The Last Christmas Present...

Good Late Evening Internet Friends.

I had planned on getting to bed early this evening, however, remembered it is garbage day.   Getting the garbage out for me includes emptying and washing all trash/rubbish cans, vacuuming all floors and then washing them with the Swiffer so that I can throw out the cleaning pad (no sense in having a used cleaning pad sitting around), getting the recycling organized and finally washing the dog kennel and the dog blankets.

While the dog blankets were drying I finished threading loose ends into my son's teachers Christmas present:

TAH DAH.

Then I very carefully wrapped it in tissue paper and boxed it up and wrapped it.  But, it needed a tag.  Hmmmm, Christmas tags are all used up and at this hour of night even I am not digging out paper crafting supplies.  So, I used one of the trees from my Christmas card silhouettes and attached a bit of trim and twine and:

TAH DAH again!!!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Work In Progress Wednesday...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Well, as motivation to get "something" done or at least on task I have decided to participate in Work In Progress Wednesday over at The Needle and Thread Network ☺

About three weeks ago I was yarn shopping (because yes I need more) at River City Yarns.  Now, as you may know from following my blog, I am a great fan of Sweet Georgia Yarns.  I had received my shipment of yarns from there only a few days earlier but while in River City Yarns that day I found Wisteria, CashSilk Lace.  OMG!!!  It is like a little cloud of wonderful softness! ☺ 

Well, I had to have it.  I found a pattern on Ravelry for a cute little scarf called CashSilk Fern Scarf and have been knitting away ever since (other than my quilting, making the toque this weekend and two pairs of socks....):

TAH DAH!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Two Evening Scarf

Good Evening Internet Friends!

No, I do not have some special pattern or anything, I simply have a two evening scarf!

On Monday it was announced that our manager would be vacating her position this Friday.  She is always a big fan of my knit scarves and she herself is always wearing a scarf.  Since I have random balls of yarn in my "stash" (yarn not chocolate) I knit up the quickest scarf I could think of:

TA DAH! ☺

Eight simple stitches cast on and the knit stitch til the yarn was done!

As my son would say, " Easy, peasy"... hope she likes it.  

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Last of the Christmas Presents

Good Evening Internet Friends!

The last of the Christmas presents that I have to show you is the scarf that I knit for my Grammy:

This scarf is knitted using the cable pattern from the Fisherman's Wife Cowl, but knowing my Grammy, who has never had any fine motor coordination and is now 89 years old, I decided against making the cowl.  She would never be able to get it together and probably have a stroke trying to do it up!  So, a nice warm woolen scarf seemed to be the way to go!

Hopefully she will like it!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Christmas Presents!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Yesterday evening my mom and sister dropped by to drop off Christmas presents (yes, this is correct).  I was finally able to give my mom one of the presents that I had made for her (she may have actually LIKED it) and so now I will post a copy of the scarf:

It's a Ruffle Scarf!

This one I knit over 8 stitches and used one entire ball of yarn, no left overs!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Snow....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

We woke to SNOW this morning here in Canmore.  Guess I just can't drive away from it.

After breakfast we decided to hop over (or should I say slide) to Banff.

Banff was really pretty to walk about in the snow:

The snow was coming down very thick!

We had lunch, then headed back to Canmore to shop at Rocky Mountain Soap and of course, The Sugar Pine Company.

After dinner I finished my scarf, rinsed it and am currently blocking it:

This is The Fisherman's Wife Cowl.  I loved making it so much, and it worked up really quickly that I have a mind to make a couple more of these for Christmas presents!  Just have to put on the buttons when I get home.  I think it will be awesome with my red pea coat!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Knitting the Week Away...

Good Evening Internet Friends.

Went to work today, but still feeling a bit tired and sore from the kidney stone, so did not accomplish much around the house this evening.

Did however snuggle up in quilts on the couch and knit:

This is the Fisherman's Wife Cowl kit.  It is so quick and easy to knit up, I will likely be able to finish it tomorrow evening!

Yay, might have a scarf project done before winter arrives ☺

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Knit Along DONE!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!!

It has been another super busy week in my world again, and only today did I realize today is Holy Thursday no matter which calendar I use!!!  

I have not started my Paska yet (and it's not like I get a "practice" Easter this year)!!  Tomorrow, I guess...

I did however, manage to finish my November Knit Along cowl late yesterday evening, and get it blocked:

There are no buttons attached yet, as I have decided to get the buttons from a local pottery artist who makes buttons!  I will hopefully get these early next week.  

Seeing as how it snowed again today, I will probably get some use out of this yet before spring ; )

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Work In Progress Wednesday

Good Evening Internet Friends.

I have been a little on the delinquent side with my crafting/blogging for the past few days as my life has been occupied with working over time, and having had an epi-pen day (sad face).

Since it snowed (again) today and there appears to be NO chance of spring arriving any time soon, I decided this evening that I felt well enough to sit up and knit on my November Knit Along (correct, not a typo).  It seemed like a completely reasonable thing to do because I will likely be able to finish this project and get some wear out of it before spring arrives!

I love how the detail shows up in the picture and makes the effort all the more worthwhile!

I am going to link up again with Work In Progress Wednesday over at The Needle and Thread Network!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Work In Progress Wednesday

Good Evening Internet Friends.  I am participating again this week in Work In Progress Wednesday over at The Needle and Thread Network.

This weekend we road tripped down to Whitefish, Montana.  I love the area, it's just so pretty, and there are several awesome quilt shops within "sneezing" distance.  Yes, of course I stopped in ; )

On the way down though, I knitted,and here is what I completed in a few hours:

The rest of the trip was spent playing car games with my son and enjoying the scenery:

Somewhere in the Middle of Montana?  Yes it was snowing/raining at the time of this picture : )

Here are the locals who were also staying at the same resort:

My son enjoyed taking pictures of these locals everyday, they would come right up to the cabin to check in on us I think.

Lastly, the road used to access the cabin we were staying in!!  This is actually the good portion!  The rest of the road was too bumpy to get a good picture, and we were not sure that if we stopped the car we would be able to get going again, as the tracks ahead were soft, squishy MUD!!!!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

p.s.  Will post some of my finds over the next few days as I unpack : )