Happy Mother's Day (one day early)

We'd like to wish our MOM'S a very HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! You gals are the GREATEST!

I've been thawing some frozen strawberries and today (a day early) I'm going to make myself (&Tom & kids) a great big ole Strawberry Cheese Cake! I rarely make deserts, so this will be yummy!

I haven't posted my cross-stitch progress in awhile...that's because I've put it on hold until I finish my current knitting project. Here is the last pic I took before I put it away...you can kinda see why it's not grasping my interest ATM.


Thanks to my MOM I know how to knit! :-)

Thanks to my good friend Dana I've learned how to knit "comfort dolls." They are for a literacy project for the children in Uganda. If you know how to knit and have time to make a couple before the end of this month, please visit the Knitting For Angels website. I love this project because you can use your left over yarn from other projects. Keep in mind this is my third knitting project ever. My first two being dish cloths. Reeve & Kyle love the dolls, so I have to make them a couple next. The first one I made I didn't quite know how to go about embroidering the face...It isn't centered and I used floss instead of yarn. Then you can see how I've experimented with the face...the last one is getting better I think. The first doll was really hard to seam up...I was using a yarn needle and it wasn't sharp enough to go through the stuffing. Oh my fingers hurt pushing it through! I experimented with the second one by making it "thinner" to see if that would help, but he turned out too thin (not very comforting) and the yarn needle still had a hard time going through. The rest I used a sharper needle with thread for the seams, and that seemed (a little pun)to work better. I have a hard time measuring my time, but I think it takes me about 6 hours to make one doll. My knitting is improving and I can purl faster now, before it was a real struggle for me to get the hang of purling.

I also got to test some bamboo needles for this project. I'm still torn on which needles I like better! The bamboo ones are nice and soft, warmer to knit with, a little more grippy. I thought I'd like the more grip factor, but now I'm not sure. The metal needles are cold & noisy, but they are also smooth and a little sharper at the ends which I think is better when you have to "knit 2 together" or "purl 2 together". I have yet to experiment with circular needles. I'm still intimidated by them.
Everyone have a great MOTHER'S DAY!