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.  So this morning besides cowl thinking, maybe mittens?

Good morning to all of you!  I am so excited to participate this week in the yarn along because ..... drumroll ....I have a different book in the photo!  I know, I know, you are all just shocked that I finally finished Rainbow Valley  from the Anne series.  It was good and I did read it a very very long time ago.  The plot kept feeling vaguely familiar.  The ending jarred my memory and when I finished it I thought "I read that before!!!" So I am taking a break from the Anne series, I only have one more to read and my only version is on my ipod touch :(  I am not in any real hurry to read the eighth book in the series anyways.  My book, The Distant Hours  is by Kate Morton who wrote The Forgotten Garden  which I read earlier in the year and enjoyed it from beginning to end.  So when I saw this book a month ago I had to buy it.  I just started it so I cannot opine as of yet. My knitting is also moving along.  I blogged yesterday about my tea leaves cardigan  which is fi

How about these self portraits?  I think I am getting more creative in my old age.  As you can see by the buttons some of these photos were taken in the mirror.  Took me a bit to realize the image would be reversed   (snicker) Well I am super pleased as punch with the sweater !!  These photos are before blocking because I was too darn excited to wait another couple of days while it dried.  So I am 100% sure that the button bands will lay nicely because I will block it into obedience.. I am so glad that I did rip out the first attempt because the fit is absolutely perfect.  I think if you are interested in a top down cardigan that is relatively easy to knit in worsted weight yarn you should give the Tea Leaves Cardigan a try

(my sister made this fall table runner for me, isn't it great?) My weekend contained: - driving three hours to pick up our son from school -driving almost two hours to then pick up our daughter from school -driving one and a half hours home :D -a wonderful 48 hours together as a family -a revisited cluttery family room and a messy kitchen counter -a full day Saturday doing some serious shopping with my daughter and having lunch at Panera -buying a new book and wishing I finished the other one.... -dinner out at our favorite Italian restaurant that was not affected by the flood -going to Mass, saying goodbye to the kiddos, and my husband doing all the driving to get them back to their schools -cleaning the house and doing the laundry -knitting with friends!!!  (finishing a sweater that I hope to blog about tomorrow) -joy and happiness just being in the present

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