Oh Happy Day

So the kids had dentist appts with Dr. Pike yesterday and on the way back to the Eastside, the girl needed to pee. So we stopped at the GW on Grand to use the facilities. And well it was almost noon and I really didn't want to head all the way to Gresham and then turn around and go pick up E.
Anyways back to the story. I took Mad to the bathroom and then of course they want to "just look" at the toys. So I said okay, I've got time to kill, right?! Well on the way to the toy section is the craft section. And I see bags of yarn. The knitter I am, has to look to see what kind of yarn. Oh it's WOOL!!! and the next one, WOOL! and it goes on. There are 11 bags of almost all wool yarn. And the bags were priced at only $3.99! One bag was priced at $2.99. So for a little over $50 here's what I got:
a pirate flag (the kids said we needed a new one, cause the other one was starting to tear.)
wizard tattoos. Okay I couldn't deny wizard tattoos.
Okay on to the yarn:

Patons Classic Wool in brown, forest green, 3 sk denim marl, tree bark mix, and black
Nature Spun 3 sk roasted coffee
TLC Cara Mia #2376, #2402, and 3 sk #2801
Sublime 3 sk #4001
Frog Tree fingering Alpaca wool #96
Frog Tree Sport Alpaca/Wool 4 sk #56, #204, 4 sk #31, #46, 4 sk #64
Plymouth Indieata Alpaca #2924
Misti Alpaca RJ2105, RJ2302, NT100
Dale Ull Dalegarn yellow, red, orange, pink
Patton Brilliant Gold Glow
Shaphard Baby Wool #91, 2 sk #51, 3816, 2934
Mill End lime green, 4 bright pink, 2 bright orange, 2 Swirl
Cascade 220 #9462, 4 sk #824, 4 sk # 7827
Brown Sheep # 551 5 skns 1 ball(could be a full skein)
Lamb's Pride Superwash 3 sk purple haze, 2 sk onyx
Patons UpCountry #80935
Rowan Summer Tweed 6 sk #507
Galaway 2 sk #13
Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool 2 sk #24, 5 sk #23, 5 sk #25, 4 sk #14, 3 sk #17, 2 sk#04 and 3 unknown colors (no tags)
Austermann Scarlet #10
Unknowns:
5 tapes
2 fuzzy acrylic
1 mohair-ish,
2 lion brand chenille
5 hvy worsted weight possibly wool
1 large undyed sport weight skein.
and 5 or so smaller balls of worsted weight yarn, looks to be patons classic wool and then possibly 2 sock yarns.

If I added right this early in the morning, that's over 90 sk of yarn for $50!!!

E wanted to know when I plan on using it all.

wowsers 2 posts in 2 days!

So I had an hour yesterday and after getting my pattern pieces cut out, here's what I made of my time.....Farbenmix Olivia pattern. Thin knit that says Little Miss Sunshine.

I didn't have enough fabric to do long sleeves, so these are 3/4 sleeves. The stripes on the sleeves don't quite match but the body stripes do. (insert little banana dancing here, LOL)

And the crocheted Jack Skellington hat I did that came out way to big for Gman. It fit's his daddio so I'm in the process of making a smaller one. I wanted to add that I was inspired to crochet this hat after seeing this over at etsy.

what I've been doing

Dora dress size 2T one of the big name patterns
Mad picked out the fabric. She looooves Dora.
Cape and pants set for one of C's friends up the street. I made up the pattern for the cape. I still need to tweek some things to it. and I will never sew with satin again! it slips tooo much!
Pants of set. Lined with thin blue fleece, same as inside of cape.
Small longies, Belladonna Designs pattern and yarn. For sale at Zoom Baby Gear in Portland.
Large soaker also for sale at ZBG.

Pants for Gman custom sized just for him. BDD pattern and BFL yarn.
Front of pants.



There's more of what I've been up to but I forget to take pics of them before they leave the house. I've also made a peace fleece small soaker, another pair of longies in hand dyed cascade 220 in yellow, reds, and oranges, a double sided kid's mt for an mdc mom's daughter, uhm I know there's more but I can't remember right now. Oh a jack skellington crocheted hat for Gman's birthday. Ah how could I forget HP robes for Halloween. Those pics will come soon.

So I got a couple of Farbenmix patterns in the mail from a coop and I'll probably be mia while I sew up some clothes for miss M.

wizard wands and flirty skirts

The library had a wand making workshop. We went and made wands in honor of Harry Potter coming out. Well the kids made thiers but had no place to put them so got out my Charmed Knits book and made wand cozies for them. I don't have a pic of Mad's yet as I don't know where it's hiding.
Here's C's.While at the coast, I casted on this flirty skirt (pattern from LTK) but I didn't add the undersoaker.
I also knitted these owls. The pattern is from Practical Princess and they are really simple to follow and easy to knit up. Each one took only a day, full of interuptions of course. I don't like the eyes but the kids love them. C's is on the left and Mad's on the right. C named his Thunder, and Mad's is Owl. C was upset that his sister's is bigger then his, but I told him that the smaller the owl, the faster they fly, and he was content with that.
Here's M happily showing off the owls.

some fo's and the kids

I whipped up a little hat for one of Eric's coworker's wife who is do anyday now. It's sock yarn that I found and made a little ribbed baby hat for them. It totally reminds me of a half knitted sock. Or maybe a toe cover if you had a cast.
The dress is LTK Smocked Frock out of some dk yarn that I found at a LYS. From my understanding the previous owner of the LYS hand dyed it herself. I haven't blocked it yet, the bottom is still curled up. Miss M loves it.

And while the sun was out this past week, the kids were able to get out and play for a little bit. That's Miss M all cheesy smiles in the truck. Once Cman realized that I had the camera out, he started posing. eye ya eye. So there he is, sitting on the play kitchen. Where's my rolling eyes smiley?

a little knitting done

curly purly soaker
Originally uploaded by hendreque.

So I have been busy with life with two kids and haven't had much time blogging.

Shrug made from 101 One Skein Wonders with a skein of 100% American Wool Top Thick and Thin. Not sure who spun it as it was gifted to me. The picture is washed out, the colors are more muted.

Red soaker made with wool that I had in my stash without labels, I think the brick red is bartletts and the body of the soaker could be Henry's Attic Licorice Twist.

The coat is from a pattern at magknits, by Theresa at LTK. Made with Samantha/Katya Peace Fleece. This was a gift for Miss M for Christmas. She looked totally cute with her new coat and her Christmas dress.

The camo green soaker is made from Patons Merino leftovers. I had made a pair of longies for a little man in pdx. I didn't have enough to make the legs on it. oops

Right now I am working on the Quinn Bag. A bunch of us ladies over at MDC are doing a KAL from it. So far I have the band done and I really want to change the bottom of the bag to more of a symbol not the cables. I have a couple of books coming from the library that I hope to get some inspiration from so I can finish it.

I am also working on a pair of longies for Miss M. Same colors as the red soaker just opposite colorwise. Not sure if I have enough for longies so they may become shorties. Now only if the weather will cooperate and the sun will show it's self.