Menu plan May 19 to May 22

We are now on week four of the "eating out" ban. While we did eat out last Monday, it was less than $20, and was included in my grocery budget.  Did we cheat?  I say no.  It was also a Mother’s Day treat.  This week we are taking sister, and going to see mom for a late Mother’s Day, and we will be taking her out to eat.  That will also come out of the grocery budget for hubby and my lunch.  Is that a cheat? No because we planned it in advance.  

Sorry this is a bit late this week. Its been a busy one for sure. 

I do want to add that the beef tips & gravy I made last week……definitely 👍👍.  I want to make it again some time.

Lunchs:

1. Taking mom out to eat

2. Leftovers from last week

3. Burritos 

4.burritos 

Suppers:

1. Ate out again cause we were gone all day

2.boxed chicken and mashed taters and gravy 

3. Hamburger helper

Thanks for stopping by.  Honestly this weekly menu post has helped me a little bit. 🥰 I must continue on. Let me know if itbhas helped you as well. 

Wednesday night church is over until school starts back up. Thursday supper through Sunday supper we will be eating at work.

Working on the Crumble Scarf 🧣

 Hey friends what’s up? I have been working on the knit scarf that I mentioned last weekend.  It’s been hit and miss on my gumption to do anything though. Monday and Tuesday I wasn’t able to do much as I was watching my grand baby.  🥰. Wednesday I did quite a bit on it and today, Thursday, I didn’t touch it at all. I was too busy watching YT videos and Twitch streams. 

It’s a free pattern from Smells Like Yarn. It’s called the Crumble Scarf.  It took me about 4 times of starting and frogging it before I got it. It’s a pretty simple 4 row repeat once I got the hang of it. I think the patterning of the colors is interesting  I can’t wait to see how the finished scarf looks……whenever that may be. 😂

I have been using my clips (that I bought at the Dollar Tree) to mark what row I am on. It’s been working out pretty good. I also use my clips to hold my knitting needles together when I put the project in my bag. 

Not sure I will get to work on this this weekend. It’s a thinking project for me, that I don’t want to be interrupted mid row on.  

I may just work on the knit washcloth (or I may make it a baby bib, not sure yet) or the cool dice bag I started awhile back.  I’ll keep you updated. 

Thanks for stopping by. I’ll see ya next time. 

Inside and Outside Addi Hats

 Good morning friends. I just wanted to hop in this morning and share a couple more Addi hats I made yesterday.  

Last night I had a hat on the machine waiting on me to finish it and Wowzers 🤩 this yarn was definitely made for knitting ‼️. It looks so amazing I actually want to keep it for myself, but it will go in the donation bucket. I think if I love it so much I want to keep it that there’s a preschooler that will love it just as much. ❤️. Here’s the amazing hat. 

Don’t you agree it looks amazing? It is a bit thicker yarn that a regular size 4 yarn but it worked up just fine on addi. Bring a heavier yarn and being double thick it will be perfect for someone like me whose ears are sensitive to toe blowing wind. 

This morning I snuck into the craft room bright and early and whipped up another hat. I used size 3 yarn scraps this time. Addi preformed perfectly for the most part. There was a few slipped stitches but nothing dropped.  Here’s both sides of this morning’s hat. 

I used 5 different scrap balls on this one. I think it turned out pretty cute as well. 

If my calculations are correct, this puts me at 86 of 100 hats for preschool.  This is the first year I have been this close this early in the year. I’m glad my Mom is still making some hats that are useable. Had she made all of them useable I would be well over my 100.  The unusable hats I have been frogging and reworking them. 

I Kinda Fixed It

 If you remember a few days back I mentioned that my Addi was in timeout.  Well I decided to try fixing my dropped stitch. 

Actually looking at the “fix” it looks like a nasty scar and appears I purled it instead of knit it. Guess we find out soon lol

That’s the outside of the fix it’s not too bad however I discovered I actually dropped 2 stitches instead of 1.  I fixed the other dropped loop and actually tied it on the inside with an extra piece of yarn.

This hasn’t been my best hat but at least I tried to fix it instead of frogging it off the machine and tossing it in my crate of misfit half finished and needing frogged pieces.  😂

That’s the pretty side. The other side is pink on bottom black on top and it’s not pretty at all.  It has loose loops from changing colors and the mishap of me trying to fix my dropped stitches.  lol  while it’s not my best it definitely isn’t my worst hat I’ve made in my Addi. I will give it a 7/10 rating. 

On to the next Addi hat.  May it be as flawless as it can be with no dropped stitches or loose loops. 🥰

Menu plan May 12 to 15

We are now on week three of the "eating out" ban. We were invited out to eat by hubbys parents last week, so I still have the beef tips for this week. I also had the baked potatoes because we had leftovers the day after we went out with hubbys parents. The good thing is they paid. ❤️

Lunchs:

1. Loaded baked potato 

2. Meatball subs for hubby potato salad for me 

3. Same as above 

4. Hopefully some leftovers. If not I have some

Mac n cheese I can cook up. 

Suppers:

1. Hubby is taking me out for Mother’s Day. We will eat locally and I have included that “meal” into my grocery budget. 

2. Beef tips n gravy over mashed potatoes, salad

3. Steak & shrimp fajitas for hubby and bean burritos for me (lettuce, tomato, cheeses, guacamole, and sour cream on the side)

Here’s my grocery haul today. Darn Cash Saver wasn’t accurate with prices tonight. 😥 this is $49 in groceries. Eating out only cost us $20 and I have $1 left over.  I think I did pretty good. 

And here’s pictures of my fridge after putting groceries away. 

Thanks for stopping by.  Honestly this weekly menu post has helped me a little bit. 🥰 I must continue on. 

Wednesday night church is over until school starts back up. Thursday supper through Sunday supper we will be eating at work.

It’s been a rough yarn weekend 😥

 Happy Saturday yarny friends 🧶

I have had a rough weekend with my yarn projects. My first issue is with my Addi.  I have a hat on the machine.  It was going so well, or so I thought.  I pulled the hat to make sure things were all ok and lo and behold there was  peg that had missed a stitch.  😭  I put a stitch marker in the last loop that was knitted (it’s down about 6-8 rows) and told my Addi it was in time out until further  notice.  I plan to rewatch videos now to fix those issues and give it my best try next week.  I haven’t been successful in fixing those problems correctly in the past, however I’ve kinda sorta fixed them in the past.

My next yarn issue is with a crochet mini backpack I made.  Yes I made it but I sure can’t sell it.  I guess it’s because I was trying to hurry and wasn’t paying attention to where I was attaching the flap and straps, but it’s super wonky.  

No worries, it has a home. My sister loves it, so I will be giving it to her.  I’m glad she loves my misfit yarn creations. ❤️

So what did I do for something to work on this weekend so I’m not tempted to pointlessly scroll on my phone?  I grabbed my knitting needles, some cotton yarn, and printed off a scarf pattern that I am using the neon yarn that i msde the backpack with, and I started a washcloth with the cotton yarn.  Washcloth for times I don’t have time to really concentrate and scarf when I do have time to concentrate.  

Addi Hats for the Preschool

 It’s been nice having my craft room back. I am spending a little time in there most nights and have a hard time leaving.  I do need to make some more changes as I have discovered I want/need more space to move around while I’m in there.  I have some ideas and will share those when I make them.  I guess I need to go through my totes and reduce the extra stuff i have that I don’t know or don’t remember I have and gift or donate or sell the finished items and get rid of the non made things I don’t nerd/want anymore.  That’s another day though.

I set my Addi Express up earlier this week and have been making some hats. That’s what I purchased the Addi for and it has definitely earned it’s keep.  The first 2 are made with Hobby Lobby Soft & Sleek.  Honestly it’s not useful yarn except for making Addi hats or a return stitch on a tunisian project. 😁 

The other side of this hat is all the purple color.  I believe I did about 120 rounds on this one.

The other side of this hat is all the gray color. I believe I did right at 100 rounds on this one.

This hat is also some Yarn Bee.  I can’t remember what exactly it is but I do remember the colorway is “Blush” and its a polyester and nylon blend. It worked up beautifully.  I believe I did 105 rounds on this one.

Im looking forward to making more Addi hats. I have one currently started and can’t wait to finish it.