Recent Tragedy

Hello!
Sorry for the delay in getting this updated. We suffered a horrid loss here.
On March 26, our mobile home caught on fire while we were out grocery shopping. It was such a shock to see 4 fire trucks in our front yard. I don't really remember too much about that first day.
Things are slowly getting taken care of.
A friend of my husband has loaned us his motor home to live in on the property while we are waiting for our new home to be built and delivered.
It's been a struggle to find someone to clean up the old one and get the lot ready for the new one, but finally the local Mormon Congregation has stepped in to lend the most incredible assitance and help. I will eternally be grateful for this help.
Needless to say we lost virtually everything. The insurance (thank God we had insurance!) has been wonderful. The coverage was insufficient, so we are struggling to make ends meet, but we will presevere.
I have gotten some replacement knitting and crocheting items collected and have been working on socks, baby sweaters and dishcloths. Most of my FO's are gone. I did salvage the white and pink hat and Charlie's winter hat. All completed socks are gone, so I am starting over with some pretty unique color pallettes! Blue and orange (they do look neat!!), and I aim to do some "Where's Waldo" socks as well. A friend has donated some wonderful orange and brown yarn, Halloween is coming up.....maybe a purse with candy corn embellishments? I am making a list of things to do.... the knitting and crocheting is keeping me fairly sane while waiting this game out.
The new mobile home is expected to be delivered the first or second week of July.
Ok, enough sobbing... things are good, really. We are alive and healthy, nobody got hurt, so all is good.
Peace to you all....give your loved ones an extra special hug - maybe smile and wave to a neighbor....
Holly

Finishing a whole lot of nuthin'

Discovered I am not finishing many of the projects I've started this year. For one reason or another... incorrect guage (despite swatches), but mostly short attention span. I do enjoy having several projects OTN/OTH. I am knitting a sweater in the round while pedalling 10 miles (takes one hour) a day on the stationary bike.
There's a baby sweater from Leisure Arts Leaflet # 643 Book 3. "Webbed Set". I am doing this one in yellow and white for size NB/3mo. I work on this one in the wee hours of the mornings during my wake-up "me" time.
I have finished a few simple dishcloths. I guess I need to start finishing a few items so I can post more.

Blogger and ISP not cooperating

Hmm...seems I am running to glitches (as are we all!). Tried to post a pic of a fair isle hat I just completed, but no go. Another try? Sure!

I combined and modified two different hat patterns and added the norwegian (sp?) snowflake to the mix. I mocked it up in an excel spreadsheet.

If any of this decides to be nice (hey I am a newbie to blogging and this just makes things even harder!), I am planning on adding several more pics today.

Note to self - NYR - update blog regularly.

Holly

First baby sweater

Finally put the finishing touches on this sweater. This is the first knitting project I've done. From Bernat's "Baby Hoodie". Minus the hood. It seemed so boring and plain, I needed something to add some appeal. By looking at other Bloggers' finsihed work, I got the idea to try duplicate stitch and found a simple flower motif. I'm thinking of adding some flower "buds" along the neckline all around.