Wishcasting Wednesday

Today Jamie asks us, What belongings do you wish for?

Some of the landscaping that I have done so far this summer.

I would wish for more plants for my yard. Lately I have been doing some landscaping in the yard, and I have grown fond of my plants. I would like more flowering plants to bring some bees and humming birds to my yard. I would love to have my own little oasis in the city. 

Picture from Furniture Designs

Some old metal patio furniture would be nice to have as well. That way I can have guest over and we can sit and enjoy my little oasis. Have a Barbecue/picnic if we would like. 

These are some belongings that I wish for myself.

Come see how much of a crazy cat lady I am!

Yesterday, Noah, Kara, and I went to go feed the ducks. It was a very toasty day, so I felt that my cat needed to come along and get some fresh air. When we got there a couple had their dog. Kara had to wait until they left. But once she got out the ducks moved away from Noah and I about 5 yards. Kara didn't want anything to do with them. She was content with lurking in the grass. There was also a family fishing off the bridge. They came over to pet her. Kara was putty in their hands. She did not want to leave.

I haven't been doing a whole lot of knitting/crocheting this week. The weather has been beautiful and I have been working on my landscaping project. It is finally starting to look very nice. I've been digging, dumping, and planting. I'm digging a trench to stand my bricks up in to divide the yard and add a little of visual excitement. I finally got about halfway and I still need many more bricks.



This is opposite the fist picture. I dumped about 600 pounds of red granite. I plan on getting some large border rock/brick to edge it. I don't want to have rocks all over the yard. I hope that these rocks kill most of what is under them.

There is a vine that has taken over the whole yard that needs to go. If anyone wants some Creeping Jenny, I'll give you a piece for FREE! It does bring in some bumble bees, so its not all bad. I would be fine with it if it were better contained.  Once I'm done with the yard I might even keep a vine of it. Until then it can be gone.

I am now knitting an afghan. The pattern is called  a Wedding Afghan. I hope to have it done in time for this fall. I have a reception for Noah's sister and I want to be able to give it to her and her husband. I am using brown and purple for the colors. Hopefully by the end of the week I can get a foot or so of it done.

Once I finish this one I have another that I want to have done in time for Christmas. Noah's father wants me to knit him one like I did for his grandson. I used the pattern that I usually use for dishcloths, start in the corner adding a stitch as you go. He wants it to be adult size. I think I'm going to make many squares and sew them together to be one big checkered blanket. Once I finish this blanket I think I'll retire for afghans for a while.

It feels like forever since I've posted anything on here. I have been a very busy lady with different projects.

I have made a few different hats off of straight needles. This is one that I gave to my brother for Christmas. It is being modeled by Michelangelo.

I have been knitting different bracelets. I have these scarf rings from work that I have been wearing as a bracelet for years. Now I have added some fun color to them to turn them into an accessory to give an outfit that homemade touch.




One of my co-workers had a little boy this past winter. I am still working on knitting up a nice light weight blanket for him. It is also practice for me in lace knitting. Lace is something that intimidates me so much. I would almost rather do a garter stitch for the whole blanket and not worry about it.


I also tried my hand in making a sweater. Here I am wearing my Three Hour Sweater that took me about a month to knit. I hope to make a few more sweaters for myself.

Baby projects

Last night I finished knitting my first cardigan. I finished it just in time for the baby shower this afternoon. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I did mess up the sleeves. I hope that it fits the coming little boy.

Longtime to type

It has been way too long since I've been on here sharing my creations. Here are a few items that I have made over the past few months.
I crocheted this hat out of some of my Dead Lady yarn to give to a friend. I put a pom pom on top of it and it ended up looking a whole lot like a pineapple. I hope that she likes it.

 I ventured into making clothing a little bit. I made this shrug. It is knitted with, what the author calls, Ostrich Plume lace. I downloaded the pattern onto my computer and the link is not bringing anything up on my computer anymore. I made it for myself to wear to work and now my company is changing its dress code. So I ended up giving it away.

During this past summer I started making a lot of different bracelets to see if I could sell them. I made a few different styles and colors. None of them have sold yet. I'm going to try venturing into different items this winter, like ties and purses.  

This is one of the "flowers" from a blanket that I am crocheting.  It is made up of different circles that, to me, look like different flowers. The link to the pattern is here.  It really isn't too hard to make so far. I just have knitters ADD.

 

 This is the latest project that I have made and completed. They are baby booties. They are NOT a sign of this to come in my life. I just wanted to see if I could make them. Now that I did. I think that I'll have it out of my system for a while.