Poor Wyatt

Wyatt is sick with a fever. He have been laying down all day today. He had his two naps today. It was so quiet in the house, except Emma. She is highly energy and running around in the house. You can see Emma's legs ran into computer's chair and climbed up. Noticed that Wyatt is wearing his favorite blanket that I knitted for him. I want to make one for Emma. We went to Aquatic Center last night for party from Edward Jones Investment. Derek's parents, Nicole, Shawn, and his kids were there with us. It was little cold in the water because outside weather isn't that hot enough. We went home early. Wyatt was freak cold. We had fun. I saw my neighbor there too. I was surprised about it. :)

Fruit Bowl

It was wet from home-made starch stiffen. I used my glass bowl to mold it. It was so sticky!

I cooked starch. I put my project in a stove pan to get moisture then I squeezed it out.

It's looking like when its done from crocheted. Isn't it looks pretty doily?

It is dried now. The color do looks different. This is normal color.

Done! It is stiffed bowl. It can be anything to put in a bowl. It is from Linda Permann in Interweave Crochet summer 2011. I used Aunt Lydia's Fashion Crochet Thread 3 yarn. My mom bought the yarn for me so I can make them for my mom's friends' wedding gifts. It was little hard to mold it. I tried to get it perfect bowl but it was OK. I did my best to stiff it. But its still pretty bowl anyway. :)

Me

1. FIRST NAME? Jenna 2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? From TV 3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? Last week 4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Not really 5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Actually, ramen 6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Yes 7. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? Yes, blog 8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes 9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? No way! 10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Kellogg's 11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Yes 12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? I am sure I am 13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR? Vanilla and Chocolate 14. SHOES SIZE? 7 15. RED OR PINK? Pink 16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? Crank to the people that I love 17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? Derek when he is at work. 18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? I would love to 19. WHAT COLOR PANTS, SHIRT, SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Yellow short pants, pink shirt, no shoes 20. LAST THING YOU ATE? Cereal chocolate Cheerios 21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? None 22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Dark green 23. FAVORITE SMELL? Christmas 24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? Lisa 25. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO? Face 26. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON you stole THIS from? Yes 27. FAVORITE DRINK? Water 28. FAVORITE SPORT? Football 29. EYE COLOR? Green 30. HAT SIZE? Medium 31. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? No 32. FAVORITE FOOD? Veggies 33. SCARY MOVIE OR HAPPY ENDING? Happy ending 34. SUMMER OR WINTER? Winter 35. HUGS OR KISSES? Hugs 36. FAVORITE DESSERT? Warm chocolate cake with fudge inside. 37. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? No one 38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Ditto 39. WHAT BOOKS YOU ARE READING? Along the ride by Sarah Dessen 40. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? Nothing 41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV? The lying game 42. FAVORITE SOUNDS? Nothing 43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Huh? 44. THE FURTHEST YOU'VE BEEN FROM HOME? New york city 45. WHAT'S YOUR SPECIAL TALENT? Knitting and crochet 46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Salt lake city 47. WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? I copied from designer's blog.

Homemade Apricot Jams

Yay. I borrowed cannier bath pot from my good neighbor. I ate jam with homemade bread. I was totally in heaven. Derek love them, so do my kids. I wanted to make more of the jams. They are more healthy than store bought jams, my opinion. I got 2 boxes full of the apricots from Derek's friend from his work. It is free for us. It was good chance to make jams, because my parents took Wyatt with them for my mom's work site travel in Logan and Emma was napping time. I gave one box full of the apricots to my parents. So yummy! I now know how to make homemade jams. I will do it again in rest of my life. :)

Mountain

I took the pictures of my current hometown's mountain on the east side from my house. You can see the top of a mountain, there are VERY VERY green grass, trees, and etc. It was NOT normal. I love it. There are still some snow left. It was storm day. I wish we have green mountain instead brown. Beautifuuuuul!

Aquarium

Finding Nemo!

Doesn't it cute?

Shrimp. I love to eat them.

Ekk! An ugly fish. Yellow and orange fish is pretty.

Seahorse. I have never seen them in my life. They are so cool!

Mmmm, lobster. I am going to eat you.

Oputoucs (spell???) lives in a dark place. I was not supposed to take a flash picture, oopies my bad.

Jellyfish. It was so cool to see when it changes color light in the dark. But it is little scary.

Mommy and Wyatt sat on a frog.

Daddy and Emma sat on a frog.

WHOA! What a big fish!

A big and fat fish.

Ohh cutie

Penguins. It was Wyatt's little hand on a window.

A turtle

Stray Ray. It was so soft when I touched it. Kind of surprise me.

Eel..

Ohh pretty

I felt like I was in Hawaii beach.

Wyatt wants to sat in the back of stroller. Emma kept pulled off hairband off. They had fun.

We went to Aquarium with Jayden, Kelli, Taylor, and my parents. It was so nice to have fun time family to be spend together. Derek got that week off from work. It was so neat to have Derek around with us. :)

Little Posy Yoke Cardi

Yay. I finally finished this cardi for my niece Taylor Thorup. Kelli bought the yarns for me. Isn't it cute? Yarn: Sublime yarn from London, UK. It is merino, silk, and cashmere yarn. She picked the color purple. I had to used my thrower (right hand) for this project. I personally knit in picker (left hand). I held my yarn in the left hand. I used right hand for this project, because it is matched my gauge swatch 4" a square. It looks so good on Emma. Hee hee.

Swatching

I DO swatch! Honestly! When I substituting yarns, this is exactly what I need to do. I don't use exactly yarn in the pattern. Swatching is a little like sketching. It's a chance to try out ideas, to get a feel for what I am working with and to dream about the project. If the pattern involves a stitch pattern or technique I am unfamiliar with, it can be a great idea to try it out on a swatch in order to become comfortable with a small sample isolated from other considerations like shaping. Knitting a sweater is such a leap of faith, nothing at all like purchasing a garment I have tried on, but a swatch can help predict how it will turn out. A sample piece of fabric to play with can tell me a lot about how that fabric will behave in a full garment and the effect washing and wear will have. I am making my swatches at least 6" / 15 cm square. There are a few reasons for this: The edges will be a little distorted, so I will need enough room in the middle to accurately count 4" / 10 cm worth of stitches and rows in order to measure gauge.

To check my gauge/tension about which I am loose or tight knitter. To play with my swatches to know what to do with the yarn: feel, thin. bulky, split thread, and how well I hold the yarn.

Swatches are beautiful to do! I play and pet them. If I have so many of swatches, I can sew them together to make a huge afghan. :)

The swatches do have a lot information to tell me about them. I take some time to do the swatch. I am not in rush to get the project to started. I want to have a well fitted garment. I want to have enjoy knitting and wearing. Before I started learning to knitting. I was like 'Oh why swatch!" Then more time to come and I realized that it is most important in the knitting projects. I love swatching. :)

Litte Red in the City

YESSS! I got it today at my mailbox. I am so exciting to have it. I have been waiting for to come since July 4th. It is a knitting book by Ysolda Teague. She lives in Scotland. This book is about fitting. I still want to buy about 10 more books from the different designers. I am so exciting. I am so SO addict to the yarn stuffs. :) Happy day for me now.

Jell-O Mold

I made Jell-O mold. The kids, of course, love it. I used peach, cranberry, lime, grape, and apricot. I don't use whipping cream. I just want straight Jell-O without cream in it. I finally bought the pan. You can see inside of the pan. I forgot to put on the PAM. Next time I will. The jell-O is firm than weak. I only used boiling water. No cold water added. Yummy.