Puppy Dog Chase

We had a bit of a scare today. I took my basset hound next door to be watched while we go on our trip. Well I looked out back where there is 5 empty acres then some woods. I saw a basset hound that looked like mine out by the woods. My son grabbed her rope and went to go get her. The dog ran from him so he went after it. Then out there by the woods came out a coyote and it went to chasing the dog. So the dog ran away faster. At this point we realized that it was not our dog. Ours is an older dog and it would have run out of steam by that time. So we went next door to ask if Rosie was still there and there she was in the neighbors house just relaxing.. Funny after you think about it. The dog we were chasing went down the road to it's home. My son said the coyote backed off after the dog barked at it and it found that the dog was a little too big to mess with.
I think we have quite a few of the coyotes out there. I heard them the other night howling, and I could hear about 4 of them. One even sounded like it was really close to my house.

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

I made this hat for a Christmas present for someone. I don't know who yet. My grandchildren were happy to be my models.

I have started two pair of socks, that I am designing. One is called Corn on the cob socks and the other one is Cable Leaf Socks.
I will have pictures later of the progress. We are getting ready to go on a trip to Ohio for a week. I don't know if I will have access to the net during that time since we will be at a state park.

I finally got my garden in today. I planted Tomatoes, Eggplants, Summer and Winter Squash, Green beans and Swiss Chard. My lettuce was big enough to cut the other day. It was nice to have fresh lettuce.
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God Bless You!!
Mary

I have a couple of things done. The Afghan is done and donated to Hope Circle. As in the past there was no one there so I just left it. I guess I am just the anonymous donor. I also got one of the pairs of Purlwise Plain socks done. I am almost done with the second pair. I used fingerling weight leftover's from stash yarn. I have no idea what the yarn is. Some is acrylic and others are super wash wool. For some reason the scrap socks feel better on my feet.

Today I need to get out and hoe some more in my garden so I can get my plants in. I have only 3 tomato plants in the ground. I like to spread out newspaper under them and poke the tomato cage through it to keep it in place. it helps keep the weeds from growing close to the tomato plant and inside the cage.

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God Bless You!!
Mary

Ok what do you do with yarn that someone gives to you, where they started making something, but you don't know what.
A friend gave me this yarn that is done in a bunch of Hairpin lace.
I thought for a while then I came up with a granny square hairpin lace afghan to donate to a place that gives blankets and hats to terminally ill patients, to keep them warm. They are called Hope Circle.
I'm using some other yarn that I had in my stash to make the granny squares.

Recently in Ravelry I have added a couple of more patterns to my designs. Some socks and some baby booties. Our group of ladies that meet on Thursday nights are thinking of making baby booties for the Pregnancy Resource Center. One of the ladies said that they were really in need of them.

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God Bless You!!
Mary

Easter Bunnies

Hi!!
I got the little bunnies done for my grandchildren just the day before Easter. I think they came out cute. I used Stash yarn to make them. I am trying to use up as much of the stash yarn as I can. Most of it is Acrylic that I inherited. I have just one tub full of real Wool, Alpaca, or Possum, sock and lace weight yarn. That tub is getting over full though. I also have some chenille that my Sister in Law sent me. Not sure what I will make out of it. I have heard that Chenille does best in Crochet.
It has been cool and rainy around here. For Easter we had Thunderstorms. I made a roast and we had a nice family get together.
For the garden I still need to plant little seeds in cups to get them started. The only ones I have done are the Tomatoes. The lettuce that I planted a while back in the garden is now up. It will be great to have that nice fresh leaf lettuce. I planted a mixture of leaf lettuces all in the same patch. That way my salad is already mixed.
Have a great day!!
God Bless you!!
Mary

Easter Knitting

I have been doing some Easter knitting for my Grandchildren. Hope I get it all done in time.
We have a couple of bunnys going and an Alligator Scarf. I got the chicks done. The scarf should take just another day of knitting and it will be done too. I intend to make a girl bunny and a boy bunny.

I will need to create a pants pattern for the boy bunny.
I am still working on my Icarus Shawl and my Almond Blossom socks. But they are on the back burner till the Easter knitting is done.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Knitting and Spring

I have been busy still knitting. I made some fingerless gloves for my grandchildren. I have a picture of one of them here.

I have started to design another pair of socks. I put them in my bloomin Almond tree to show spring has arrived here in Arkansas.
I don't know what to name the pattern yet. Waiting to see a little more what they are going to look like. For now they look like W's. I am using some leftover yarns in my stash to make these, so the toes and the heels will be a different color than the rest of the socks.
The city is finally getting all the branches picked up from our terrible Ice storm. You can actually drive down the road without worrying that you are going to hit a tree branch. Some branches however are still hanging precariously above the roads. You drive under praying it doesn't come down on top of you. I know that spring and summer will heal most of the damage done.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!Mary