Wooded Lodge

As promised in the end of my post yesterday, here is a picture of a fun project I started working on the other day.  I'm calling it Wooded Lodge, but it's actually the Ski Lodge pattern from Afghans For All Seasons (Book 2). 

It's a really quirky pattern... 

The blanket is done in panels and your starting chain is actually the middle of the panel, so when you complete half of it, you rotate the work and do the other half on the other side.  The designer is Anne Halliday and she really is a genius when it comes to crochet.  She is by far one of my favorite designers.  

When it's done, it will have a fair isle look to it.

I have to tell you, I'm not fully "committed" to this yet.  I want to get a panel complete to see how I'm liking it.  So far, it's been both challenging and fun.  Each row is a little different which creates the woven appearance.  This isn't a project to do while you watch a program on TV!  For that, I have the sweater I'm currently working on.  

I'll keep you posted on my progress and if it is something I'm going to continue.  The full afghan has 10 panels!  AND, almost every row has a color change........so, we'll see.  

As you can tell, I'm still straddling the fence.  

Happy Friday and I hope you have a terrific weekend!

HDP

Another Busy Week

It's been another busy week and September has come and gone in the blink of an eye.

We had an apple orchard tour with our homeschool group during the week.  The kids (and Moms) learned about the different varieties of apples and how they tell when the apples are ripe for picking (when the seeds turn black; just in case you were wondering).  

:-)

The tour guide told them about quality control; firsts, seconds, cider apples, animal apples and the ones you just throw away.  The kids were all fascinated with the machine that sorts the apples in sizes and in the end we all got a taste of homemade cider donuts and some fresh apple cider in which to wash it down.  

Then, dear son had his weekly swimming lesson...

and after three LONG years...

HE IS FINALLY SWIMMING ON HIS OWN!  

You should have seen the smile on that boys face!  He just beamed with delight!   

And so did I.  

:-)

This afternoon was the first day the sun decided to show her face and we took a little walk through the neighborhood...

to see what the change in seasons has brought for us to explore...

 

the Sedum is in bloom and full of gorgeous color...

and we visited with an old friend to say hi and see how she was doing....

She's still weathering the storms.

I've been working on something fun on the crochet front and I'll share that with you in the next day or so.

Until then...

HDP

Whirlwind of a Week

This week has been a whirlwind.  My mom has been here, visiting from out of town, to help celebrate the little one's birthday.  We've had some form of activity every day that she has been here...

Monday, we went to an apple farm and bought some orchard fresh Cortland apples for applesauce making.  Nothing like fresh applesauce still warm from cooking.  Wouldn't you know, dear son likes Mott's better (go figure).  

Our adventure on Tuesday took us to SunWatch Indian Village just south of Dayton.  

It is an historic Fort Ancient Indian village that has been reconstructed based upon archaeological artifacts they have recovered from the site.  It was interesting to see the movie, walk through the museum and tour the village. 

All along through the week, I tried to capture some pretty color from the flowers...

to the changing leaves in the trees...

Of course the big day, was the birthday, where we started out the day with a hearty breakfast at Bob Evans...

then to the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens (one of our favorite places to visit).  Where there is always something interesting to see, do and learn...

We wrapped up the day with a little party at Chuck E. Cheese, the children's paradise, with games, rides, pizza, favors and birthday cake.

Happy birthday to my little one...

who isn't as little as he used to be...

Until next year...

HDP

Sherbert Shells Baby Blanket

This is one of those projects I started back at the beginning of the summer and have finally completed it.  The blanket is a simple shell back and forth to desired width and length.  

I used my Gingham Border (which I've edited for clarity) to complete the blanket .  

Dear husband comes from a large family and we have three nieces (and their hubbies) expecting babies between October and January.  We know one of them is going to be a girl and I'll set this aside for them. 

I used Bernat Softee Baby in "Tulips" for the body of the blanket and in white for the border.   

One down, two to go!  

HDP

Remembering...

Silently remembering...

HDP

End of Summer Field Trip

This past Tuesday, dear husband took off from work and we all headed to Kentucky to the Creation Museum.  This is the first time we've been there and since we are homeschoolers, we were able to take advantage of their Fall homeschool rate.

Even though the little one is enamored with all things dinosaurs...

I got the most pictures of their beautiful botanical gardens...

The day was gray and cool, but there were still late flowers in bloom.

The garden had pretty ponds...

and streams...

just a peaceful place to relax and enjoy.

At the other end of the beautiful gardens was a petting zoo for the little one to explore...

It was a fun, end of summer day, with lots of opportunities to learn.  

HDP

Log By Log

I built my log cabin...

AND IT'S FINALLY FINISHED!  

Some of you may remember, I started this blanket waaaay back in June as a vacation project.  Well, I'm not sure why, but it drug out month, after month, after loooong month.  I can't tell you how excited I was to finally start stitching the squares together and put a border around it.  

It's been a scorcher today in the 100's and my neighbors were probably wonder what I was doing lugging around a chair and heavy afghan in the heat.  

But, that's part of the fun, taking photos of the finished product.  Most of the afghans I make get a gentle washing and shipped off to someone, so it's nice to have the photos to look back on...

Details about this project can be found HERE.  I used Hobby Lobby's I Love This Yarn for my blanket.

Hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful three day weekend...

and...

HAPPY LABOR DAY!

HDP