Tea and freebies.

Hello! I'm so glad that you came to visit today. Have a cup of tea and relax and look around. I'm running some freebies over in Ravelry. If you have visited here today through October 31, 2018, you can go over there and pick up the knitting pattern for Little Christmas Stockings absolutely free with the code FOLLOWMYBLOG.


This is just a special for a few days so hurry over and pick it up. While you are there, look around and see what else may be free.
I'll soon be adding another pattern for a crochet hat called the Emmalyn Earflap Hat.



This is a basic earflap cap that can be used in mild weather or you may add a liner for cold weather. I wrote this especially for my little granddaughter who was just 5 months old yesterday.
Have a great day and until next time, keep on crafting.
Dee

Pattern in testing and life

It's been a few busy days. I have the new pattern in testing. I have some wonderful ladies from a Facebook Group Crochet Inc. helping me test. Thanks to Brittany, Desiree, Shannon, Laura, Sabrina, Sandra, and Ila for testing my new hat pattern. They are terrific ladies. I hope to have it up on the blog and Ravelry by the end of the week.

This was done by Sandra.

I had a busy day with little E. She is 5 months old today. She is such a happy baby. 

She is wearing a sneak peak of another pattern in the works.

Today is the 35th anniversary of the Beirut Bombing. This was a terrorist attack on our peace keeping force of Marines. My brother was one of the Marines who lost his life that day. Rest In Peace, Gunnery Sgt. Charles R. Ray. 10/23/1983.

Until next time, enjoy knitting and cro.
Dee

Wow! I forgot all about my blog. Life happens and things go along. Some days are very busy and others not so much. I've had many changes in the seasons of my life and I plan to return to the blog going forward. I'm writing a new pattern for Ravelry. Keep your eyes open for it. I'll be back soon with an update.
Until then,
Dee

New pattern! SockMonkeyHoodedBabySweater

I’ve just released a new pattern on my Ravelry site. It’s called SockMonkeyHoodedBabySweater. It’s a zip back cardigan for 9-12 month size. I’ve been knitting this sweater for over 30 yrs and it’s always a favorite baby gift. I’ve done them in a lot of different colors and styles but this is the first that I’ve released the pattern for sale. $5 for the pdf download. As always, if you don’t have a Ravelry site, email me and you can purchase with paypal. Til next time, keep knitting.

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sockmonkeyhoodedbabysweater

Having a sale! Hurry and take a look

I’m having a sale for the new year (yes, I’m late as usual). Those of you who know me…know that my kids call me the Queen of Procrastinators! I’m usually slightly late even tho I set all the clocks in my house 10 minutes fast. I just re-calculate the time in my head and I’m still late. but anyway. I wanted to get this started a few weeks ago. I have patterns for sale over on Ravelry.  http://www.ravelry.com/people/LamsieDee   The special sale is from JANUARY 25 TIL FEBRUARY 8, 2011.   Buy any 2 patterns and get another free.  I’m going to try to have a few sales this year and get some more patterns written. I’ve been struggling with tendonitis in both of my elbows so my yarn work has been cut to a bare minimum. My doc said she could take me off work for a while, but who can really afford that??? so I’m wearing splints as often as I’m able and dealing with the pain. but back to the sale…If you buy any 2 of my patterns you will get one free (the lowest cost one will be the freebie). don’t worry if you don’t have a ravelry account. you can email me and pay with paypal. I will email the patterns to you in pdf and you will still get the free one. so take a look at what I’ve got. there are some really nice seasonal doilies that are quick to make for St Patricks Day and Easter. Or maybe there’s a new baby coming in your family. Thanks for looking, til next time, keep knitting….Dee    email @ lamsieATptdprologDOTnet 

http://www.ravelry.com/people/LamsieDee

Overwhelmed and undertimed (is that word?)

Feeling a bit overwhelmed at the moment. I’ve got a to-do list way longer than my free time.

as you can see there’s not much crossed out! all must be done by Wednesday. I’ve been working on painting in the entry room. There’s way more woodwork than you’d imagine once you start painting it all. Just take a look around your own room, all the windows, doors, archways, baseboards and if there are stairs…the spindles, side baseboards, steps and rising faces. not to mention the handrails and posts. I’ve already spent the better part of 3 evenings and half of another day painting the wood. All of it needed a second coat. I just need to paint the spindles with the contrast color and I’ll be good for now. I plan to paint the center of the stair spindles the color of the walls.  I do need to paint the outside of the door but that’s not as vital to finish the room. Tomorrow I’ll paint the walls then we can install the ceiling and maybe the moulding before Thanksgiving. I will not paint on Wednesday since I’ll need to bake pies. and of course Thursday will be the big dinner and football! We’re eating here with 3 of my kids and some of their S.O.’s and my grandson. The girls and I have to work so it will be up to Hubby and Son to cook. this works for us, they’ve done the meal for the last couple of years. I always work the holiday and we eat at supper time. I do have to be careful to save up enough “points” for the big dinner and dessert. I’m losing weight on Weight Watchers and want to be careful thru the holidays not to gain back what I’ve lost. I’m hoping that I’ve found a weight loss buddy, one of the girls at work is interested and we may help keep each other on track.

I haven’t had much knitting time, I’m still working on the pattern for the mitts, hopefully when I get this paint work done, I’ll have time to work on them more.

til next time, keep knitting

Exams..good and bad

We’re still working on the house, after finishing the living room, we started to tear apart my entry room. This is where my desk, hubby’s desk, gun cabinet and other assorted items sit. It’s where you enter my house and gets lots of casual use. We have both our computers on the desks and they seem to catch all the clutter and dropped items as everyone comes inside. We have our computers on a network so that all 4 of us can be on at one time. Right now both desks are in the newly finished room since the floor, ceiling and walls are being redone. My house is about 100 yrs old and I think the folks that did any work before us were even more unskilled than we are because we’re finding so many mess ups. There were 4 floor coverings, a carpet, 2 linoleums, and an oil cloth floor all over top of each other! We’re going to paint walls and stairs first then put the ceiling back up and then the moulding. Yes, we’re going to have another go at cutting crown moulding.

Last week I had my mammogram. Thought everything was ok and then yesterday I got a call that the Doctor saw “something” on the films and could I go have it done again. I’ve been lucky 3 times that I’ve had biopsy and no cancer so of course I jumped on the worry train and wondered if my luck was over. They re-did the test this morning and said “ok, you’re good to go” Does this mean I’m lucky again…or just that the pictures were good? I’m just waiting to find out if all’s good. Pray for me if you think of me.

On the knitting front, I’m working on a pattern of fingerless mitts to go with the Brambles hat. Once I have the bugs worked out, I’ll publish it. Stay tuned for updates. til next time….keep knitting.