YOP Week #16

Better late than never as the saying goes!  My son, Benjamin went to the Chicago Bear's game yesterday in Chicago and lucky for me I was able to listen to it on Free Football Radio .  He called me several times from the game and he and his friends were having a great time!  The weather was great too.  They had driven in from Iowa so it was nice that they had good weather and the Bears ALMOST won.....they lost by 1 point to the Jacksonville Jaguars after being in the lead for most of the game.  BTW the Iowa Hawkeyes won their game against Purdue on Saturday just in case you wanted to know! LOL!
 It is a wonderful but busy time of year.  It's hard trying to squeeze in all the wonderful activities and tasks associated with Fall!  But I am forging ahead and here's what I've been doing on the handwork front this week.

Mostly I've been trying to make some progress on my socks...........I have finished the foot on sock #1 and am now working on the foot of sock #2.  This is Cherry Heart's (Sandra Paul) tutorial for a first pair of socks but to tell the truth, if it was really my first pair of socks, I'm not sure I would have become a sock knitter!  You need a flow chart to follow her instructions as she tells you to do things and then repeat 3 times and then go back to somewhere else and then return and it can get very confusing and I have knit socks before!  I was a little surprised that she had a patterned sock for a first time sock knitter too.  I love Sandra and all her designs and patterns and color choices but I would not recommend this pattern for a first time sock knitter....sorry, Sandra.

I had to tear out a round of my Giant Granny blanket as I ran out of yarn just before the end of the round and I've started it again but have only made it back to where I was, so in other words, no real progress.  No yarn for Maybelle yet either but I did find out that Lilies of the Valley are called Maybelle flowers in nordic countries. 

I found a new blog I like, My 1929 Charmer  and she had the cutest knitted pumpkins she had made but she didn't reference the pattern.  I found it though on Ravelry
It is a pay for pattern and mine looks like the beginnings of a sock but it's not.  I'm using some leftover Noro Kureyon... (I think).  It's a great way to use up scraps and I do like to make something new each year for the current holiday.  I'm hoping to make a 'pumpkin patch' full! LOL!  Very easy so far.

 I managed to get the outdoor Halloween decorations up outside and my ceramic pumpkin that my Aunt Alice made (she's gone now so I cherish her ceramics that I have).

These ghosts hung in the trees on the farm when my children were growing up.....they have lasted many years!  They have tin cans weighting them down and when the wind blows the cans clang against each other.  I love the fact that at night when people drive down that other street and turn onto my street their car lights illuminate the ghosts and hopefully give them a 'fright'! LOL!

This morning when I got up I saw this in the sky..........strange clouds?  No, it's the fuel trails from the fighter jets that fly over from the Little Rock Air Force Base.  It is 3 hours away by car but not for them! 

And what is this?  The moon?  Nope..........it's a very bad picture of the space station flying over.  The local news tells us what time and where to look and when the grands were here this past Summer they got to see it and were really excited.  I just happened to look up the other evening and there it was going over.  It moves fast too!  Times like that I wish I had a better camera.

Well, that's all folks!  I'll try and get around to everyone today and see what you're up to.  This week is busy again; bi-annual doctor appointment in Mountain Home, grocery shopping, bill paying, painting outside...still!  But it has been beautiful and the leaves are turning and starting to fall here.  I hope you are enjoying good weather, good health and the simple beauty of nature where you are.  Happy Trails!