Busy Sunday

I'm sitting here at the computer scratching a few new mosquito bites I acquired while watering my lawn tonight. It rained a bit yesterday but you'd never know it to look at the lawn and flowers.

After the rain let up yesterday I drove out to Brighton for my rug hooking meeting. I hadn't been in so long everyone treated me like their long lost sister. It was great to see everyone and catch up on their projects. I took a few shots of one gal's workshop project -- learning to add a braided border ~~

Here's a close up of her work ~~


And since I'm nearing the end of Holly & Mike's wedding rug I took advantage of Kris by observing her working on the finishing touches of one of her rugs ~~


Doesn't the edge look great when it's done??

I discovered that I wasn't completely wrong about the grass color on my rug. I had decided to pull out a bit of the darker green strips and replace them sporadically with a lighter green here and there. I also added 'M + H 6.27.09' in the center of the grass section. I can't wait to finish it now!

Today was the baby shower for Erin, Joyce's daughter and Carol's daughter-in-law. It was a lovely day and the party was delightful. Erin's baby received many nice gifts.

An adorable rug from Kathy ~~


These super cute slippers knit by her sister Colleen ~~


Quilt from grandma-to-be Carol ~~

Close up of the prairie point border ~~


Another quilt from mom Joyce ~~


And still one more quilt from Lee ~~


Here's a close up of the backing -- so darn cute ~~


And here's my blanket and hat ~~

I really enjoyed knitting both items. I will definitely make them again. The blanket is made from Berroco Comfort and the hat is Jil Eaton Minnow washable merino wool. I like both yarns but especially enjoyed working with the Minnow yarn. I made several changes to the hat pattern and I think it turned out better. The ear flaps were picked up instead of knit separately and then sewn on, and the straps were knit as I cord instead of garter stitch.

Now I know it's crazy to get excited about a gift bag but I absolutely loved this one ~~

It screamed out to me -- 'make a quilt from this design'! Or maybe a rug????

Before Kevin mowed the lawn today we had some crazy mushrooms that had sprouted up from the rain ~~

They always seem to spring up from nowhere -- just exactly where do they come from? Where are the gnomes??? Maybe they come out at night and disappear when the sun rises?