Just a second.....

Good golly, I haven't been here since early Nov! It has been a busy time for me.
I wanted to post my latest socks and a pair of gloves I made.
The socks are HPKY in LaBoheme. Done ML, toe up, sewn cast off. I did 2 socks at once using both ends of the ball. I have approximately 1/3 of the ball left.
These are the January sockamania socks and were a fun knit. Even though it was hard to make myself drop the stitches when told to do so.
Just ignore the large bruise on my shin. I fell at my son's when I went down to feed his dogs on Jan 12. His porch was frosted and when I stepped up one foot went forward and the other backward and OOPS I am sitting there crying. Of course he was not home or I would not have been there to feed his dogs, and D was not home and where he was he has no cell service. So I had no choice but to walk home. They live just down over the hill from D and me so I never drive there, just walk. Did you notice that I said "down over the hill"? Yep, I had to gimp back up the hill to get home. I made it, nothing is broken just bruised and sore as heck.

These are my alpaca gloves that I made. They were to be for my daughter but I just knew that one of her dogs would eat them so I decided to keep them. They are really gorgeous and soft and warm. I will have to get D to take a picture of them on my hands. This pic really does not do them justice.
See part of my Saint Bernard collection behind the gloves? I love Saints. My Saint is 8 1/2 years old and the love of my life. I have about 30 or so stuffed Saints. Some sing, some dance, and one even breathes. LOL. My fave is the two that sing "I've Got You Babe." They are really a hoot. (All the guys here in the office think I am crazy but since I write the payroll they put up with me.)

Better get back to work.

Rockin' Girl Blogger

Way, way, way back in July Marit nominated me for the Rocking Girl Blogger. I was really thrilled but did not know how to put the button on my blog. I have finally found out how to do it so a little late but I am going to name 3 more.

Tracy of Heritage Crafts, Kelly of Pretty Purls, and Jane of the Yarn Grove. You are all lovely ladies to chat with on here (Jane I have spoke on the phone with). So have a good day and remember that you are all lovely and cared about ladies. Since this has been going on for awhile, nominate or not as you wish.

It's me again....

Just wanted to post pic of my latest pair of finished socks.

This was my first time doing Intarsia and also my first time doing magic loop. Both were fun to do. I think I now prefer magic loop for socks. DPN are still fun to use out in public for the WOW factor, but for ease of putting them down magic loop is best. I also tried two circ but when you use a 16" circ the actual needle part is so short that it sometimes is hard to work with. I guess I could use two longer circs but then I am afraid I would have too much cable and that would be a bother. At least I have options.

The Truck

I didn't get pictures of the FO's yesterday so I will have to try to get them this evening before I take the things to Knitting and give them to N.

But here are pictures of the smashed truck.

Believe it or not, that pile of wreckage at the almost end of the boom was our truck. When I first downloaded the pictures I did not even realize that the pile of mangled metal was the truck. One of our employees was sitting on the tailgate. Now tell me just how lucky he was!

This picture shows that it really was our truck.

So much has happened

It has been nearly a month since I last posted. I did try to post but I could not get the video to load that I wanted to share. It was really cute. It was 3 and 4 year olds playing soccer. They are a hoot to watch. My daughter in law and her sister in law were coaching.

I have a few FO's to show but I have to wait until tomorrow when it is daylight again to take pictures of them. Our knitting group at the Markay is doing a Christmas sell to make money for the Art Theater here in town and we have almost sold everything so we are all knitting our fingers to the bone to make more stuff. I have a baby shrug and cap, a baby sweater and 1 or 2 pair of fingerless gloves and a helix cap that I need to do I cord on and finish off. That will be the end of my contributions as I have already give a baby bunting and 4 scarves. I need to get busy on my own knitting for Christmas now.

Last Thursday (Oct 4) we had a truck get smashed. It was one of our work vehicles and it is a total loss or as our son said, "It is destroyed, Dad" when D asked if we could drive it home that evening. I'll post a picture of it tomorrow. It is just impossible to describe it. I could not believe that it was as bad as J said until I saw the pictures. We had an employee sitting on the tailgate of the truck and luckily God was watching out for him as he only sustained some bruising and a few little puncture wounds. If he had been sitting only 4 or 5 inches to his right he would have been killed. God is good.

A couple of weeks ago D, J, M, MIL and I all went down to a family winery in Gallipolis. We did a wine tasting and when we had finished I had a buzz on (I seldom drink) and I did not even try all of the wines. I did have D get me a bottle of Pink Catawba. I finally opened the bottle just a bit ago and I am having a glass of wine and eating pizza rolls with it. Quite a combination!

Well back to the knitting, I want to finish the cap.

I'll try to post more often.

Good Sunday morning.

We are back from Cincy and glad to be home. I always like taking a trip, whether long or short, but I am always glad to get home. I miss my babies. All were fine and were glad to see Mommy back home so they would get their treats and loving.
I got a Comfort Zone with Feliway for my kitty babies while we were away. One of them has scratching and marking issues. I had read a lot of good comments about this so I decided to try it. Hope it works. I'll try to remember to post progress.
I should have mentioned on the last post that that is not our Harley. It belongs to one of our employees. I am not a motorcycle person. I rode on one with hubby once and it scared the crap out of me When we would go around a corner I could not lean. I just knew that if I did we were going to fall over. Needless to say it made it very hard for hubby. Thank goodness he is not into street cycles either. He did go through an enduro phase shortly after we were married but it did not last that long. He rode when most of the riders did not have the big fancy boots, pads, and such. Old clothes and a helmet was pretty much the norm. Of course I am talking about 30+ years ago.
I found a store to go in and get a size 12 steel crotchet hook on Friday evening so I did start my MS3 but I only got about 10 rows done. I need to find or make some system of keeping track of the rows other than just using a row counter. I'll work on that this week. What little I did was fun but no pictures so far.
Have almost finished the first Sept Sockamania sock. I seem to have almost lost my knitting mojo. A short time ago every chance I got to sit down I would grab my knitting and go to it. Now I just sit and think that I should be knitting. Maybe I have made it a MUST so I don't want to do it. Hope it comes back again.
That is all for now.

Motorcycle Mama---Cat that is