Hello

Sorry I haven't been updating. I have been extremely busy. Which is a total good thing ! I started knitting another hat. I found this great yarn with metallic thread in it. I can't wait to get it done. I might get a chance to knit this week.

The picture above is a great ideal for dinner. It get my kids to eat something good for them. Sorry I couldn't get is out of the pan without breaking it. I would have taken the picture on a plate or something but this will do.

Here's the recipe

2lbs ground chicken

3eggs

2/3 cup milk

3/4 cup bread crumbs

1 cup oatmeal

1/2 cup grated carrots

1/2 cup onions

1 cup shredded cheddar

1 tbsp garlic powder

1tsp parsley

1/4 cup finely chopped sun dried tomatoes

pepper

salt

Sauce

1 cup ketchup

1 cup packed brown sugar

2tbsp spicy mustard

1/4 cup maple syrup

oven temp 350

Mix eggs ,milk, bread crumbs, spices ,oatmeal, together. Then add carrots, onion,tomatoes, mix well. Add ground chicken, mix with hands. Spray pan with non stick spray. (evoo) After well mix take some out and shape head put in pan the make tummy, legs and arms. Make sure to push all parts together so you have no seems. Cook at 350 for 40 min

To make sauce mix ketchup,brown sugar, mustard,syrup together . Stir until brown sugar is dissolved.

After 30 minutes of cook time spread 1/2 sauce over meatloaf and return to oven for another 40 minutes. you can save the rest of the sauce for after you cut it . I just heat the rest of sauce up and set it on the table . Make sure to let meatloaf rest 10 min before serving.

Hope you like this spin on meatloaf.

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!!

Just Need Time To Breath !!

First now that I have time to type. Sorry for not updating sooner. I had family reunion , Birthday parties etc. I Have been knitting promise. First pictures is of my friend Erin. She turned 30. She is wearing a shrug that I made for her for her birthday. I thought it was a perfect gift because she's always cold. I did have to alter the pattern for the collar. It originally called for like 209 stitches. I think I tripled that,because I didn't have any give in it. But with more stitches it fit like a glove. SO HAPPY 30Th BIRTHDAY ERIN. She is pictured with my daughter.

This picture above is my sock that I started. Its the jay walker pattern. The yarn is Yummee Yarn Self Striping. I haven't named it yet . I am thinking of calling it Punk Girl . If you would like this colorway feel free to email me at Yummeeyarn.gmail.com. It will be in my shop soon.

These pictures are of a hat I am doing. It's my first lace project . Its called Peek-A-Boo-Cloche.

It's knit in one piece. It is also a double layered hat. I think it is going rather well. The pattern is from a book called Lace Style. I hope no one is disappointed that I haven't updated in a while . After this week things will slow down and I can get back to updating.

Way Cool Vintage Needles!!!

Vintage Needles!! Way Cool! My mother-in-law went to Texas to help her Aunt Ruth move into a new place. She brought me back some Susan Bates needles that Aunt Ruth had used. The first pictures is a entire set of straight needles (on the left side of pic)size 0-5. I have never seen that small of regular knitting needles unless they were double pointed, which these are not. On the right side there are sets of double pointed needles and crochet needles. These are totally cool.

I also got some patterns that were published in 1965-1967 the cost was $0.35to a $1.50. There were some pattern's she wrote her self that aren't labeled. I thinking about knitting them up. That way I can take a picture of them and then make a scrapbook page with the original pattern and her picture to preserve them. This women loved to chart thing to. Its cool seeing how things were made way back when. Plus I wish that we could have the price of that time period to.

The next picture is of some items in the original packages that have not been used. Check out the price tags. I love the original Susan Bates logo and pictures. I wonder why they stopped making the needles like that. I am very grateful that my mother-in-law thought of me to give these to. I totally love them and will keep them and pass them on to my daughter or son.

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!!

Socks and Carpet Cleaner

I finished one of the socks for my husband. It is huge, he has a big foot . I had 62grams of yarn from some of the yarn I dye. It was called face fan number 8. Needless to say it was for my husband. At first I thought I would not have enough to do a pair of sock for his size 12 foot but I was wrong I have plenty. The sock pattern is one I designed and they I made the toe stronger with going over the stitches with a whip stitch. He also has a wide foot and this sock fits like a glove. I finished while I was at the hospital with him. I am working on sock number two now. I love the fact that it came out self striping. I will have to repeat this color way for the etsy store.

In other news I was talking with my friend Andrea about carpet cleaners. Well she told me about this cleaner called Folex . I had never heard of it before . After talking with her I decide to give it a whirl !! This is like a miracle in a bottle . Let me tell you I used a entire bottle in one day. ( I even shampoo my carpets every 30 days) I had tar on the carpet crusties of the hubby, plus my son busted a ink pin all over my carpet . It removed stains that have been there way before I came around . It is truly works great. It is pictured at the top. I love love it!! Try it out if you see it.