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Last Wednesday we lost our internet connection. I tried everything to get it to connect, but it wouldn't work. I finally called our service provider and they sent out a repairman. Unfortunately, though, he couldn't come out until yesterday. I went almost a whole week having to use my smart phone for internet access and NO Netflix. Not fun. My eyes are suffering some pretty nasty eye strain now from checking my email, Facebook, and Ravelry. The screen of a phone is too tiny for the amount of time I spend on the internet. I need to change some habits. And I don't really spend all that much time on it. Urg. I got some knitting done. I whipped up a Fairisle hat. It's a model for the Fairisle class I've scheduled to teach. Yes! It's teaching season again. I'm going to be doing two beginning knitting classes per month, on Tuesday mornings, and Saturday mornings, plus a sock class in October and Fairisle in November. I wish I had time to do more. Pattern : Basic No...

I have finished two more layette sets for KnitWits. This one is number 14. We'll start with the cardigan. Pattern:   Super Natural Stripes by Fawn Pea Yarn: Red Heart Super Saver Content: 100% Acrylic Color: 360 Cafe Yarn:  Red Heart Super Saver Content: 100% Acrylic Color: Soft White Yarn:  Big Twist Yarn Value Content: 100% Acrylic Color:  5016 Medium Teal Needles:  Circular size 6 and 8 Started:  July 12, 2016 Finished: July 15, 2016 The Hat Pattern:   Chibi Striped Baby Hat by Chiaki Hayashi Yarn:  Red Heart Super Saver Content:  100% Acrylic Color:  360 Cafe Yarn:  Red Heart Super Saver Content: 100% Acrylic Color:  Soft White Yarn:  Big Twist Yarn Value Content: 100% Acrylic Color:  5016 Medium Teal Needles:   Circular size 7 Started:   July 16, 2016 Finished:  July 17, 2016 The booties Pattern:   Seamless Garter Tassel Booties by Karen Strauss Yarn:  Red Heart Super...

It's North Idaho Fair time. Yesterday I hauled mine and Knitwits items to the fairgrounds to be entered in the fair. I only had 18 entries this year, 5 of them mine. That's way down from last year's 47 entries. One of our members is entering her things under her own name, rather than Knitwits, this year because in past years she's entered half her items through Knitwits, and half under her own name. She usually has lots of items to enter each year, but only half of them are needlecraft items. Anyway, when it comes to paying the prize money for all the ribbons she wins, the fair people always get horribly confused and mess everything up, so we decided to let her do all her entries herself to avoid this. Counting hers, we 'technically' probably have closer to 30 entries for Knitwits, but that's still down. We lost two of our more skilled and prolific members this past year who also used to make lots of entries. I miss both of these ladies very much, for they w...

This is a long post because it's been crazy around here the last two weeks. I am going to start with the bad news. I took Mollie back to the shelter where we got her last Monday. We'd had a very bad 2 weeks with her and we realized we could not live with a dog that has the aggression problems that she has. You see, the builders have been working on the garage/shop and she would not stop barking at them. I could not even put her on a leash and approach them to introduce them to her. She snarled and lunged and pretty much acted like she wanted to take a huge chunk out of them with her very powerful jaws. It's been very frustrating. Then, there was a big family wedding. My nephew Daniel and his fiance Jordan tied the knot on Saturday the 23rd. Family came from all over the country to attend the wedding including my daughter Sarah and son-in-law Frank. We had family coming and going all weekend and during that time Mollie was frighteningly aggressive. She even attacked my daugh...

Just a quick WIP post. I've been working on the cardigan for layette set #14. I love these 3 colors together. The green is actually brighter and greener than the pic shows. Yesterday was a beautiful day. I got to spend about an hour and a half out on my deck enjoying it while knitting and listening to music. It was a very pleasant time. I had Mollie out with me. The garage almost got started yesterday. It was supposed to start, but it didn't. The builder showed up around 9:30 in the morning. I was just about to leave. I had  to take my husbands pickup truck into Post Falls to the DMV office to get a State Park sticker (for an upcoming camping trip). I talked to him, then left. Our builders name is Andy. He introduced himself and told me he was going to start digging holes. The roof trusses are sitting right where he needs to start digging. So he said he'd call and get a forklift brought out to move them. I left after that. Daughter said that after I left, he talked on the p...

Yes, another one is done. I am having a fun time making these, which is odd because I don't usually like knitting the same thing over and over again. But I think changing colors with each outfit is somehow making it not boring. Anyway, this is the last of the polka dot fleece. I present set number 13. The cardigan. Pattern:   Super Natural Stripes  by Fawn Pea Size:  6 months Yarn:  Red Heart Super Saver Content:  100% Acrylic, Worsted weight Color:  312 Black Yarn:  Red Heart Super Saver Content:  100% Acrylic, Worsted weight Color:  1 White Yarn:  Red Heart Classic Content:  100% Acrylic, Worsted weight Color:  Jockey Red Needle size:  Size 6 and 8 Started:  June 20, 2016 Finished:  July 3, 2016 Comments: Yes, the red is that bright! My camera had some trouble photographing it. Little ones love bright colors. I also did something new with this one. I crocheted the button, and I like it. The hat. Pattern: ...