"Y" Yikes

Yikes...

I forgot to give you the answers to the "W" meme, photo contest. No one won a book, unfortunately.

Hair

On my computer, and in every software I have, this picture is straight, but I can't get it straight here. So take my word for it when I say the above picture comes from this one.  :) BTW this is my second son and his girlfriend.

sunglasses lens

Daughter Deborah

rainbow...obviously

The whole picture. Actually saw a double rainbow that day, but couldn't get a good picture.  

Plant.

The magnolia tree I received for my birthday.

sand

Daughters playing in the sand. They made a mermaid's tail.

I hope you enjoyed these pictures.  Have a blessed week.

Ginger

"Y" is for...

YARN

"What? Yarn?" you say. Yep, yarn.

I've made a few things in my time. This is probably the one I'm most proud of - up to this point.

My husband is a long-standing Pittsburgh Steelers fan and I made this scarf for him several years ago.

Right now I am making a scarf for my nine year old. He wanted an University of Alabama (Roll Tide) scarf for Christmas. (That sounds like a seriously wrong sentence, but it is grammatically correct. I think. Ugghhh!!!)

I asked him exactly what he wanted and then I went online and looked at scarves, which are few and far between, that had the Alabama name and colors. White was not an option - he is nine afterall. So we chose gray and Alabama Red. He wanted a red background with gray words - Roll Tide. 

But I couldn't settle for that. NO WAY! So I did a little more research and consulted another Alabama fan. Did you know that you can knit two sides at the same time? It's called double knitting. You can view a video on youtube if your interested in finding out more.

My colors are red on one side and gray on the other. But that wasn't enough either. I KNEW I could do the writing (see above Steelers scarf), so I have worked it out on graph paper. And reworked it out on graph paper. And worked it a third and fourth time. I had to do the same for the above scarf too. Trial and error are the best teachers.  :)

So here's how it's going to look:  Gray side says ROLL TIME (in red); Red side says ALABAMA (in gray). I'm only partially done so no pictures yet. I did have to undo twice. The first time I realized my "R" was backwards and possibly upside down.  LOL Thus the need to go back and rework my design. The second time I purled when I was supposed to knit and knitted when I should have purled. Sigh, it does happen.

I am on a roll now, and I have another (quieter) request for one just like it from my fourteen year old. I told him I didn't know if I'd have time - but I will make time. SHHHHH!!! Don't tell him. I want it to be a surprise.

Have you ever made anything with yarn? Maybe just have a favorite something made with yarn (and with love)? Tell me about it.

As always - under HIS wings,

Ginger