Pumpkin Sunrise

I want to so desperately start a new project, but if I don't finish these current projects they will just haunt me all summer long.  So I am doing forced knitting, not my favorite kind of knitting.  Above is a hat I started a couple of weeks ago.  I am using two different yarns and creating the pattern as I go.  I have no idea who it's for.  Could be me, or anyone!  Here is the project page .  In the background is my sweater  that I posted about yesterday .  I have the first sleeve nearly done!  My socks from last week are at the heel flap stage. I'm still reading Major Pettigrew's Last Stand .  It's a pretty entertaining book.  I really like the main character and his aside remarks to the town's people.  He has a dry sense of humor that makes me smile. I also started Operating Instructions  by Anne Lamott.  I'm not too far into the book.  I tend to read one book at a time. Joining Ginny

I have been diligently working on my hawthorne cardigan  this past week.  My goal is to empty out my knitting bag of all the wintry items.  This is the last project to finish.  I consider it a winter garment because it is 100% alpaca.  Who doesn't love alpaca when they're freezing? I'm on the first sleeve but really when you do top down construction, sleeves go lickety split-at least for me.  I also place clip-on stitch markers for every decrease row so I don't have to count over and over again.  They are purposefully color coded as well. Green for every 10 rows, peach for every six rows.  There's a system to my madness!  This also aids me in making my sleeves identical.  I am into symmetry and guessing is not my forte.  I've mentioned this before that I do not keep track of my rows on paper.  It just doesn't work for me. When I was a teenager knitting an afternoon away,  I would always second guess mys...

My weekend contained: -a visit to the local library -mailing this  sweater , yep got the address from my husband this week! -watching two star trek episodes with my favorite trekkie.  (He knows every episode and he gives a pretty good synopsis of each-quite humorous!) -getting ready for next weekend's festivities -the possibility of decreasing my medicines for my rheumatoid arthritis (dr. approved) -facing unwanted symptoms after only ONE day of decreasing meds......SIGH. -eating CHOCOLATE (can anyone eat too much?) -oh and the evil donuts..... -chatting with both kids and enjoying their slice of life where they are -sleeping really really good last night!  That hardly ever happens :) How was your weekend? Joining Amanda