Birthday

Well it is GM-I-L birthday, and we all had a good time visiting with everyone. We gave her a potted mums plant. Which gives me a chance to download some books, and look up some knitting patterns. It is my GM-I-L 90th birthday. So I brought along some knitting and worked on it.

Making a Cardigan

Long Cardigan
Out of Knit.1 Spring 2005



Sized for small (Medium, Large).
Bust (closed) 47 (50, 54)”/ 119 (127, 137) cm
Length 38 ½ (39, 39 ½)”/ 98 (99,100) cm
Upper Arm 16(17, 17 ½)”/ 40.5 (43, 44.5) cm

The Gauge
13 sts and 20 rows to 4”/10cm over St st using size 10(6mm) needles.
BE SURE TO GET THE GAUGE.

Make the Back
Cast on 77(82, 87) sts. Row 1 (RS) k2,*p3,k2; rep from* to end. Cont in k2, p3 rib for 4”/10cm. Then, cont in St st until piece measures 31 ½”/80cm from beg.

Shape the Armhole
Bind off 4 sts at beg of next 2 rows. Dec1 st each side every other row 4 times, every4th row4-times53(58, 63 sts. Work even until armhole measures 6 ¼ (6 ¾, 7 ¼ )”/16 (17, 19) sts each side for shoulders.

Shape the neck
Next row (RS) Work 18 (20, 22) sts join 2nd ball of yarn and bind off center 17 (18, 19) sts, work to end. Working both sides at once , bind off 3 sts from each neck edge once. When armhole measures 7 (7 ½, 8)”/18(19, 20.5)cm, bind off rem 15 (17, 19 sts each side for shoulders.

Make the Left Front
Cast on 33 (36, 38) sts. Row 1 (RS) k3, *p3, k2; rep from * end p0(3,0). Cont in k2, p3 rib for 4”/10cm. Then cont inSTst until piece measures 16”/40cm from beg.



So this is what I am making, along with 2 blankets a scarf and tea towel toppers. I am also listening to "The Door to December." By dean Koontz

Gone Fishing

I went fishing yesterday evening and nothing was biting anything but the floater. A lot of minnows were out in the water I saw three turtle heads and one fish jump out of the water. The only thing I took with me was some grubs. I could not find any big worms in the yard, and I forgot about my gizzards in the frezzer. I was meeting a friend there to give him some tickets to the Bucs game for today. I need to fish more often then I do becuase it is soothing to the mind.

Overtime

Well I worked the overtime. I should of gone to the game tonight. I was very bored at work I did not listen to my book. I did not get to watch the talent show. They did not broadcast it over the TV. So I am listening to "Dark Tower VII" the last book of the dark tower series. I find the book very sad. I would like to own the books.

Overtime

So I am working overtime tonight and I left my keys at work last night. So I had to call the boss and tell him what I had done, which he said that the PAC would be open for me and he would come in later and get me my keys. The week at work was went very fast. I am very glad that it is over, the nice thing is that tonight is overtime if I did not need the money I would be at the magic game, spending money that we do not have. Well there are 3 weeks left until I am on vacation. I have still not gone on a diet. I need to lose at least 50 pounds. My grandma in Oklahoma does not celebrate Halloween but she wants pictures of me and the wife at "Mickey's not so Scary Halloween Party".

Diets

Well I really need to go back on a diet I just weighted myself and I think I just broke the scale.

Because it said that I weighted 214, but I know that I weight more then that. You can see it on my belly. Well Grandma Willa did not get anything from that storm Ike. But it looks like my mom will get some from it. The cold front that is moving though the plains has hooked up with Ike, and is making it miserable for the Ohio river valley. Went to the movies with the wife last night and saw "Forever Knight" that was a very good movie. Then we went to the Mongolain Grill. I had cute and cudly sheep for dinner. Ran into the bookstore and looked around, but did not find any books of interest. Well I am almost finished with my dad's (Chuck) socks (i found the pattern online @ http://www.redcross.org/museum/exhibits/knits.asp ) My baby sister's blanket is almost done, that one is just side to side single crochet. I have so many projects going on I am not sure which one too do.

Magic Night

Well this time magic night is on the 20th this month hopefully it is not cancelled. The wife is going to this scrapbook thing and then thinking of bingo. Which if I go to magic then its a win win situation. I am push mowing my yard and hate that I broke the mower belt to the blades. The grass is knee high again and the push mower has a bag, which I do not have. The grass is so high that I have to tie open the part that falls down and covers the hole. Once the grass gets to a manageable state I can put the flap back down and it will be a mulching mower. The wife made a good point the other day when she asked me if there was a TV that will work after 17th February 2009. All I could find at a reasonable rate was the Coby &" Color Battery powered flatscreen LCD TV with AC & DC adapter for 114.95. I need one due to the fact that hurricane season is supposed to be in the abundant hurricanes cycle for the next 17 years.