First I will start with Saturday knitting progress. We had big plans to spend the day at UCSB Campus Point surfing & playing but George hurt his back friday at work. Badly enough that he was on the couch with the heat pad, muscle rub & muscle relaxers all day. So I got a TON of knitting done! Woohoo for me! Mom & Dad’s christmas sweaters & smokin’ along now! I had moms sweater (cream aran in the round) started but decided to reconfigure it & frogged the whole thing. Dads sweater (gray tweed cardigan, pattern from hello yarn) I hadn’t even started on. SO below is the progress made on Saturday
And dads sweater Saturday morning
Okay now moving to Saturday night
Front one complete!
Now moving on to Sunday knitting, oh yeah & I finished one sleeve of the carrot fair isle sweater. I was able to work on Moms sweater most of the day. That is after waking up late, half hour to get all 5 of us ready for church, out the door, home at noon, lunch for all 5, then I sat & knitknitknit!
Woohoo! I am so proud of my baby growing a good 7″ in one day! I need to feed it more yarn! I am also happy with the aran patterning that I chose. It kinda matches my dads but with a different center cable. That way they match! So cute! I won’t tell them that they match & see if they are quick enough to pick up on it!
In another turn of events I am jonesing to make something I said I would never make! Legwarmers….yes I know….so last year….so 80’s….
But I find them to be practical for where i live. Some days I wear 2 different outfits just to suit the weather. I would like to wear nothing but skirts all day everyday but oh no! The marine layer/fog thwarts my efforts every morning & I change into a skirt somtime around noon-2pm. If I had legwarmers I could wear my skirt with my fancy legwarmers then take them off when it’s warm enough not to need them! Utility my friends!! Also excuses, but mostly utility!
Oh & by the way, I stay home most days all day anyway so as long as my kids don’t care why should I really! I am dressed with a skirt on aren’t I?? Sheesh! I just can’t figure out what yarn to use that I have, I certainly don’t need to go buy more! I do know what pattern though so at least I am half way there!
Today at Michael’s I thought I would use a 50% off coupon for an early gift for my secret pal. Of course I know we don’t know who we have yet but you can never be too prepared! It’s something that will be tailored to the SP that I receive & I am excited about it! So there! Oh actually 2 items plus one for Tracy’s SP too. They were too good to pass up for any knitter, no, you can’t see them! Not for at least a month! Teaser!
I leave you with fabulous Labor Day wishes~
*don’t drink & drive
*don’t forget your sunscreen
*Enjoy your day off!!