Duh, Aloha!

Can you tell that we’re not in Minnesota?

We’re not in Hawaii either.  We’re hanging out in Mexico.

I have to tell you the “Duh, Aloha” story though.  We took all five kids to Hawaii when the two youngest were about 2 and 4.  I bought Ms In Charge a hula outfit for her Barbie.  Some time after we were back home, I listened in on one of her Barbie conversations.  The two Barbies were chatting away, and I heard one of them say, “Duh, Aloha”.  It’s been a favorite family quote since then!

So, back to our travels from Minnesota to Mexico.  I started a scarf the night before we left so I wouldn’t strangle anyone on the plane!!!  I had about 3 inches completed.  While we were waiting at the Minneapolis airport, I tried to get every member of my family to guess how long the scarf would be by the time we got to our condo.  Most of them were party poopers and wouldn’t play.  Ms In Charge guessed 18 inches.  My Hero guessed 10 inches.  Please!  Does this man not know anything about my warp speed knitting after 23 years???

I’m using Berroco Jasper and The Yarn Harlots One Row Scarf pattern.

I suppose you want to know how long the scarf is.

Isn’t it pretty?  And oh so soft!

I took a couple of power naps on the plane.  We waited in line for immigration forever!!!  I consumed a couple diet cokes.

It’s 29 inches long.  My Hero’s guess stinks.  Did he really think I’d only knit another 7 inches.

Duh, Aloha!!!

Still In Process!

I’ve only finished one thing from my last post!  I got my Crackberry to sinc (is that a word?) to my computer with a little help from My Hero.

Ms In-Charge’s cardigan sleeves are veryslowly growing, but I’m pretty sure I see lots of knitting time in the near future!!!

I’m STILL stitching binding.  I’m pretty sure that it’s 4 miles around that quilt.  2 PM:  Done and on the bed.

The Groovy pillow is embroidered.  Now I just need to put it together and stuff it.

The quilt for The Genius is so close, but I probably won’t finish it today.  Here’s a glimpse.

I just need to attach two more rows and add the border.  I’m suppressing the thought of quilting it.  The backing came yesterday though.

And for all my knitter friends, this will make you happy.  Only there’s something wrong with this photo.

What is that sunscreen doing in the background?  That doesn’t go with wool yarn.  Yes, folks.  It’s time for our biennial (Yes, that’s every other year.  I had to look it up!) trip with my extended family.  That’s why I said there would be lots of knitting in my future.  Nine whole days!!!  This year there will only be 22 of us, because one family is off on another adventure.  Maybe I’ll share that later if I have their permisssion.    Here’s our family photo from two years ago.

As usual, it’s taking me longer to figure out my knitting than it does to pack all our clothes.  I wound yarn for a very long time this morning.

Oh, and speaking of family?!?  Have any of you followed the auction for this quilt?  It was then re-auctioned by Fat Quarter Shop.  (I’d love it if you’d take the time to read about Benson and Claire.  They could use your prayers!) Yes, this has something to do with my family.  The “Mysterious Amy D.” ended up winning the quilt.  I know her!  She’s my sister-in-law.  (It’s really too bad she had to purchase a quilt.  I should teach her how to quilt, huh?)  Anyway, Amy will support and pray for Benson and Claire for a very long time!  That’s just the way she is.  She really is one of the nicest people I know.  I know she’d be thrilled if, because of her support, some of you would be moved to help Benson and Claire as well.

Ok, I’m back to all of my “in process” stuff.  I’d better get busy because our plane leaves in 24 hours.

In Process

What’s in process today?

The sleeves for Ms In-Charge’s Mi Escuelita sweater.

I’m still stitching binding on this quilt.  I’m also trying to get my computer to talk to my Blackberry.  It’s involving some trial downloads.

I’m making a tacky heart pillow that says “Groovy Love” on it.  It’s for a Christmas production that Superblonde and Dreamboy are in.  What you’re seeing here is the embroidery machine doing its thing.

And then there’s the quilt I’m making for The Genius.  I have two of the eight rows put together.  This may possibly be the coolest quilt I’ve made in a long time.  More on that soon!

Have you noticed a theme here???  It’s all in process.  I need to finish some things.

Oh, I don’t want to disappoint y’all and not mention the laundry.  It’s not in process.

I haven’t even started laundry yet.

Goodbye!!!

P.S.  There is no chocolate in this house.

Just Playin’ Around

I read a blog post tonight that made me want to play with Photoshop.  McMama posted this tutorial on combining photos into a collage.  I decided to try it with some of my knitting projects from this year.  This is what I came up with, just by playing around for about 20 minutes.

I think it looks great.  Am I going to do this with all my blog posts?  No way!!!  It cuts into my knitting and quilting time.  It does make me want to try more things with Photoshop though.  There are frames, drop shadows, and lots of other things that I don’t know how to do.  Yet.