A BIG THANKS

OK, another great BIG THANKS goes out to my niece Tracie for my new blog topper....I don't know what I would do without her.... Thanks Tracie, I hope you know how much I appreciate what you do for me..

I'm still stitchin, but in a different way this time of year.

I have been on a knitting frenzy lately. I was asked to make my friend Judy a stocking cap so her ears wouldn't freeze while she was out scraping her windshield in the mornings before she went to work...... so I did... and then I made a couple of little stocking caps for Lauren and Averi.... then I had a bunch of left over baby weight yarn and so I got creative and made a little tiny stocking cap for a little gal in our ward that is expecting a little boy, and I gave it to her. It didn't stop there... there was also a gal in our ward that was expecting a little girl, so we find pink yarn and make her a little stocking cap. Both were delighted when I presented with their little hats.... After doing hats for awhile, I found a pattern book that I had sent for to make sweaters from the top to the bottom in basically one piece... SOOOOO I got started making sweaters, and I am in the process of making Lauren a sweater and then I will do Averi one, and then I found a really neat looking long Kimono type sweater that the pattern comes in my size, so I am going to find some yarn and make me a long kimono type sweater... to wear next yaer probably.... Knitting relaxes me and while I am at Heather's tending Hailey 5 days a week, it makes for some great knitting time while she is napping.. I will post pictures of Lauren's sweater when I get it finished... enough for today... i'll write more another day....

Haven't posted lately... sorry

Sorry that I haven't posted anything lately, but I haven't really been doing anything fantastic... other than knitting.. so I guess I can admit that I am still in the process of knitting little tiny stocking hats to be taken up to the NICU at Utah Valley Regional Hospital when I get more done. I have about 12 or 13 done now, but gave myself a goal of making 30 before I take them up. I have been making them out of leftover yarn from projects over the years, so it isn't costing me anything except for the time that it takes to make one. If I stay with it, I can have one knitted in a day, but for now, I have been working on other projects as well, so I haven't made any at all for about a week. I need to get back in the swing of doing the hats and get them done... I will post pictures of them before I take them up to the hospital.. then you can see how dang cute they are..

Another Kaleidoscope quilt

I was reminded that I was supposed to post the pictures of the BYU kaleidoscope quilt that my sister did for her mother-in-law...... so here they are......


This is the close up of the Center square which was a block Y and Ielene's name was embroidered above it...




These are a couple closeups of some of the blocks......



This was the final whole quilt.. and word has it that Eileen loves the quilt and is so excited
to have it

New Year is just around the corner

Just think, only 4 more days of 2008. I believe when people say that the older you get the faster time goes. I am looking forward to another new grandbaby in the spring, and while I still enjoy tending Hailey every week day, I am excited to be able to cuddle and tend the newest one of Erin's.