Saturday, May 17, 2008

Knitting in the Land of Oz

This morning, I decided to spend the day at home.....relaxing and knitting. :)

It's been like a DREAM!!!!! So nice to have no commitments or responsibilities.

I started out the morning by having a nice breakfast with my hubby. Yummy omelets!

Then, while he spent some time on the internet, I went to my craft room to knit and listen to "The Wizard of Oz" on the Librivox website. I just love being able to listen to books for free!! :D

To make my day even better, I received a package from an eBay seller. It's a really cool crewel embroidery kit of a knitting bag with an initial on it. I think I'll use an "S" for "Shandeh". ;)
Knitting Bag Embroidery Project

The other day, I went to buy a few skeins of yarn. I haven't done that in a while, and I was just itching for a yarn purchase. I got 3 skeins of baby yarn for our Oddball Preemie Baby Blankets, and 1 skein of Patons Lacette for myself.
Bernat Softee Baby - Dreamy Blue Bernat Softee Baby - Rock A Bye Baby Bernat Softee Baby - Rumba Rose Patons Lacette - Beautiful Blue

This morning, I was trying to make a lacy scarf with the "Patons Lacette". I spent a couple hours looking through my knitting patterns and knitting design books. I chose a few different designs to try out. I started one design, using size 10 1/2 needles, just to make it lacy, but I didn't like how loose it was. So, then I switched to size 5 needles to see how it turns out.

After a few hours of listening to "The Wizard of Oz", and quiet knitting, I became drowsy. So, I took a 3 hour nap, and woke to have lunch. I sliced a tomato, and covered it with big chunks of mozzarella cheese. Then I sprinkled on some olive oil and balsamic vinegar, and added some herbs and spices. After zapping it in the microwave for about a minute, it was hot and tasty. LOVE that stuff! I also had a few slices of turkey with it. Not bad at all.

Next, I decided to enjoy two cups of hot tea. Two Teas for One

They were yummy.

Now I'm off to the Land of Oz and Knitting! :D

4 comments:

Kelly said...

I love the idea of the oddball blankets. I am interested in more information on how to get involved. I am new to knitting and I am still learning, but I think I would like to involved in some way. So if you wouldn't mind to email me, I would really appreciate it. Thanks so much.

Shandeh said...

Hi Kelly!

We are doing this project in the Knitting Help Forum (www.knittinghelp.com) and Ravelry (www.ravelry.com).

You can contact me there, and I'll get you signed up!

My name is "Shandeh" in both locations.

Kelly said...

I just wanted to let you know that I signed up on knitting help. My name is kellybigeyes. I think I sent you a message on there but I'm not real sure. It is a little confusing. So I'm not sure if you got the message or not. Just let me know if you got it.

Shandeh said...

Hi Kelly!

I got your message. :D

I just sent you a reply, so read your private messages in the forum to see it.

Thanks for joining! *hug*

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