Driving to Lake Mead

The mountain in forefront is Bonelli, and the cliffs in the distance are the Grand Wash Cliffs part of the Grand Canyon.


These are hills outside of Kingman Arizona. Trying to share our hills versus Maine's hills. We are headed to Temple Bar Arizona on Lake Mead. The weather is hazy so my pictures are only good for about 15 to 30 miles.

This view is from turn off to Bonelli Bay the water is down in Lake Mead but it is still beautiful.

The drive takes about 2 hours one way so I worked on another pair of socks. I found a lovely lady who likes baby socks so I now have a way to use the end of skeins from socks. Today, is a run into Kingman day and meet with a client who wants sweaters knitted, afghans made etc. Busy Busy. IT IS FINALLY RAINING HERE!!!Thank God
Have a wonderful day. karen

Designs for Mystical Creation Yarns

No photo will be posted today. The best photo of my recent work for Mystical Creation Yarns is on both the website and blogspot. The button on the right is to the website and blog.

I love the colors and the texture of the shawl. And now, on the other designs.

For Isabelle....DaySky in Arizona

This view is from the front door looking East. The funny looking peak is actually called Austin Peak. No it wasn't name for my husband or I. We didn't even know that was the name of the mountain (6,000ft) when we brouht the property in 1994. We started building our home in 2002 and the builder said "Did you know that is Austin Peak?" We thought he was pulling our leg so bought the geological survey maps of this area. Sure enough its Austin Peak.

This picture was taken for Isabelle..... she loves to take pictures of the sky.

Catching Up With The World

Well, Hughes.net came on by the house (guy was out of Phoenix and did a service call in Winslow first) put a new antenna up and a new modem in the house. Modem in the house will have a problem come spring with moths that get in the house being attracted to the blue lights. So, many of the machines in the house emit light at night. Coffee maker has enough green light emitting that I don't have to turn on lights to see my way into the bedroom.

Sunday, the local newspaper (Kingman Daily Miner) published in the business section a very nice article by Jennifer Bartlett concerning my internet business www.scarvesforallreasons.com I really enjoyed the article and quite a few people from Kingman have dropped by the blogspot (google analytics).

Still making socks. Finished the set of size 10.5 womens, moving on to the size 15 mens, then finally size 12 double e womens. Also, designing a cotton tank top for spring/summer.

Hope you have a wonderful week.
karen

Crazy week

Monday morning early I posted to the blog regarding the fun fur beanies and that I had finished 2 more pairs of socks. Logged off the system, and 2 hours later came back to NO INTERNET ACCESS. I am totally dependent on satelitte dish from Hughes net to get to the internet. Called and spent 2 hours with "help" desk. They sent me to a higher up tech who said I needed even more help. So, it has been strange using a 2800kps access to even read my email never mind any good stuff. Last night at 7 pm (which is very late for me as I am up by 5 every morning) they called to walk me thru doing a frequency re-set. They wanted to dial in to fix problem and I informed them that we have no land lines for them to dial into the system. Then they were going to send tech help out to house........ I informed them that tech help in our area is from Las Vegas, NV or Phoenix AZ and can take up to 3 weeks to get here. Scheduling problems. Anyway, I am temporarily (sp) fixed.

In the meantime I started 2 more pairs of socks, 2 lovely shawls from Mystical Creation Yarns wool/silk and got my research books for the penny collection.


Hope everyone has a lovely weekend with the playoffs and the Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction.
karen

Hats for Boston Hospital Children

Well, being terrible at finding old photographs I can't show a picture of the hats and scarves I sent to http://minisoup.blogspot.com I found this project on blog. Since, I lived in Boston for 5 years during the 70's I thought great project to participate in, and for a worthy cause.

Playoff socks are done. 2 pairs in Opal Feeling. The next big project is a shawl from Mystical Creation Yarns. It is still very cold here. Bearing in mind that Arizona isn't where you expect 12 degrees in the Morning. Was in town yesterday getting truck fixed and couldn't believe how many people had frozen pipes. What a mess.

To all of you in the cold and ice. Stay warm. Karen

Beyond Stash into Horde

Received the final shipment for December orders. This doesn't included any orders received and made up in December. Husband has upgraded my yarn status from a simple stash to a serious horde.

The guardian of the horde HEYA

Furry legs in red done for Michelle

Furry legs in purple done for Danielle

Trekking yarns in blue and purple, Opal Feelings suite, 100% British BLuefaced Leicester Wool in Sienna, Joan of Arc in Sweetheart 50% merino wool and 50% tencel, Regia yarns in red and white, 2 skeins of LYS 100% merino wool sock yarn. The opal feelings and the Trekking yarn came from Astrids Dutch Obsessions

Sarah's Yarn 100% Pure DK Cashmere 4 ply Http://www.sarahsyarns.com
Planned use is for a Tam and shawl in a fair isle pattern.

Starting a New Year

Well, 2007 is certainly starting out very different than last year. Quiet New Year's Eve (hard to wake the neighbors when we are in bd at 8:30) and a quiet New Year's Day. First thing on tuesday that happened was a sock order, President Ford's Funeral, and phone calls regarding accounting. All the accounting calls were past urgent.... so, raced (30 miles one way) into town to help out people. Got, a new accounting client so I get to do accounting work 4 times a month not including my own books.

Received a large order of sock yarns from Astrid at AstridsDutchObsessions.com I got the Opal Feelings collection, and some Trekking yarn for some socks that people asked for in December. So, knit knit knit.

The Shop addition exterior is completed, the interior walls are now completed, the doors are on the shop, and now the lighting is being arranged. Husband is slowing down a little in the frantic race against cold weather.

We have heard from all our family and everyone is doing well which is a miracle much appreciated.

Have a great weekend.
karen