One WIP Done

Finished one of my WIP

Stitch & Pitch at the Charlotte Knights Game

Attended the Stitch & Pitch with members of the Charlotte Purls and the Charlotte Knitting Guild. Finished a wash cloth for the Charlotte Purls Summer Charity, Victims Assistance Domestic Violence Program

Last week I put my name on the waiting list at Ravelry and last night I got my invitation to join. If I had known all they had to offer I would have joined much sooner. I was amazed at the features that allow you to keep track of your WIPs, yarn stash, hooks, and many more. Tonight I plan to start adding all my WIP, love the idea of being able to attach a picture of the project.

The next all star?

Riverbanks Zoo

We went to Riverside Zoo in Columbia, SC on Saturday. Had great weather and an even greater time.

Riverbanks Zoo

We fed necture to the Lorikeet birds. Lost most of the first cup as the birds try to steal them

Share A Square Afghan

This is a picture of the afghan I pieced together for the Share A Square Project. The square in the upper right hand corner is one I donated

Year's End

I know it's a new year but I want to go back and reflect on 2007.
Our Mom died of kidney failure back in March, just before Easter. Mom had made the decision not to under go dialysis as she felt it was her time to go home. We were fortunate in that our youngest sister, Virdie and her kids were able to get home to visit with mom. Mom was cremated. Although she insisted we not go to any trouble, Mom always said she wanted to be stattered in the Blue Ridge Mountains So on Saturday before Easter the family drove up the the Blue Ridge Parkway and had a small ceremony. We later had "tea and cookies" at the house with Mom's sisters.


My middle sister, Charlotte moved in with me after Mom's death. It's amazing how often our family keeps asking how are we getting along! I remind them that the house is large enough that we aren't tripping over each other.

Virdie and her family moved into their house back in April. I spent a week visiting with them over Memorial Day.

Charlotte and I went to Florida for an extended weekend to visit our Mom's oldest sister. Mom and I use to visit Aunt Charlotte twice a year, in 2006 we took Virdie and her kids with us and stayed at a motel on the beach. Aunt Charlotte, who is in her 90's, had moved from her apartment at the retirement center, to the medical center.

We celebrated Christmas on Saturday, 22 December as Charlotte's kids needed to spend Christmas Day with their other halves families. Charlotte's two gradchildren were also present.






I went to Virdie's for Christmas and New Year's. I think we all went overboard with presents to the little ones. I watched the kids on New Year's Eve so Virdie and her husband could go out.


Got Virdie started on Granny Squares for "Share A Square"

Dear Abby Answered

Here is Dear Abby's answer to my letter

More squares for "Share a Square" I will mail them tomorrow along with some skeins of black yarn

Dear Abby

Shelley is have a contest over at www.thiseclecticlife.com here is my entry

Dear Abby,

Tell me, what’s a girl got to do to get a change of wardrobe? It’s green, nothing but green! And the accessories! Between the strap of the quiver cutting cross the bossom and the hassle at security check points on the arrows, it’s enough to make a girl stay home. Also, why does everyone thinks it’s my responsibility to keep track of the Merry Men? I have enough problems keeping the Sheriff off my back.

Yours truly,

Robin of Locksley

Christmas Decorations

Christmas has come to our house. We decorated the fountain are and put up the tree in the house. One of my nephews will put up the snow globe later. I've go him blowing leaves right now.

Squares

My plan is to do one square a day

What is your Best Blogging Achievement Contest

Shelly over at www.thiseclecticlife.com has entered a contest “What is your best blogging achievement?”, prize is $100 which Shelly will use towards postage and yarn for the "Share A Square" project. I am all for supporting her effort in addition to the squares I am crocheting for her project by giving you my vote.

I read the blogs for the other eight contestants and had a hard time picking my second and third choices and none of them were on topics of which I have interest. I mainly check out blogs about crocheting, knitting, and crafts. But having said that I did find useful information on two of the blog sites:
www.tclian.com learning-my-best-achievement-in-blogging
and www.blog.lgr.ca and I have saved them to my favorites for future inspection.

I'm still learning how to do this whole blogging thing so I hope I have linked to
www.alltipsandtricks.com/my-best-blogging-achievement-the-entries/ correctly so my votes count

WIP

Last week I started a dolls head and then realized I did not have the right size eyes (all of them were too large). So I went on line to order more eyes. The site I found didn't have online ordering so I printed out an order page and was going to send in the order the next Monday. In the meantime, what to crochet? I pulled out a purse pattern and then went to search my statch of yarn for the right colors. As I searched I kept running across WIP (some over five years old). I then decided, no new projects until I finished the old ones. So I sorted through my yarn and orgainized the WIP, never knowing I had so many.

Well my resolve to finish WIP before starting anything new didn't last long. I found a pattern for Cranberry sauce and just had to make one for my nephew. And then I found a site putting together afghans for the kids at a cancer camp. They need 6" squares

Go to This Eclectic Life for updates

Cranberry sauce

I found this pattern at http://www.aliciakachmar.com/blog/ and had to make it for my nephew. Made a slight change by adding slices to the plate. There is also a pattern for Indian corn that I might do next

Stitch N Pitch

I hope to attend the Stitch N Pitch in Atlanta on 15 July

mom, with two of her grandchildren

New Year's Eve was spent drinking wine and sitting in front of the computer playing a game my sister got for Christmas. That tells you what the rest of the year will be for me!