Pumpkin Sunrise

This weekend contained: -a cool down in the temperature -lots of rain!  We will all need some little canoes around here pretty soon. -a weekend getaway with my sister and brother in law. -a cabin in the woods in western PA (photos tomorrow hopefully!). -being "unplugged" from the world in a sense, the phone reception was terrible. -good food and lots of laughter. -a mini hike before the rain let loose on the weekend. -lots of talking about renting a cabin in the woods again next year. -smores on the fire......very sticky but still good to eat. -knitting with my sister :)  the BEST knitting buddy ever. -seeing snow on the way home on the interstate "the highest point east of the Mississippi"....and yes it was sticking to the grass......it was early morning and the outside temperature was 34 degrees. Joining Amanda at the habit of being

Joining Amanda at Soulemama

I have been quite scattered in my thoughts this week.  I have lots of lists floating around my mind of things I would like to accomplish.  Mainly it is Christmas knitting ideas.  Once my shawl is complete, I am thinking of making cowls....unless I change my mind-AGAIN. What has not helped me is when I went to my local yarn store this past week, I bought more yarn!  I am super excited to make my husband a sweater (not for a surprise gift) and I have been browsing Ravelry looking at patterns.  My only stipulation is that I want the construction top down.  Guess what?  There appears to be little to no top down sweaters in worsted weight yarn.  I did find one great pattern that is aran weight.  So it looks like I might be altering the pattern. I sat for 30 minutes yesterday thinking and calculating, then took a long break.  I like to sleep on my knitting ideas and problems and sometimes a solution comes to mind by morning.  ...