I must confess...

Remember how I have been saying that I never or rarely set down a project to pick up a different one? I have to finish one thing from beginning to end before I move on? Well, it has happened! I stopped working on my wool SnB cardigan this week. Don't get me wrong I really like it and am making progress. The back is done up to joining the sleeves to complete the fair isle, and I finished one sleeve earlier in the week.... then I talked to my mother. Strange coment. There is a woman coming to visit on Sunday who is a school nurse and works with disadvantaged families in her area, so she is collecting old clothes, odds and ends and I thought oh I have these four blankets sitting at my house waiting for a good cause. My mother talked to her on Tuesday and was excited about the new items made especially for someone who really needed them. Well I put together those squares I was working on...

It came out really cute right? I thought some kid would get a kick out of it, so I'll bring it to the school nurse when she arrives on Sunday. Then I thought I really have to do something about some of my acyrlic yarn that is just waiting to be made into blankets, so I picked out all the blue yarn I had and started making another blanket. It is just a simple crocheted shell, but I figured I could whip it up and get finished for Sunday. I started it yesterday and am making pretty good progress. Don't worry, I still have my cardi out and I will pick it up again after I finish this latest blanket. Not a bad reason to set something down, but I hate not to finish something from beginning to end!

Hello SP! I really do appreciate all the mail in my mailbox lately! Or really over the last couple of months! You got me again today before I had a chance to put up the last post card! I was lagging behind there for a bit!

How funny are these post cards? You know me well! Potatoes are high on my "how do I love thy" list! I think I coud eat potatoes any way they are served... mashed/smashed are excellent and a really good baked potato can't be beat and then there are fries and potato chips... oh pardon me I am drooling! And that jackalope is adorable! Thanks for the post cards! They are a treat!

This week as summer seems to be coming to a close, I know I dared to say it, but I have to go back to work in about three weeks. To me once I start thinking about this, then I start thinking of holiday projects and gifts! I started to make a list of things this week and am already a bit overwhelmed. There are four teachers expecting babies at school from Dec-Feb., my neice, Gracie will be two in Sept, then there is Christmas handmade gifts for both my neices and I still have yet to cast on for the latest 6SoxKAL sock! I think I have the yarn picked, but well as you have already read, I have been busy. So over then next few months you will once again see lots of baby and small girlie things knit by me to be given away. Now I don't feel so bad I made all those socks for myself over the past couple of months! They are well deserved!