On The Needles, Jan. 16, 2015

On the needles is a pair of crazy (leftovers) socks. I have tons of little leftover balls of sock yarn, so I'm planning to make a pair for each of my three 13 yr. old granddaughters.

Crazy Sox

Some of my leftovers

A few sock finishes:

Dale's Socks

Amanda's Birthday Socks

As always, linking up to Judy

Patchwork Times

On the needles, Jan.09,2015

Well, the holidays have come and gone. We had a great visit with my mom and dad in Ontario. We also got to see both of my brothers, my uncle Brian, and my Aunt Betty. The weather was perfect for travelling. We got home just before the extreme cold spell, and now we are getting snow. Just before Christmas, I got a petit point picture back from the framers. It was stitched at least 20 years ago, so it was about time it came out of the closet!

Blue Boy

As far as knitting, a few things are on the needles. A pair of socks for our daughters birthday later this month.

Amanda's Birthday socks

A pair of heavy socks for hubby. My aunt gifted me with a box full of roving and another box full of Briggs and Little wool yarn, so I need to make lots of heavy socks, thrum mittens, thrum slippers, etc. These were going to be for me, but Dale took one look at the color and fell in love, so they will be for him!

Heavy socks

Our dog Lacey has a hard time staying warm in the cold weather, so I made her a snuggle blanket.

Lacey's blanket

Modelling her blanket!

My first 2 pairs of thrum mittens were finished in December. I'm hoping to make many pairs and maybe sell them at our local craft fair next November.

Linking up to Judy over at Patchwork Times

On the Needles, Friday Nov. 21, 2014

I'm making slow progress on my sweater. I have to pay close attention to the pattern, so I usually only knit on this in the mornings when it's quiet and I can concentrate.

Back of Sweater

Front of Sweater

Still working on the same pair of socks. The first sock is finished , another 30 rows and I will be ready to start the toe on sock #2.

I'm also working on a quick infinity scarf to give as a gift. I was hoping to have it finished before this post, but didn't quite make it. The yarn is Patons Divine, and I have had it in my stash since 2005!

Infinity Scarf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I just got a couple of cross stitch pieces back from the framer. I had a hard time trying to get a decent picture of them.

Linking up to Judy at Patchwork Times

On the Needles, Friday Nov. 07, 2014

Lots of knitting going on lately. First up is mittens.....lots of mittens. The picture just shows a few pairs. I'm trying to use up old acrylic yarn, but no matter how many pairs I knit, the stash doesn't seem to get any smaller.

Mittens

I also started a sweater, for me. The yarn is Berroco Ultra Alpaca in a color called Steel Cut Oats. The pattern is Persistence is Key. It is slow going, but will be really pretty when it's done.

My Sweater

Always on the needles is at least one pair of socks.

Socks

Linking up to Judy at Patchwork Times

On My Needles, Sept.26, 2014

This evening I finished up my Woodland Turtle Cowl. The yarn is 100% Alpaca that has been in my stash for almost 10 years! It is so soft and warm.

Woodland Turtle Cowl

I also have a few pair of socks on the go, but I can't show any pictures, because they will be Christmas gifts.
Linking up with Judy at Patchwork Times

We've also been busy making salsa, over 50 pints so far. We use the Bernardin Fiesta Salsa Mix, it makes a really nice salsa. We usually add a bit of hot pepper powder to give it some more kick! We grow and dehydrate our own hot peppers. This year we have jalapenos and cayennes (mostly green because our growing season is not long enough for more then a few of them to turn red).

Bernardin Fiesta Salsa Mix

Tomatoes waiting to be skinned

Salsa cooking

Cayenne peppers in the dehydrator.

Exhibition Results

Well, I did quite well at the provincial exhibition this year. I entered 9 items, and won 9 ribbons!

First Place, Fancy Mittens

First Place, Fancy Gloves

First Place, Work Socks

Second Place, Work Mittens

First Place, Child's Sweater, Size 1 to 2 Years

First Place, Hat & Mitten Set

Second Place, Fancy Socks

Second Place, Other Knitting

Third Place, Child's Sweater Size 2 to 6 Years

Blueberries

Today we took a drive to Charlottetown to go to Old Home Week, our provincial exhibition. The main reason I wanted to go was to check out the Handicraft exhibits. I had entered quite a bit of knitting, and I wanted to see if I got any ribbons. No pictures yet, as I can't pick up my items until next week, but I got at least four 1st place ribbons, several 2nd places, and a 3rd place.

On our way to Charlottetown, we noticed that the blueberry u-pick was open, so on our way home we stopped to pick some berries.

We ended up with 22 lbs. of berries for the freezer, and we'll probably go back again for a few more.

Our garden has been producing well. Last week I made dill pickles, pickled beets, and canned beans. Tomorrow I hope to make a few more dill pickles, and some bread and butter pickles. Here are a few pictures from the last pickling session.

Cucumbers

Dill Pickles

Beans

Pickled Beets