Knitting, Swimming, Running,and Weaving Oh My !!!

This is the first scarf that my mom has ever knitted. You would think she is a pro by her knitting and talking on the phone at the same time. She quickly finished this scarf and promptly started on another one. I think she is hooked. I thought I took a picture of her scarf, but I can't find it anywhere.

The first weekend in November my friend Jill and I swam for charity. We've been practicing all summer for this moment. My first lap of the summer I didn't know how I would be able to even finish this race, but I did. All 500 yards of it. You may not think it is far, but it is. I am so proud of us.

You can see Jill coming up on the left toward the end of the video. My Hubby was so encouraging. You can hear him cheer me on. They also ran a 5K. I wanted to run it, but I haven't ran in awhile, so I thought it was best to skip it. No I didn't skip the whole 5 K, I just didn't run in it. I did run a mile last night. It only took me 12 min and 21 seconds. It is amazing how time can change things. I use to run a mile in 5 min. 50 seconds. I need to practice more. My knees were hurting and sore when I finished. Does this mean I am getting old or just out of practice?

Another woven bag project. I haven't been knitting at home for a while now because I've been working on this beautiful woven bag. All my knitting is done on my rode trips or when I'm at work at Universal or on my way to Disney.
This is the strap for the bag. This yarn was dyed with natural plant dyes and spun by Jennifer from  http://www.goshyarnit.com/  This is where I got the yarn for other bag I wove. It took me 6 hours to make this strap.

This is the start of the bag 4 hours into it. The yellow yarn was really tangled up and it took almost 2 hours to untangle it. You have to wrap the yarn in the heddle. This is the purple looking thing hanging in the middle. You go around once through the slat, then the next time around you go through a hole. Warping, or wrapping the yarn around takes the longest to do in my opinion. The rest of the project should be smooth sailing. It will be difficult for me to let this peice go. I love the colors and textures.

This is day number 4. It took me another 3 hours to get this far.

I can't wait to start weaving it to see the patterns that it will make. I wrapped the yarn around in a certain way so that It will make a nice pattern.

I hope to start weaving it by Sun. I want to apologize to Eli for taking so long to make this bag. It does take awhile to make and my schedual has been very limited at home. I am dedicating more time to this now, because I know Christmas is coming and I want to make sure it is done in the next 2 weeks. Well, you know what I'll be doing the next two weeks.

Catch Up Time

Well I will try and catch everyone up on what I've been doing. First of all my son has been blogging for about maybe 2 months if that and he already has half the number of visitors as me. He is seven. I can't believe it.

Barry, Barry and Carrie went golfing for Barry's Dad Barry's birthday. Yes my husbands name is Barry and so is his fathers name. The weather was beautiful and so was the company. I had so much fun on the golf course with Barry. It was nice to get out and relax in the Florida sunshine.

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We went to St. Augustine. Aidan wanted to check out what was in front of the cannon. He stepped on the ledge and Barry grabbed him. There was at least a 20' drop. I don't get where he gets his adventurous side from.

Yes these shoes are still comfortable. I could walk all over the Earth in these.

Here is an Outfit I made for Ashley's doll. This is the other doll I've been working on. I don't know which color to use. Purple or blue for the sleeves. what do you think?

I have to admit, I sure was tired after picking up this golf ball. Austin just got up and ran around some more. I don't know where he gets his energy.

We've been getting up early every morning to go to swim lessons at South West Aquatics. I have enjoyed watching my kids swim. Here is a video of them.

So, I've been a little busy. The doll has taken up most of my time. I am trying to get it done so that I can enter it in the Orange County fair. My hands are getting tired. I miss knitting. My hands don't get as tired. My first sock is still going. I knit on it on the way to Disney. I hope to finish it soon. Sorry for the collage, I will try harder to keep up my posts.