Pumpkin Sunrise

For my knitting this week, I was a teeny tiny bit side tracked.  On the way to my dad's for Thanksgiving, I decided to whip up a pair of fingerless mitts for my son before he goes back to university.  While I was knitting the the car my husband said "are those finally mine?"........Okay now I have decided to whip up TWO pairs of fingerless mitts!  I am proud to say that the pattern is memorized.  I guess if you do something enough it is burned into your memory.  My on the needles project on the right is my purl ridge cowl .  I pick it up once in a while and work a couple of rows.  Easy peasy.  I am still working on my husband's sweater, no new news there. For reading this week I had to buy this book "More Last Minute Knitted Gifts".  I will blame it on my blogger friend Lori Times Five  who made this gorgeous sweater that I love to pieces. I knew when she casted on this project I would be buying the book eventually.  Well eventually arrived over the T

 I was lucky enough to spend the day with my sister on Black Friday out and about in the Pittsburgh area.  Let me tell you that there are no lines at yarn stores and everyone is pleasant and kind.  Best of all they have what I want.....yarn! Our first stop was at  Natural Stitches  as shown in the above photos.  The first photo is an entire wall of Cascade 220!!!  Isn't it great?  I just love to stare and wonder what color I like best.  I could have spent the whole day there but I got hungry and it was lunch time.  Food gets important as I age :) The second yarn store that we visited was Yarns Unlimited  in Sewickley, PA.  This store has quite the collection of yarn as well.  My sister and I have been going to this store for years....(I want to say a decade, but not too sure.)  So when I enter this shop it is like visiting an old friend. I ended up buying fingering weight yarn for some shawls designed by Romi Hill .  I think the year 2012 will be the beaded

Thank you everyone for participating in the giveaway.  I wish everyone could win!!  Now for the results. Drum roll........... The winner of my birthday giveaway is  cpcable who wrote: Oh, Happiest of birthdays, Karen! And so sweet of you to give something away to celebrate. Hope you have a great holiday as well! :)

My weekend contained: -lots and lots of time in the car!  We drove to see my side of the family and then we had to get the kids back to their schools. -pulling out the decorations and decorating the main floor for the holidays. -being very achy and sore from all the decorating (I refuse to believe it is my age!). -running a dishwasher because of having a full house. -making more fingerless mitts for my husband and son.  Almost done!!! -reorganizing my knitting corner because of the Christmas tree. -another wonderful afternoon with my knitting friends. -going to Mass with the new Roman Missal being implemented....really was no big deal to me. Joining Amanda at the habit of being

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Yes you do see a new project even though I have that sweater that is taking forever.  I just could not resist.  I really wanted a triangular shawl with fingering weight yarn (I did buy the patterns on Ravelry--going to go yarn shopping soon) so because I have to wait, I casted on a lovely blue lace weight rectangular shawl .  I have made this pattern before and I knew when I made it I was going to make it again.  It repeats easily and there is a knitting flow that I got into with the charts.  You know what I mean? For my husband's sweater  I am on the ribbing.  I have blitzed through the body of the sweater with the aid of two Harry Potter movies over the weekend.  I was going to go into a knitting coma if I had to continue stockinette with my podcasts.  I needed visual input with my listening entertainment.  I think I might do a broken rib for the ribbing.  It has to be a multiple of four or eight that I know for sure. I am very nearly done with The Physick Book of Deliv

Well these photos could be a bit better....but it is all I have at the moment.  I finished them!!!  Of course I have no idea whether they look good on legs yet.  I am waiting for my daughter to arrive today and then I will give them to her.  I am absolutely terrible at waiting until Christmas when I knit for the kids.  Plus she can wear them until Christmas and still be in the fall season and in an orange mood. The ravelry page is here .  The pattern was very easy to follow and it was all charts, which I love.  I was able to knit these and watch tv!!  I hope I can remember to snap a photo of the leg warmer's being worn.

I have a wonderful giveaway planned to celebrate my birthday.  I just wanted to thank all of my internet friends for the lovely comments that you leave on my blog.  I also enjoy visiting your blogs and getting a peak at your busy lives.  Blogging has been so much fun for me. My sister has graciously given me this zipper pouch that she whipped up in her sewing room.  This pouch is perfect for all of your stitch markers.  To start you out she has also made two stitch markers that coordinate with this pouch. To be considered for the giveaway, please leave a comment on this post.  I will choose a winner using a random number generator around 8 p.m. next Sunday (11/27).  The winner will be announced on next Monday's post.

This weekend contained: -a lot of alone time-my husband had a business trip that gave me a few days alone with Frodo. -finally finally remembering to walk in the afternoon, I missed walking so much that my body screamed it needed some fitness. -eating leftovers so I would not have to cook -my birthday!!  (which is today) -my husband returning home in time for my birthday :) -a cheap dinner picked up at the grocery store along with mini cupcakes. -watching two Harry Potter movies (4+5) so that the boring stockinette knitting of my husband's sweater would go faster in my mind. Joining Amanda at Habit of Being

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