Contest at ChooChooKnits.blogspot.com

My new friend Karen has a great knitting blog and "general" things about life. I met Karen in a crazy knitting contest called Sock Wars. We both learned a lot about certain knitters in that contest but the best part was we ended up becoming great friends. Since we hit it off so well and had hit some bumps in Sock Wars, we knittted socks for each other. We both love knitting and have amazingly so far only communicated via e-mail and ravelry.com.

Check out Karen's blog and enter the contest.... You just have to let her know what it is you are secretly addicted to. If you are like me and love knitting you know it has be buying yarn, yarn and more yarn.

Choo, Choo...... have fun. And I'll post a picture soon of the socks Karen made for me.

Happy Thanksgiving

We put up our tree and are busy cooking the turkey and all the fixin's. We miss being with our family. Sometimes it can be a bit lonely in Connecticut without all the family. They are all gathered around the table in Michigan and I know they are having fun. We are very thankful for our family and cherish the time we get to spend with them. We are looking forward to Christmas and getting to see all their smiling faces.

Christmas Knitting

So, I have started the Christmas knitting. I know my nieces and nephews won't be reading the blog so I can reveal my holiday knitting for this year. First, I am making socks for them, at least the girls. I have been on a sock making kick so I have yarn left to make some smaller sizes. I love the Yankee Knitter pattern.

The big project is the Quidditch sweater for Owen. It is coming along fine. I just have to finish the sleeves and then seam it all together. I hope to have that done this week. (Although I am perplexed as to why my gauge is correct re: width but the height is a little too tall - I am always seeking to understand the mechanics of knitting better) I am making the sweater found in the Charmed Knits book. It contains other Harry Potter inspired knitting too. Great for kids and adults who love the Harry Potter series.

Go to A Stitch in Time in Bethel CT to get all the supplies to make these items. I post pics when I complete the projects.

California and Mexico - We started again

Okay so we had to start over again. This time, I'll try to keep more up to date.

We just had a fabulous trip to California and Mexico. We had dinner the first night in California at our favorite restaurant in San Pedro - Whale & Ale. Here is photo of Dora and Rob Klopfstein the piano player. Even after being gone for 6 years all our friends were still at our favorite watering hole. http://www.whaleandale.com We highly recommend that if you are in the LA area you go to this restaurant. Just tell Andrew, the owner... Adam and Dora from Connecticut sent you.

We just got back from our 2nd trip to Mexico. We love the ports we visited on the cruise last year so we did it again. We went to Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan and Cabo San Lucas. Here are a few photos.