Here I go again...........

Well, I am home to house #1. I guess our open house went well considering it was almost 100 outside.

This afternoon we leave for North Dakota with the motorhome. Steve has a business trip and I am going with. Doggies also!

My projects are all packed, and I think I am close to being ready to start loading. I feel like I have hit the floor running this go around! I am hoping to finalize a few of my wip so I can have another pattern tested. While it is fun to write them up, knowing they are yours. It is kind of scary to share them with everyone.

This past weekend was amazing. My daughter and I did a road trip East River to pick up her new puppy. We got to spend a couple days with our amazing friends. They really rolled out the red carpet for us! I got to go on a combine ride! They were harvesting wheat which I am fortunate to receive for my beer. When they said they could get me a truck load I am thinking pickup sized...um NO. Semi!! Wowzer!!

After getting back home it was up to Lead to join Steve for Kool Deadwood Nights. Live music in the streets, beer, and a parade of classic cars. I love living here!

It's the little things.......

Its the little things that make my day.

I usually am the first one on board for trying something "new". But really I should be saying "old".

The toothbrush rug I am making came around in the 30's, and my newest adventure will be in whittling crochet hooks. I LOVE the look of the ones you can see online that are carved out of a natural twig. I have visions of several in a jar to use and for décor. For once I need no supplies for this little challenge. Well I might need some snug fitting gloves to protect my hands since I tend to be a bit of a clutz.

So in "thinking" I started to contemplate the different ways that people hold their hooks. I hold mine the knife way, then there is the fork hold. So I figure if I get good at it and make a bazillion of these and of course sell them all, I need to be mindful about the different holds......Yes I am over thinking this! I am good at over thinking things!

For fun I have challenged myself to crochet something small with the fork grip. First off, find a video that shows the "other way". Do you know that most of the online videos are done with the knife hold, but I finally found what I was looking for. Yesterday I crocheted a tawashi little scrubbie with the fork hold. I kind of enjoyed it but I feel more stress on my wrist from the extra movement I need to do with my yarn overs. Maybe I am doing it wrong. I can tell that it does make a difference on how you hold your yarn in the left hand. Anyways, this little challenge is definitely winnable, and I have started my second tawashi. Ill post pictures of what the heck im talking about later.

Tomorrow I am going on a road trip with my daughter to pick up her puppy. She's 5 months old, and we both cant wait to meet her! The trip should make for some good laughs, and visiting. I will take my crochet dishrags to work on. I will probably gift them to the wonderful friend who we are getting the puppy from.

Early wishes for a great weekend! Linda

Filling in the blanks..........

So our kids have all moved out. Actually this happened a couple months ago. This house is too big for us now. In July we put it on the market, and will be moving to the Cottage. The Cottage is much smaller so we have been downsizing a ton. We WILL fit or I will take more to Goodwill.

The Cottage is located where our Brewery will be-another WIP. We love it up there and are excited for it to be our permanent home.

My husband applied for a Job up there also so you never know what could happen these days. As always, we have so much to be excited about and thankful for.

I mentioned on facebook that its almost been a year since my twins returned from Afghanistan. This year surely went a lot faster than the year they were gone. That was the longest year of my life!

On facebook I do not talk crafts-with the exception of comments on a couple groups I have joined. Here it is all about whatever I want, since not many read this-if any ;) I shall ramble about whatever I feel like. So far I am doing pretty good at that right?

Here are the slippers I am working on. It is my pattern inspired by a picture of slippers in a Japanese book. They came together nicely, and was probably one of the easiest ones I have written up. I will have it tested on Ravelry, but have not decided if it will be free or not. They are comfy and fast to make. I have another pair almost done-retesting the pattern myself before I share.

Felted Huggers

I really enjoyed writing this pattern. The idea for this came from an old free online pattern with a bazillion boo boos. Too many people on my group were getting frustrated with it so I had to do something fast. While it "has" been tested, please let me know if you find something that is out of sorts. No this is not the one I just finished today writing up!

This pattern is free from Ravelry. Just do a pattern search for "Felted Huggers".

Here is my Rug.......

Toothbrush rug. Just something different that I am enjoying! I have my size 8 foot in the picture simply for perspective.

Im BAAAAaaaaaack!

Not only have I been gone for awhile, but it took me forever to remember my password!!

I "think" I need a place to just write stuff...anything really. While I manage two facebook accounts now, and moderate a 700+ Ravelry group, I need a place that is just me, and nothing else.

I always have so many things that I want to mention, but ill just start with something I am enjoying right now. That way I have other things to write about. Don't worry if you knew me you KNOW I NEVER run out of things to say!

Currently my cool, and very different project is a toothbrush rug. No I am not using an actual toothbrush but back in the 30's they modified a spent brush into a needle and recycled rags. My rug is out of flannel strips and is just going to be a small one to go by my bed. I will take a picture today and see if I can remember how to put it on here!

More to write about later....

House #1 is for sale
House #2, aka "The Cottage"-forever home
Brewery is coming along
Kids moved out-hence house for sale
Writing another slipper pattern
Boxes everywhere!