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Happy New Year!!!!

tmcknit — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:45:09 +0000

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…….Corey’s sleeping….and so is Chloe. This was a beautiful New Year’s Eve. Corey and Danielle came and we had pizza and Corey and I made chocolate crinkle cookies (Keith’s favorite – sorry you missed it Keith). Corey fell asleep pretty early but Mark, Danielle and I stayed up till 12:30 or 1:00 and then they spent the night. This picture of our sleepy boy was taken at 11:56 p.m.

Danielle and I knitted and crocheted. Danielle finished her first baby afghan at 11:58 p.m. I told her to hurry and weave the ends in before midnight so she could say she made three scarves and one baby blanket in 2009. She did with Mark supplying a little pressure while she weaved in the ends. Here’s the blanket – I think it’s Bernat boucle. We’ve since decided that in order to fix one of the wonky corners and make the blanket a little bigger, Danielle is going to learn how to make a border. So technically, it’s not finished but here it is……..

Happy Mother’s Day to me!

tmcknit — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:47:41 +0000

I’m a lucky girl. My family makes me happy every time I’m with them. The kids all came on Mother’s Day – all four of them since Mark and I call them all “our kids” now – with great deference to their own “real” parents. We made homemade pizza (a family favorite) for lunch. The guys played baseball while Danielle and I played on iPhones and watched the men and laughed at them. Corey taught Justin how to play baseball and Justin picked it up right away – he’s very good at sports.

Keith changed oil in the Jeep and van. This is Corey helping – under a tarp because it started to rain.

Mark made me a cake – awwwww.

Corey and Danielle gave me this beautiful plant. It is a gloxinia. We don’t have plants because we have cats who like to eat plants. Corey volunteered to keep the flower at his house – nice boy It’s safely where Carrie and Chloe can’t get to it but they’ve tried their darndest.

Keith and Justin got us a big flat panel monitor for the computer for multiple holidays. We had a small one but this is really cool. Nice!!! We think of them every time we’re on the computer.

We then all went to Corey and Danielle’s house and took the leftovers with us and had dinner there. It was so nice and Stripes and Louie were entertaining as usual.

It was a beautiful day.

♥I love you Mom♥ (Pair #33)

tmcknit — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:47:37 +0000

Happy Mother’s Day to Mom! I made her these socks and we bought her a wireless mouse and keyboard. She was pretty happy. I was not fond of this sock yarn – the color looked a little dull to me but Mom loves them and that’s all that matters. Mom – you are loved.

*Paton’s Stretch Sugar 32415**

Corey, the foot model (Pair #32)

tmcknit — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:45:36 +0000

Doesn’t Corey make a lovely foot model? These are Corey’s newest socks, although these are from March 6, so I’m wayyyyyy behind on posting. The socks Corey got for Christmas were not a perfect fit so I made him these to his specifications (mental note – Sock Wizard doesn’t work for everybody).

**Regia Stretch Nordic Oslo 124**

Pretty and practical

tmcknit — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:33:52 +0000

We took our tree down on New Year’s Day (just so you don’t think we are those people who still have lights up in May), but since I haven’t been able to get my pics off the camera, this post is a little late. This is a good way to store Christmas ornaments. We have a small tree, which translates to small ornaments. I’m sure I didn’t invent this idea, but I thought I’d share since it was a new idea to me. The ornaments also look really pretty in the egg cartons.

Merry Christmas!

tmcknit — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 16:23:32 +0000

Who better to wish you Merry Christmas than our sweet little girls, Carrie and Chloe. We wish you all as much love and joy in 2009 as these two share with each other and with us every day.

So from all of us (Mark, Teri, Carrie and Chloe)………..to all of you (our wonderful kids – all four of you – our family and friends who have e-mailed, called and shared your concern, good wishes and friendship through Mark’s hospitalization and recuperation, and throughout the year)………..from all of us to all of you…………….

Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for 2009!!

P.S. I had to add the bonus picture of our little Buddha Belly Chloe in the picture below – it’s from last year but it’s priceless.

Christmas Socks 2008 (Pairs #24-28)

tmcknit — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:20:21 +0000

Hmmmmmmmmm – wonder what could be in those little boxes? I guess the title of the post gives it away. I made the little mittens gracing each box using the same wool as the socks – so now each recipient will have matching socks and mittens (yes, I know that’s corny since they can’t actually wear the mittens – so sorry). When I went to get the camera to take a picture, Carrie decided to try to steal the mittens off of the boxes, and somehow this beautiful picture was the first picture I took – I think it’s a keeper with her looking so innocent – so I took no more (although I was tempted because one of the boxes on the top level is crooked but who can resist a beautiful Carrie pic).

These are socks I worked on all year – between other projects – for Christmas gifts for my family. I took the picture outside in the snow – today it is 4 degrees with a wind chill of -27. Thankfully, I didn’t have to stray far – I just stepped out the door and took them on the back deck.

In the order they appear, here’s who they’re for and what they’re made with:

**Mark – Regia Strato Color 5748
Keith – Regia Crazy Color 114
Justin – Regia Strato Color 5747
Corey – Regia Schatten Color 5163
Danielle – Regia Jacquard Color 5243**

Do you sense a pattern with the socks I make? I love Regia!! Not all socks I make are Regia, but a majority are.

Happy 25th Anniversary!!!

tmcknit — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:47:45 +0000

June 25 was our 25th wedding anniversary. I’m late in publishing this post because I just never got around to scanning this picture to insert but here it is – finally.

You could say it was our silver (25 years) AND our golden (25 on the 25th) anniversary. It kind of got lost in everything because we were so busy planning and preparing for Mom and Dad’s 50TH ANNIVERSARY!!! This is my favorite picture from our wedding. Anybody who knows us knows that we don’t like those posed, portrait studio photos – we like real-life pictures – those are the ones that depict things the way they really are. That’s probably why I love this one. Everybody thought it looked like Mark was ready to do harm to me with the knife.

I love you Mark Alan – you are my forever.

Love, Teresa Marie

Fingerless gloves revisited

tmcknit — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:21:45 +0000

Fingerless gloves – can’t get enough of them. I wanted a pair for myself so I could keep my hands warm and still knit while we’re in the vehicle going wherever. I showed Danielle and she wanted a pair. Mom said “nah” but then she saw them coming to life and she said yes, she’d love a pair. Dad said yes right away. He said he used to have a pair of leather ones he really liked (shhhhhhhhhh – I may buy him a pair of leather ones too if these don’t wear well for him – he works outside a lot). Mark wanted a pair also – to wear under his gloves to keep his wrists warms. I made the wrist ribbing four inches for everybody – everybody wanted their wrists warm.

Here’s the list of who gets what, starting at the top:

Pair #1 – Regia Canyon Colors 2804 and black Regia – these are mine – they match a pair of socks I previously made for myself
Pair #2 – black Regia – these are for Mark
Pair #3 – Regia Stretch Color #82 – these are for Danielle
Pair #4 – black Regia – these are for Dad
Pair #5 – black Regia and Regia Marokko 5492 – these are for Mom and match a pair of socks I previously made for her

As for the pattern, I tried several patterns and adapted to what we all wanted (longer ribbing, more stockinette between the wrist and the start of the thumb gusset, etc.). These were all made with scrap yarn so it was a good use of scraps, except for Danielle’s – she picked what she wanted from my stash.

Once in a lifetime……..

tmcknit — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:56:48 +0000

This is the story of Mark and myself decorating a gingerbread house. This is something I have always wanted to do. I now consider it a once in a lifetime experience because I will never do it again – never say never – I would do it again with a grandchild in a heartbeat if we are blessed with one or more of those little gems.

Mark and I bought the kit for $10.00 at Walmart. We had a blast. He even cut some of the candies and made them into little evergreens. Mark decorated the back of the house (he outlined his path with yellow gumdrops and put a flower on the wall to the right of the back door – yes it IS too a flower – he told me so) and I decorated the front (wreath above the door and a white trash sidewalk). We both did the rest together. We laughed until I almost cried because really, it looks like a third grader did it (no offense to third graders because they could probably do better).

Enjoy the pics and hold your laughter!