~Comfort And Caring~

Today I received a package from my swap pal Kat back home filled with comfort and caring I also found out my friend Samantha back home was told her tumor is bigger.
I have been crying and hugging the stuffie bunny filled with lavendar that Kat made.
I want to go to bed and sleep I feel so drained but my hubby works swing shift so I have to wait till I put the girls to bed.
I know what my friend is feeling and if she gives up the fight well that is what worries me knowing how she is feeling right now I wish I could be there to give her a hug and be a shoulder for her to lean on.
When you know that you cannot make things better it is hard to accept because it’s my friend and she has little ones sometimes life seems unfair.
I feel bad normally I’m a very upbeat person but my emotions are sad ones today.
The package from Kat was like a much needed hug.
I'm going to run a nice warm bubble bath for the girls tonight before bed.

~Samantha's Mitts~

As alot of you know that read my blog I have a friend back home battling a rare form of cancer.
I visited her last Summer twice and brought her a clapotis shawl and urchin hat and since then have knit her a wee sock and yesterday she received the cashmere fingerless mitts I knit her.
Samantha was told she only had months to live but she is still here and trying every experimental chemo they have she is a fighter.
Monday she finds out if this last chemo is the one that will turn things around and it is hard not being there for her.
I hope the knitted goodies I send her give her comfort like a hug from me to her she told me she has alot of chemo hats but only this one pair of gloves so I told her as long as she keeps fighting I will keep knitting with love and prayers and hugs in every stitch:)

~Mini Christmas Stocking Finished~

When I was growing up my mother would take us in the car during the Holidays at night and drive around looking at all the houses that were decorated with lights.
I especially loved seeing the trees and so in memory of this I knitted a wee tiny stocking.
The pattern can be found here and it is wonderfully written with lots of pictures and different charts to choose from and it is knit flat then seamed and only takes a day or so to knit up it was an enjoyable knit:)

~*Happy Thanksgiving*~

Christian Glitter by www.christianglitter.com

Happy Thanksgiving everyone hope you all have an awesome Turkey Day:)

~First Part Of The Day At RhineBeck~

When first arriving I saw the Ravelry meetup happening up the hill and it was fun to see everyone.
Ysolda was wearing the Bob costume she knit very cool and I got to see Jess and her brother, Casey, and even Mary-Heather it was great to see them again.
I turned and there was Laura Chau she said hey your wearing my shawl very cool as I had knit her Milkweed Shawl to wear to Rhine Beck so it was a treat to meet her as well.
I got to help hold up the Ravelry sign with everyone pretty excitting first part of the Rhine Beck exsperience:)
I will be over the next couple of days be putting up the rest of the pictures from Rhine Beck and the Ravelry party.

~Mad Creations & A Giveaway~

I'm lucky enough to own one of Deb's bags and matching wallet and they are in constant use.
I also bought one of her acorns it is lovely and I'm excited to be able to work with her to bring you this giveaway:)

A little About Debbie
“I guess you could say I’m a craftaholic.
I am not happy unless I am creating something.
I have always love all kinds of crafts ever since I was little it is in my blood.
I see something and I have to know how it is made.
When I see something I like and want to make it, I have to find out everything I can about the new craft.
My friends who know me even say I obsess over something until I know everything about it.
I have done it with my miniature bears, cross stitching, quilting, scrap booking, quilting and knitting/crocheting.
Right now I’m addicted to my embroidery machine.
It all started with me seeing these adorable lace Christmas ornaments at my local quilt shop.
I couldn't’t get anyone to make me any ornaments so I bought my own machine and start doing it myself and I love it.
I have started an Art fire shop and hope all who visit it find something they love there.
My favorite saying is “Live well, laugh often, love much and create every single day”.

The prize:
One lucky winner will get the lovely quilted project bag with inside pockets and a round bottom so it stands up nicely and the notion wallet that has two little pockets inside and has a zipper and snap to keep your knitting, crocheting, and sewing notions in.
Both in lovely fall colors.


How To Enter:
1. Visit Mad Creations and come back and leave a comment telling me what you like.

2. Blog about the giveaway and leave a comment with a link to your post.
If You Don't have a blog but are on ravelry leave a comment about what you like from her shop with your ravelry name.

3.You get an entry for every person who leaves a comment saying they came from your blog post about the giveaway.

Deadline: November 30Th at Midnight

Winner Of Darn Good Yarn Giveaway

~*The Prize*~










Deb's Crafts is the winner of the 2 balls of Sari Silk Congratulations:)
please send me your mailing address at darcysknottyknitter@gmail.com
Thankyou everyone that entered the giveaway:)

~Baby It's Cold Outside~

It is starting to get cold at night here in the mojave desert and so we are cooking with the crock pot hot soups sound so good this time of year.
I found a wonderful Jambalaya on line to share with you.
Hubby and youngest have colds and are miserable weather changes always seem to bring on colds around here.
Please share your favorite crock pot soup I would love to know what you like to fix during November to warm up.Hugs Darcy

NewYork Museum Of Modern Art

Artist Paul Klee Cat And Bird 1928












Pablo Picasso Girl Before A Mirror March 1932















Salvador Dali The Persistence Of Memory 1931















Max Ernst Two Children Are Threatened By A Nightingale 1924















Giorgio De Chirico The Duo Paris Winter 1914-15
















Vincent Van Gogh The Olive Trees Saint Remy June-July 1889














Darcy Standing Next To Favorite Painting Vincent Van Gogh Starry Night














Monet's Water Lilies 1914-26

































Gustav Klimt Hope ll 1907-08

















A pregnant woman bows her head and closes her eyes, as if praying for the safety of her child.
Peeping out from behind her stomach is a death's head, sign of the danger she faces. At her feet, three women with bowed heads raise their hands, presumably also in prayer—although their solemnity might also imply mourning, as if they foresaw the child's fate.

Why, then, the painting's title? Although Klimt himself called this work Vision, he had called an earlier, related painting of a pregnant woman Hope.
By association with the earlier work, this one has become known as Hope, II. There is, however, a richness here to balance the women's gravity.

Klimt was among the many artists of his time who were inspired by sources not only within Europe but far beyond it.
He lived in Vienna, a crossroads of East and West, and he drew on such sources as Byzantine art, Mycenean metalwork, Persian rugs and miniatures, the mosaics of the Ravenna churches, and Japanese screens.
In this painting the woman's gold-patterned robe—drawn flat, as clothes are in Russian icons, although her skin is rounded and dimensional—has an extraordinary decorative beauty. Here, birth, death, and the sensuality of the living exist side by side suspended in equilibrium.



I walked all over manhattan until I found my very first Museum.
I knew I wouldn't have alot of time to see everthing so there were certain paintings I had to see the very nice man guarding Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh offered to take my picture with my favorite painting I was very happy.
It was a wonderful day I was deeply moved especially by Gustav Klimt Hope 11 you could feel the sorrow in the painting.

~*Thankyou For The Surprises*~

I received a lovely package from my friend Grace for my birthday there were 3 skeins of super soft Adagio each skein is 70% baby llama and 30% silk 50 grams each I would love pattern ideas for the skeins.

There was a breast cancer awareness pin to wear as October is breast cancer awareness month.

There was a little knitting book to carry in my knitting bag full of cool knitting facts and a place to write my needles down and a Mary Engelbreit Christmas journal.
There were a set of pretty cards with 2 birds kissing so sweet,a pretty accessories wallet,and a knitting needle bracelet purple a favorite I will wear it often:)A key charm which makes me think of Coraline and the secret door.

There was an awesome heart tape measure love it she also sent the girls some treats which they loved and pencils for Alora to use for doing her homework and she loves to draw as well.Thank you Grace

Also for my birthday my friend Leslie gave me the necklace I'm wearing in the photo it is a bubbled heart with Celtic circles cable needle necklace I love it.

I found out I was one of the winners of Chan's giveaway and my prize was a Grace Shawlette it is my favorite color green I have gotten many compliments on the shawlette and it is very soft and pretty.Thank you Chan for a wonderful giveaway and Grace for donating the shawlette it was a wonderful surprise:)

I also won Material Whirled candy corn hat kit giveaway.
I would like to buy another so I can knit one for each of the girls her kits are so cute.Thank you Reenie for the wonderful giveaway.
I received a trip to NY from my hubby for my birthday and he let me buy yarn and get a bracelet on the trip will blog soon about that.

I haven't been blogging much lately as I have been dealing with severe allergies so I will try to update more often as the allergies let up it is still warm where we live and windy so my allergies have been really bad causing migraines and feelings of exhaustion and over all aches and pains .

~*Yes It's A Wee Tiny Bat Sock*~

I knit this wee tiny bat from the October Wee Tiny Sock Club pattern more pictures on my ravelry project page.
If your interested in knitting wee tiny socks the Winter memberships will be going up for sale in Meg's etsy shop, BraveLittleKnitter, on November 15th at 10AM.
As a member of the Winter 2009 Wee Tiny Sock Club, you would receive a package in the mail each month this Winter, December, January, and February.
Each package will be based around a different winter theme, and would contain:
-An original Meg Bakewell creative wee tiny sock pattern
-A taste of yummy professionally hand-dyed sock yarn, plenty to knit the wee tiny sock
-All notions needed to complete the pattern - for example, beads and beading needle, so you don't have to run out for extra supplies.
-Stitch markers that coordinate with the theme
-Surprise goodies!

In addition, the first package (December) would include a special wee tiny sock blocker hand-made by Meg's husband, ready to be attached to your keys or your favorite knitting bag.
There is a group on ravelry anyone can join to share their love of the wee tiny sock:)

~*Darn Good Yarn & A Giveaway*~

~*The Prize*~











Darn Good Yarn was formed providing the coolest, unique, and exotic yarns, accessories and kits around.
There is something so cool about handspun ecofriendly yarns.
Luckily, her husband Mike has been nothing but a support and keeps the motivation up.
Aside from this yarn being 100% Child Labor Free.
Nicole concentrates on the promotion of Nepalese people to help secure their skills and lifestyles throughout the local region.
For their recycled silk yarn, hemp and other accessories from Nepal, they employ village women through which various benefits are extended such as health care and education for their children.
Fair trade and social benefit….and really great yarn.
Does it get any better? We didn’t think so either.



The prize:
We are giving away to 1 lucky winner,

200 grams Fair Trade Handspun Recycled Sari Silk Yarn, 210 yards and in Balls for free- Funky Arsty Cool.
Step out of the norm and think about the possibilities you can create with this yarn!
Well, what this yarn consists of is lightly spun, sometimes whole pieces of silk tied together.
It's chunky, crazy and a step out of the normal. Perfect for show stopping pieces like belts,to a funky scarf, to an awesome bag, to a table runner,and adventurous ponchos!
let your creativity run wild with this yarn!


photo Darcy took of a Gal at Rhinebeck she is wearing a knitted hat and sweater in sari silk














How To Enter:
1. Visit Nicoles shop Darn Good Yarn and come back and leave a comment telling me what you like.

2. Blog about the giveaway and leave a comment with a link to your post.
If You Dont have a blog but are on ravelry leave a comment about what you like from her shop with your ravelry name.

3.You get an entry for every person who leaves a comment saying they came from your blog post about the giveaway.

Deadline: November 13th at Midnight

Winners Of The Local Gringos Happy Hands Halloween Giveaway

My youngest daughter Athena picked the 3 winners of the local gringos happy hands giveaway
Congratulations
Ennadoolf
Vickie
c'est mo! the tink-n-frog
please send me your mailing addresses at darcysknottyknitter@gmail.com
Thankyou everyone who entered and please stay tuned for more giveaways:)