Fiberlicious!

I LOVE the luscious and vibrantly colored Japanese yarns! My favorite is Noro Kureyon that has such interesting colors and striping.



Although I had vowed not to start on another new project before tackling some of my UFOS, after seeing this delicious yarn I just could not resist working with it so I started crocheting a basic ripple stitch scarf.



Here are some of the other Japanese yarn selections that I simply could not pass by in the store.

Back to My UFOs

UFOs, UFOs, --they are everywhere sooo I have finally decided to tackle them by starting with this little skinny crochet scarf that I had worked on at the end of the last winter season. This was a great pattern with lots of crochet stitches which I had chosen to help jump start me back into doing a few crochet items. Although I had finished the scarf itself, I had neglected to actually finish the entire project by not crocheting a cute little posey that was supposed to then be attached to the scarf.


Here is the cute little posey that took all of 15 minutes to complete. Can you believe that it took me this long to start on it and finally complete the project?



The FINISHED product -- TaDa!!!



And here is the wonderful book of patterns that I used for this scarf that has many other stylish, skinny little crochet scarves. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in creating a few fast and easy gifts for the upcoming holiday season!

More Iowa City Trip Pix

These are my guys just posing a little before we head home.

Here are a few random shots of downtown Iowa City which is a typical sleepy little college town.

This above pic is the doorway to my son's downtown apartment. Notice the Brueggers Bakery right next door. Yummmm.

On the left is the downtown mallway. Above is also the mallway taken from our hotel room.

OSU 38 -- IOWA 17

A couple of weeks ago, my husband, my son, his friend (our adopted son) and I headed to IOWA CITY to help cheer the OSU Buckeyes to victory against the Iowa Hawkeyes. This was such an exciting trip for all of us especially since we would also be visiting our oldest son who happens to be an Iowa Hawkeye! The game was so exciting and to add to the excitement my Hawkeye son and I sent text messages back and forth throughout the game just to jeer at each other which added to the frenzy. Of course, we had a fabulous time primarily because OSU played a great game and won but I also started to realize that a lot of the fun was being generated from being in Hawkeye country. This might sound strange coming from a Buckeye but I quickly realized that the University of Iowa had something special that I do not experience at the Ohio State games and it was the way the fans REALLY, REALLLY enjoy their school, their team and their surroundings.

My observations of this experience was that the University of Iowa students played a prominent role in the Hawkeye's fan base. They not only had excellent seating but they seemed to be in lock step in their support for their team. I believe this attitude even filtered over into the seating that OSU students and Alumni were provided; which were seats that were better than we have ever experienced at the Shoe. We also saw tailgaters AND Motorhomes EVERYWHERE (even approaching Kinnick stadium) which never happens at Ohio State (since they are relegated to tailgating a hidden distance away). There were even real street vendors with all sorts of goods (even Big Ass Turkey Legs) lining one of the main streets leading to the stadium. What a festive and truly enjoyable event this was with real people taking part in it!!! This experience made me realize that the University of Iowa and their students and fans still had something very special that has long been SOLD OUT at the Ohio State University.

I have a few more pix to show you from the trip but I cannot get them to load properly right now so I will post later.