Pattern Model

Can you believe it? The other day I got to be a pattern model :) I modeled several things for Marlaina (Marly) Bird who is a great knit/crochet designer. One of them is definitely getting used on the pattern... I'm the official face to the "Serendipity Shawl" for Bijou Basin Ranch :)

 

 

 

Probably the only time I'll ever model in my life lol :) But it was fun!

Random Life Update

My mom is having spinal fusion surgery this coming Monday the 22nd. Really hoping it helps her... it is also a scary thing for me because I feel like I'm seeing into my own future, since my degenerative condition is the same as hers (thanks, heredity) :-P She will be in the hospital all week, so I'll be hanging around there a lot. Maybe getting some projects done?!

Now for some more lighthearted things. I went to Charming Charlie with my sis-in-law last weekend and got 5 new dresses!!! Mostly with our Hawaii trip in mind (coming up in November), but I can also wear them here for the rest of the summer, and in fall with my denim jacket :) I only took a pic of one in the dressing room... snagged this baby from the clearance rack for $10!

I'll try to take pics of the others as I wear them. I got a purple dress, a blue, a red, and a white/pink. Yay! Phoebe has been super cute lately. When she snuggles like this I say she is in "stuffed animal mode":

Also, Amber gave me this chair and I put it in the guest room instead of the LoveSac (which was just too big for the room). Phoebe has been glued to the chair since its arrival!

Amber and I got together on Sunday. She continued working on her granny square blanket and has 3 squares done now:

As for me, I just finished up Ian's iPad sleeve today!! Now affectionately called the "iSweater" :)

As you can see, it's his color! LOL. He came home from work and already matched it. AND our house, apparently. So yeah, definitely the right color choice for him. That's about all the news for now.

Give & Get :)

First of all, we did go visit my father-in-law, Neil, last night. We got to hear some updates on his treatments and of course I gave him his blanket :) He is so exhausted from chemo, but even so, he managed to seem pretty excited about his blanket. He thought it was super soft, LOVED the colors, and said he would use it a lot :)

I'm so glad he liked it!!

When we came home and checked the mail, I had a little package waiting for me - the case I ordered from Etsy for my circular needles & DPN'S! Couldn't wait to try it out!

I'm really happy with it. Although I do already have a crochet hook roll, this girl makes them too.. but if she were to make one that took crochet hooks across the bottom as well as DPN's and then circulars up behind those, I would be all over that so I could have it all in one! I made the suggestion, so we'll see :) For now, I'm loving this.

Finished Blue Blanket

Finished the blanket for my father-in-law! I am so surprised - it only took me ten days to make! I wanted it to be quick and it definitely was! :) I managed to finish it up while we were camping this past weekend.

Working on the blanket at our campsite.

Ian trying it on for size in the tent (his dad is slightly shorter than him).

All finished!! Took photos in this pretty spot.

I haven't given it to him yet - hopefully tomorrow. I'll definitely post again when I get photos of him with it!