New Grand Children

Today is National Adoption Day and our family grew by three. My daughter Rhea and her partner Tonya adopted three children that have been in their foster care for awhile. They join the three children that were adopted on National Adoption Day two years ago. Kennedy is the biological sister of their son Malachi. Josiah and Jonah are siblings. Jonah told me today that he had been waiting to be adopted for nine years. Kennedy, 18 months

Josiah, 7 years

Jonah, 9 years

This last picture is of Rhea and Tonya and family posing with the Judge that signed the adoption papers. Tonya is holding Kennedy. The other children are Jonah, Malachi, Gabriella, Sharayah and Josiah.

Happy Halloween

Weaving Some Table Runners

I have been doing a little weaving lately. We were in Seattle last week and I stopped by the "The Weaving Works" and purchased a few cones of thread. I thought I would do a few table runners for the Christmas season.

The pattern for this runner is from the latest issue of Handwoven magazine. It is a huck design. I used 3/2 pearl cotton. The length will be about 36" and the width is 13".

More Socks

Another pair of socks. The yarn for the socks is from Tess' Designer Yarns. She had a wonderful booth at "Sock Summit" in Portland last August.

I was going to use this yarn in a vest, but then decided to go with the socks.

New Yarn

On Saturday we headed down to the "Oregon Flock and Fiber Show" in Canby Oregon. It was a great day and we had fun celebrating my mother's 90th birthday. I "only" purchased a couple of skeins of yarn from Lisa Souza. Besides all kinds of wonderful furry animals there was about 150 merchants. It was hard to know where to start. I'm looking forward to next year.

Happy 90th Birthday Mom

Today is my mother's 90th birthday. We had a great day. We spent most of the day at the "Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival". Mom thought it was a great way to spend her birthaday. She very much would like to take up spinning and weaving.

This evening we went out for a special dinner with four generations of family members and then back to our home for Tirmasu. Tomorrow there will be more celebrating and cake after church. (But don't tell mom, it's a surprise)

The two of us in Heidelberg, Germany

1949

Mom today with her new friend

Finished Socks

I finished my first pair of socks last week. I had a lot of fun knitting them and have already started another pair. They are somewhat addictive to knit. The yarn is Ty-Dy Socks and is from Knit One, Crochet Too. The color is "Vineyard". I think they will look great with my Birki's this winter.

Digital Art

I am having a great time with the digital art class that I am taking online at Creative Workshops. The picture above has seven layers.

Sunset 3

This is the last of the three cards that I received in an exchange on the Yahoo Group Fabricard. The post card is from Ildika, who lives in Kentucky. She said this is the sunsetting on her farm. Ildika did a wonderful job of paper piecing the postcard.

Sunset 2

This is another postcard that I received in the exchange with the Yahoo group Fabricard. Ann from the UK made this. I love the silhouette of the boat.