My #1 Fan

this is my friend Linds, aka Olivia23, knitting a sock i designed at garden of the gods in colorado springs, my old home.
she took this picture just for me so i could get to feel like i got to visit too

here is a picture of the finished sock: Celtic Pennies for Penny Rose yarn

Sole Mate knitter socks

For my bday, Shmuli bought me some socks...cuz i knit him socks for his.
They are purposely mismatched crazy socks. perfect for a knitter right?
i love them. the maker's site: http://socklady.wordpress.com/
which shows she is a knitter and that's why the socks are so great.
i hiked mount lassen last month when there was still about 20 ft of snow and i was the only one with warm feet :0)
my socks are green and purple and red ones on the far right


proof of snow in june

PennyRose yarn

I have been collaborating with Ruth over at PennyRose yarn this is Olivia23's version
i designed this sock for her exclusive kits. if you are interested in pruchasing it
you can find Ruth over at etsy
it comes in 2 colourway aztec gold/emerald and rose/chartruese

ChrisMyRockstar Update

we were so blessed to get to have chris come see us in the midst of his sister graduating and then having to get ready for new york.
bella was soo excited. she whispered to me " i wanted to scream when he came in, but i knew it wouldn't be appropriate"
:0)



he gave her the new CD and she has been singing it all over the house



keep him in prayer, he looks wonderful, but is still fighting the cancer.
he has a busy concert schedule and speaking engagements this summer but we hope to have him back "home" in october for our big anniversary bash.

Bubbe's Shawl

After years, mom finally got a shawl.
it took extra long since i ran out of yarn 5 rows before the end.
sockotta 3.25 skeins

Sock Wars 4

sam made it safely to thailand saturday-ish. he called us sunday. it was great to hear his voice.
we took the van in to be fixed last week and as of today i am still car-less. :0(
if they cant make it work and smog i will be home way more often. being home gave me time for:

sockwars!

sock wars 4 began friday as i was on my way to sonora. they released 3 patterns so i couldn't just have it read or text to me as originally planned. luckily a motel 6 by the quick subway stop had a free wifi i could tap into and i was ablr to download the 3 patterns.
by the time i was home sunday, i had just a few rows on the toe left, but then had to ripp back to the first instep cable and start over.
now sock#1 is done again. however yogaknot
is gunning for me!
celtic memory having fairy magic directly inserted into the fiber has served me well and sock#1 is done! highly recommend jo's lovely yarn!

Sock Wars IV

early this morning a crisp envelope arrived with the dossier of the one i am to kill with a pair of socks.
after some investigating, i discovered a colourful yet uppity burro in the state of connecticut.



as long as the pattern arrives early on the 15th, i should be good to go! (when i leave for a weekend in sonora...great knitting time) my team mates have my cell just incase the pattern needs to be text to me.

working furiously on the mother's day shawl...obviously not done for mother's day.
:0) but its 80% there.

hubby leaves for thailand on thursday, so i will need books and knitting to keep me company. the kids and i picked out some new stories to read aloud while daddy is gone. "the last of the really great whangdoodles" and the looking glass wars plus a time travel book and a mysterious adventure.

Pray For Chris MyRockStar!

we have been privielged to know chris for 5 years now.
he has slept on our floor and had our kids climb all over him, sung to bella on stage, ate pizza with us and played some awesome concerts for us. he even was the band for our 10th anniversary.
so needless to say, we are very fond of him.

Chris is going thru chemo and laser treatments for a cancerous tumor behind his eye.
Please pray for him (and his 2 lil babies) for healing, and peace....

Up and down like san francisco

Sock Madness Round 3 is a pattern i wrote.
i SENT THE OLD BAD FILE. DUH!
Seder for 100 people went so well!
we had an amazing time in San Francisco with New Light Ruins.
but my van is broken , and we got to borrow the batz suburban

Came home, talked to Chris MYRockStar about his chemo.
he is so heavy on my heart i can't even knit.
G-d has more for you than this.

SAM IS HOSTING A WEEK OF RADIO shows! whoohoo!
thailand will be in monsoon season when he goes.
New Light Ruins will come up here in a few weeks.

so i am a roller coaster of emotions right now

Sock Madness Rnd 2

Zemy' tokena pattern was great to knit, the 2 colours made it a lil harder but seeing the pattern materialize helped it go quickly.
the finished opicture is not quite clear so you get yesterday afternoon's almost done progress sock.
Malachai is the new owner of these socks ( 2 of my kids now have bigger feet than me)

SM3 Round 2

well, sat AM i rushed out the door, yarn in hand (charcol & white), printed the pattern and grabbed a needle, turned out to be too small of a needle, so i had to restart yesterday!
KP Gloss Yarn in serengetti and burgundy
now on a US 2
Token by Zemy

Contest!

you need to go enter over here: http://darcyknottyknitter.blogspot.com/2009/04/these-are-few-of-my-favorite-things-and.html

do you remember the posts about the fabulous leslie wind cable needles?
well you can win one that matches the one i wore at stitches west, with the silver butterfly....
plus alot of other great stuff!

:0)

Vera's Cowl

my MIL was coming to visit from Colorado, but weather and plans change.
So i mailed her the cowl i made.
Here it is on Tirzah.
Vera is usually busy working hard and i figured scarf ends would get in the way, so a cowl for ease and warmth. :0)

(pattern available on ravelry)

Sock Madness round 1

Today is the close of round 1
luckily i finished my socks a few days ago.

these are Mer-tini socks which included the recipe to mix up the drink :0)raspberry based them on the drunkard's path quilt square featuring an afterthought heel.
i used bamboo spica 100% bamboo from julia's yarn.
i love them! they now live at Bubbe's.

SM3

this is for a future pair of SM3 socks

Robin DOdge One Sheep Hill yarn in "poppy"
i love her yarn!