Catching Up

I am going to use this post to catch up on a few things that we have been meaning to get out. Is it me or does it seem like this year is speeding along. We are halfway through February already. I have been meaning to post, but seems like time just gets away from me. I have been working on my Clapotis now since Jan 1.

I am a little more than halfway. I really enjoy knitting it and I am happy with the progress. I love knitting with the Sundara yarn. I plan to do another one when I finish, but with thicker yarn and bigger needles. It's a fun pattern and easy to follow. I love dropping the stitches. Chelette has since finished hers. I have also completed three hats. 2 Porom and one 1. Serapo. Chelette has completed 5 hats too (2 Porom, 1 Serapo, 1 Spiral Rib, 1 Star Crossed Beret)

I miss knitting socks, I have a few that are still on the needles and need to be completed. Chelette is ringing circles around me completing socks these days.

I was happy to get a new blog design, but I don't know the first thing about how to make changes. I am afraid that if I change something and it doesn't turn out, I won't know how to fix it back. If someone can tell me how you get large pictures to post I would be appreciative.I won a contest..

"When will I run out of yarn". Thank you!!!! Mary over at Snit n' Knit for the lovely Classic Elite yarns Fresco and Classic one Fifty. That was fun. She has a lovely blog and I enjoy reading her happening in NYC. Go pay her a visit.

My sister Nerry has been doing a great job so far with learning how to knit, but now she has taken on a large project. Her son who just got married a few months ago is expecting his first child in June and she wants to make the baby a blanket. It has taken sometime for her to finally pick out the right pattern. Now she is well on her way after about 5 attempts. I hope this last one is the final one. Wednesday we helped her get it started and this time we decided to make it all garter stitch. How can you go wrong with knit every row. She has 5 colors to make it more interesting. I am excited that she is willing to take on this big project and that it will be an awesome present for her son and grand baby.

I have one more month to pay for my car. It seems now it decides to act up. Weird things have been happening to it. I am praying that it will last at least another 5 years, never mind the fact that it has over 130k miles and that I travel over 120miles a day.

Last week Chelette's office got a King Cake from a client. I had heard about this from some blog friends, Patrice and Adrienne to be exact. They were talking about it on twitter. I had never heard about it. I didn't get a chance to taste it but I hear it's soooo good. Chelette got some pictures and it looks like Kevin became the King for a day. I heard Cynthia from Acynfulmind mention this on her podcast yesterday. I am always a bit late to the game. Apparently it's very popular.

Our yarn clubs have been coming in and the yarns are lovely. Neighborhood Fibers, Sundara, Cables and Lace, and StitchDC’s Stash Club

Because of our baby sis Nerry,,, there is has much activity on Facebook lately. Another thing to suck your time away. It's fun to see what's going on with folks.

I managed to do some beading while watching a movie last week. I love beading because you can finish it a lot quicker than knitting. I have bought a kit to start a crewel embroidery project. That's all I'll say about that as if I need another hobby.

I did a test knit project for AmyO 2 weeks ago. It was fun and easy to complete. It’s called the Cosmopolitan Cowl.

I am enjoying my podcast lately. My newest is Dr Gemma at Cogknitive. She talks and blathers about really good informative psychological stuff, and give good strategies for life. She also talks about what's on her needles at the time. Cognitive psychology is a mental process that shows how people think, perceive, remember and learn. She helps you internalize with problem solving that you can use in your everyday life. There is a ravelry Cogknitve group that you can join as well.

I have been eating only organic meats lately. They taste so much better and I know they are healthier. I can't give up meat. I did that back in the day and the first time I went to my mom’s house for a Sunday dinner and smelled fried chicken cooking that was the end of being a vegetarian for me.

I have been obsessed with making Red Velvet Cake. I am finally satisfied with the recipe. It is so delicious and I make it gluten-free. You can hardly taste the difference. I even made gluten-free banana nut bread that taste pretty good. Next I want to try Carrot Cake gluten free.

A few days ago I dreamed about yarn and a pattern. … have yall done that before? It was this awesome entrelac vest and I think it was in noro. I want to make one soon while it's still fresh in my mind.

My new friend Darcy is home recovering from surgery and I hope you feel better soon girl!! big ((hugs to you))..You are in my thoughts. Oh and Happy Anniversary to you and hubby.

I also want some woolmeise........... soooo bad... Does anybody know where I can get some? I haven't a clue, except for the yarn club and that is way outta my price range.

One more question.. Yall know I am old, but I was thinking about this yesterday,,, what do the young people say to each other when they want to ask someone will you be my boyfriend or girlfriend?? Back in my day we use to say..." Will you go with me??" Surely they don't say that any more do they?? What's the updated version these days.. Curious minds wanna know..

Here is my granddaughter Kayla and her great auntie Avis. I just love this picture and thought it was a good one for Valentines Day since she has on pink(Kayla hates pink)


So I will end it with a Happy Valentines Day to all of you. Give someone you love a big hug and kiss.

eta... I figured out how to post a larger picture than blogger allows... all you have to do is go to your flickr and in sizes copy the html from that... pretty easy,,, it only took me a year to figure it out..

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The pattern for this great design can be found here.

It finally happened

So, you have seen our sister here before as a model, but now she finally decided she wants to become a knitter. Last weekend we had our first knitting lesson. It turned into a beading session as well. Some of her girlfriends stopped by and they also wanted to learn to knit. It is amazing to me how someone can pick up knitting so quickly. After a few tries of casting on and the knit stitch they were well on their way. She has been knitting all week and even went with us to Sit and Knit Night at ATS.

Tiye and Kadie stopped by.

Tiye really picked it up quick.

Here is Nelerene's progress on Wednesday. She admitted to taking it out and starting over because somehow she ended up with 28 stitches and started with 20. I spoke to her yesterday and the funniest thing was when she said "I guess I am going home to knit"

I knew it was bound to happen sooner or later, because of course it's in her genes. I think it also has something to do with the fact that she is a busy body and likes to be doing something all the time. She is going on a cruise in a couple of weeks and wants to have something to do -- in case she gets bored. On Wednesday she picked out yarn for her first shawl... yes I said it... first shawl, but the catch is that she won't be knitting it. CAJ will. She needs it for those cool nights on the ship. I am hoping that it will inspire her to also knit a shawl later down the road. So far she is doing really well. She tends to be a perfectionist so, I know whatever she makes it will look good.

Okay, so the conventions are over and both were historic. The Democrats presented the nation with its first black nominee for President. The Republicans nominated a woman Vice President. . Now the real work begins. I fear it is going to be nasty.

Look what just got launched on the upcoming election. Be sure to click the video directly.

http://www1.inews3.com/index.php?first=Sistahs+That&last=Knit&email=cecicarry@yahoo.com&comments=this+is+awesome&send=Send&iso=US

I couldn't watch it. I feel like it was just a waste of time. Same old Republican lies and negative slanders. Why should we trust the same party that controlled Washington for the last decade to do change themselves? McCain's speech suffered from the fact that all these issues he's trying to "change" were caused by his own party over the past eight years. He and the rest of the GOP mock Obama's "hope" and "change"... all while using those same words to promote their own ideologies.

CeCi