Pumpkin Sunrise

Weekends are for memory making,  relaxing and enjoying quiet moments of our days.   If you would like, please share your weekend moments  in the comment section with a link to your blog. there might be a bug there and there might not be a bug there Another weekend upon us and around here it's hot hot hot.  I'm sure some of you have it hotter than me, I respect that.  All I can say is that I love my AC and cannot imagine what my life would be without it.  I don't know how Scarlett O'Hara survived the southern summers in those poofy dresses.  All the amount of fanning would not cool me off -  at all. ready to cast on a test knit :) Friday night we went out for pizza after a month long ban of not eating out for dinner, self imposed I guess.  I was sick and tired of eating out so much in Santa Barbara that I made a pointed effort to cook every day at home.  Even though I'd rather be knitting, I'm a good cook! We are back on the "don't

the never ending sock blanket Why I knit defines who I am, I'm sure it defines you as well.  I have been a knitter for such a long time that I cannot remember a time when I wasn't knitting something.  I knit for many reasons and I thought I'd share them here with you. I knit because it's fun There is nothing in the world like finding a perfect wool and dreaming up what that skein can become.  Whenever I purchase wool the possibilities are endless and sometimes I knit the project that I imagined and sometimes I knit something else.  The unpredictability of future projects draws me in.  Stitch markers are another small decorative but functional item that thrills me to no end.  Decorating your knitting with meaningful, delightful markers....well it's like jewelry! I knit because it's healthy for my well being  I easily enter a meditative state of mind, soothed by the endless stitches in front of me.  Following an intricate pattern crowds out the nig

Ha!  My knitting is a little bit different, although I'm still plugging along on the baby blanket .  Over the weekend, I cast on another wurm hat  for a relative of a friend I know who is going through chemo treatments.  I wanted to knit something in her favorite color and hope this small gift brings her joy during her health challenges.  According to Ravelry, this is the eighth time I've knit the  wurm  pattern.  I must like it! I also posted about my finished shawl yesterday . My reading has been minimal for The Tavern on Maple Street.   This happened because I started a library book After You  and well, it's a library book, there's a deadline of sorts so I feel I should read that more than the other one...  Both books are good. What have you been knitting and reading this week? Joining Ginny and Frontier Dreams