Back After a Long Hiatus

I am back after a long hiatus. I decided not to blog during my DS's deployment. I was so afraid if I wrote about the number of items I was knitting and sewing it might be an indicator of information that could compromise the safety of DS and his troops. He has safely returned, so I have decided to return to my very sporadic blogging.

This lovely assortment of yarn and thread is a prize I won from the December Atmyhouse contest sponsored by Flo at Elmore-Pisgah Yarn. I really love this prize! I am very anxious to work with the rayon thread (sapphire, lower left) and rayon chenille(middle row, second from the right). I have been a customer of Elmore Pisgah for years, but these are two products I have never tried. Thank you, Nina and Flo!

While my son was "away" I made washcloths from the Peaches and Creme worsted weight cotton and sent them in each care package. My son loved them! They were perfect for skin care in dust storms.

Moc a Socks

I recently finished a pair of Moc-a-Socks, Bekah Knits, for our neighbor's first born son. I saw the pattern first on a German mailing list and followed the links. It is a delightful pattern with which to work. I used Telemark yarn from Knit Picks and size 2 straight and double pointed needles. I also made the card in the background, which I will post on my paper crafting blog.

I am still working on Glomitts for my DS's MEDEVAC unit.....photos will follow.

Prize Yarn!!!

I entered the Freedom contest at Yarn4Socks blog and won a wonderful prize. It is a 4 oz skein of Cottage Craft 1 ply 100% pure wool in the horizon blue colorway. The yarn is beautiful and exceptionally soft. Thank you Valerie and Donna! I can't wait to knit with this scrumptious yarn.

I am finally here!

After about 3 years of encouragement by my sister, Monica ,I have relented and started my blog.
I am a wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and great aunt. In addition to knitting I enjoy crocheting, sewing and stitching. I am the family historian; I love doing genealogical research and collecting historical data. My favorite collections are quotes from the Founding Fathers and the historical origins of idioms and expressions.
I have many projects on the needles and hope to get back to them as soon as my utilitarian knitting is complete. I am working on numerous items for my son's unit for use during their deployment. I will post pictures later.