UFO Finish!!

 For months I wove away on the red warp on my loom.

Finally, after weeks of languishing on the loom, I figured no little weaving elves were coming to finish off the towels!  Sit yourself down and do it, me said to myself!!

Just throw the shuttle!  And yes!! You can see the end of the warp—what a great feeling. 

Pull off the warp—measure, cut, sew the ends to prevent raveling,  throw in washer and agitate.  If these are going to fall apart, I want it to happen in my washer.  Alas. Ten Beautiful cotton towels were ready to be hemmed. 

These little clips come in handy.  I had always used straight pins but clips is the way to go.  No pin sticking you! 

This one towel had a broken warp thread.  Using a needle to weave this warp thread back in place. 

The towels are all hemmed ready for gift gifting!  

Oh happy day!  

And the loom is ready for another warp. 

mystery dinner?

 The weather is turning cooler--ah, I think it could be Autumn in our area soon!  There are necessary chores to complete, Projects to work on.  And, of course, meals to be planned--the least favorite thing I have to do each and every day!!

let/s play a game--solve a mystery!  This is a mystery dinner but not the one where you play different roles to solve the murder--no, the one where we pull a frozen package out of the freezer and try to guess what it contains!  There are so many times when I chuck leftovers into a container and shove it into the freezer--no marking on the contents --that would be too easy!  Just put in the freezer and wait till you pull it out several days or weeks later.  

Once, you pull the mystery container from the freezer and thawed, you can see the fruit of your labors---okay, let's see what we have here................................tonight it was chicken with pieces of  tomatoes dotted over the meat.  We have solved one of the pieces of the mystery.  Now, to decide what to do with this chicken covered with tomatoes.

Thumbing throught dozens of recipes, the decision is made--an easy casserole--#tayinstyles posted her version.  I'll go with the basics but will add other items to make it just a little more spicy.  I found some chopped onions; small jalapeño and zucchini ( looks like on its last legs)in refrigerator. Added these to the mixture. There wasn’t quite 2 cups of chicken; for more protein, half a can of black beans was mixed in. 

Finished dish!  was delish!  loved the simplicity of assembly and taste of #taco Tuesday!

Thank you #tayinstyles for your delicious recipe to apply to my mystery freezer container.

Wonder what mystery abounds tomorrow night?

New Projects

 Of course!  I just needed to add more projects to the already laden pile!  But, these will be fun and it’s called progress, isn’t it?  And maybe, there will be a goal reached

#monsterkal2025 begins Sept 15 and ends October 31–in my case,  this kal will run to end of year!!  

Why you ask?  Who doesn’t have a mountain of tiny yarn balls! 

Leftover yarns from sock and hat knitting.  love this stash of earleygirlsyarn!  I'm sure that most knitters/crocheters have stash yarn aplenty!

Here’s a reason to dig into that stash—#monsterkal25 

Doesn’t matter what you want to knit, join in and see what how you can diminish those yarns into something useful. 

Beginning another Musselburgh hat—this is the hardest part.  I need to try a different method of beginning so the center is closed. 

Little further into the start!  Once past the increase of stitches, it will be just KNIT!

And so it grows!

At this point just two yarns are being used

Then I can begin on socks

Library Socks designed by Kitchen Sink Shop

There are plenty of sock yarns in the stash basket!

What will you knit with your stash yarns?

No Way!

 No Way!  Am I going down that 'rabbit hole"!  I keep telling myself that--there are so many other projects to be finished--why should I look at more knitting challenges that would add to my list?

BUT--I did take a look at my blog Reading List--every once in awhile, I browse through these listings to see if any are not posting, then I can update.  In other words—delete!  Of course, then I start looking at other current blogs!!  Gee whiz, I went off the deep end AGAIN!  entertaining  for sure--still not working on my current projects.

It's now September, I've not knit many hats to send off first of the year to charity--oh well, let's add more projects to the already unfinished list...

Liked the simplicity of his pattern and color is involved--I've got the yarn already.

Mollie Mae  Claire Slade

Stupid Easy Cable Hat by Cheryl Pelletier (found on Ravelry.com)

There are always times you want to practice your stitches and cables can be a real pain in the arse

Good pattern to work out that situation anger!

Time to revisit a favorite--Mussellburgh designed by Ysolda Teague

Once you have the set up, there is nothing but knitting till the end.  Perfect to use up small amounts of yarn.

Barnstable by Lisa Hunnes  I signed up for this free pattern few weeks ago--looks to be from 2017.

doesn't matter--haven't knit this before so add it to my winter weather knitting.

 

And for some fun knitting--a wash cloth for my friend's baby shower, designed by Garlene.   New Mom loves Shrek--this will be added to her pamper me gift after baby is born.  I'm knitting with handspun green cotton--it's mostly seed or moss stitch pattern.

Okay--I'm climbing out of the Rabbit Hole now!