Well, I did it! I finished Monika's Sakura Cherry Blossom Shawl last night. I was under a tiny bit of pressure, because I am donating it to our church's silent auction portion of their flea market next Saturday. I sure hope someone will want it. The church really needs the funds right now. Since I don't have the pocketbook for some of the more luxurious yarns like silk, I did happen upon this new yarn by Caron...Simply Soft Shadows. This is an extremely soft DK weight acrylic yarn that is self striping. It is very reasonably priced. I used 8 of the 3 oz. skeins. "Mardi Grey". Plus I think the easy care is a bonus. It's machine washable gentle cycle and machine dry low heat.
Today is Mother's Day! Happy Mother's Day to all mothers everywhere! So far I have had a very nice day. We all went to church. I receive a lovely carnation. It's tradition in our church to give all the ladies in the church a carnation. Then my boys took me to Longhorn Steak House for dinner. It was delicious as usual. Sunday Dinner is the perfect time to go, no wait and very fast service. Not only did they give me a $5.00 gift card to use on our next visit, but they also gave me a gorgeous long stemmed rose. That was so nice. It really made my day :) 
The only other thing that would have made my day better... having my oldest son with us. He is hunkered down at school finishing up projects and finals. Then once schools over he'll only be home briefly and then back to school. He's staying on campus for the summer. He got a wonderful internship working with unmanned autonomous undersea vehicles. He is very excited about this opportunity. Hopefully if all goes well this will lead to a research assistant position for graduate school. He's on the fast track to finish his master's degree (computer engineering) one year after his B.S. in Computer and Electrical Engineering next year. I am very proud of him. He has done phenomenally well and I hope he continues to do so :)One last thing before I go...I have a new addition to my knitting library.
No, it's not a mother's day gift, but I got it yesterday with my 50% off coupon at AC Moore. I could resist the bargain ;) Now, I have lots of new pattern stitches to try out.Happy Knitting :)
P.S. I almost forgot....check out:
My Ball Band Mop Cover Pattern has been published! I was very flattered when Sandra wanted to publish my pattern in Fiber Femmes Magazine. Thank you Sandra!
the shawl is beautiful and you showing it off in front of that lovely cherry blossem tree makes it look all the more gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteWow, beautiful shawl! Congratulations on the publication of your excellent pattern!
ReplyDeleteIt turned out great! I love it! It sure eats a lot of yarn. I love my Knitting Stitch calendar. It's the first place I look, when searching for a pattern.
ReplyDeleteI hope somebody likes your shawl, it looks very comfortable. Congrats on your publication!
happy Mothers Day! The shawl is beautifulm - I'm sure it will be one of the first things to sell! Glad to hear you had a wonderful day!
ReplyDeleteYour shawl is beautiful! I've used Simply Soft Shadows, and I never would've guessed that's what you used for the shawl. in the photos it looks way too luxurious to be acrylic. Gotta love that :-)
ReplyDeleteThat shawl is beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a nice mother's day.
Your son's intership sounds really interesting!!
I have been so tempted to get that book! Coupons are great - aren't they? How exciting for you to be published! That is a great pattern. I need to try that very soon.
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day to you. I know that I will be thinking of my mom today... well I do every day. Wishing she was here.
Blessings,
CeElle
what a beautiful shawl and happy mother's day! : )
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shawl! Sounds like you had a very nice Mother's Day. Congrats on being published!
ReplyDeleteOh pretty shawl. I am positive someone will be glad to take your shawl home!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the pattern publishing, that is awesome. :)
Wow, your shawl is so beautiful. Congrats on the publication of your pattern. That has got to be really exciting.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the publication. And you shawl is lovely, I am sure it will be a hit. I have that knitting stitch calendar, I love it and use it often.
ReplyDeletecongrats on your pattern getting published. the shawl looks absolutely amazing. I can't wait to hear how much it ends up going for. :) glad that you had a happy mother's day--except for your oldest not being there. It sounds like he's going to be very busy--I hope he manages to come home every now and then still. :)
ReplyDeleteThe shawl is beautiful!! Very fitting for you who loves all things Japanese :-) Glad you had a wonderful Mother's Day!! Congratulations on your publication!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on being published! Your knitting is always so beautiful, you should be published!
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So beautiful, Deb. And a Happy (belated) MD to you. x
ReplyDeleteThe recipient will be very lucky to have such a gorgeous shawl! Very nice.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your mop cover pattern. I especially like the orange and yellow one.
I really like the shawl and the color is so neat!
ReplyDeleteBTW
You've been tagged. Go to my blog ( http://joseesimard.blogspot.com ) to see the rules.
Gorgeous shawl! Congrats on your pattern publishing!
ReplyDeleteYour shawl is so beautiful!
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