MIA- Yarn Along

Hi Purple Debbie :)

She left me a little note wondering where I've been. We are deep into baseball season and it's been sucking up all my outside work time. We've been enjoying playoff baseball and both boys are doing awesome. Nail biter games and victories! 

But I have been knitting behind the scenes (of course).

I finished up the back of my sweater and I am half way through the front.

I am loving every stitch of this project.

The sweater name is Illas-Cies

It's designed by Anne Hanson and I'm knitting it with Miss Babs Yowza in the Oyster color way.

Hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful weather! Finally feels like spring and almost summer.

Joining in with Ginny for the Yarn Along!

Yarn Along

Happy Wednesday and Yarn Along Day!

Joining in with the knitting world to share what I am knitting and reading right now.

On my needles are two projects:

Riverflow, an easy fun bias striped scarf/wrap. It's knitted using some fun techniques that give it a pretty waffle texture. I'm more than half way done and really enjoying it. 

Finishing up the solid white part, then I'll add in the teal blue.

I saw this sweater, Illas Cies,  knitted up in the Bare Naked Wool booth at Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival. I fell in love with it. I ended up buying yarn from Miss Babs, Yowza in oyster color way.

I casted on this weekend. It's definitely not baseball field knitting. It's concentrate at home knitting for sure. But it's beautiful and I can't wait to wear it.

I just stared the book, Reconstructing Amelia. It was recommended to me by a few people after I put a Facebook post asking for good book ideas. So hopefully it's good! I'm only a few pages in so I don't have an opinion yet.

Joining in with Ginny at Small Things

What are you knitting and reading?

Maryland Sheep & Wool 2016

Once again, we packed up the car and headed down to Maryland for a girls weekend.

The Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival is held at the Howard County Fairgrounds in West Friendship, Maryland on the first full weekend in May. It's a beautiful area filled with rolling hills, farms and quaint homes. The sun came out (for the first time in a week) and we enjoyed the scenic ride to the fair.

It's always nice to get away with my sisters without our kids.

We decided to hit up our favorites first. Sweitzers Fiber Mill is always a favorite. I love their yarns, soaps, lotions and most of all their adorable girl, Lilly! Lilly is the cutest little girl that dyes her own yarn. She can't be more than 7 or 8 years old and she's awesome. A true natural fiber girl.

That's Lilly in the pink shirt posing with her hand dyed yarn.

I found this booth and it was a new to me company. I loved everything about it!

Boho Chic Fiber Co. Loved her set up, yarns, mugs, prints. Everything was beautiful and I picked up two skeins of her yarn.

We made a stop at Miss Babs and it was late in the day so we actually got to take our time and see all the beautiful yarn and chat with Miss Babs herself.

This was the Maryland Sheep & Wool color way. So pretty.

I ended up buying Yowza in the Oyster color way with a sweater in mind.

(Miss Babs and Andee)

Once again, I had a great time spending the weekend with my sisters, sheep and fiber.

It was a really hard week last week. Sadly, I attended two funerals. One was for my oldest friend's father who lost his battle with ALS and our Uncle Butch, who lost his battle with melanoma.

It's easy to forget how fragile life is sometimes and a week like we had really reminds you that it's important to enjoy life and take the time to do the things you love. 

I can't wait to knit up some beautiful new projects with all my new yarn. 

I'll enjoy my coffee from my new hand made mug, wash my hands with hand made soap and remember the good time I had with my sisters and the sheep.

Sisters Road Trip to Maryland

Three sisters enjoying our annual trip to Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival.

Thankful for these two little sisters of mine.

We had a great time. More pictures to come....

(from left to right: Andee, Leanne, Liz)

It's Finished

My little yellow sweater is complete. 

I had a quick minute to take a photo and Smoke lined up just perfectly. LOL.

I have already worn it a few times. It's nice light cotton alpaca sweater that is a perfect layering sweater. The buttons are cute but I have a feeling they will have to come off and replaced. They are heavy and they hang a bit too much on the light cotton fabric. We'll see...

I bought some herbs at a local nursery. I'm so ready for the summer! I am keeping these little guys inside for now where it's still warm! 

I just knitted up a little baby bonnet for the Coop. I think I'll knit some things to sell this month.

And maybe a pair of socks (ugh..I hate knitting socks but they are perfect baseball game knitting!)

Joining in with Ginny for the Yarn Along.

Yarn Along

Joining in with the weekly yarn along over at Ginny's blog.

I am almost complete with my yellow sweater. I can't wait to wear it.

I have had a few times while knitting it that it would have matched my outfit. So I know it will get lots of wear. It's a cotton alpaca blend yarn.

Excited about the little blue flower buttons I purchased on Etsy. Hoping they work ok. 

I am reading My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout.

Really enjoying it. I know if I had a day to just sit and read I would finish it in one sitting. But yeah....that doesn't happen anymore!!!

Feels like spring FINALLY!!!

Happy Yarn Along Day.

What are you knitting and reading?

Yarn Along and a Haircut

Made good progress on my yellow sweater this week. I'm almost complete with the body! Hoping to have this finished by first weekend in May for the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival.

Ravelry project page link: Heathered Cardigan

If you remember, last week I was reading a book, Water From My Heart by Charles Martin.

Last week I wasn't sure about it. Well...after 100 pages the book completely hooked me and I stayed up late to finish it. It's now our book club pick for next month!

I started reading, My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout. I have read two of her books and I loved them. I'm loving this one too. One of my favorite books by her was Olive Kitteridge. I have friends that didn't like it at all. To each is own I guess! So far this little book is a joy to read and I wish I could just sit and read it in one sitting. (It's that kind of book)

And now to the HAIRCUT....

Mr. Chase decided on Friday afternoon that it would be a wise decision to CUT his own hair. Right in the front. Short. Very short. And also filled his hair with half a tub of thick gel. My husband was home with him and quickly discovered Chase's "new do". I came home and we both shook our heads, then started to laugh. Good thing he's a boy and it's easy to fix.

Off to the hairdresser we went.....going to be a while until those pretty curls grow back!

Have a great week. What are you knitting and reading?

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