Woo Hoo! I'm getting published!

I'm so excited, thrilled and nervous. I'm getting published in Cast On magazine. I hope you guys will buy the issue. I'll let ya know which one it is as soon as I find out. I just received my acceptance email today. :-)

Lovin The Soft Stars

I bought my first child a pair of soft star mocassins 13 years ago in a little orgainic grocery store in Nashville, Tennessee. I loved them so much, and they seemed so cozy on my little guy (now size 12 1/2 wide!!!) that I kept buying him pair after pair over the years. Now I have a sort of "collection" of Soft Star mocs. We have black ones, brown ones, ones with crepe bottoms and those with soft fuzzy fur inside. I liked them so much that I convinced my grandparents to get a pair especially made for themselves. I purchased a very large order of about 20 pairs with my natural families group years ago. Currently, we have 8 pair in several different sizes. My two youngest children now 4 and 1 have inherited these shoes. Amazingly, they have done well over the years, and I get to see my little ones wearing these adorable little mocassins all over again. Soft Star shoes is owned by some pretty neat people, and I highly recommend their products for the little people in your life. They are here if you are interested. *Of course the best combination is hand knitted socks WITH your Soft Star shoes. :-)

Twin Sons of Different Mothers

I have observed that there are many bloggers out there that post pictures of their cats. So I felt obliged to post a pic of my own two kitties.


And what they would look like if they were humans.

She Likes It

I have knitted a few things for my niece. This is the only item she sent pictures of herself in it. I am assuming that means SHE LIKES IT. Ain't she pretty though? She's such a sweet girl. I had to post her pretty picture here.

New Patterns in The Works

I wanted to share to projects I am currently working on and hopefully will publish somewhere. If nobody wants them anywhere I will just publish them here. :-) No worries. I just like sharing the ideas that pop into my brain. I am currently working on a fair isle sweater for my 1 year old shown here in gray and cream. THe design was inspired by reading that originally all Norweigan stranded contrast knitting was done in black and white. I thought I'd give it a go. The tan colored yarn was salvaged from an old sweater of my father's that was always to big for me to wear. My father died a few years ago at a fairly young age. I still miss him. I thought it would be nice to be able to wear atleast the yarn so I ripped it and designed my own sweater. The multi colored baby sweater is done just from some scraps I had around here. It was also designed by myself. These are some preview pictures. More to come later.

Ahhh....babies.

Why are babies so fun to knit for? Is it because they are just so deliciously yummy and cute? or is that the knits are always quick and satisfying. Either/or, I just love knitting for babies even when the baby in question is not my own.

Adventures in Dog House Making

Almost the beginning...atleast where I remembered to take pictures.




All products tested by a four year old!

The finished product!






My husband and I are pretty impulsive people at times. We had been talking about buying a doghouse for quite a while. Our great pyrenees isn't the brainiest of dogs. He usually hasn't the sense to stay sheltered during incliment weather. Still...he deserves a place of his own. He'd eat my house if I let him in. He's huge. My guess is that he's about 130-135 lbs now. He's only a year old. So it started last weekend when we decided we'd use some scraps to make a house for him. We decided we'd forgo the plans and put our heads together. I was so pleased with the results I had to post and share.