Opinion on background & knitting update

Ladies,
Thanks for all the links for backgrounds!!! I actually went thru all of them and didnt fall in love with any background, yet. What do you think of this one? Is it to bright? I would love your opinion since you will see the background more than me.

On the knitting front. I have finished a baby hat for Crafting Sunshine. I also made one baby boy bib last night. Hopefully will finish another on tonight. The bibs are going to a friend from highschool that is having their second boy soon. It seems like everyone around here is having babies. I refuse to drink the water right now. LOL!!  Will post pics soon of the hat & bibs. Happy Knitting or whatever you do :)

I found this note on my blog today. Booooo!!!!! I love my background. Oh well, there are worst things in life. The link isnt working correctly, so I cant pick new design from them. This blog may be naked for a few days intil a new background can be found. Of course it will have to be something that involves pink.  Maybe I will one of the blogger preset backgrounds instead of letting my poor blogs just sit here, naked for the whole world to point and laugh at. :)

My Charity, Pink Saturday, Knitting Update!

There has not been any new posts on here last week because things have been a little busy here.Why you ask? Well, because I started a crafting charity called Crafting Sunshine!! It's brand spanking new!!! Please take a minute to visit it's blog at  http://craftingsunshine.blogspot.com/ to learn more about it. Show some love by leaving a comment and/or become a follower!! Plese let me know if you would like to feature the charity on your blog! Enough shameless plugging, for now. lol

Happy Pink Saturday fellow Pinkies!!!!!!!!! Today my pink is really my daughter's pink. It's a pink football that my husband bought when we found out we were having a girl. On the back of the football, there are places to fill in all the birth information, like name, weight, length, etc..... To me, this seemed like a very weird keepsake when we saw it in the store but my husband LOVE it. This is the only photo I could get to turn out. I will try to take a better pic to replace it later. Can't wait to see everyone else's pink!! Want to join in the pink fun, head over to How Sweet The Sound's Blog.

On the knitting front, still working on the new pink/purple blanket that I mentioned in my last post.Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. And as always, Happy Knitting!!

Pink Saturday & Knitting Update

Pink Saturday is tomorrow!!! I had so much fun visiting other blogs and seeing them get their pink on!!! (My 9 yr old told me to type that. lol) Want to join in the pink fun, head over to How Sweet The Sound's Blog! My pink is this sign that was a gift from my anti pink friend, Teri. I love the saying!!!! You can say it to so many different people for so many different reasons! I have received some strange looks and funny answers from my male friends when saying this to them. My husband included. lol Happy Pink Saturday!

Now for the knitting update:

The kids and dogs haven't been able to play outside for the last few days due to a small heat wave here in southwest Ohio. Which means more knitting time inside.!!! I have finished a few items. I made a hat for a Christmas gift, from this pattern, using Lion Boucle yarn. Easy pattern but the yarn & I didn't really like one another. It was a little hard to knit with at times and kept breaking while I was stitching up the seams. Another item off the needles was a shawl to match the suntop that I made for my daughter. Any excuse to use one of my favorite cotton yarns, Peaches & Creme. Lastly, I sadly report the death of the horrible purple baby blanket. It just wasn't turning out correctly. I am now using the yarn in a new baby blanket pattern. This one will be half pink and half purple. Please keep your fingers & toes crossed that this one turns out because the sweet baby girl this is for will join the world in early November and I have other items that I would love to knit for her.  As always, Happy Knitting!

Roll brim hat style

The matching shawl

The start of the pink half of the blanket. Just realized that it looks like the shawl in this picture but it doesn't in real life.

Pink Saturday!!

Ok Ladies, guess what I came across?? A lady that started an event called Pink Saturdays on her blog. Here is the link to her blog post explaining Pink Saturdays!
Pretty simple, you post something pink. This is so perfect for me!!! I sooo love pink!!! Any shade and pretty much on everything! You will be surprised to know that there are no pink walls in my house or anything big for that matter. My husband *gasp* really isn't into pink. My best friend is into purple & cant stand pink. Really, how can anyone not like the love and happiness that just seems to seep out of pink??? My daughter is thankfully okay with pink now, but said best friend has tried to take her to the dark side of purple! lol My pink is a doll that my auntie in England had made for me while I was visiting her one summer. The photo isn't showing how pretty it really is. In the third photo, the doll is standing with a gnome. The lady of Pink Saturdays suggested we might want to add some red, white, and blue to our post because it's America's Independence Day this weekend. My little guy is my red, white, and blue. lol   If you enjoy pink, why not join in the fun?? You could click on the link above or the button on my right side bar. And as always, Happy Knitting!!

Just A Peachy Day!

Nothing special went on today which means it was just a peachy day!! The weather took a break from raining, the grass & ground dried out, the temps drop to the high 60's/low 70's, there was a slight breeze, and a tons of sun!!! I helped the kids make a play tent in the backyard. The boy claim his side a clubhouse for his tribe of airbenders. The girl said her side was a science lab with a loo and a kitty house.  They really amuse me! After a few hours of quiet play, all heck broke lose when the boy's tribe decided to declare war, with a hose, on the head kitty & take over her lab for evil experiments. It ended with two kids, sitting in their rooms, one soaked mummy who became a human shield for the head kitty (sort of not by choice) and the dismantlement of their tent.  Honestly, I almost enjoyed taking down the tent. Thought of Momzilla came to mind. lol The worst part of all, I swear my dogs were laughing during this from the other, safe, side of the yard. Traitors. During those few precious hours of peaceful, well now looking back at it, more like the eye of the storm. So peaceful & calm, then BAM!! lol I was able to finish knitting this pretty round dishcloth that I started last night and take a few photos of the cool clouds that were above my house. Really today was a very good day. My kids & I were able to just hang out, relax, and be silly with one another. That makes for a peachy day! Enjoy the photos and as always, Happy Knitting!!

  

Summer Top is finished!!!!!

I am so excited to share this with all of you! The summer top is finished & it turned out wearable!!! My daughter loves it!! She has already asked that I make another one, just longer, to make it a dress.  Here is the Ravelry link to the pattern Child's Sun Top. My daughter picked out the pattern, type of yarn, and of course the color.  The yarn was Peaches & Creme,Shades of Denim. I was a little surprised by her color choice because normally "blue is a yucky boy color".  She really likes the feel of Peaches & Creme. That might be because that is my favorite current yarn to knit with. lol   I had to made the back come up a little higher for her comfort and add a few more rows to the straps because they were to short to be able to tie. I think the pattern is awesome but some people will need to change the rows for the straps to match the child's body. No biggie really. I also had trouble with decrease the yoke on the back but was able to figure it out for the front. I did a little happy dance over that! Now I have learned how to sort of decrease & increase, cast on with just one needle & yarn, what should

how to do next? What would be the most useful to learn? I might have to look around on Raverly, some other blogs, and youtube to figure that out. As always, Happy Knitting!!