Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!




Hi!!
I got one pair of father son socks done and I am working on the second pair.




Look who found us this Christmas season!!
She showed up at my house, so I went on the search of her owner.




I saw nothing in the paper so I put a found ad in and found who her owner was and when they came to pick her up they just gave her to us because they couldn't keep her at home. She kept getting out and running off.
What is so funny is she looks exactly like one that we had about 10 years ago that died. Seems that God wants us to have Bassett Hounds!
So funny!
Have a great day!!
God Bless you!!
Mary

Ornaments

Hi!!
Well my goal was to get 25 of these little sweaters done and I have reached it. I have given all of them away except 6 of them. And 3 of them are going to my neighbors houses with some baked goodies.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Knitting

Hi!!
I have all four stoles done and boxed ready for wrapping!



I got some hair clip things from Clare's at the Mall to use as stole pins.



I think they look pretty cool as Stole pins.
Now back to knitting more little sweaters for Ornaments. I made 25 little hangars for them. So I'm going to try getting 25 little sweaters done. I have half of them done already. I also still have a couple of pairs of socks to get done. Wow Christmas is coming so fast.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Knitting

Hi!!
Well I got a couple more little sweater ornaments done today. I also started a pair of socks for my Son in law for Christmas. I hope I can get them and a pair for my grandson done before Christmas. So much to do and so little time. I have cookies to make, Packages to pack and send, Presents to wrap, and more little sweater ornaments to make. What a busy time of year.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Yarn

Here is the yarn that I bought at Yarns To Go in Memphis. I am planning on making matching socks for my son in law and my grandson.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Anniversary

Hi!!
Yesterday was our 33rd anniversary. So we went to Tunica and spent the night. We didn't even do any gambling. We enjoyed the all you can eat Lobster Buffet for supper. We had a nice suite with a jacuzzi tub in it. And we enjoyed a breakfast buffet this morning. On our way back we went to Bass Pro shop in Memphis and I got to go to Yarn to Go in Memphis. I got some sock yarn of course.
All in all we had a great time.
Have a great day!!
God Bless you!!
Mary

Stole Pattern

Hi!!
I am putting my pattern here for my furry stole so that I can list it in Ravelry.

I used size 10 circular needles and cast on 80 stitches for the adult size and 60 stitches for the Child size.
Row 1: K10, P10, Across your stitches.
Row 2: Repeat Row 1
You continue doing this till you have the length that you need. The Adult stole is 60 inches long. The Child stole is 48-50 inches long. After getting to the length you desire, bind off and weave in ends. You can also measure the length of the Childs arms to see how long you want to make it.

Ornaments

Hi!!
These are the ornaments that we made for the last two years for family members. We are putting up the tree today and got them out.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Cooking

Hi!!
Well Thanksgiving is over and we just ate the last of the leftover turkey this morning in omelets.
The leftovers that I made with the turkey were a casserole with chunks of turkey in the bottom with Cream of Chicken soup on that then some grated cheese some garlic powder and then the leftover stuffing on top. Put it in the oven till it's bubbly and enjoy.
Then I took some more leftover turkey the next day and made stir fry with it. Then this morning there was about a cup of the stir fry left so I made omelets with it. So now the Turkey is finally all gone!
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Ornaments

Hi!!
I started a new project. My husbands family makes each other Christmas Ornaments or Decorations for Christmas instead of presents. Here is my Ornament that I am making for this year. I will have to make several of them but this is my very first one. I used some wire that my husband had out in his shop to make the little hanger. It is a neat little way to use some scraps of yarn too. I bet this little sweater will also fit a Barbie doll. I used Worsted Weight yarn and size 4 needles. They are knit in the round from the top down. Since I want to make me some top down sweaters, this gives me a little practice before starting. I found the pattern on the internet. I first saw them in Ravelry. But I don't know what web page the pattern was on. I copied and pasted it in my personal patterns folder on my computer.



Here is a picture of my first completed Stole for one of my daughters.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

I Was Tagged

I was tagged by Melanie!

1. Name one person who made you laugh last night?
My Grandchildren
2. What were you doing at 0800? Wondering around onRavelry
3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago? Wondering around on Ravelry
4. What happened to you in 2006? 2006? I'm supposed to remember?
5. What was the last thing you said out loud? Wally World may not be crowded this morning ( to my Husband)
6. How many beverages did you have today?A giant cup of Tea
7. What color is your hairbrush?Almond
8. What was the last thing you paid for? Sweat shirts at Dixie Gun Works for Christmas Presents
9. Where were you last night? Home with family and grandchildren
10. What color is your front door? gray
11. Where do you keep your change?in my purse and in a big gallon jar under my water heater.
12. What’s the weather like today?Nasty - rainy 37 degrees - very dreary.
13. What’s the best ice-cream flavor? Mint Chocolate Chip
14. What excites you? I enjoy my Church and getting to see everyone there.
15. Do you want to cut your hair? No, I like my hair long. The only time I cut it is to donate it to Locks of Love.
16. Are you over the age of 25? Yes
17. Do you talk a lot? Not Really
18. Do you watch the O.C.? I don't know what it is.
19. Do you know anyone named Steven? I have a cousin with that name
20. Do you make up your own words? Not really
21. Are you a jealous person? No
22. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘A’. Angela
23. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘K’. Kathy
24. Who’s the first person on your received call list? Son in Law Josh
25. What does the last text message you received say?I don't text
26. Do you chew on your straw? No
27. Do you have curly hair? Curly enough to have body
28. Where’s the next place you’re going to? Church
29. Who’s the rudest person in your life? My son in law Kevin
30. What was the last thing you ate?Scrambled eggs, Ezekiel Bread toast and a banana
31. Will you get married in the future?I already am.
32. What’s the best movie you’ve seen in the past 2 weeks? I don't remember any good ones in the last two weeks.
33. Is there anyone you like right now? I like most people
34. When was the last time you did the dishes?Last night.
35. Are you currently depressed? No
36. Did you cry today? No
37. Why did you answer and post this? Don't Know Just did.

Stole

Hi!!
I got one stole done. I am making 2 adult ones and 2 child ones. So now I have one adult and 2 child ones to do. I also want to make some socks for Christmas presents. I hope I have the time. The Stoles go pretty fast on size 10 needles. The Adult stole took a little over 7 balls of Moda dea dream furry yarn. I have way too much as I had ordered about 60 balls. So I guess I will have to find many other projects to do with them. They may make cute little stuffed animals for the grandkids. Or I can make stoles for others. I will figure out something. My mind also keeps going to the hodgepodge loads of yarn that I inherited from my mom. There are lots of colors but most of it is just acrylic yarn. I really need to get the stash down somehow. I also got my yarn for making a couple of sweaters for me for Christmas. I got Dk weight yarn and got some gold thread to knit with it so that it will look a bit dressy. But I won't get to start them till after Christmas. I have lots of sock yarn too. I just don't know which yarn to use for each person's socks. I made a pair for my son in law and now he wants more. Grandchildren want more too. Wow so many socks to make and so little time. Well I've rambled on this morning.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Socks Done!

I got them finished finally!!
Now I can get to doing my Christmas knitting. Most of it should go pretty fast. I don't know if I will get any socks done but I do think I will be able to get the four stoles done that I want to do for my 2 daughters and 2 granddaughters.
Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!

Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Knitting

Hi!!
I am about to take my two pair of socks off of the needles. I think I will take the bright ones off then knit a little longer on the Panda Cotton pair, then take them off. That is my goal today so that tomorrow I can knit on Christmas projects.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Cotton

Wow I don't even know why my last post came out so big.
Anyway, living here in the south we have cotton fields. They have harvested the cotton and had big bales along the sides of the fields. The bales are as big as a semi trailer, or at least they look that big. Anyway after they take those big bales away it leaves a bit of cotton behind. So me and my husband stopped and picked up some of the leftover cotton to play with. It has the seeds and stuff in it and it is kind of dirty. But it will be fun to play with to see what we can do with it.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Peanut Butter Pie

I made this Peanut butter pie for tomorrows dinner. It looks like it is going to be great. I tasted the filling and it tastes just too good. I thought I would share it with everyone. It doesn't take very long to make.

Have a great day!! God Bless You!!

Mary

Creamy Peanut Butter Pie

1 pkg. cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup Granulated Splenda (or Sugar)
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup Whipping Cream
1 Dark Chocolate Candy Bar
1 Pie Crust (9 inch)

In a small mixing bowl, Whip the Whipping cream till it forms peaks beat in the cream cheese, Splenda, and peanut butter until smooth. Shave or grate half of the candy bar and stir into the cream cheese mixture, spoon into crust. Spread more whipped cream on top of filling and, shave remaining half of candy bar and sprinkle on top Refrigerate for at least 4 hours before cutting.

Knitting, Needles

Hi!!
My Hiyahiya needles came in. I had ordered the sizes that I didn't have, even to tiny. I didn't realize how tiny. The smallest was 0.7 mm It looks like a very thin needle. Wow. I don't even know what people make with these. Maybe little socks out of thread? Or very small doll clothes out of thread? They look like they may break easily because they are so thin. Anyway the other sizes are 1.o mm, 1.2 mm and 1.75 mm. I got 60" length on all of them. They really look wild.
Anyway I will look for projects to use all of them on just for the challenge of it.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Yarn

Hi!!

I just found out that the Lion Brand Chenille yarn is not recommended for knitting but is recommended for crocheting. So now I guess I need to find something to crochet with it. Now that I've made a sweater with it if I frog it I will probably have enough for a blanket. I at first bought it on a sale at Wal-Mart but then I couldn't find any more so I went to the Lion Brand web page and ordered enough of the color for the sweater. In the end I think I paid about $50 to $75 dollars to make this sweater that isn't working. So after spending that much it is a real let down to have to frog it. I'm not going to toss it after spending that much. The more I think about it I think I will crochet some kind of blanket. The yarn does feel really soft and plush.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Lion Bran Chenille

Hi!
I made a nice sweater out of the Lion Brand Chenille Yarn. Well when I washed and dried it, it became very loopy. The yarn stretched or something and made loops all through it. Now I think I should frog it and make something else with the yarn. It felt very soft and good but it looks terrible so I don't wear it. I don't even know what I could make with the yarn. If I made a blanket then it would probably do the same thing. I just can't figure out what this yarn would be good for. Hmmm

Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Ravelry

Hi!!
I just got into Ravelry!! Yay!!
My name there is the same as here. Anointingoil.
Have a great day!!
God Bless you!!
Mary

Needles!

Hi!!
Ok, I couldn't resist. I went to looking at the Hiyahiya needles in The Knitting Zone. And there they were sizes 0000, 000, 00 with 60 inch cables! I couldn't believe it! So I bought them. Now how am I going to fit them in my knit picks options case it is bursting at the seams now. Well I guess I could try the two pairs at a time again on 60 inch cables! I am really excited about this find.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Heel

Here I am ready to start shaping the heels by picking up my stitches from the holders and adding the purl bump from the next stitch to each stitch. I make my heels like the alternative heels in the book Crazy toes and heels.



Here I am starting to pick up and shape the heels.



I did have some problems. One of my stitch holders came open and all the stitches came off. So I tried picking them up again. I am not good at picking up stitches. I hate frogging back because of that too. So I picked them up as best as I could and went on to work in the mess that I have here. It did work out ok and you can't really tell that the mess was there.


I took some closeups so you can see what I did.





Here are the heels all turned. I like doing them this way I think because I have a bit of a fear of losing stitches while trying to get them on different needles to do them separately. As I said I don't pick up stitches very well.
So now I am to the easy part of knitting up the leg of the socks. The experiment was a success and the challenge met. I can do it. But I think I will stick to doing two socks at a time at least until they come up with size 0 or 1 needles with extra long chords. I had to do a lot of scooting to keep the socks from slipping off and I had to do a lot of untangling of the yarn. I will post more pictures as I go to finishing up this project.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Heel

Hi!!

Here we are with the stitch holders connected and with close up of the stitches on them.

I knit across slipping the first stitch onto the stitch holder then turn and go back across knitting or purling according to which row I am on and the pattern that I want.


That is as far as I have gotten at this time. I will post as I get further along in the knitting.
So back to knitting for me!
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Heel

Hi!!
Here we are preparing to do the heels. I have my stitch holders out and ready. The first two and the last two stitches of each heel are placed on the stitch holders as I knit across the socks.
The pair of socks on the left look longer than the pair on the right but when I tried them on my feet they were the same length. That is good because I don't know what I would have done if I couldn't do all the heels at the same time.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Deer

Hi!!
We have deer in the neighborhood this morning! We have lived here 17 years and this is the first time we have seen any deer in the neighborhood. They were sparing and all having a great time. I went out on my screened porch and took these pictures. Hunting season opened a couple of days ago. I Wonder if they came in town for protection.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Knitting, Gardening

Hi!!
Well I have about an inch to go before turning the heel on these.
I also went out and cut my Parsley and got the Sweet Potatoes out of the planter that I was growing them in. I got a bucket full of them. Some of them are way bigger than I expected them to be.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Knitting

Ah!! Finally!!
The picture came through!

Here are the two pair of socks on two circular needles. One pair looks fatter than the other but the other one is softer and stretchier. I can't wait to get to the heels and see how they are going to work out.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

No Pictures :(

Well I tried uploading some pictures today of the progress on my two pair of socks on two circular needles. They are growing slowly. I will try uploading them again tomorrow. Also check out my other blog. I am going to try uploading one of them there.

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/anointingoil.geo

Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Hi!!

Here are my grandkids Kaylee and Josh picking green tomatoes. Little josh ate most of the little ones that he picked.

Have a great day!!
God Bless you!!
Mary

Knitting, Gardening

Hi!!
I got my Tofutsies socks done. So now I only have 2 projects OTN. Should I call my new socks the Green Tomato socks? :) I also went out and picked green tomatoes from the garden. I must have picked 50 pounds of them. There are some still out there. So today I plan on taking bowls and grandkids out to pick the little grape tomatoes. They really like to eat the grape tomatoes so I think they will have fun.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Garden

Well we got our first frost last night. I went out early this morning and sprayed the plants, trying to get the frost off before the sun hit them. I think it helped some of them but not others. Anyway it looks like tomorrow I need to go out there and take my bucket and get all of the garden stuff in. My tomatoes are loaded with green tomatoes too.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Hi!!
I decided to put the yarn wrappers with my pictures as a way of seeing what yarn I used to make what projects.
I saw the picture of the lady that had four pairs of socks on two circular needles and it challenged me to try to do two pair at a time, just to see if I could. When I get to the heels I will repost a picture to show how I do all the heels at the same time. I use stitch holders and I only have enough holders to do two pair. My needles are 32" size 2 circular needles so they could only hold two pair too, I hope. The Panda cotton is so soft it slips easily down the cable. It also seems to split very easily. But it is soooo soft that I know it will feel good on my feet.

Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Knitting

Hi!!
I Finally got one of my projects done.
This is the pair of socks for my Husband.
Now to finish my other two projects so that I can start on others.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Hi!!
Well I've been knitting some on my three projects. It seems like I just can't get them done fast enough. There is so much to do and so little time. I want to get them all done so I can start on other projects. Then there is the yarn calling me to buy it. I want to make a couple of Christmas sweaters. One green and one red and put some gold thread mixed in. I bought the gold thread but I haven't gotten the red and green yarns yet. I think the thread would make them more dressy. I have a book on making sweaters from the top down and I want to try that out. The weather seems to be getting cold before I get my warm things made.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Knitting

Hi!!
Well this is unprecedented! 3 projects at once. I'm the person that has mostly done one project at a time and then when I'm done I start another one. Well this time I couldn't figure out which one I wanted to do first so I started all three. I wanted top see how all of them would come out and I just didn't have the patience to get one finished before I started another one. The black socks are for my dear husband. The green ones are for me. The furry stole is a Christmas present for one of my daughters. I plan to make another one for my other daughter. I may be also making some for my granddaughters too. It does seem to go pretty fast on size 10 needles. the yarn is on sale at Hershner's for $.99 cents. So I bought 30 of them. I may go back and get some more. They have a lot of different furry yarns for that price right now. Now to get my projects done. I had an advertisement yesterday saying there is only 67 days till Christmas. Oh!! What a shock!! Will get everything knitted that I want to for everyone for Christmas??? Wished I was a much speedier knitter.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Hi!!
The pictures uploaded today!! Yay!!
Here is how I turn the heels on my socks both at the same time. I use stitch holders to hold the slipped stitches across both socks. It makes it much less confusing to me to do it this way and I also get both heels turned at the same time. These are a pair of socks for my Dear Husband. I tried them on his feet and they seem to be fitting perfectly.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Hi!!

Well I was going to put a picture up of the socks that I have been working on for my husband. I am at the turning of the heels.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Hi!!

Well I finally got the Tiger Socks done for my son Jonathan. He has big legs so they look really big. I already know that they will fit him because we tried them on as I was knitting.

Now to other projects.

Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Hi!!
I just got back from being out of state again. We went to Ohio for a wedding. On my trip I made 7 pair of baby booties but I gave four of them to my niece expecting a baby boy. She had to leave before I got the last 3 done so I brought them home and got this picture of them before I sent them to her in Colorado. I also sent her a sweet potato bread from Young's Dairy in Ohio. I brought some home to my daughters too. It is really good. I am working on a pair of tiger socks for my son. I tried them on him the other day and they seem to be doing fine. He said that they will be the most comfortable socks that he will have. He has a calf that is 18 inches around and he says that other socks get real tight there. I made these so they will fit his calf. I have just a couple of more inches to go to be done with them.

Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Hi!!
These are the two Shawl patterns that I have to try. I hope they are not too big a project for me. I have been knitting for years but I have only done Knit and Pearl. This last year I have made socks and did the heel turning. I have never done lace before. I rolled up the two hanks of yarn yesterday without the help of a yarn swift. WoW!! am I ready for a yarn swift! That lace yarn can tangle up so easy. I did get them rolled up but I broke the yarn in one place on one of them and the other one got a knot in it. But for 1200 yards of yarn I guess that isn't too bad. It also took me hours to roll them up.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Hi!!

I finally got the Tiger Socks done for my Son in law. I had to crochet 4 Afghans between the time I started them and getting them done. 3 for weddings and one I donated to a place where they provide them for very sick patients or people going through Chemo. I didn't get pictures of all of them. They were the same pattern as the one I have a picture on a previous blog entry. The outside colors were different but they were basically the same. Now to some Tiger Socks for my Son.

Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Yarn Crochet

Hi!!
I have been busy Crocheting lately, I saw a picture of an Afghan so I tried working out what I thought it looked like. And I went on a trip to Southern Maryland and went to Crazy for Ewe Yarn store in Leonardtown. I picked up some yarn made from Crab and Shrimp shells and some Bamboo and cotton yarn.

Hi!!
I got the first Afghan done! Now to the second one and to the post office to mail it and the baby booties.

Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary