Mish Mash

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When Youngest Granddaughter had her visiting Speech Therapist, Mr. Potato Head was one of the tools used to get her to converse and ask for things. YG loved it so much, while we were at Disneyland, I spent a good amount of money on MPH stuff. And she got more for her birthday. So while Second Son and Third Grandson were visiting, we got it all out and they all had fun creating a Potato Head parade!I got quite a bit done on the Work Sock for Third Son. Gusset decreases are just about done, so with luck the sock should be finished up today or early tomorrow. Off in the mail as soon as possible to arrive, hopefully, by his birthday this weekend.
I got another panel done on the Shawlette, too. I've pretty much decided that is my TV watching knitting in the evenings and can easily get a panel done each night. I'm about a quarter of the way through it now, so my estimate of around 24 panels seems to be about right. I'm hoping it will be big enough so it can be seamed up the "front" to make it a slip on.
Still no stove.... YD talked to the people at the office yesterday and they said, "This afternoon." That would be yesterday afternoon. Maybe today... I did learn how to boil spaghetti in the microwave, though. So we had a relatively decent meal of spaghetti, meatballs and green beans last night. It's good to know how to do that, as in the summer, when we don't like to use the oven or stove top, meals that don't create alot of heat are a good thing.

Isn't this a great seasonal shot from Melissa? Check out her blog for more.Does not this one from What Housework? just say, "Here I come, ready or not!"? More wonderful pics there, too.Franklin apparently has a new calendar for sale, except there are none at his etsy site.... Maybe later!
This, Pumpkin Pie Squared, is on the list of things to bake whenever I have an oven again. It sounds wonderful!

Dear Santa, Agnes has the right idea. Me, too, please!

Some Assembly Required...

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Hood is done and the back seam finished. It's amazin what people will do to make a project more complicated than necessary. The hood could just as easily been a simple rectangle instead of all the decreasing, which makes for a very difficult seam....Next time...

Kenny shares more autumn glory.

Just a hood to go

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Finished up the second sleeve and got the hood CO. The initial rows of the hood are folded over to create a channel for the drawstring. I decided to use a provisional CO, knit st st for three rows, then a purl row for a clean turn, and then three more rows of st st. I then knit the live sts from the CO with the row sts to create one less step in the finishing of the sweater. I'm alternating rows of variegated and black to create a look similar to the front and back of the sweater. Don't think I'll get it all done today, but it should be ready to put together tomorrow.

Can you feel the nice cool air that accompanies views like this? I can...it's coming from my swamp cooler because even at 5:30 am, it's 71 degrees in the house and 74 degrees outside.
Can you even imagine? Check here for the back of the sweater....
Knit Fast, Die Young by Mary Kruger

rating: 3 of 5 stars
Not as good as the first book...the formula was too much the same...an unpopular fiber based person was murdered with a knitting needle at the fairgrounds. Local LYS owner, Ariadne, is the first person to come in contact with the victim, minutes before she dies.

She teams up with the local detective, and the state police to solve the crime.

Characters weren't as well developed, too many suspects and the time line was way too short. In the end the authorities hand over the investigation to the LYS owner. How far from reality can we get?

This seems to be a common problem with themed cozy mysteries...if the first one is a success, following the same outline with different names plugged in doesn't make for a good sequel. If I'd read this one first, I'd never have bothered with the other book.

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