Summer Fun

 This has been a fun summer is so many ways!

In July, my dear husband Max, had a birthday.  It was a special one...but I won't embarrass him by telling his age!  His  brother and sisters took us out to dinner which was so sweet of them.  A good time and good food was had by all...

We've been having a wonderful time babysitting our grandson 3 days a week plus our "Saturday night date" with him.  Cheerios have been VERY popular around the Moser household this summer!

 We even bought a little cup with a cover where he can reach in and pull out Cheerios to eat.  He loves that little cup!

My oldest son Michael (known as "Uncle Mike" to Charlie) had a birthday at the end of July. We had a party for him and I'm not sure who had more fun: Mike or Charlie!  He's a wonderful uncle to Charlie.  As a mom, I am allowed to say that Michael is thoughtful, kind, and always so generous to others.  I feel very proud to have him as a son. We had cupcakes at his party with a candle on his:
                                                                                     

                                                                                                                              



Also, Charlie and I make a special card for “Uncle Mike”.  On the outside of the card, we glued little squares in the shape of a car and Charlie did some coloring on it:

On the inside, we glued a heart which Charlie colored with crayons:

We glued the shapes on since our Michael is visually impaired and would be able to “feel” the card.

We’ve been having fun in my Summer knitting classes.  Here are some of the projects my students are making:
Peg is working on a jacket with a wonderful cable edging on the sleeves and front of the jacket.

Mary W. is working on her first cardigan sweater…and doing a beautiful job with it!

Joyce is working on the Sampler Scarf.  She’s really having fun with the yarn she’s using that makes wonderful designs in each section of the scarf.

I discovered a wonderful treasure while going through some scrapbooks that I had forgotten I even had!  I found some pictures of my brother and me when we were about 3 years old:

My dad’s parents (we called them “Granddaddy” and “Alma Dear” ) came to Petersburg,Virginia to visit us:
                                                              

 

Here Bill and I were riding a stick hobby horse:

Here are Bill and me on the front porch in Petersburg, Virginia:

I was so thrilled to find these pictures!  An unexpected blessing.




Our kitty, Izzie, had a fun summer.  She found various ways of keeping cool—like on top of the TV!:

She also got herself in “trouble” …she just loves tissues and toilet paper!

I finished all my Christmas knitting by mid-August!  Except for 2 “more challenging” projects, most of it was relaxing and fun.  Here is a picture of 2 of my “relaxing” projects:

I also made a pin to go with one of the projects:

And to celebrate my finishing my Christmas knitting, I’m going to share the pattern for the pin with you:

http://bit.ly/18Q7g4H

( when you go to the shortcut above, you may experience distortion but that will go away once you down load the patterns.)


Students who weren’t in the Summer classes are starting to sign up for the Fall classes.  It will be such fun seeing them all again!  The Fall classes start in the middle of October so if you’d like to sign up, email me at: notesfromknitclass@gmail.com 


Don’t you just love this poster- - it says what I’d like to think my “motto” is!

It was posted on the Facebook page of the yarn shop yarn shop that I went to on our trip to Charlotte in May.  Their website address is http://www.charlotteyarn.com/  .  If you are a “yarnie” like me, pop over to their website, there are lots of fun things to see.  Or, visit their shop if you’re in the Charlotte, North Carolina area.  The store has beautiful yarns, great patterns and sample projects hanging up all around the shop.


Dear Readers,
I hope all of you had a summer filled with lots of fun activities.
Just as ours was filled with many blessings, be sure and take time to count your blessings…

Fondly, Mary

A Road Trip and A Celebration!

I recently got back from a very special trip to attend my niece Lucy’s wedding!  She is the daughter of my twin brother who passed on to his Heavenly Home 3 years ago.  But, I felt his presence throughout this trip.

My dear husband Max’s sister Patricia gave us the wonderful blessing of driving us to North Carolina for the wedding. Patricia is beautiful, lively, and full of fun!  She made the trip such a pleasure.  Here are Max and Patricia as we leave for the trip:

As all of you knitters out there can identify with, I packed my “trip knitting” first!

During the trip, I was able to “lounge” in the back seat.  This was lucky because the day before we left I caught a HORRIBLE cold.  I brought my pillow, a soft blanket, my knitting, and my IPhone and I-Pad Mini to play with.  I had a very cozy little “nest”:

I knit a jacket for the wedding:

As I was making it, my students will be interested to find out that the teacher made a BIG mistake!  I didn’t count the stitch gauge correctly and had to make some quick “revisions”!

As you can see, the fronts were much smaller than the back…

…so I added several rows of double crochet along each front edge to make them the same width as the back of the jacket:

Luckily, I finished it in time to wear to the wedding! 

On the day before the wedding, I was able to visit a yarn shop (which was probably a mistake with my “horrible cold” because I was exhausted when I got back to the hotel…but I DID have fun while I was there!).  The name of the shop is Charlotte Yarn and their website is: http://www.charlotteyarn.com/ .  They have wonderful displays and yarn.  I did “serious damage” to my credit card!

My wonderful niece Lucy was a beautiful Bride!  And her new husband John is a real “sweetie pie”.

They both look so happy!

 

Another highlight of the trip was getting to meet and hold William!  He is my brother Bill’s grandson.  Getting to hold him made me feel so close to Bill.  I have the belief that Bill held him before he was born…

He looks so much like Bill did as a baby!

I know that Bill is so proud of Parker and Ericka.  They are wonderful parents!

As a little “celebration gift”, I am posting the instructions for the “Yarn Scraps Pin”:

Although the pins have yarn, there is no knitting involved!  So, even non-knitters can make it.  Just ask a friend who is a knitter for some small pieces of yarn.  Just be sure and make one for your knitting friend …or share the pattern with them.  The instructions for the pin have a step by step tutorial with photos of each step.
The instructions for making the pin can be downloaded at:
 http://tinyurl.com/4ghnuom

 Holding a baby is so very special.  They are open, wise, and innocent.

Dear Readers, look into the eyes of a child today…you will gain wisdom and great joy!

Fondly, Mary