Tulips

Our Tulips are starting to bloom!!!!

October Song by Beverly lewis

October Song is a story about the lore of the Plain Amish people of Lancaster County. She tells of their courtship, their shunning, and their peaceful way of life.

WIP

Another update on my Weekender sweater. It got very boring knitting this sweater!!! So I decided to add a couple of what I call racing stripes to my sweater. I used purple, and lime green for my stripes. I am on my 2 nd sleeve. I still hope to finish later this week.

Diet

I have be dieting for 1 week. And doing 100 sit ups a day. I only lost 3 lbs. I was hoping to do much better then that!!

WIP

OK time for another update on my sweater. This is a big project for me. I usually only knit mittens, hats,socks, scarves, dishcloths, and potholders. It is called the Weekender sweater. I thought that meant that you could knit it in a weekend. But I was wrong. It is taking me a lot longer then a weekend. I guess it is called the weekender because you are supposed to wear it on the weekends. It is starting to look like a sweater now. It is knit side to side, I started with the left sleeve, now I am finished with the neck area 6 more inches of knitting, then I can start the right sleeve. I really hope to finish this sweater sometime this week!!!!

WIP

Another look at my Weekender Sweater. The pattern is in the May 2007 Creative Knitting. It is coming along slow, but sure. I hope that I can finish it with in another week.

Gone Fishing

My husband, and my son went fishing this evening. My husband caught a fish!

Taffy

I hand dyed this yarn with a wine colored dye. The color range on the wine goes from a dark wine color to a light pink. Then I spun and plyed this yarn using one strand of the wine yarn , and 1 strand of natural undyed yarn, and I got this effect that I have named Taffy. This yarn weighs 3.7 ounces, it is 174 yards, 15 WPI that makes it Sport weight yarn. You will receive to skeins of this yarn. http://mrae123.etsy.com/

Diet

I am going to do the nutrisystem diet for the next 6 weeks. This is the food that I have to eat for the next 6 weeks. If this is all that I eat. I will for sure lose weight, because I will starve to death!!!

Blue Butterfly

I hand dyed this Merino wool, with blue Easter egg dye, and black acid dye, then I spun it up, and 2 plyed it into a Beautiful Blue Butterfly. It weighs 4 ounces, is 186 yards of DK weight yarn, and is 13 WPI. http://mrae123.etsy.com/

WIP

I cast on a very simple sweater. I usually don't have the patients to knit sweaters. But this one is so very EASY, I thought that I would give it a shot. The pattern is in Creative Knitting, May 2007. It may take me a while to get this knit up, but I will keep at it. I am using Caron Simply soft Eco, in the color Baby blush. This is the first sleeve.

Beautiful Blue

This is a set of 4 Beautiful Blue glass bead stitch markers. Perfect for keeping your place while knitting, or crocheting. A nice little gift for your knitting friends. If you like blue these stitch markers would be perfect for you. http://mrae123.etsy.com/

Iridescent

This is a set of 5 Iridescent stitch markers. Perfect for keeping your place while knitting or crocheting. Jewelry for your knitting.

http://mrae123.etsy.com

Beer Bread

My husband made Beer Bread Today!!!

YUM!!!!

This is the link to the recipe http://www.recipezaar.com/Guinness-Beer-Bread-55355

Mushroom Cap

I knit this cap for my son. He LOVES the hats that I hand knit for him. The pattern came from Morehouse Farm. I used Knit Picks Wool of the Andes in the colors Graham, and Stream. It was a very quick easy knit!

Sunshine and Daisies

This is a set of 6 Sunshine and Daisies stitch markers. Perfect to use for marking your place on any knitting or crochet project. http://mrae123.etsy.com/

Pretty Purple

This is a set of 4 Pretty Purple bead stitch markers. They are used to mark your place while knitting or crocheting. A nice little gift for your knitting or crocheting friends. http://mrae123.etsy.com/

Dragonfly

I hand dyed this merino wool with Kelly green, purple, and black to get my Dragonfly yarn. The black and the purple contrast very nicely with the green. This is a very vibrant colored yarn. I spun this into DK weight yarn at 14 WPI. it is 3.9 ounces and 194 yards. http://mrae123.etsy.com/

Green and Gold Orifice Hook

This is a craft wire Orifice Hook, that is adorned with Green and Gold beads. It is used to pull the yarn , or your leader thread through your fly wheel hole.This is a tool that you will bend to work best with your Spinning Wheel. It also comes with 2 matching stitch markers. http://mrae123.etsy.com/

Black and Gold Stitch Markers

This is a set of 4 black and gold beaded stitch markers. They are used to mark your place while knitting or crocheting. A nice little gift for your knitting or crocheting friends. http://mrae123.etsy.com/

Turquoise Orifice Hook

This is a craft wire Orifice Hook, that is adorned with turquoise, and black beads. It is used to pull the yarn , or your leader thread through your fly wheel hole.This is a tool that you will bend to work best with your Spinning Wheel. http://mrae123.etsy.com/

Floral Stitch markers

This is a set of 4 orange and black floral , glass bead stitch markers. They are used to mark your place while knitting or crocheting. A nice little gift for your knitting or crocheting friends.

http://mrae123.etsy.com/

Easy Fudgy Cake Mix Bars

Easy Fudgy Cake Mix Bars
Crust
1/2 cup butter, melted (1 stick) 1 (18 1/4 ounce) yellow cake mix 1 egg
Fudge Layer
1/2 cup butter, melted (1 stick) 1 (12 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Combine crust ingredients and pat down approximately 3/4 of this into a 9x13 glass pan. Reserve 1/4 of the crust mixture to sprinkle on top. Mix fudge ingredients together in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave on 50% power for 1 minute intervals, stirring between each until mixture is smooth. Pour fudge mixture over crust. Crumble the reserved crust mixture over the fudge.
Bake in a pre-heated 350 oven for 30 minutes.

Turquoise Stitch Markers

This is a set of 4 turquoise stitch markers.
They are used to keep your place while knitting,
or crocheting.
A perfect gift for your knitting friends.

http://mrae123.etsy.com

Murder in Mayberry by Mary and Jack Branson

This book is an up close and personal look at a murder investigation. I think that the author knew from the minute that her husbands Aunt was murdered, that she was going to write a book about it.

Winter

It is April 5th, and it is still very much winter here. It is 28 degrees this morning, and feels like 14 degrees. And we have an 80% chance of more snow today. I am soooooooooo tired of winter!!!!!

Butterfly Wings

I hand dyed this Merino wool, with gold acid dye, and pink Easter egg dye. I got the Beautiful color of Butterfly Wings. this yarn will make a any pattern come to life. After dying this wool I spun it up into 218 yards of DK weight yarn. This yarn is 13 WPI, and 3.9 ounces of soft beautiful yarn. http://mrae123.etsy.com/

Iris

I hand dyed this merino wool using Easter Egg dye. Which spun up into a Beautiful color that I am calling Iris. The Iris was named after the Goddess of the rainbow because of it many colors. It is spun into 10 WPI which makes it worsted weight wool. The 3.8 ounces spun up into 118 yards of very soft, very pretty yarn. You will receive 2 skeins of this yarn. http://mrae123.etsy.com/