Pumpkin hat

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Patti_is_knittinginflashes

Red Heart with Love (worsted weight) in Mango, Lion Brand Wool-eze in Forest green using Drops Extra pattern 0-966.

One down, more to grow, er, go.

The inside reminds me of a poppy!

WIP Wednesday 2016-09-14

Posted on September 14, 2016 by Patti_is_knittinginflashes

Works in progress.

I dropped a stitch on the Shaad Mitts awhile back and forgot about it until I picked them back up and started working on them.

It took some time but I managed to find the dropped stitch and get it back on the needle.

Seven more pattern rows then the ribbing on the finger end and thumb. And begin mitt #2.

I saw these cool Drinkers Mitts on Ravelry (free pattern) and posted them on my Facebook page.

A friend asked me if I could make them for her but change the background color to red.

Two rows down…many, many more to go.

Last month Rachelle from My Tangled Yarn posted about a hat she was making for her son: Henry’s Hat.

The story about Henry and his favorite hat also includes patterns for the hat, a sweater, and chipmunk toy.

So a hat for my grandson (whose middle name is my last name) is now on the needles.

I am in the process of decluttering, organizing, and getting rid of stuff that I don’t love or doesn’t fit in my life/house any more. I’m also on a yarn and fabric diet. No new yarn or fabric is coming into this house unless there is a specific reason/project for it. And all the above projects are from my yarn stash!

The first thing I did

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Patti_is_knittinginflashes

I retired. Again. From the same job I had before. They wanted/needed me back for a few months so I went back to work a couple of days a week to basically help train a new person. That’s not exactly what I was hired to do but that’s how it ended up. So April 28 was my last day as a working-out-of-the-house woman.

The first thing I did when I retired was go visit my grand kids in Colorado. Mr. Aitch had other obligations so I went solo.

I went to the twins’ school and cheered the girls and their classmates during the Fox Trot fund-raiser. Their school mascot was there.

And the students ran laps around the soccer field to raise money for the school. I offered one dollar per lap for each granddaughter, thinking I’d only be out $20-30 total. Not so. It cost me $60 in all! They ran and ran and ran and ran.