I got my granddaughter's Shawl done! Here is a picture of her with the Shawl and the hat that I made her on.
I also finished an Afghan for Hope Circle. It was a granny square one. I used up some yarn in it that I considered ugly. But it came out good in the squares.
Now I am starting a new Afghan for Hope Circle. It is an Alligator one. I am making different color Alligator scarfs and putting them together to make it an Afghan. It will be nice for a little boy that needs cheering up. I may end up in our local newspaper, because they came to the Hope Circle group last night and took pictures of all the ladies making things for the terminally ill patients. She took a lot of pictures of the alligators. I think she was intrigued by them and their texture.

On the garden scene. My tomato plants look like a flower garden again. Hopefully they will make a few tomatoes before frost. We have gotten very few tomatoes this year so far. I planted some cucumber seeds and the plants are growing good. Hopefully they have time to make some cucumbers before frost too. My newspaper with grass clippings on top are doing a good job of keeping the weeds at bay. Much better than trying to keep up with them otherwise.
We haven't had much rain this summer. but I think last night made up for it. We had torrential rain. I was knitting at Barnes and Noble when it hit. I figured it was the best place to wait out the storm. At least I was dry!!

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

I pickled my Banana Peppers from the garden today. I got 6 pints out of them. It is much more than I was expecting. They seem to have all sealed. Now to wait a few weeks for them to pickle good.

On the Crochet scene. I started a Granny square afghan for Hope Circle. They give blankets and hats to terminally ill patients. They run out of the blankets all the time. It is also something to use up some of my stash on.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

Here are the two items I made for my granddaughter's birthday!! The shawl is my Queen Sarah Shawl pattern made smaller for a girls size.
I am in the process of writing and making the pattern available in Ravelry. First I need a picture of her modeling it. So I have to wait for the birthday.
I am working on an afghan for my friend Anthony and his new wife. I am halfway done with it.
Have a great day!!
God Bless you!!
Mary

I have 2 projects on the needle right now. An Afghan for my friend Anthony who has gotten married, And a Hat for my granddaughter Kaylee, for her birthday. I will probably get the hat done in a day. It is such a cute little pattern. The Afghan should be done in the next couple of weeks. They go really fast.
We picked tomatoes and peppers from the garden yesterday. I also picked some Blackberries. I think the Blackberries are about done producing. There are only a few left, that are reachable anyway.
I need to think about my Christmas projects. But it is hard to think about it in all this heat. Still I don't want to be the last minute trying to get things made.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

I have gotten the Queen Sarah Shawl done!! I am working on another one for my granddaughter for her birthday. She picked out the colors. We are celebrating her mommies birthday and she had to have me make this Scottie dog quilt for her. So we spent the last three days making it. My granddaughter is modeling it.
Have a great day!!
God Bless You!!
Mary

I couldn't get my pictures to come up in my other post so I put them in this one. The green one is the Queen Sarah shawl that I made for my daughter's birthday. The white one is one that I am doing to test knit the pattern. I think I will use it at Church when they have the air too cold for me. The blue shawl is the one I finished for my other daughter for her graduation.
Have a great day!!
God Bless you!!
Mary

Well it has been a while again.... I have been so busy with garden and crocheting lately. I'm working on another shawl. I'm calling it the Queen Sarah shawl. I'm writing the pattern. I made one for my daughter Sarah for her birthday. Now I'm test knitting the pattern by making one for me. There was a lot of mistakes in it. So I am going to have to make another one to make sure there aren't too many mistakes. My grand daughter wants one. So I think I will include a little girl size into the pattern. That way it will be test knitted again. It is a crochet design with Pineapples in it. I need to get a more recent picture of it.

The blueberries are pretty much done and I have been picking blackberries like mad. I wear some gloves with plastic palms, so that I can avoid some of the stickers. I still get all stuck on my arms though. But the berries taste great!! I pulled up all the multiplier onions and chopped them up and froze them. I replanted the tops for new growth. I started weeding in my herb garden this morning. It got hot fast so I will do more in the morning. I have tomatoes coming on my vines, but they are not ripe yet. I can hardly wait to get some ripe ones. There are so many flowers that I think we will be overwhelmed with tomatoes this year. I have picked a couple of banana peppers and some Jalapeño peppers. I had a volunteer cucumber plant come up and it has been giving us an abundant supply of cucumbers. My zucchini are just now blooming. two of the plants bit the dust and became dust. So I put in a couple of more seeds. I don't know if they will make anything. I do hope for some zucchini. I like it in kabobs.