Sharing Ravelry

I just figured out how to share pages on my Ravelry account with non-Ravelry members!  Below is the link to my Colorplay Challenge Scarf.

A Tangle Of Color on Ravelry.com

A Tangle of Color

Behold: my colorful scarf.

  I decided to participate in a crochet contest (mentioned in previous post).  The challenge was to use at least four colors of Tahki Stacey Charles Cotton Classic yarn in the most creative way.  After much thought and many sketches, I settled on this mirrored wave idea with strands of color woven through.  I ordered my yarn online since we don't have a local yarn shop that carries this particular brand (unless you consider Fresno local...I don't).  So I anxiously awaited the arrival of my yarn not knowing if the colors would look at all like what I viewed on the computer screen.  To my delight, they were even better than I had hoped!    

The yarn is woven really tight and each ply is made of two ply of yarn so it gives the strand a woven effect.  It looks like tiny cord.  This made each wrap of each stitch stand out amazingly.  Most of my stitches are double treble crochet which means I wrap the yarn around my hook three times and pull through four times.  Basically, there are a lot of loops and twists to look at and it makes each stitch look really intricate.  Anyway, enough technical talk...let's view and VOTE for my scarf!  Go here!  You might have to sign in to vote, in which case, I totally understand if you do not want to sign up for knitting daily.  :)

One Fun Day

Yesterday was such a fun day.  We didn't do anything particularly special but had so much fun together.  The kids took a long nap when we got home from work giving me some blissful quiet to work on my color contest scarf.  When they woke up they wanted to play quietly in the playroom doing a project.  So we pulled out the pipe cleaners and construction paper and went to work.  Soon, as their energy increased, they took the project fun outside.  We still have our old mattress on the balcony.  It looks ugly but is so much fun we are having trouble getting rid of it!

The next step was getting dressed and going on a bike adventure.  Molly lead the way through the really tall grass.  Willy didn't want me to take any pictures of them pushing through with the grass as high as their shoulders but it was darn cute.  Our adventures led us to the fence on the north side of our property.  The neighbors' horses decided to come by and say hello.  It was so fun cause the kids had never pet a horse before.  Molly was a little apprehensive but Willy loved it and was sad when we moved on.

The evening led to an excited evening in the house.  We were playing super-hero after watching Despicable Me.  Molly was the pillow super-hero but every time I tried to take a picture of her she did the model pose.

Willy was just a good 'ol super-hero.

All-in-all it was just about the perfect day!

Mommy, I'm Sick

After a very fun day with Mi Mi, Willy and Molly came home tired but still wanting to play.  They spent some time outside on their bikes and then decided that they would rather come in and take it easy while I made some dinner.  I turned around after a couple minutes of quiet and found Willy sitting on the steps like this saying "Mommy, I'm sick."  He was playing of course but during my laughter I couldn't help but be amazed at just how much the kids learn from anywhere and everywhere.  I don't think I have ever used that hot water bottle since Willy has been around and the thermometer I use on the kids is an ear one.  My little sponge!

Willy's Super-hero Mask

I thought it only appropriate to make Willy something fun after making Molly her little princess crown.  It just so happened that another one of my swatches made the perfect mask! 

Willy "roaring" for me