I wove this set from some superwash sock yarn I bought at BSG last month. It is really a sport weight yarn and is soft and colorful. I machine washed it and it fulled just the right amount to make it fill in and soften. The jacket is 5 -14″ squares and the cap is 2-7″ squares. The bands are knitted. I have been wanting to try this in a super wash since wool is so much warner & softer than acrylic but it will still have the ease of care that mothers need with a baby.
I tied on some ducky buttons, temporarily, but forgot that and all but one came off in the machine. I don’t think I like the yellow duckies with this color anyway so will remove the last one and go back to the button box.

It was a couple degrees cooler today but still way too hot. But I found a way to beat the heat! Sitting on the bridge over Treasure Creek with my legs in that nice cool mountain water and my knittin’ in my lap. And yes, I did manage to drop a bit of the wool in the wet, but it’s cold water so didn’t hurt it! :laugh: Tomorrow I might get some plastic needles and acrylic yarn and just go sit in the water! Hope it’s cool where you are!

My poor tomatoes are wilting, the lawn is turning brown and the water company is dry. I can do a bit of sprinkling on the pump, but it’s not keeping up. We’re supposed to get a break from this 100+ weather next week. Oh how I long for a cool 90 degree day!:P
Randy’s the new water master and has had all this dumped in his inexperienced lap! They made him water master because he’s nearly the only one in the company under 75 and physically able. And it’s not like he hasn’t anything else to do. Probably nearly the only one also, who has a full time job. (and moon-lights, too!)
He worked on water business all day and I hope he’s going to get some loom time in this evening before people start writing me evil emails about where their looms are. We’re peddling as fast as we can! :crazy:

One of the many fiber personalities I met at BSG. What lovely curls! A nice beard, too. Did I have fun? You betcha! Did I enhance my stash? Of course! 😀 Now I’m weaving a baby sweater of some shades of blue super wash merino. Sis and I spent the afternoon exploring all the wonderful goodies to be had and visiting the producers of all that wonderful fiber.
Tomorrow I’m going south to pick up our Aunt and then head up to Sis’s again to take Aunt to visit. She only has the one day so it’s going to be a long trip, but we’re happy to visit with my mother’s only sister.
Then it’s back home to make looms and mow lawns. Oh yes, and Sis is coming down to help me set up my new DSL! I’m excited, but… seeing is believing! lol I’m still a sceptic! 😛

I’ve been knitting and weaving baby things from some yarn given me. There were a couple of sweaters started by the gentleman’s late mother and I finished them and started more, having been inspired. Since there are no babies in the family just now and none among my friends, I think I’ll take them in to the hospital to pass out to any new mom who might care for it.
This one’s knitted. I’ll post more pictures when I finish the rest. I see I have a thread yet to weave in here. I didn’t notice it until I saw the photo! :O

I’m painting my house, and not on canvas this time, either. It’s gone too long without this attention. It’s cedar boards and they are getting pretty sun faded. I think the new ‘stuff’ looks nice. It’s a penetrating oil finish, but it washes up with water. Supposed to last 4 years. That’ll be nice! 😀

Made this hat for an e-friend. It uses two different yarns, one a fuzzy LB Jiffy. The flower and leaves are crocheted. I think it turned out well on the 12″ square. We’ve had a rather cold spell this past week which made staying in and yarning easy to do. Sun’s out today and it’s almost 76 degrees which is more comfortable than hot. I got the tiller out into the garden this morning, but didn’t last long with it. Will work in it again until I get it done, tho. We may have a garden yet! Too late for peas, but we can still have green beans and maybe some corn, Randy’s favorite.

Cousin Kathy brought me a bouquet from her Oakland yard. Very large and exotic Bird of Paradise flowers. They are really very alien looking buds! Very stylized, almost Art Deco, if you can say such a thing of a flower. Very beautiful as well.

Oh yes, I finished the window sills. They are all nicely painted and finished! (pat, pat…)

It’s been a year now and I’ve given up on him ever getting to it so I just got out the old tape measure and went for it. (With the urging and initial help from Sis) And now all I have to do is paint. Got the paint, or rather stain, for the outside of the cabin, too, and will tackle that next week.
I get to show my paintings in this month’s Art Cruise, too. That’s pretty exciting! I’ll take them in tomorrow, as I have an appt with the Chiropractor. http://www.northstate.org/hiartc/artcr1.html I’ll be at the Goldrush Jewlers. It’s my second time. Last month I was with my classmates at Highlands Art Center, http://www.highlandartcenter.org/ Lots of people turn out for the cruise.

But I think I’m taking the rest of today off! I’m pooped! :laugh:

Me’n the dogs went to town today to visit the beauty parlor. Here we are at home again neatly washed, clipped and pretty again. I think Jack is the winner, tho. Too bad he won’t stay so pretty and white for more than the time it takes him to get back down to his favorite hole in the dirt at the foot of the oak tree. But at least he should not be leaving a trail of white hair behind him as he walks! 😀 Cori should be lighter also and I lost a few inches of winter growth (off my head) as well!
It was a very successful day in town, actually. I had time, while I was waiting for them, to go to the chiropractor for help with Gardener’s Back (he says he sees a lot of that this time of year!) I got signed up for the fall semester of watercolor painting, had the hair cut and manicure, got the lumber for the window sills in the studio, and at the hardware, got paint for same and 5 gallons of sealer/stain to paint the cabin. And the accessories that go with that job. Also got the deer fencing so’s I can plant my tiny garden this weekend. Had lunch and bought a few groceries. Then got gas and headed home. Managed not to get stuck behind any of the many, many boats heading this way for the weekend on the lake! All in all a pretty good days work!
Hope your weekend is starting off nicely as well! 🙂