Wednesday Yarn Along, Some New Friends and a Birthday

First thing first.......

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DAD!

Well Dad, if I'm old now, you're really getting old. 

And yes Dad, it's Wednesday. I didn't forget to post :)

I'm joining in with all the knitters out there in this week's yarn along.

Here goes:

I'm still knitting my Color Affection Shawl. I still love it. Sorry to bore you with another picture of it, but it's still on the needles. BUT the book changed. I finished The Art of Fielding. Highly recommend it. I loved it. I took a trip to the library yesterday. Mainly I took the baby there to get out of the heat of my house and enjoy their air conditioning. Upon returning home, my air had cooled the house off and I had a bag full of new books to read. Success!

I'm also getting ready to cast on a new project.

I have to be a bit quiet about this one because it's going to be a special gift for my little baby nephew-to-be. And this nephew-to-be needs a darn name. Liz and Nick don't have one yet and I think about names for them ALL DAY LONG! Seriously people. We need a name for this baby boy! It would be so much easier if we all liked common names. But no, we're all a bit weird and like different names...not too different, but different. See the problem here?! Suggestions???

Oh, and that book? Fun! Reads like a book but is a cookbook.

This is the inside of the wooden yarn bowls that my grandfather has started to make. They dropped this one of to me last night. Isn't it beautiful? It's nice to have amazing woodworkers in the family.

The yarn is being knitted into some baby hats for little twin boys that were born this month. I hope to get them done very soon and put in the mail!

Playoff baseball begins tonight for my boys. Oh my. Let the games begin!!!!!

Not sure if I can knit throughout their games if they count now. I think I have to watch more closely.

Well, kind of closely. :)

AND.....

Today I am super duper excited to see and old friend and meet her babies!!!!!!!!!

Andee's best friend from childhood is in town and her two adorable little kids are with her.

So today I get to hang out with a little girl (yeh!!!!) and Chase can meet his 3 week younger friend, Potter! Can't wait. As Libby (2years old) said to her dad last week, "I'm going to see alpacas in NJ!" Yes Libby, you're going to see alpacas in NJ!

Happy Knitting!

-Leanne

Ravelry Bag For Sale!

I was fortunate enough to be voted as a finalist for the Ravelry Project Bag Design Contest.

I have also had a lot of requests to purchase my design on a bag or shirt.

So with Ravelry's blessing, everything is now for sale!

You can buy it here:

http://www.cafepress.com/threeboysdesigns

Happy Knitting!
Leanne

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

Joining in with Ramblings and Photos Scavenger Hunt Sunday.

Andee participates in this every week and she's always raving about how fun it is to look for things to photograph all week long. So it's high time that I joined in on the fun. (I really need to get a life)

So here goes for my first ever scavenger hunt....

Beneath Your Feet

Baby Chase almost gets tripped over a hundred times a day. He also insists on crawling as fast as he can to me and pulling up to stand while holding onto my legs.

Capturing Movement

 Never ever ever stops moving.

Texture

Face Your Fears

 

I hate numbers. Math doesn't make sense to me. It will always be my fear....that and a small plane hitting my house while I'm inside of it. THAT is truly my biggest fear, but obviously I can't photograph that. 

Currently

Dalton (my oldest son) was in his room changing out of his baseball uniform this morning and noticed that Star's tail was up. He ran down and reported this information to me. He knew it was a sign that her baby may be coming soon. So we headed out to check on her. No baby yet, but it will be here soon! So currently, there is a lot of alpaca baby watching going on here!

Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!

 

Friday Fences

Little man Chase and some alpaca friends

Have a wonderful weekend!

-Leanne

-Joining in with Friday Fences

Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real

Joining in with Thursday's Pretty Happy Funny Real...

~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life ~ 

Pretty

Spicy before her shearing. Her fleece is beautiful!

Happy

Well, he may not be happy in this moment, but after all that hot fleece is off....ahhhh, happy alpaca!!!

Funny

It's getting hard to tell my mom from the alpacas. They do say that owners resemble their pets!

Real

How is that for real dedication? Our shearer's tattoo is shearing blades and comb. Very cool.

Happy Thursday!

-Leanne

Wednesday Yarn Along

Happy Wednesday Knitters!

Our Farm is CLOSED today because it is shearing day here on the farm. It's a stressful day for the animals and busy for the humans. Please feel free to come by later in the week and see how weird they will look! You can't believe how skinny they are under those beautiful fleeces!!!

Now getting on to the Knitting and Reading.....

Joining in with Ginny for Wednesday's Yarn along.

I am almost done reading The Art of Fielding. I have enjoyed it so much.

I also began the short rows of my Color Affection Shawl. This dark purple is a dreamy color. I love this project. It's just enough work to keep me interested and easy enough for on the go knitting.

I love the color combination!

I also started the second side to my summer tank. Tara and I are both knitting this tank in different yarns. Her top is coming along and it's beautiful. Wait till you see it! We'll have to take a "twinsy" photo. Yes, again....we're super cool.

Happy Knitting!

And thank you to MomMom...up in heaven for providing us with this beautiful sunny day for shearing. After two very rainy days, we welcome this dry sunshine. 

-Leanne

Tuesday Photos

Andee is the photographer expert in the family, but I do like to have some fun with my camera as well. She links to a tutorial every week, so I'll join in today.

The tutorial was how to turn a color photo into black and white using some photoshop work.

 Naya taking a golf cart ride with my parents. She's the newest addition to the farm.

This is Vaughnese. She is at another farm being bred right now, so I thought I would give her some screen time today. She's a beautiful girl.

 Me and my middle boy, Garrett. This was taken in front of "my" apple tree. I say it's mine because every year of my whole life, it blooms the week of my birthday. This year because of the warm winter, it bloomed a month early. I got a few shots with "my" tree. Photo taken by my 10 year old.

Yarn hand spun by Liz

Thank you to everyone that took the time to vote on the ravelry design bag. 

I didn't win, but I am so happy to have been a finalist. The winning design is beautiful.

Maybe next year....

A note about the farm tomorrow:

We will be closed to the public all day on Wednesday May 23rd.

-Leanne