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Other 2010 knitted projects

Dawn — Sun, 22 May 2011 03:17:03 +0000

Here’s some other things that I made in 2010!

Matching Hat
Basketweave dishcloth designed by Andi Worthy
Mason-Dixon Ballband – knit with ecru Sugar’n Cream and Premium Peaches & Cream in Spice (scroll down to pattern link)
Ho Ho Ho Snowman by Alli Barrett
Linoleum Dishcloth – another Mason-Dixon design

Monthly Dishcloth KALs from Mid-July to December 2010

Dawn — Sun, 22 May 2011 02:24:00 +0000

2010 Dishcloths

Mid-July – Ribbons and Lace – Janet Nogle
August – Starfish – Elaine
Mid-August – Ice Cream Cone – Andi Worthy
September – Mouse (Do I Smell Cheese?) - Elaine
Mid-September – Lacy Leaves – Andi Worthy
October – Spider – Andi Worthy
Mid-October – Witch – Alli Barrett
November – Peanut the Elephant – Elaine
Mid-November – Snowy Drops – Andi Worthy
December – Christmas Tree – Frugalhaus
Mid-December – Fire and Ice – Janet Nogle

Geez, I’ve been a slacker. I didn’t post all winter! These dishcloths were all fun to make. I just got lazy about posting them on here!

My birthday sweater is done!

Dawn — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 02:31:15 +0000

My mom wanted to knit me a sweater for my 50th birthday, which was back in March. She wanted me to have input into the pattern and the yarn, though, so she worked on it over spring and summer and it recently was finished. It took time, because she wanted to buy the yarn from Bahr Creek Llama and Fiber Studio down in Cedar Grove, about 15 miles away. Also, she started knitting one pattern, but didn’t like it, so she picked out a different one and made that one instead.

Carousel by Mags Kandis
Cascade 220 Heathers in 2447 Peacock – dark blue with hints of purple

Dawn's birthday sweater

I think it’s awesome and it fits beautifully. I think it’s a wonderful birthday present and worth waiting for. The thing is, it would have been too warm to wear during the summer anyway!

Also, at the ends of the triangular pieces on the bottom of the sweater, my mom put little gold beads in. I think those are cool, too. That was her own inspiration.

I wore it to my knit night last night and everyone thought it was pretty, there, too.

More dishcloths and Emily’s graduation

Dawn — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:55:03 +0000

A picture of our family and a picture of Vollrath Bowl, at graduation. From left, Gary, Emily, Sarah, and Dawn, taken in our backyard. At Vollrath, you can see Lake Michigan in the background. South sits to the south, in red. North sits on the other side, in blue. It’s so pretty. The band (not visible) dresses in khaki and white, so they don’t detract from the grads.

June and July dishcloths: All fun to work on. The contrasting yarn in the Peacock cloth made it more fun. The Father’s Day cloth was knit sideways, so it was hard to tell what the picture would be! The Flamingo was hard to see at first, because we started with the legs. Eventually, you could tell it was a bird. I love doing cloths that you don’t know what they will be, before you start.

Summer Days

Dawn — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:00:40 +0000

Wow, I have been such a horrible blogger and then as it went on and on and on, I knew it would be a big job, so I put it off even longer! We are going from meals in the crockpot to meals on the grill. Also, from winter jackets to shorts! In June, my younger daughter Emily graduated from high school. We had a fun family party and a beautiful day, for the most part. Weather is a factor, since Sheboygan tries to hold their graduation outside! We did get sprinkled on a little bit, but never for longer than 5-10 minutes at a time! I’m so happy that both of my daughters got to graduate in the “bowl” by Lake Michigan!

I’ve been busy knitting, though, in the past 6 months! All the pictures are in the gallery above. Will still post pics of Emily’s graduation, too. Weather has been hot and rainy most of the summer. It’s mid-July and the grass is still green and soft enough for barefeet!

Yummy Summer Salad

Dawn — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:27:50 +0000

Chicken Pasta Salad with Blueberries

Blueberry Vinegar:

1 cup fresh blueberries
2 cups white vinegar
2 T. sugar

Salad:

1 (9-oz) pkg. frozen French-cut green beans, thawed
3 cups shredded cooked chicken breasts(about 1-1/2 lbs.)
3 cups cooked spiral pasta (cooked without salt or fat)
1 cup fresh blueberries
3/4 cup thinly sliced celery
1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions
2 T. finely chopped fresh oregano
1/2 cup, plus 2 T. plain low-fat yogurt
1/4 cup plus 1 T. reduced-calorie mayonnaise
3 T. blueberry vinegar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp coarsely ground pepper
Lettuce leaves (opt.)

Blueberry vinegar: Place blueberries in a sterilized 1-qt. glass jar. Combine vinegar and sugar in a non-aluminum saucepan over high heat. Cover and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and pour vinegar mixture over blueberries. Cover and let stand at room temperature for 3 days. Strain blueberry mixture through several layers of cheesecloth into decorative jars; discard blueberries. Seal jars with a cork or other airtight lid. Yield: 2 cups

Salad: Place green beans between paper towels and squeeze until barely moist. Combine green beans, chicken, pasta, blueberries, celery, green onion and oregano in a large bowl. Combine yogurt, mayonnaise, blueberry vinegar, salt and pepper in a bowl; stir well. Pour over chicken mixture; mix gently. Cover and chill 2 hours. Serve on a lettuce-lined plate, if desired.

Yield: 6 servings (about 1-1/2 cups)

Cooking Light March 1995 (I think. Can’t find magazine issue anymore and can’t verify online, either.)

Finished Dishcloths

Dawn — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:31:34 +0000

Wow, it doesn’t take long to get behind here! I have 5 dishcloths to post.

February – Kiss Me (hot purple in Bernat handicrafter yarn on US 7 needles – Lisa Millan of Digknitty)
Mid-February – Circle Cloth (Tan Sugar’n Cream and Fiesta Peaches & Creme on US 7 needles – Hakucho)
March – Pot O’ Gold (Yellow Peaches & Creme on US 7 needles – Emily Jagos)
Mid-March – The Windmill Dishcloth (Aqua Mist Peaches & Cream and Teal Sugar’n Cream on US 7 needles – Sew-Funky)
April – Illusion Egg Hunt (White Peaches & Creme, Light green Peaches & Creme, Hot Purple Bernat Handicrafter on US 7 needles – Deborah C. Tilley)

Also, since we happened to be driving through Fond Du Lac today, and stopped at Animal Outfitters to buy some Sam’s Yams sweet potato treats. Jasmine’s Gotcha Day is in 2 weeks and we wanted to get her a special treat. You can see that she enjoyed her slice of dehydrated sweet potato. It is crunchy and has ridges, so it’s supposed to help keep teeth clean.

Sarah got a new cellphone today. It’s an LG Banter. It looks pretty neat and takes awesome pictures. She will have fun with it.

January KALs

Dawn — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:33:48 +0000

The beginning of the month dishcloth, was a garter stitch ice skate designed by Emily Jagos of Designs by Emily and the mid-month one was a sample of garter stitch, stockinette stitch, seed stitch and some lacy diamonds, designed by Debbie Tilley, for her 3yo daughter. Eventually she wants to teach her daughter how to knit, too. The mid-month design was entitled, “Cheyenna,” after the designer’s daughter.

The ballband was started while sitting at Miller Park in Milwaukee, WI, while watching the Brewers play the Colorado Rockies. I had a blast, even though the Brewers lost that night. We were there as a part of Stitch n’ Pitch.

2009 January KAL - Ice Skate

2009 Mid-January - Cheyenna

Ballband in Brewers' colors, that was started on July 9th, at Stitch 'n Pitch

Playing Catchup Finally!

Dawn — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:12:05 +0000

Holy cow! I got so busy at work and just had no time for extras. I was barely even getting email read, let along posting in my blog. Someone quit, then someone was hired, but then she had to be trained. Then people were off, in December. I barely had time to breathe! So, the blog waited and waited and waited. Now I have 14 pictures to post of finished objects, snow from December 19th, and big waves from January 3rd!

My family was very happy that Obama won the election and that it was a done deal even before we went to bed on November 4th. We look forward to the Inauguration now!

We had a great Thanksgiving and a wonderful Christmas, although I was so busy I barely got to enjoy it. Had fun at Christmas celebrations on both sides of the family. My family did a White Elephant gift exchange. Parameters were that the gift had to weigh about a pound and cost $10 or less. I ended up with some Charmin’ Ultra Plush toilet paper and while my sister thought toilet paper would be the ultimate gag gift (and we did laugh about it!), my family was in desperate need of toilet paper, at that precise moment, so we were glad to get it! LOL! Gary got a bundle of bungie cords, Sarah got some fancy hot chocolate mix, and Emily I can’t remember anymore. Gary almost got candy, but that was stolen away by a candy-hungry nephew! Bungie cords are more useful for him, anyway.

I didn’t get to open Gary’s present, until we were together with Gary’s family. He had it shipped to their house and then had my SIL wrap it in 3 different boxes, each one completely wrapped with ribbons and bows, too. It turned out to be an 8G iPod Nano in turquoise blue! So, I’ve been busy uploading music and getting that all set up to my specifications! Also, we had to delete a ton of music from my iTunes library that even Sarah wouldn’t be listening to anymore.

Emily earned all but $20 towards a Nintendo DS. She got Polar White and is enjoying it very much. Sarah was doing some video work for my nephew Ryan and got paid nicely for that, so she went out and bought a Wii. We’ve all been having fun with that. I bowl better on the Wii, than I do in real life! The cow racing game on Wii Play is hysterical. It’s also hard to play the game, when everyone is laughing really hard.

I’m way behind on posting pictures of finished knitting projects, but I was finding time to get them photographed.

Fall is here

Dawn — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:41:10 +0000

I’ve really been a slacker! Ugh. I’ve been working 48-52 hour payperiods, the last 4 weeks, along with Emily having to be at the county fair, all 5 days that it was running, have to go for 4H judging, of her knitting, shopping for wedding clothes, going to my nephew’s wedding, and trying to sleep in there somewhere! The last 2 weeks of August were insanely busy.

For the good news, though, Emily entered her Wicked Sweater, her Foliage Hat, her Saucy Socks and her Cabled Mittens and got blue ribbons on all of them!! Woohoo for Emily!!!!!! Plus, her Wicked Sweater got a special merit and if she wants to, it can be displayed at the Wisconsin State Fair next summer!!!!!!! She’s only been knitting since March 2007, but she’s a most amazing knitter. For her riding, she got two red ribbons, but she had a blast, and was so cute in her show clothes.

I’ve also been busy knitting away, with my Monthly Dishcloth KAL group. I love knitting dishcloths, that are a mystery. I’m way behind on posting my work, though. In the gallery above, you can see the dishcloths that I knit, from the beginning of August. With the yellow one, I thought I might have enough yellow. I almost did, except for 1-1/2 rows, and the bind-off! LOL! Peppercorn was from one of the cones of Peaches and Creme that I got for Christmas from my SIL. The schoolhouse was a good September design. I just wish my purl stitches had been a little tighter.

Weather in Wisconsin has been uneventful and nice most of the time. The last 2 days have been damp and cool, though. Will love it when the extra moisture goes away. A few mornings this week, we had temps in the 40′s!!! The last two mornings haven’t been quite so cool. We haven’t needed the AC or the heat, which is good. I’ve needed long sleeves and quilts, though! LOL!

My thoughts and prayers are with those who live in TX. God Bless You tonight!