Family and Knitting

Well, I have a variety of things to talk about on this post. First and foremost, we had family visiting from Pittsburgh, PA from last Friday until Monday. Our daughter, husband and their two adopted foster children were a delight to have around, and we all got together with our other daughter, husband and two girls several times over the weekend. I was sorry to see them leave. We went to a wild animal park - NORTHWEST TREK which is fairly close to our home. We rode the tram, as well as walked around to see the birds and animals. They are animals indigenous to the Northwest: black and grizzly bears, elk, moose, bison, wolves, fox, linx cats, etc.






My finished object of recent was a green striped dishcloth, and one 3-diamond spa towel. I'm still working on the second towel and then onto two washcloths. I'm also finishing up on the infamous granddaughter's sweater. I just have to redo the ribbing on the neck and weave in the ends and it'll be done. Hopefully she'll still get some wear out of it before the weather turns warm. I'm casting on the Taize lace scarf pattern of Susan Pandorf's design. She says it's a good beginner lace pattern. Also want to start a "real" pair of socks with sock yarn and size 1 or 0 needles. The only pair I've ever made was a "lesson" sock out of Cascade 220.

Tomorrow my hubby goes to see the oncologist and hopefully we'll find out exactly what kind of cancer he has and what the treatment program is and when it'll start. He's getting frustrated with all this waiting and I can't blame him.

UPDATE

I haven't posted in a while, mostly because I've had some bad news and thus having a hard time concentrating on knitting, blogging, etc. My hubby was diagnosed with a type of lymphoma cancer (they're still not sure which type yet). This was a real blow to us, as he had it 25 years ago so we know what lies ahead. He's still in the taking test stage - has a full body CT scan on Friday then hopefully treatment can begin in the next week.
I do have good news, our daughter and family will be coming from Pittsburgh for a short visit the weekend of Feb. 27th. Will be great to see them.

I'm working on a spa set - handtowel at the moment, which is rather mindless and kills time while sitting in doctor's offices. I've gauged out some beautiful Dream in Color Smooshy for a pair of socks and want to get started on them.

Sunday - Catch Up Time

After getting home from church today, I ran out to Jo-Ann's to buy stuff for two theme baskets I am making for our upcoming church bazaar. Have to have them all done by this weekend (nothing like waiting until the last minute). One of them will be a "spa" basket and one a "kitchen" basket. I'll load pictures when they're completed. Have been working on knitting the 3-Diamond face cloths and towels for the spa basket. Also have my "LaLa's Simple Shawl" waiting for some knitting fingers to finish it up. I'm taking a "No Seam Sweater" class at Pacific Fabrics in a week. Looks like we're making a toddler size, and I'm so looking forward to it. I'll be attending the first class, then the 2nd and last class will be after we return from Pittsburgh visiting our kids and grandkids. Though I'm retired, I don't understand where my time goes. I was trying to squeeze in 9 holes of golf next week, but no can do, and with the weather here in the Pacific Northwest, maybe our ladies group won't get to play until next Spring. I'm not like my husband - he golfs year around - rain, cold, whatever doesn't stop him and his group. Well, I've rambled enough and need to get to knitting.

Good Fall Morning To You

What a nice cool day to stay indoors and bring you up-to-date on what's been happening around here. Husband is still on jury duty, so leaves me lots of time to knit, shop, and catch up on a "little" bit of housecleaning.

I'm still working on the LaLa Simple shawl - it's about half done and going quite rapidly now that I have memorized the pattern.

I have two brand-new knitting books I need to take time to look at: Knitting in Plain English by Maggie Righetti and 101 Designer one-skein Wonders. The latter book I got when I registered for the local Pacific Fabrics monthly knit-a-long in their store.

I just found a 3-Diamond Spa Face Towl and Washcloth set which I can't wait to get started on for a few Christmas gifts.

Knit until next time.