Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

WOW!!! I knew it had been a while since I have participated at Small Things with Genny. In fact March 23th was the last time. I haven't  been knitting much but have been weaving on the little loom I bought this year. I have wrote about my little cricket here   . My plan is to share the scarfs I had woven the past few month but not in this post, soon tho. But Monday I was putting a few things away and came across this pattern for a Knitted Santa Cup Cozy I had printed off from here . This afternoon I finished the pieces and attached the arms and put on the buttons. Had a good collection of red buttons to pick from. So what do you think? Cute..... but not sure how useful. This would mainly be decorative for me. Maybe candy canes!! I have read a bunch.  So many to just put in this post, it would take me all night    What I thought I would do is give you a list of some of my favorites I read. Devil in White C

I want to thank everyone for their kind thoughts and comments, I'm feeling a lot better, almost my old self.  Wish I could say that I'd finished the cat cocoon while in California but fortunately am very close to the end. Towards the end of my visit it seemed as though I would either be very busy or very tired to knit. But it looks as though I'll have it done shortly and will get it felted, take a picture and mail it off to my daughter. Now for my new gadgets, I broke down and finally purchased a swift and a ball winder.  I have been wanting these for ages  but could not see myself getting one until I started the Loops club. In the past I would get the shop to wind my yarn from a hank  into a ball. But recently it seems like I've been coming home with hanks. I wound one up before I left and it was not a pretty sight. I did it before and use the back of a chair to hold my yarn and it works but not easily. So with my mighty iP

While here at the kids house I've been working on a little needlework but mainly been knitting. That's because of the convince of being able to just grab my bag and off I go, whether it's just here in the house or in the car.. Have to say that is one of great thing I like about knitting. Brought two projects with me and been making some progress. The cat cocoon is moving along, especially now that I'm working on decreasing for the top portion.   As you can see it's just a big ball, lot bigger now but once wash and shrunken down it should be perfect size..   I would love to get this done before I leave so I can give it to my oldest daughter who also lives here. Then I started a scarf that was one of the Loops Clubs  projects.  Each month I'll get a new small project and this is one from March. Liking the pattern because it's a no brainier because its a repeat of just 2 rows. So no need for me to have to keep looking up

On my needles currently is another Fringeworthy scarf . Using that beautiful multicolored yarn that I had purchased a couple weeks ago. It's knitting up lovely and the variation as it progresses is gorgeous. Very soft and pliable, it should drape well. So Springy and Summery looking.  This past weekend while at the Stillwater Art Festival, I picked up a skein of some llama   Alpaca  yarn. Oh my gosh, this stuff is so soft. It's like cuddling a kitten This yarn will definitely be a scarf and I'm looking forward to making and wearing it. I figure this will probably be one of the projects I'll take with me to California next month. Now if the "little dudes" don't wear Grammy out, I might be able to get a little knitting done in the evening. Now for what I'm currently listening to. Is Becoming Wise by KristaTippett.  She has a program on NPR called On Being . It's a very enlightening show. Krista

I can toot my horn today, have two knitted projects done. First one is the socks that was done two at a time, cool idea but I'll not do it again. This method is not for me, the yarn would get t angled up  constantly and felt like I was wasting time fooling around with the two strands of yarn.  You never know what will work or not. And they will make a great pair of house socks. I used a worsted weight yarn and they seem a little on the big side but very comfy. Second is the scarf I started little over a couple weeks ago. This is the one that was a free pattern and you can get it here  The ribbon was old and a little stiff but did soften up after a washing. Very pleased with how it turned out and will make this again.  In fact... purchase some new yarn for another.  Making the fringe was easy and work like it said in the directions which was great because I was nervous about if I could do it but I had no problem.  Now to I

I'm still working on these socks and almost done, on the cuff now. And I don't know about you but it seems like the closer I get to the end of a project I start thinking about what to make next. Usually there a long list needing to be worked from and then I'll go to the yarn shop and I'll have more projects to add.  Heaven  know I do not need more yarn, but I lose all will power and leave with more. Did this time, so gorgeous tho. Red Fish is Forbidden Wooley Babel, Lime is Ella Rue Lace Merino and the small skeins are Wooly Wonka Ceridwen Soak This time I came back with a pattern to use up some more of my stash too This one is called "Fringeworthy" and was told it's a very easy. I was given this yarn and will use it for this pattern. It does need to wash but I'm not sure if I should wash it first or afterwards. What would you do? I would like to know if you have had this issue and what worked for you