On My Needles: A Knitting Update

 

There has been a lot of knitting going on in my little desert house. We have been binge watching some stuff on Netflix, and it is impossible to for me to just sit and watch TV. I must be doing something with my hands at all times.

Even though there has been a lot of knitting going on here, there have been very few finished projects. I love to knit, but man it is a slow progress. I am a very instant gratification kind of gal, so I am known to start more projects than I finish. I thought I would share with you my "in the works" knitting projects.

These are the socks I started for DJ awhile ago. I hope to have these finished by his birthday, which is coming up soon. However, I will admit that might not happen. Sock yarn is really small.  Making sock knitting slow business.

 

 These wash cloths are the only recent project that I have finished. I found this cotton yarn in my stash from so long ago I can't even remember. I think I bought it to make Halloween washcloths. Well, when I found it, I thought it would be perfect for my brother Stephen. He is a giant UT fan, and he just recently got a new place. These will make a nice house warming gift for him.

My brother Stephen must be on my mind recently because this unfinished hat is also for him (what a lucky fella). I bought this yarn two year ago so I could make him a hat for Christmas. He is lacking in the hair department, and I thought these colors would look great on him. I am almost finished with this hat, and if I just sat down for an hour or so and worked on it I could mark this off my to finish list.

I am super excited to finish this project. It is a scarf for Miss O (more on this to come). I am also getting close to the end of this project as well. It was meant to be a Christmas present for her, but I just did not get it done on time. Man, I guess I really should start working on my Christmas gift much earlier in the year in order to get them finished on time.

 

Once I am finished with some of these other project, I am going to start on a project for myself. This yarn is super soft and beautiful. I can't wait to start working with it!

You've Got Mail

Recently my family was heartbroken when my parents decided to move to California for a job opportunity. DJ and I are super close with my parents. I will admit there were tears from us when they left. We lost our good friends and our family support. However, our sadness does not even compare to what our children felt to have their grandparents move away.

We still talk to them on the phone just about everyday. We also Skype a couple of times a week, but Miss O still misses them. She has recently taken to coloring pictures for them and requesting they be mailed to her Memma and Poppy. After the letters are sealed and addressed, Miss O loves to decorate the envelopes to make them extra pretty and bright. The photos above are from the very first letter she mailed to California. It was such a sweet moment. I am so thankful that I caught it on camera.

Once my parents started receiving regular letters from Miss O, they started sending her mail as well. She has been getting  postcard of cute animals found in their area of California. Mail time is now a special time, and the mail man just might be Miss O's favorite person to see walking down our street.