Author: Chauntel Ensey

Well today  something so scary happened to me & mine. My youngest son, Trevor, got lost at Leadbetter beach. I mean really, really lost!! I can’t actually tell the story right now without having serious heart problems, a little too fresh. Let’s just say that the Santa Barbar Harbor Patrol had him at the snack shack about 200 yards away from where we were set up. All I have to say is thank God that Tracy was with me & thank God that a lady jogger saw him crying & took him to the authorities!!! He was chasing seagulls off of the beach & he ran so fast & far that he ended up down the beach while we were dealing with seagulls eating all of the kids dinner off of the bbq. STUPID SEAGULLS!!If I wasn’t so refined I would be cussing up a storm at those f*##%$ing seagulls right now!! (I know, I don’t normally swear but wow…I have never been so scared in my life……pardon the language!)

So in a nutshell that is all & I don’t think I will be able to let him out of my sight for any length of time, no matter how many hot dogs are being stolen by damn birds!

I posted a new photo to knittingphotos.

I posted a new photo to knittingphotos.

I posted a new photo to knittingphotos.

I have been on quite the hat frenzy the last couple of days. No knitting, just crocheting. That is alright for now although I still have Christmas looming ahead and I have promised all kinds of gifts to friends & family members. Lame of me, I know!

I think I may work on my mom’s sweater tonight just to get back into it. Then I really, really want to start another sweater but I think I can keep myself in check & at least wait until I have finished another project. Oh I should do another Works in Progress list, since I did just reorganize & all.

-George’s sweater…..1.5 sleeves left

-Mom’s sweater…..1/2 finished

-Silk ruched blanket…..2% finished (snort…what a joke!)

-Argyle sweater…..6 inches of back complete

-Ab Fab Colinette throw…..1/3 done

Not too bad! I have finished quite a few since my last list!

Now for the list of what I want to do:

~Labrador the Weekend Warrior sweater in Flame

~Merino Scarlet either A Craving to Knit cardigan or another cardigan if I see one that strikes my fancy

~Bulky Wool Chocolate shawl neck cardigan of some sort, no pattern as of yet

So many more right now that I cannot think straight! Also I have a daughter that is hanging off of me right now.

More later!

 

I don’t know about everyone else but I thought last night was a homerun…except for the little heat issue upstairs. Other than that it was comfortable, food & drink were awesome! Not that I got a lot done on my sweater, that was on purpose though. I try not to work on it as much as possible.

Summers & I went for a little stroll down to Borders last night because neither of us wanted to actually come home. Gonna have to go see Shaun of the Dead soon, that will be rockin’!

This morning was garbage & recycling so I rolled up my sleeves & got it all out on the street so my garbage man would actually take it this week. He tends to not follow their rules & get it from behind my gate even though they are supposed to. Lame!

TOday is going to be a beanie day. And I will continue on my moms sweater since I am only 2″ away from all of the fun detailing & shaping for sleeves & neckline.Yay!

I went through & did a little organizing on my stash next to my chair. It is mostly works in progress, millions of patterns and yarn that I continually use or fondle for projects coming up.  Oh & I found Tracy a couple more of the canvas cubes for storing WIP. She loves me

Oh, oh, oh!! Handpaintedyarn.com listed roving yesterday so I went ahead & ordered some for myself~oh how I cannot wait for that to come! I also got a few books       at Borders on my way home & my first Spin Off magazine came yesterday. I will post pics, of course I didn’t get any of the knitting group last night. I was happy to see my friend Marin come. She is going to learn how to knit so she can make a few bags as gifts for Christmas. We got her cast on last night & almost one whole row finished. After we wound 2 hanks of Cascade 220 for her to start with. We are meeting to work some more on it, she won’t have any trouble learning! So there you have it! I will try to get a couple pics of lovely things up soon!