Starting new KAL soon

BadCatDesigns is starting a new Winter Project, and so am I! I love to knit Andrea’s designs and done many of them. Here are my two swatches for this KAL -
The first is with nupps, and the second is using seed beads in place of the nupps. I’m going with the beads – no nupps. I’m not sure that will make it a faster knit, as putting on each bead is just about as time consuming as a nupp, but it will for sure take less yarn.

The name of this KAL is Snow Queen. I can’t say the color green ties in somehow with Snow Queen, but I decided to make the shawl from my stash. And this is the yarn that qualified. Elann Baby Lace Merino – 1800 yds, on size 4 needles.
The shawl is a combination of Elizabeth Zimmermans Pi Shawl and Estonian knitting. In other words, Andrea’s uses the principle of the Pi Shawl, and incorporates Estonian stitches into the format. Don’t I sound intellectual? (and I really know what it all means!)
Stay tuned!

The BIG News :)

I am going to be a Grandma again. Now, I have lots of grandchildren – 11 to be exact and there are actually 2 more on the way. I’m always thrilled about the arrival of a new grandchild, but one is kind of special. They are all special…how can I tell this without insulting the other ones????
My daughter, who has been infertile all these years, is expecting a baby. You may have read her story of adopting her son. If not, you can thru that link. So, this was totally unexpected and such a miracle – I’m still in awe of what God does! She recently remarried and here is the happy family – soon to become 1 more!
So….what has this Grandma been doing? Knitting little things, sewing little things, buying superwash wool for knitting things, buying fabric specifically for New Baby
This is what you can expect to see over the coming months, as I celebrate the goodness of God, and prepare for a new grandbaby.

Catch up Time, Chapter 2

didn’t get everything up last post, and in the time between then and now, much has happened and I will fill you in on that, but first, this!
I made fabric bags to ‘wrap’ gifts in, we didn’t do paper wrapping this year. Some were made from white muslin and tied with a pretty bow. A few were made from pretty fabric.

I wanted some kind of ‘bow’ to go on the bags, ending up making flower pins for them. That was a lot of fun, and I plan to make more! I also got some white plastic rings from the fabric store, I crocheted around them and hung a little ‘bead’ in the center. It’s not really a bead, but I got it in the beading section at walmart. They are like turquoise mother of pearl… and very pretty.

Catch up Time!

All the Christmas gifts have been delivered, so now I can show you what I’ve been working on the past few months! It is so fun to do hand made gifts – you get the fun of making it, then the fun of giving it, then the fun of showing it around!

Shannon’s Rileys Bunny

Jack’s Cowboy Bag of Letters

Pocket Dolls for Patience