Working

Here is my top secret yarn.
Isn't it pretty!
The colors are very true to life.

I have about 3 inches completed and have about 37 more to go....or til the yarn runs out.

Don't you just love the look of freshly wound yarn....okay maybe that is just me.

Shhhh.....

Okay so I purchased the double secret yarn to make the double secret knitted gift.
Now to knit in the dark of night and still have it turn out wonderful. ha ha ha

No, really, I am excited to get started on this.

But I still have more to knit on my tunic. So I will knit the tunic all evening - stopping just for dinner. And try to finish knitting on it tomorrow. THEN and only then will the double secret knitting begin.

A Day Late

Okay so it is Monday - and not Mother's Day any longer. But I am posting anyway. Here are the 3 kiddos that make me a usually happy Mom.

They are good kids, regular kids, pretty nice kids.

I'm a lucky mom.

Happy belated Mother's day one and all.

ps -- Happy Birthday today Julie & e

(this blog is great - saving me stamps)

Yes, I am still knitting

Here is what I have been working on. The Tunic. These pictures still don't show the exact color but it is sorta close. It is a coral that leans towards pink instead of orange.

It is really knitting up quickly. the back is done and that is about 3 inches of the front on the needles.

It will be for summer - it is sleeveless.
I really like this pattern (at least so far).
There is a big V in the front and I hope that goes smoothly.

This photo highlights the lace pattern that is just under the bust.

I hope to get the front finished by the weekend and get it sewn up early next week.

I than have a Double secret project to start working on. I found just the right yarn on Tuesday and will be starting it soon for a special someone!

TAGGED

Okay - since I have no knitting picture to share...Miss e has tagged me so I will play along --- I am thinking I do not have 6 people to tag but will try the rest of it.
Here are the rules:
1. Link back to the person that tagged you.
2. Post these rules on your blog.
3. Share six unimportant things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your entry.

1. My favorite fast food is a Big Mac! And really McD's fries are the best too. Until about 5 years ago I could eat one a week and not gain weight. Now it is a guilty pleasure just now and then.

2. I know nothing about current pop music - I only know country music, I've been listening since about 1980. Brad Paisley is my current fave. I still have great memories of the Keith Urban concert I went to years ago at a small hall and we were just 25 ft from the stage!

3. The summer my husband and I started dating we went to 10 - 15 triple A baseball games downtown. I had limited baseball knowledge so it was a great learning experience for me. We even stayed for an extra inning game til 12:30pm (15 innings I think) with about 100 other true fans. Oh and the team never lost when we were there. (And this was so far back that tickets were about $4).

4. I am in awe of the talents my kids have that I do not. My youngest is a fabulous soccer player -- I am a sports fan but have never been called athletic. My other daughter is musically talented - next year she will learn her 2nd instrument -- I am NOT musical at all (that one year of flute was painful). My son knows more about history and the military than most adults. He has such plans and dreams for himself and I don't think I was ever such a big dreamer in my life -- it is great to see him reach towards these goals.

5. I make a very tasty apple pie.

6. I am the only girl in this house to like or wear Pink. I like almost all shades and color variations of pink - except maybe neon pink.

Hope you learned something new...who to link to I have not many regular readers that also blog -- so if you are lurking and want to do this let me know....leave me a comment and then link back to me!
Happy Tuesday!

BUSY Weekend - Little Knitting

This is what I was busy doing this weekend. Getting the kids and the house ready for family and a party for J & B's confirmation.

We are so proud of them. And it sure was fun to visit with family and friends yesterday. Also the blessing of a beautiful day really took some of the stress off too.

So it was a very family weekend -- and now back to my knitting!

COOL

OK - I am knitting - this is what I am knitting. A cute summer (no sleeve) tunic. Rosanna (who I still need to say sorry too once again for Tuesday - she knows why -enough said) and I are each making this. The band of lace is just below the chest. (It is kinda sideways in this picture). This is the back -- and it is really more coral than this picture makes it look. Must be the clouds.

I am cruising on it -- but that may slow down due to a big weekend at my house.

OH - the COOL thing I am talking about in the title is that Stephanie Pearl-McPhee better known as the Yarn Harlot has posted about her trip to Indiana. Check it out right here. You can just barely see me in the 3rd picture down about 2 rows back behind a bookshelf with a camera in front of my face. BUT I know it is me.