor and room.
please mommy, can't we watch the devil wears prada? pretty please???!
(i just couldn't resist.)
cranked out this little number.
this multnomah was knit with knit picker sock yarn in rainbow. basic garter stitch triangle shawl with a feather and fan border, a good challenge with a pattern to keep me on my toes.
i got this yarn last week at kutztown festival, originally to make a pair of socks. i'm into "rainbow" colors now and thought it would make a neat pair of socks. but i kept looking at the yarn and thinking, you should be more than a pair of socks. i really want a shawl. what kind of shawl can i make you out of? thank bobness for the ravelry database, i found a bunch of shawls i really liked, but i needed one with a simple pattern to show off the rainbow colors.
i also got to test drive my new blocking wires. i got them 2 xmases ago - the package wasn't even open. guess i was too depressed/tired (i got them the year of ani's EDD/impending pregnancy with the kiddos) to peek at the wires. oh my, i will never go back to blocking with just pins. it was so easy (!!!) to thread the shawl on the wires then pin the wires. no scallops! my only roadblocks - i ran out of blocking squares and had to supplement with the kiddos' foam floor blocks. that and sharing floor space with the boy's toys. some day, i will get my own yarn room, and i will have floor space for my blocking squares.
i call my shawl it takes balls to be a butterfly. it's the name of a song i like by jerry fish and the mudbug club. hubby introduced me to this singer recently and i love this song. the gist of the song - be yourself. not that it's original to use sock yarn for a shawl. using my yarn for a shawl was incredibly out of the box for me. and i don't see a lot of rainbow shawls out there - also very butterfly.
yes, i took itbtbab's picture on my butterfly bush. it almost had a butterfly in the picture but i scared it away. :(
hubby and i cleaned out the back porch. it was due for a thorough cleaning. gave the pantry an overhaul. we set it up about 5 years ago, and while i do clean out the canned goods on a semi-regular basis i gave the shelves all a good once over. and even pitched things that i'd been hoarding (like 3 small containers of woodstock crackers. seriously. they were so old, the colors faded on the containers. i sighed, wished we'd eaten them sooner, then tossed them in the garbage bag). some objects found there way to the yard sale box - others are destined for the dump.
my shiny happy pantry:
and just can't resist these photo gems:
the boy's in reading camp this week. he actually picked this outfit. the shirt is for church, and the shorts came with a mario shirt. he was so proud, he wanted a picture taken.
dear freddie beans, stuck again. why why why do you get yourself stuck in these situations!
i bought that hamper at target for my stash. the kiddos liked it so much, i gave it to them for their smaller toys. out of sight, cleaner floor and room.
please mommy, can't we watch the devil wears prada? pretty please???!
(i just couldn't resist.)
I love the name of the shawl. Love it. Your son looks so snazzy. He did a great job picking out his outfit. As for getting stuck, that's one of my two-year-old's most frequently used words. He's constantly saying, "I'm stuck."
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