Knit another blog post about knitting!

And starting on a pullover for Kateri

Meeting the greats

Love at first sight 💓 Jamie liked to wiggle his toes on Nonie's chin.

It was a fun meet and greet....

And James enjoyed seeing the apartment for the first time....

soon he settled in for a long contented nap in Nonies's lap.

Then it was time for a special snack:

Nonie made tapioca!  The kiddos each had three (very large) helpings. 😊

Tapioca, i.e., Nonie-oca, is their favorite treat!

You'll enjoy it , too, Jamie, someday!

He is an armful at 12+pounds, and 4 weeks old tomorrow.  What a blessing!  Thanks be to God!

We all enjoyed Nonie and Nano's hospitality very much!

Knitting right along

Pair of socks that 'fit' for one morning

Sweater in progress from the same yarn as the socks (6month size-better get busy!)....

A first attempt at fair isle -- 

too small for this little one:

But a fun project!

Welcome Jamie Hilleary

We are so thankful all almost 11 pounds of him are here safe and sound! Thanks be to God for His Mercies! And please Jesus bless him and keep Jamie close to you!

He must have an angel who likes to tell jokes!

Love you, sweet Jamie!

Odds and ends

Today is Charles de foucauld's feast day---he was a good artist---here is a picture of our Lady of Perpetual Help that he painted for the Poor Clare's:

Also here is a picture of the risen Jesus over the altar that he used for Mass:

Laura's home remodel is coming along:

Christmas knitting for chiara (might possibly be too small! Augh!)

Newborn size for sure:

Socks for Zoe:

(Hopefully they fit!)

Darling Max wearing his socks:

But who can tear their eyes away from that face to look at his feet? I can't!  

Still I  find myself wondering is the finished project too long? Too short? Too loose? Too tight? Kind of weird?

What is it about knitting? You can knit and put time into a project

and the results often are just

a little 

bit different...

Go figure!

A moment of truth

Peter wore the hat I knit him......

On tacky Tuesday.

There's a lesson here somewhere...!

Just finished and just about to begin

A sweater for Laura's littlest, Mr. On-his-way:

First try at duplicate stitch, embroidering on knit, and first try at the sweater pattern...alleluia! Had to redo a sleeve and the button placket but it's done! Glory be! Thanks be to God!

And I was so excited to get a pair of feet from Nebraska in the mail today!  So here are the Wittman grand baby feet all lined up:

Aunt Mary is raring to get started!

Artwork

The girls painted pictures for my birthday---what a wonderful gift!

Mimi painted this evocative Halloween themed picture, isn't it fun?

Jeanne painted this cabin in the woods (and also a series of self portraits which I will put on the blog when she has a chance to bring them downstairs)

Laura painted two pictures

And here is Teresa's:

When Patrick saw it he said, "what a great picture, Teresa! Can you paint me one just like it, but with the dog looking at the moon in Wrigley field?"

Peter is not really keen on painting but he had the concept down:

Finger painting a rainbow, one color per finger .....results best left to the imagination!

Aren't they fun? I love having them on display!

Teresa's and Jeanne's are in the kitchen, too. :)

Off the needles

Helix knitting, a way to knit stripes on circular needles....

Thought this would be a hat for a toddler

But Peter likes it!

I hope!

Also knit 2 other hats, one for Mimi and Jeanne:

They look very similar, but I don't have pictures of Jeanne's.

And I found a first sweater attempt (while cleaning out the sewing closet) which Danny is wearing here

It's a bit Frankenstein in how it's sewn together, but oh well!  Hope to start another sweater today and do a better job.

Halloween and a ball

Sierra and Mimi

Peter and friends (and the kitchen is pretty scary, too!)

Tee stopped by

So did Lucy and uncle bill

So blessed!

At Danny's birthday party :)

Watching Danny when Charlotte and her parents went to the marine ball.

When Charlotte saw mikey in his uniform she said, "oh, Daddy! You look so handsome and prince-y!"

happy fall!