A Thanksgiving Yarn....

Lots of projects On the Needles this past week while traveling over the river and through the woods to my Mom's house for Thanksgiving!

I started the Orchid Cowl on the way to Carolina ....

I bless the day I realized I could knit in the car and not get carsick!  I have such a hard time sitting and doing nothing - especially for long stretches like that.  Even at home, I have to be doing some sort of handwork while watching tv or I go crazy!  This project kept me plenty occupied as I knitting and unknitted until I finally got the pattern in my head LOL!!!!

So, the reason I felt free to start something new is because I finished up something old!

The knitting on my Ombre Infinity Cowl is finished!  I actually finished it before we left on our trip.  It is ready to be taken off the needles so I can block it, and then I'll kitchener together the ends to make it into a loop.  I love these colors!!!

I also managed to add some rows in PURPLE to the Swing Cowl that I love so much...

Of course, there was lots of eating too :-)  Here's my lovely mom and stepdad with the turkey...

Isn't that one gorgeous rockstar turkey???

I couldn't stop taking pictures of it!!!

This Thanksgiving was much brighter for all of us.  Mom is now recovered for the most part from her illness of last year, and she thoroughly enjoyed putting together this year's feast (with our help of course!)  We had 21 for dinner - such a wonderful gathering of loved ones ♥

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And now here a couple of odds & ends I wanted to be sure to share with you -----

If you are a reader like me, you may not know that Amazon is now having their Holiday Sale on books!



Click on the link I provided above and use code HOLIDAY30 when checking out to get 30% off any one book ($10 limit)!  I got mine - now go get yours!!!

And of course you'll love this COOL Christmas Tree I saw at McKays a couple weeks ago :-)

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Last is a warning about an iPhone SCAM that showed up on my phone a couple of times this past week ...

If this shows up on your screen, there appears to be no way to get out of the screen without touching the "OK" button - which you should never do!  I googled it and found the solution ...

1.    Double-click the Home button to take you to the Ap management screen.
2.    Swipe the Safari screen away that shows the scam pop-up.
3.    Go to Settings, then Safari.  Click to Clear History.

Your phone should then be clear of the popup.  If you don't clear history, it will just pop back up every time you go to Safari.

That's it for today - 

I hope to update you on my stitching progress tomorrow!

Hugs & Blessings!

Teresa

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The Needles Have Been Busy .....

Although blogging has been on the back burner lately, that doesn't mean I haven't been busy quilting and knitting!  With the cooler weather, my fingers have been itching to pick up the needles again, and I just had to take time this morning to share some projects in progress.....

First up are two cute little finishes ....

Aren't these just the most adorable little toboggans???  They are for our two youngest granddaughters, and I can't wait to deliver them :-)

These little kits were irresistible pickups during my stop at The Yarn Patch in Crossville last month.  They are called DMC Top This! - and there are lots of different colors and animals to top them with...

All of the yarn comes in one ball, with smooth seamless joins as each color/texture runs into the next, and a simple K2/P2 and stockinette design.  The little toppers are also part of the kit and super simple to attach!  Each little hat took me only one evening to knit up - don't you just LOVE quick finishes???  Yeh, me too!

I've also been spending some quality time with my latest Ombre Infinity Cowl project ....

The project is almost done, maybe a few more hours of easy stockinette knitting, joining the ends, and blocking.  I'm looking forward to snuggling up in these beautiful colors around my neck this winter!

Next I plan to pick up this languishing UFO  - The Swing Cowl ....

Denise at Justquiltin made one of these and I fell in love with it!  It's not something I can just work on mindlessly though, the pattern requires quite a bit of attention, so it tends to get pushed aside for easier projects.  I figure I'm maybe close to halfway done, and it's time to finish it up!

When that's done - and not before! - I'm planning to reward myself with permission to start a beautiful cowl that I picked up from The Haus of Yarn bus recently ...

This is a very soft yarn with gorgeous colors!  The pattern is actually rather easy and repetitive, so I think it'll work up fairly quickly.

And I am chomping at the bit to start this shawl kit that I picked up at The Yarn Patch  ....

This is the store sample!!!
Hopefully mine will look as nice :-)

But of course it is going to have to wait a while.  It may even be next winter before I get to wear it.  I'm determined to get the old projects out of the way before starting new stuff, but I just couldn't resist adding this one to the project queue!  It will give me plenty of incentive to work hard on clearing out those UFO's, right?

The colors in this yarn are HOT!!! - they sucked me right into the gotta-have-it vortex!  The owner knitted the sample I showed above, and she assured me that it is fun to knit and not nearly as difficult as it looks.
We'll see ..... =^..^=

I'm planning to catch you up on what's been going on in the Quilting Studio in the coming week, so stay tuned!  

Although I'm a day late to the party,

I always enjoy sharing at Patchwork Times!

Hugs & Blessings!

Teresa

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