It's Done ... IT'S DONE!

Can you believe it? I finished the traveling shells cardigan! Whoa! I am ever so happy. You can see my mother trying it on above. Remember how I knit and knit on the sleeves because I thought they were too short? As you can see, they are a bit long. Sigh. I will tack them up. I still need to tack down the collar so it will not be a lot more work to tack up the sleeves.

I told my mother to please wear the sweater. It is not heirloom knitting, I made a lot of mistakes, but it's very nice and definitely wearable. I hope she wears it this winter in Arizona. As I told my mother, I do not want her to pack it away and pass it on to me. I don't want to see the sweater again!





Here are two more shots of the sweater laid out and being blocked on my newly tiled bathroom floor. I've had two bathrooms under construction for the past week. They should both be finished tomorrow. I sure hope so. As much as I like and trust the folks I've hired to do the job, I do so hate to see my house in such disorder and can't wait until it's complete. Can you see where my dogs have laid around the toilet over the years? What a mess they made - and I thought I kept a clean house! It's all been cleaned and the walls painted now.

I've started a new knitting project, a simple pair of fingerless gloves to wear while I work this winter. I'm using Dream In Color Smooshy. No pictures yet but it is progressing quickly. So nice to do a simple project again. And of course I need to start my Clapotis for the Second Wave Clapotis KAL. However, my old printer gave up the ghost finally and I can't print out the pattern. I did buy a new printer this weekend but it's not connected yet.

Her Cuteness

You didn't think you'd escape without viewing pictures did you?





Her Cuteness, now called "Fame", at seven weeks.

And I must brag about Dak who performed so nicely last weekend at the obedience trials with scores of 196.5 and 195.5 out of a possible 200. What a guy! He makes trialing him so much fun.