Play Time

 Look who visited!  He wasn't too sure about his first tractor ride.

 Grandpa turned the motor off and let him play a bit.

 Then he was willing to take a ride!  Very cute.  Ashley and I did quite a bit of sewing; she is learning how to quilt and so we cut out and sewed back together......yup, she is hooked!  ( I didn't think to take a picture of the four blocks she got done but we will be sewing again soon so I will do so next time!)

 Today, I cooked up a batch of lavender soap.  The smell is wonderful-I caught a good picture of the gel phase just working its way through the loaf.  The whole thing turns the dark color and then lightens again after it cools.

 I have been working on this hat in fingering weight yarn from KnitPicks.  It is a pattern from PatternFish.  My model is a child's size so the hat is a bit big for her but it fits just right on me!

 The chart comes in this shape so you work the repeat 6 times for the hat.  The G cleff is optional but I wanted to include it.

Look at the cool pattern in makes when completed!  I just love to knit!

Shawl and Fall

 The shawl is off the needles, soaked and blocked!

 I used 550 yards of the fingering weight Shetland yarn.

The house is decorated for Fall........the table runner is quilted and bound and on the table!

"Q"uest

 Quilting... the table runner is on the frame and I am working away.

 Quarts of goat's milk for my soap.  I measure it out and then freeze the baggies of milk to have enough on hand when I need it.

 I have knitted a bunch of these, in fact I wore a plainer one when a girl, but the pattern of this in the entrelac is called a Quant, from Knitty.com  .

 Quartz.  Not native here in Florida but a transplant from northern times.

 Queen Palm.  We have two of these, one on either side of our sidewalk leading to the front door. (it is 12" tall)

 Quills from wild turkeys that travel through our yard.  Bill brings these in for the cats to play with.

 Qwerty from my cell phone!

 Quadruped.  But wait...only one foot shows....

When I peeled off my sheets for laundering this morning, another quadruped climbed up for a morning nap-it was raining outside and she is a creature of comfort!

The In Between Moments

During one of Bill's naps today, I spun up this month's Fiber Club which is Tunis.

What a great fiber!  It was springy because of its Down sheep heritage and has a nice luster from the Lincoln sheep lineage.  

The swatch is very cushiony-I can see a great pair of mittens out of this yarn!

 I wove in the ends and blocked this little girl's sweater I finished last week.  It was a pattern my Mom used to knit for me!  I made it 3/4 length sleeves to be a light transitional season sweater!  It is about a size 18 month.

I finally decided the table runner needed borders!  I just didn't like the edge without it.   Now it is nicely framed and ready to be loaded on the quilting frame!

Post Op Progress

 This is what Bill's foot looked like out of surgery.  He came out of anesthesia great this time-a different anesthesiologist helped the situation!

 This was post-op at the doctor's office today.  NO SWELLING!  That drain is doing the trick after the doctor removed the lump that had formed in response to the first surgery!

 His new foot style for the next week when we go back to have the drain removed.  It will be nice to stay home and not drive to St. Augustine every day!  Let's see what I can get done in between keeping Bill on his recliner!

 I have been doing a bit of spinning in between driving Mr Bill and hot tieing caring for him when home...these are the first skeins spun on my Ashford E-Spinner!  There was a learning curve but it is getting easier and I am getting more coordinated at using it.  I now have 700 yards of Cormo fingering weight yarn to put to the needles!

I am working on my second shawl design; I am about to start the edging detail.  This one has worked up much easier and I am enjoying the whole process.  It is good to knit and unwind when I am needing a bit of a recharge through the day!

Back to the Drawing Board

Bill is spending time with this man today.  His surgeon!  Pray for a resolution to the inflamed seroma in his left foot, please.

"P"anache!

 My high school ring......Phoenix, NY.

 Papyrus grass growing in a pot on my porch.

 Pagoda plant.

 Palm tree.

 Plumbago flower

 Podacarpus tree berries.

 Path out back.

Pampas grass hedge.

                                           
 Pine trees after the pine beetles work their destruction......

 Healthy pine grove.  (our pond is in front of the trees but the water level is too low to see!)

 Post fence.

 East Palatka holly tree berries.

Pink purl stitches!

 Our pool where we spend many long afternoons!

Pain.......Bill's whole foot is swelling from this leaking seroma.  (His size 15 foot is hard to fit in his shoe as you can imagine!)
Thank you for persevering through my parade of photos!

Visitors

 Matthew, Ashley and Will came for a visit today!  While the guys were golfing, I gave Ashley a sewing lesson-she made this pair of shorts for Will!  She is  a great student! 

 Bill is having surgery again this week to try and alleviate the seroma in his foot from the surgery in April and we won't be able to see Matthew on his birthday so we had an early celebration!  Matthew was hurting from his root canal earlier in the week and Bill is in misery with his swollen foot-they had an interesting day on the golf course!

Holding a grandchild always puts a smile on your face!

The Week Unfolds

 The binding is all sewn on the latest table runner!  I really like the border on this one!  I used a panto for the background and then added detail to each applique.  Very pleasing.

 A blog friend sent me a link to make these soap socks; I used felting wool to knit the little covers for the soap then as you use them in the shower, the wool will felt and you have a felted cover instead of a knitted one!  Bill asked for one on his bar of soap so I will let you know how it works!  It was a fast knit! I used these bars from our local Dollar General because they are 'real' soap, too.

 Soap in the mold again-this one is honey and oatmeal!  It was the first recipe that I tailored myself.                          
 I have designed another shawl-since I had trouble fitting in the repeats-I just added paper and kept on drawing-this is the whole shawl!  I didn't leave the blank rows of the purl row on the pattern so that helped me figure out the design, too.  I hope to cast on with another Shetland skein today!

 I started another table runner-I am trying to decide if I like it better with sashing between blocks

 or not.  I will keep sewing blocks and then decide!

I have a little girl's sweater on the needles.