Pumpkin Sunrise

I have made very little progress on my barnacle sweater , I think it's because I am on size four needles.  I love every single stitch so the progress can take as long as it wants.  I love this yarn!  It is Quince and Co's Tern .  The twist is just perfect and the silk content makes it feel oh so soft!!  I finished all of the stocking ornaments last weekend and posted about it here . I am on the very last pages of The Tiger's Wife  and I do like the book.  I really like how there is a mystical quality about the story line and how neighbor's gossip and stories grow.  I don't really know if there is magic or not but I am fine with that.  It's like reading about Snow White or Cinderella.  You just accept the premise and keep on reading.  Her writing style is lovely. As you can see in the above photo, I am going to read A Christmas Carol  again during the holiday season.  Once a year I like to travel with Scrooge and see his transformation from being an idiot

Right when my power was restored during the outage, I received an email from Melanie over at Mad Passions blog that I won her give away.  I was so happy and somewhat emotional.  Because everyone know that yarn cures whatever is ailing you at the moment :) Last Friday I received the best mail ever.  My skein of lovely squishy soft yarn from Rebecca at  Fibertopia  arrived.  I love the colors and cannot wait for Christmas knitting to be done with so I can get  to creating something for ME!  Rebecca has a blog over here  and is running a coupon code, this yarn is truly beautiful and wish all of you could see it in person.  Thank you Melanie and Rebecca!!! In other news, I will be writing up the little stocking ornament but do not know when exactly.  It's crazy busy this week with the kids and the holiday.  As soon as it is written up I will let you all know!!  Thanks for the compliments :)

I finished or should I say quit making the stocking ornaments!  Two are for a swap that I am participating in over at Christina's blog  and the rest are for people in real life.  Can't say who as of yet. You know sometimes very rarely I do keep a secret. I used Baby Ull yarn which is absolutely heavenly to knit with.  I love how soft it is and how springy and squishy the project feels.  The reason that I made only six is because I ran out of green yarn.  I had a skein of red but felt a little burned out from the process.  You see I have a sweater calling my name!! I am happy to report that I posted both of my swap ornaments today and I hope when they arrive it brings a smile to their new owners :) Project page is here

This weekend was filled with: -lots and lots of walking, the weather is beautiful and the scenery lovely! -seeing pink sunrises (without a camera) -seeing the moon and stars on clear nights (without a camera) -contemplating running for a camera and just giving in to enjoying the moment -spotting the BIGGEST pigeon ever!  It looked like a chicken! -finishing knitting stocking ornaments (phew!) -eating dill pickles, yum. -finalizing who is picking up which kid this week and when how was your weekend? Joining Amanda

I've been enjoying Michelle's Gratitude week and thought I'd join in.  Today I am grateful for: -a dog that loves to snuggle when he's cold -my cup of tea in a hand made pottery mug -blue skies -cell phones in which to keep in touch with the kids -wooly socks -peaceful quiet mornings to mull over what I want to get done, or not to get done -lunch with a friend -new pens -finding the mistake I made last night on my knitting thinking it was hopeless -for fixing the mistake so easily once I had a good night sleep! What are you grateful for today?

This week I decided to start a new project for me.  I've been focusing on holiday ornament making and yesterday I hit the wall.  I just had to hold new yarn and start a new project.  This yarn is beautiful, it is Quince and Co's Tern .  This pattern  caught my eye when I was up in Maine.  The yarn shop had a lovely sample on display.  It was an impulse buy that brought me great joy!  Here is my project page . I'm still reading The Tiger's Wife  and I like it!  Phew.  I was worried last week because it's a strange book.  I am enjoying how the story is unfolding and I love when fiction flips from present to past.  It still continues to be a strange story but I'm okay with it, I have a hunch it will continue to be a strange book.  Meanwhile I decided to show you two magazines I've been flipping through while eating lunch.  So far I'm not too thrilled with the Interweave but in the Jane Austin magazine I like.  I know of two shawls that would be lovely

Isn't Frodo cute?  I love how he stares outside and waits sometimes patiently for me to open that door.  If you haven't noticed before, I am a lover of the color purple.  I have been blasting through the odds and ends of my leftover yarns.  This is the last of it.  I created a warm snug hat to go with my many purple scarves.  This yarn is Malabrigo and other scrap purples striped in the body of the hat. The brim is a simple folded edge where I knit the cast on edge onto the knitting.  I like the clean look and of course there is minimal thread burying.  At the crown of the hat I was in the mood for something different.  So I decided to decrease like wheel spokes (that word just doesn't look like it's spelled right).  It was a fun design and it went fairly quickly. Now all we need is some chilly weather.  Oh and would you believe the electricity went off briefly in the middle of the night.  At 2 o'clock in the morning I was resetting the alarm :/  I hear wh