Finished, but oh so disappointed!

 BEANIE

I finished the beanie for my niece, but unfortunately she spaced out on our meeting, I developed a migraine because of it (waiting and waiting causing me to be tense) and took a nap…so didn't wake up until in the mid evening. Went back to bed! Still had the headache this morning or else would have driven over there to give her the gift…but…she was leaving for her flight to Colorado.

I hated the beanie. I started out loving the yarn, Uptown Worsted, but by the time I finished, the hat looked like it had been worn for a year. The yarn not only got rather fuzzy, it wasn't really aran weight or even worsted weight. The beanie turned out to be too small…so frustrating.

The first one above is with the brim where it is basically supposed to be…looks like it is for an elementary school student

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This one above in my lap is just a hair different…but still looks small.  I guess I will have her try it on first before I ship it off to one of the youngsters.

My brother sent me these to affix to my windows as a gentle reminder that I have large dogs in the house! I don't have Rottweilers, though. Mine are Mastiff/Labrador mixes. Not quite that ferocious looking.  Maybe the boys might live up to that look if riled, but the girls look like Lab's. Big Labs, but Labs nonetheless. Seems like the stickers may ward off a person or two intent on coming in uninvited.

There was a sticker with Mastiffs on it that said "You might get in, but you won't get out."  Now I thought that one would be a great deterrent, especially with my quartet of barking dogs.

Looking forward to a nice quiet week at home with my furry friends. My friend Paula lost her dog Indy earlier this month and I didn't know it…when I found out I could not stop crying. I have never met either one in person, but over the years on Ravelry I have come to know them both…Indy through Paula's eyes…and my heart breaks for her pain and loss.  

It makes you want to hold those furry ones a little closer.

On another note...

Cut off my TV service and just joined one more internet streaming channel, so now I have all I want. I get the TV shows I love (if I can't watch live) just a week later and can watch all the movies and mystery shows that please me, so am good. Right now catching up on Death in Paradise…I didn't realize I had missed so many seasons! And Vera!!!! And Shetland! Oh what fun!

And some football…when you can only watch two channels that carry the game at the same time….

What can I say…I'm a fan. Works well when you are a speed reader and you silence one and put up CC! You never miss a beat. And even better, the half-time breaks are exactly the same so you only need one on sound. Guess I will have to get my iPad up if there are ever three I could watch! LOL!

Merry Christmas to all...

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CHANGE OF PLANS!

 Backcountry Beanie

My niece is flying out early next week to Colorado for a week or two. No way I would be finished in time to give the afghan to her, so I put that on the back burner & started a hat/beanie instead. One that she can take with her on the skiing trip. Iwill give her the afghan when she returns  

It is very hard to crochet with black! It is taking me longer because I’m having to rip out so much to start over on the row. I decided to mark the first and last stitch in each row because that’s where I’m dropping stitches the most. It should be done by the end of the day tomorrow and time for her to take it with her. 

I have such a sinus headache today!  So humid!

Sandra's Afghan Still Not finished

 Time flying by!

It seems that I keep letting life getting the way. My dogs need attention quite a lot, and in reality I don't give them enough.

I found a lovely girl that has played with them and walking one. She comes tomorrow to walk the same one and then the other male. I like her a lot. I sure hope she can get them to calm down. I have noticed that with the many activities around the house them seem to be less and less excited to see someone close by. Maybe living in a neighborhood with lots of activity will help rather than hinder their progress.

I'm further along that what you see.  I finished two rows of burgundy, two rows of tan, one of red two ow white and getting ready to do a light green. Not nearly as long as it should be, but considering all else that has gone on, I guess I am lucky to have as much finished as I have. Will try and take a photo tomorrow or the next day.

In my defense, I spent a day with friends moving boxes out of the storage unit into the garage. Kenny was kind enough to make sure that I could get my car in the garage and open the door. As I brought in a few more boxes into the house I found I could walk around the car and get to the entry door in back. MOST of that is yarn, not to mention what is on the wall.

TEXAS DAFFODILS

Seems I have flowers that think it is spring. I will have to cover them if we have a freeze before they die back. So weird! These came over from Holland.

Then my friend Jimmy, who brought Kenny with him, gave me this rock. I think the sand was washed out of it, as I have seen rock from Texas that is similar, but they were little. This one is huge!

Once I finish the afghan I am planning on doing a beanie for my little niece, and then start putting together a granny square afghan from a swap. Granny McPhee or something like that. I will be so glad to get that one off to one of my adult nieces.

I hope you have a great week! I'll be spending the holidays cleaning out the boxes in my garage and finishing up crochet projects!

THAT'S ALL FOLKS!