There's no place like home.
Especially when you have yarn and M&Ms.

KIP day, 2013: NYC, here I come.

Knit in Public Day has always been a fun day. This year, I'll be riding a bus to NYC on KIP day. Woo-hoo!!
You may be wondering what M&Ms and stained glass ceilings have to do with knitting. Well, a girl's got to keep up her strength as she knits. The first picture is obvious, but I'll let you all know that I'll be eating pizza as I look up at that gorgeous stained glass in my second picture. John's Pizzeria has a location near Times Square. It's housed in a former church, hence the lovely ceiling. And the food? Oh, yummmmm.

So, I'll be knitting but I'll be making time for yummy treats as well.

Oh boy!
I haven't blogged in more than a year. Luke is 18 months old, my mom has been to the ER twice in the last month, etc.
Good thing is I am knitting. A lot.
More on that later :)

It's hat weather out there!!

I'm still alive. Still knitting, Still babysitting darling Luke, who reached the grand old age of six months on 2/6. Hooray!

Never seems to be time to blog, but I have such good intentions. Just to prove I'm telling the truth, I'm including a picture of Luke sitting on Great-Grandma's couch. He's modeling a hat that I knit way back in December 2010 when I found out that my daughter was pregnant. It took me a long time to figure out what I should knit for this little bundle of joy and I looked at pattern after pattern and nothing seemed quite right. And then I picked up Knitting For Baby by Melanie Falick and Kristin Nicholas...and there it was: a cute little hat. He's grown big enough to wear it and the weather is cooperating by being cold enough to allow hat wearing.

And the couch at Great-Grandma's house? She bought it in 1973, right after I got engaged to Luke's grandfather. :)

Getting back in the groove.....

I promise to write more in the future.

I promise to research more of the interesting things around me so that there is something actually worth reading if you check in on my blog.

I promise to be a really awesome grandmom and to enjoy my mom being an awesome and very happy great-grandmother.

These are my goals.

I can do it!

Over and out.

Adventures in Grandmother Land

It's Fair season. The air is crisp. Pumpkins are showing up at the roadside produce stands. Sunsets are gorgeous too. Luke has grown from a newborn to a 6 week old little person.

It seems like a very long time since I have talked to my blog, but today seems like the day to make up for lost time.

There's been a lot of knitting going on in my life. Sweaters and hats for

Luke. Scarves and shawls, some for me and some for our St. Nick's Knits sale in December. Money raised at our church sale is being put to good use in several ways. Profits made have already gone to a needy family last Christmas, used to purchase supplies for our after-school program for local elementary students and, last week, funded the purchase of cool recyclable shopping bags with our church logo and "Small Steps Towards Sustainability" on each beautiful navy blue bag.

So, yes, I have been busy knitting. I love it too.

As much as I adore the knitting, it pales in comparison to any time I get to spend with my darling grandson. Even when he's sleeping.

Greetings from Mini Purl

Boy, it's hot!!!!!

Now that that's out of the way, it's great to be writing something on the old blog again.

It has been ages, but I plead being wrapped up in stitches as an excuse.

Along with the knitting for church, knitting for the grandbaby who is almost here, and a birthday shawl being knitted for my mom's 87th birthday in August, I have even been sewing again.

My trusty Elna has been oiled and is out of the closet doing duty after a very long rest. With the help of my dear friend Nancy, I made some cute-as-a button valances for Baby's windows and am working on a lightweight cover for the Boppy pillow. I have to figure out invisible zippers first.

Thanks to one of my knitting buddies at LYS, and her wonderful donation of colorful fabrics, I became involved in the pillowcase project for ConKerr Cancer. This is, without a doubt, one of my favorite projects ever.

Bye for now.

Waiting patiently for grandbaby.........and knitting :)