On My Needles

This past week found me at a family reunion for

my side of the family in

Gettysburg, Pa.

We laughed, played games, laughed some more,

ate, laughed, told stories and

did I mention laugh?

It was four days of love and fun.
I am so blessed to have the family I do...

not that we don't have problems,

but we truly love each other and

would do anything for each other.

Well...

I gave the quilts out to these

Nieces and Nephews who were there.

Unfortunately at the last minute

four of my nieces weren't able to come to the reunion,

so their quilts were sent home with their parents.

(I will be checking to make sure the nieces received them!)

All of them were very appreciative of the quilts

and were talking about where they are going to be hung in

their rooms or homes.

It was great fun!

Since I was away from my quilting things for the reunion,

no sewing or quilting has been done.

However...

I was able to knit!

I started knitting my first ankle sock.

This pattern inspired me,

but I have made several changes. 

I added an inch of k2p2 ribbing to the beginning.

Plus, I used the short row heel instead of the heel the pattern suggests.

It's taking a while knitting on these little needles,

but I'm pleased with the results.

I needed a bit of a change from knitting socks and 

found this pattern on Ravelry and had some great yarn to use for it.

It took me three starts to get this going!

Plus, I had never started with the provisional cast on,

so that took a few attempts, too.

Knitting on these larger needles is quick!

(As long as I pay attention and don't have to rip back!)

Please visit Patchwork Times to see what others are working on this week.

Happy Friday!