momma's scarf

My mom visited us kids in good ol' Abilene TX during Homecoming weekend...filled with activities and whatnot. While she was here, she picked out some yarn for me to knit her a lovely soft brown scarf. It is the first time I used this type of yarn. As a gift in return from mom, she bought me a pair of wooden needles. I am used to the metal ones. I am liking the wooden ones a lot. I finished mom's scarf before she left to go back home. She loves it!

knitting updates

I have knitted a baby beanie (picture not posted) for Addison, Shiloh's newborn daughter. I thought it would be cute to have mother and daughter to have matching beanies (the patterns are different but the colors are the same):



A brown headband that I knitted for myself and wear a lot:




Scroll down to my previous blog posts and you'll see my first baby beanie. Well, here's the beanie on Jessie's son Wyatt's head:




I thought it would be cool to knit myself an ACU beanie since Jae is knitting his first beanie (ACU colors too):

First time: Headband & Beanie with Bill

I knitted my first headband for Jae (sorry this isn't the best picture of it):



I knitted my first beanie for myself... I even added a bill to it (without any instructions...I just made it up, and it turned out much better than I had thought!

New Pattern

I've tried a new pattern and it's not that bad at all.



Jae loves his new beanie.

Yarn II

Granny's beanie



First time knitting a wristband



Matching beanie and wristband

Yarn

I love knitting.

I still consider myself a beginner but it's still so much fun when I complete one after another. I finished my brother's 2nd beanie (Fall colors) in 3 days. Now I am about to finish my Granny's beanie (purple and pink) within 2 days. Next I am going to knit a bunch of wristbands for my brother and his friends when they play ultimate frisbee. I'm interested to see how the wristbands turnout.

Someday I will learn how to crochet. I know a few people who are going to teach me. It would be awesome to include crochet AND knitting patterns on a beanie...or a scarf....etc.

This is my first BABY beanie I knitted a couple weeks ago. It's for a co-worker/friend of mine who is due in a few days!




Before the beanie is completed....obviously:

Bike Rack

A bike rack... how beneficial are they? They are AWESOME! I just bought one via Craisgslist. I bought it for a bargain...shoot, I didn't even need to do any negotiations! This friendly family had only used it once from AZ to TX with their bikes. I am excited that I can use this bike rack and bring our bikes everywhere we go... well, when we go camping and out of town. This bike rack can hold up to 3 bikes.
Soooo how much did I buy it for??? Well let me just tell you that to buy this specific bike rack new, it would cost between: $149.95 to $120.00 depending on which website/store you buy it from. Okay, ready to hear how much I paid for mine that was used only once??? Okay...... $10...TEN Dollars! That's how much this family offered it to me... they practically did the bargaining for me...ha!
I am such a nerd getting excited about an item but hey this bike rack is going to be so useful when we go on vacations.