YOP Week #35

Another slow week.  I had my 2nd Moderna shot and lost another day to sleeping and even yesterday I got under the covers and slept all afternoon.  I finally looked up Covid vaccine reactions and it was definitely the shot.  I had the chills, extreme tiredness where I couldn't stop  yawning and couldn't keep my eyes open.  I also had a headache.  I'm  fine now but I sure didn't get much done this past week.  But I am so grateful for the vaccine!

 I worked on the 3rd of 16 stars but didn't get it finished....I was so tired I couldn't even knit or cross stitch! LOL!

I did manage to get "back in the saddle" with the sock I had frogged and I got the cuff done and I'm just starting on the leg.  This is sock #2.  Sock #1 is up to the heel flap.

Yesterday I worked on the "hand" by Blackbird Designs...............I finished the 2nd heart...

I worked on Betty Glover last Sunday and will today.....it probably doesn't look much different as I am working on the border.........

I can't remember where I left off with the hexies but this is #10 and #11 is the last full hexie and I cut the fabric for the outside row.  After that I will need to cut more fabric for the partial hexies and then there are all the hexies that will connect all the diamonds together.  It's very pleasant to sew them.  The hardest part for me is cutting the fabric as bending over anything for any length of time hurts my back.  It amazes me how these "ailments" just crop up all of a sudden and once they do they don't go away! I call it "Adventures in Aging"! LOL!

My daughter asked me to make her a fox scarf so the yarn and needles are ordered and here is a picture..........I ran out of colored ink in the printer but hers will be orange and white.......this pattern includes child and adult sizes..........I'm looking forward to knitting it.

I also grabbed some other patterns this week as it got me in the mood for making gifts for Birthdays/Christmas or at least gathering the patterns and materials........this is a Tin Can Knits pattern and I have been wanting to try color work.  This pattern looked fairly simple and I have heard Tin Can Knits patterns are very clear and understandable.  Plus they were having a 2 for 1 sale! 

so here's the 2nd pattern.............also, their patterns contain all sizes from infant to adult..........

This picture does not do these socks justice but they are pencil socks and they look like a pencil with the cuff being the eraser and then there's the gray metal part and the yellow wood and then the bare wood where it is sharpened and then the lead.  She used to sell kits with all the appropriately colored yarn needed but no more.  Now she just sells the pattern so I will have to gather the yarns myself.  Of course, these will be for my daughter, the teacher.  There is also notebook paper socks to go with the pencil socks! LOL! 

Several of the next patterns were enabled by fellow YOPers...you know who you are!  This is the Rasta and what I loved about it was the fact that it is 1 skein and 1 hour! Really?  Even 2 hours would be fine with me!  I think this will be THE featured gift this coming Christmas!

Then there were these delightful and gorgeous socks that someone was making!  LOVE!  Was it you Lucy?  Adorable!  You use leftover sock yarn or buy some new mini-skeins. They might be next years Christmas Eve cast on.

I downloaded this pattern for $5 which includes all 3 patterns!  She's on Etsy.

Here's a free pattern from Plum Street Sampler......just visit the website

and one from Needle Bling Designs.....again just visit the website and download..........

Surprise!  I found this when I was going through my "stuff" and it has the material and the floss and everything!  It is linen though which I am hesitant of after the black cat fiasco.  But everyone else manages it so I will forge ahead!

Last but not least.......I am not a cake eater but all of a sudden I am wanting cake...not just any old cake but a really delicious cake....no Cool Whip for this gal! LOL!  

One of the XS designers....was it Brenda Gervais?  She had a birthday and her cake (on IG) was a gorgeous white cake with light pink frosting and it was Raspberry Buttercream frosted almond cake......I found a similar recipe but of course, I don't have the  ingredients...but I think there is going to be a cake in my future!  This recipe is on Sugarspiceslife.com                 

I hope you are safe and well and that you have found things to inspire and delight you this past week!

Happy Trails!!!