Knitting Projects

The old knitting needles have been flying lately.  I like to read my Kindle during the day, but at night I need to keep my fingers busy so I usually knit while watching TV.

 

 

I finished up the scarf set to be auctioned off at our Class of 2007 Fifth Reunion in Quartzsite later this month.

 

 

 

Last week I finished a prayer shawl for my dear friend, Lory, who is battling cancer again.  She’s worn out the one I made her for her first bout of breast cancer, so I made her another one and got it mailed off yesterday. The Lion’s Homespun Yarn is very soft and comes in beautiful variegated colors.

 

I also finally found the right button to finish off the cowl I made to go along with the hat I knitted last year.  The cost of a button is outrageous.  At Joann’s they wanted from $3.00 to $7.00 for a single two inch button.  Finally found a novelty one for $1.75

   
Yes, I do so love purple and red together.

Remember, you are loved.

Knit Project for C.A.R.E.

Our Escapee RV Club have “graduating classes”, were you “graduate” from working to fulltime RVing.  Jim and I are part of the Class of 2007.  We communicated with our other classmates for several months before we hit the road and then met many of them at Quartzsite, Arizona, in January 2008, after we’d been on the road seven months. 

Since then we’ve seen many of our classmates as we’ve traveled around the country.  Many of them have stopped and stayed with us in our campground in South Fork during the summer or visited us in Alamosa. 

Our Class of 2007 is having a reunion in Quartzsite to celebrate our fifth year of being on the road. Part of our week together will be an auction to raise money for C.A.R.E. (Continuing Assistance for Retired Escapees). It’s a non-profit organization that provides adult day-care for Escapee members and relies on donations to operate.  Escapee members contribute at rallies and most gatherings of members. 

So I knitted a hat and scarf set to be auctioned off.  Here is what it looks like.

Linda Mossman was nice enough to model the set to get an idea of what it look like on.

I hope the knit set makes some good money for C.A.R.E.

Remember, you are loved.

Knitted Socks Finished

I’ve written before about have “second sock syndrome”, where after I finish knitting the first sock I don’t want to do it all over again to knit the second sock…it’s boring. I want to go onto something else.

So when I started knitting this pair of socks in May I used the technique of two socks at a time using two circular needles.  I worked on them on and off and finally finished them yesterday.

Now that I have the basics down using this light colored wool yarn, I can now do some more fun designs in bold colors.  I like the look of socks with different colors for the toe, body, heel and cuff, so I might try that next.  But I found the wool socks on the kitchen tile are pretty slick, so I can’t use them when I’m working in the kitchen.

I made a batch of green chili using roasted Hatch chiles I got in Colorado.  Well, it came out waaaaay too hot and after trying all the ways to reduce the heat (added brown sugar, yogurt, even a potato) I finally threw it out.  Next time I’ll check how hot the chiles are before adding five of them.

Remember, you are loved.