Well I did it again, haven't kept up on blogging. I am too busy to blog. Knitting, sewing, creating and now, writing a pattern. Here is the pattern for the cabled cowl:

I tried different needles and yarns. I am now using a size 17 needle with 2 strands of Bernet felting natural wool.

Provisional cast on 34 stitches

set up 2 rows: k4, p1, k2, p1, k18, p1, k2,p1, k4

knit the knits, purl the purls

Row 1: K4,P1, Slip next stitch on cable needle and hold in back, K1, knit the stitch on the cable needle, p1,knit 3 sts; slip 3  stitches to a cable needle and hold them to the back of the work, knit 3 stitches, return the slipped stitches to the left needle and knit them; slip 3 stitches to a cable needle and hold them to the front of the work, knit 3 stitches, return the slipped stitches to the left needle and knit them; knit 3 sts

Row 2,4,6,8,10,12:  Knit the knits and purl the purls

Row 3,5,9,11: K4,P1, Slip next stitch on cable needle and hold in back, K1, knit the stitch on the cable needle, p1, k18, p1, slip next stitch on cable needle and hold in front, k next stitch, k stitch on cable needle, P1, K4

Row 7: K4,P1, slip 3 stitches to a cable needle and hold them to the front of the work, knit 3 stitches, return the slipped stitches to the left needle and knit them; knit  6 sts; slip 3 stitches to a cable needle and hold them to the back of the work, knit 3 stitches, return the slipped stitches to the left needle and knit them

Complete these 12 rows until desired length. Remove provisional cast on and do a 3 needle bind off to connect.

I am going to try and keep up with this....can't promise

I should just start all over with a new blog!! I have been posting on FB all of my projects, comings and goings. It's just so easy! 
I was talking to a FB friend, whom I've never met, about blogging etc and she convinced me to pick up my keyboard and write. She wants me to post my projects. Which I will hopefully get around to very soon. In the meantime I will post links to two of my youtube videos to get started. Be sure to watch my other videos and follow me on youtube, you never know what I will come up with next.
Here is my most popular video, How to make a vinyl fitted tablecloth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saS2kykLec0&list=UU9oQkn9KkmYWFWHEEXEkD9Q 
with over 14,000 views, hope you like it.
This one I put on a few weeks ago, How to make an iron board cover:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvmbeegTQ8I&list=UU9oQkn9KkmYWFWHEEXEkD9Q
It's dark but you'll get the point. 

I'll also let you in on a mission of mine, replacing my kitchen granite and sink. Although my house is not quite 6 years old I have a problem with my black granite and sink. Shows too many fingerprints and smudges. Ray Hall does not agree with me and since he is the one with the money, it is not happening any time soon. So I am selling everything I find on ebay to do it myself. I need to get a cost in mind so I really have a goal but in the meantime I keep selling.

That's it for today....come see me again soon!

Wonderfully awkward: Would you guys be interested in knitting tutes?

Wonderfully awkward: Would you guys be interested in knitting tutes?
Hi I wanted to know if you used a pattern for your interchangeable kneeled case. It is great and I want to make one.
Thanks,
Susan

Where the hell have I been you ask??

The more free time one has the less time they actually have. Wait, does that make sense? I never seem to get over to this blog anymore. As you can see, it's been 6 months. Maybe I don't have anything to say anymore. I don't believe that for a minute.
I've been knitting like a crazy person. Things I will probably never wear. Not sure why that is.

This is a summer cardi that does not go with the dress at all but Lucy wanted to take a pic of me in it. I made this sample for the yarn shop. Yes those are pink feathers in my hair. Clip in. I was going to a wedding shower. Yes I am still a freak.

Sunday, I will be going to my daughter in laws baby shower in Phila. She is flying up from Key West. My last post was the wedding weekend. She got pregnant 3 weeks after the wedding and they couldn't be happier. :) Neither could I, another grandson for me. She is due in July. I was in charge of the favors for the shower. I'll post a pic after the shower, just incase my DIL visits my blog.  I will be off to KW soon to paint sea creatures on the nursery walls, any excuse to get to FL. 

Bab's and I went for a week the end of Feb. Just the two of us for a well needed girls trip. We went to Ft Lauderdale and spent a week at Taylor's hotel. The Marriott @ Harbor Beach. We had a great, very relaxing week. Think we need to do that every year. It was so nice to see Taylor everyday for a week. I miss her. She has a new job at the Marriott. She is the Assistant Restaurant Manager of Riva. 

Well, that's it for now...............

The Wedding Weekend

MY SON IS GETTING MARRIED THIS WEEKEND!!  So here I am in Key West awaiting the big day. I got here a week early to help out. I am going to need a vacation after this vacation. I started out almost going to the emergency room because I got OFF bug spray in my eyes. I was submerging my head in the bathroom sink filled with water with my eyes open. They burned so bad. So I survived.
I have been doing a ton of planting and transplanting. Digging. Getting cut up and polked from all the yucca and cactus. I look like a pin cushion with scratches. Really nice look with my dress. Oh well, not my day, no worries.

Owls

So what is the word on owls all of a sudden? I see them everywhere. Little chachkeys, trinkets and jewelry.  I had to jump on that band wagon so I created this not so little pendant.  Next time I will stamp Whoo? at the bottom. Or is it hoo? Hoo knew? Anywho....I am cracking myself up. Here is a picture of the little guy.

July in Key West

So my little vacation is almost over. I had a wonderful time but I wish we could have spent more time on the boat. The weather was beautiful but very windy.  Got a lot of wedding things done but some are still pending. I decorated the buckets that the flower girls will be carrying, made the bathroom basket and met with someone for the rehearsal dinner. (still undecided) I also took pictures for the table numbers. No this isn't one of them...