Knitting

I just set up a new blog for knitting and for Yummee Yarn. I will be doing both blogs from now on . I know I must be crazy right? Well I just have been thinking about setting up a blog for my yarn and I finally done it. Even though it only took Three full years. I will try to work on getting everything in order for it all next week. Plus maybe even a contest . I will be updating on My Passion to about my son, life in general, an knitting , and of course yarns. So check out both blogs! God Bless Make sure you go join me in the other blog. Leave me a link so I can follow you on the Yummee Yarns blog to. I put Yummee Yarns Knits blog under my daily reads so click away :0) God Bless!

Stitches Convention

Wow!! Where in the world did the time go!!! I'm a very bad blogger. Sorry for not updating sooner.
Well I was able to go to the Stitches Convention with my Aunt Sharon. Can I say wow what fun. Talk about having a little time to my self!!! What a wonderful way to have time to play with all different types of yarn. I was in heaven. I really thought I would buy more than what I did. But trying to choose from all the yarns was to much. I only bought stuff I couldn't find at home. Which was what I set out to do. Here's the list of yarns I bought. The pictures will be up soon to !!
1. Catalina Yarns 70% Baby Alpaca/30% Silk (4ply) 218 yards only $13.99 each(2 skeins)
2. Interlacements Rick Rack II 100% Rayon 1200 yards $30.00 each (1 huge hank)
3. Newtons Yarn Country Chenille Hand Prints 100% Viscose Rayon 325 yards (4skeins) $21..75 each ( Got steal at $4.oo each)
4. Malabrigo 100% Baby Merino Wool Lace 400yds ( 4skeins) $9.75 each
5. Glass beads that are ducks,domino's,chillies peppers,dice,and twisted candy's. Soon to become stitch markers!
That is all my loot !!

I did meet some really great people who were apart of Ravelry. Hello to all my new friends. I have to find everyone on there and add them to my friends.

While we were there it rained but it was nothing that my aunt and I haven't seen before except that all the California people where all bundled up like it was freezing there . But It was nice temps to us. I understand that it was cold for you California people. But what was with the boards holding the Palm trees up and the fences. I know palms have shallow roots but what about the fences.

We ate at two different place there one was called Hot Pot City !! It was a very cool experience. It was really neat it had a barbecue grill in the center of your table and all the food was raw. You cooked it at the table. Which was totally neat in the center of the grill was a pot of water so could make soup or cook noodles or vegetables. I loved it and I think my Aunt Sharon did to. I wish we had something like that here. So California people try it out you live there. I know I would go there again when I come back !!! The next place we ate at was a Black Angus Steakhouse. Let me tell you the atmosphere was like a high end restaurant but this was totally affordable . I was impressed when the manager heard it was are first time there and brought us some fried zucchini with a cucumber sauce and it wasn't no little plate either . It would fed about 4-6 people . My Aunt Sharon had a steak I had some flat bread with steak and blue cheese on it. Plus we had a shrimp and spinach artichoke dip with a spicy kick to it. Everything was wonderful. I would go there again as well. That was my trip in a nut shell!!

HAND DYED SOCK CLUB!!

HEY EVERYONE! Knit and Caboodle in St. Charles, Mo is having a sock club. They will be doing a years worth of sock yarn. I believe you get sock yarn every other month. Every time you get a sock yarn it will be from a different hand dyed company. How fun does that sound. ( i can't wait) Plus all colorways from the hand dyers will be created just for the people who sign up. Oh how my minds working over time. I better get my patterns lined up now. I can't wait to see everything. Plus maybe even surprises along the way. Can we say I'm jumping right out of my seat hear. I am about to explode just thinking of it.

I have to just come out and admit something. I am a sock yarn junkie . This is my addiction in life.

Do You Love The Smell of Coffee?

I ask the Question. How many love the smell of coffee? WELL if you do keep reading......

I have created the perfect gift for coffee addicts everywhere as well as people who love the scents of coffee but do not drink it.

I have created the perfect aroma pouch for your car or house or pocket. These aroma pouches get put in your car and it make it smell like coffee. I have test these myself as well as having friends test them. They make the perfect office gift. I have even heated my for about 40 seconds and between the smell and heat can we say heaven. It also is not an overpowering smell in the car. It is just right.

Try this next time you get a headache smell some coffee . It will help the headache to.

The method to my madness is a secret for know. IF you try one I promise you won't be disappointed.

Contest # 1

Hello OK here is contest #1 up for grabs is one skein of sock yarn 460yds of my Hot New Colorway ( It's not even be released yet). This colorway will be released in November. Here's the rules. This contest is to benefit a lady by the name of Mayuri. She has stage 4 Breast Cancer she is very young to only in her 30's. She need all our help. There are two way to get your name in the drawling. You have to either purchase the yarn called Survivor Pink (which can be purchased at Knit Escape you can get it by going to http://www.knitescape.blogspot.com/ You will want to talk to Gina). The second way to get your name in the drawling is by going to the same site and contacting Gina and donating money to the Mayuri Fund. You get your name in the drawling for every dollar you donate(which means if you donate $25.oo you get your name in 25 times ) or when you buy the yarn it goes in once. The money from the sell of the Survivor Pink yarn will be donated as well. Let's all rally together to help support those in need. Thanks for helping those in need.
Survivor Pink is 100% super wash Merino
It is a two shades of pink and it is self striping.
It may only be washed in cold water with like colors and no bleach

Next contest coming up soon!!

Cashmere Oh how I love you

Oh yeah ladies have you ever seen 100%Cashmere sock yarn. The picture above is 100% pure Cashmere sock yarn that I dyed the colors are Dark pink and a lite hot pink together. This colorway was design for one of the stores I sell to . This colorway will be sold and part of profit will go to a breast cancer patient who needs help. The store it will be sold at will be called Knit Escape it's in St. Peters. The yarn that we will be using is a 100% super washed merino. We were going to do the cashmere but we think the super washed will bring in more profit. If you would like to support the cause you can go to www.knitescape.blogspot.com or send me an email at yummeeyarn@gmail.com It should be available for purchase in about 3 weeks. I have to dye it still ( when I get the yarn in) Gina is the shop owner and she could tell you more about the person who this will benefit. This is a wonderful of Gina to do this she is a great person and a good friend.

OK NOW FOR SOME BIG NEWS. DO YOU HAVE YOUR EYES GLUED TO THE SCREEN !!

I am thinking of holding a contest . Up for grabs will be a skein of sock yarn dye by yummee yarn. I still have to do some thinking about what kinda contest I want to hold. I might even do a contest with the cashmere sock yarn to. So make sure you keep checking back. Give me about a week to think of the details. So keep checking back for details on it.

Yummee Yarn For Sale in California State!!

Yummee Yarn Order is done. Hey all you California people listen up.. Yummee Yarn is now for sale in Pleasanton,California at a shop called Knit This Purl That. They also have a web site its called http://www.yourknittingplace.com/

In the picture the colorway that is darker pink and olive green is called Knit This Purl That and is only going to be sold at the Knit This Purl That shop. Hopefully at the end of the next couple of weeks yummee yarn will be in more stores.

I finished my hat. It's on my daughters head. She likes it way to much. I will have to make her one. It turned out better than I expected. Thank goodness its finally done. I think I only restarted the lace part like three of four times. Because I would loose a stitch somewhere. It is going to be super warm this winter. I will have to make my aunt one for her birthday or something. Or maybe I will give her this one and make another one. She really likes the color's. I also finished a spa sock I have been working on. It's made with a yarn that is called OH MY! by Plymouth Yarn. Ladies if you have not felt this yarn your totally missing out. It's some of the softest yarn I have ever felt . The socks will feel so good you may not want to take them off. It's like butter on your feet. Yummee!!

In The Dog House!!

This picture is so cute!! My hubby went to the dog house and got all the way in it!! He actually fit which was shocking because he's 6ft tall. I thought my kids were joking when they said dad's in the dog house! We bought our dog Princess a new dog house. He was trying to get her to get in it. Now I can say go sleep in the dog house!!

In other news I finished the sock I was working on for my niece!! Isn't she cute!! She loves Dora so I dyed some yarn for her and made her a pair of socks. She didn't want to take them off. She is three years old!! Now she say I need more Dora socks . She love when I give her stuff . I need to make her sister a pair next. She will have to pick out her colors though.

Last week we planted 2oo+ trees / shrubs. They are around 18inches apart. See we live near a ball field . So instead of a fence it will be a tree/shrub fence! They are suppose to grow extremely fast. They haven't even been in the ground a week and they already have buds and leaves sprouting. Some are Willow hybrid trees and I'm not quiet sure what the shrubs are. I just now there suppose to get really tall. In the pictures is my in laws, the bother in law and wife, and my husband and children. It was a good thing the rented a digger. The tree's had to be planted a foot down. Maybe this will keep the ball people from driving in our yard or thinking the can play in our yard. Hopefully it might not be so loud too! We'll see though.

Eye Candy

Here is some yarn I have dyed. The three on right are from wool 2 dye 4. ( not the little one) Lovely yarn, would totally buy it. I did knit with them I will have to take pic of them sometime. The two on the left and the little one I was playing with colors. I got new colors, and the name of the colors don't really have much to do with the actual color. So of course I renamed them. My niece Hailey wants me to dye her some yarn and make some socks for her feet. She is in love with Dora. So I am thinking of dying yarn to match Dora . Maybe even self Striping. I might even make some for Yummee Yarn, of course maybe name it Hailey!! She is so cute!!

If my computer wouldn't take forever I would put her picture up. Maybe after this week!
In other news everyone click on Yarn Artist blog and check out the socks she made with yummee yarn!! I totally love the way they came out. You all will have to check out her designs that she makes. They are so beautiful!! She is super talented lady.!! I just think the socks are great!! Thanks Ellene for showing the picture!! I will have to repeat that one. I do think I am going to quit doing swatches of the yarn . What do you think?

My daughter is now officially out of school. She is going to be a third grader. Wow I totally feel old now. She had all A with 98% in every subject. It's almost weird knowing how smart she is. She was test for the Gates program, and was excepted to the program. But at are school the children who are in it, don't get to socialize with all the other classrooms. They have the same teachers and students until I think 5Th or 6Th grade. I mean my daughter has made a ton of friends . If I put her in the program then she wouldn't be a social butterfly that she is. Now I am not saying the program is bad. But from what I seen of my friends who have kid in the program and how they say I wish I would have not put them in it ! I kinda of seen what they went through and said I don't want that for my child. I think I made the right choice. Beside she likes her teacher.. I just feel old . I can't believe my first born is now a third grader. I am very proud of her!!