Pumpkin Sunrise

  Good morning to all of you! How are you doing today? I'm good and I'm excited to show you my completed shawl . This was the third time I've knit this pattern and I already started a fourth one immediately after the day I finished this one. I'm addicted to it's construction.  As you can see, after I finished the lacework I added lots of garter stitching to use up the remaining yarn and I was quite pleased with the results.  I like the gradual changes in the brown tones. This shawl is a holiday gift and so will the next one I have already started. What are you working on this week?

  This blog post is brought to you by the beautiful butterflies in my front yard. How are you? How was your weekend? I'm doing pretty good, I am completely recovered from the trip we did last week. As a committed homebody, traveling takes a lot out of me mentally and physically. All I did this weekend was stay home and played about with catching up on chores and dabbling in my creative crafts. We have yet to see the local grandchildren because they've been running fevers. I cannot wait to see them! It's been over a week now. Yesterday I was in my art room adding a bit more watercolors to the picture I shared with you a while ago. Dare I say I've been thinking of holiday knitting? Yup. I usually knit an ornament for local family and I really need to figure out what I am doing this year. There is nothing worse that deadline knitting and so I start super early in the year to avoid that feeling.

  Good morning! How are you doing? Right now it is nearly 6 a.m. and it's still dark outside, the days are getting shorter. I am all in for the approaching fall like weather that is very very far away. As you know I was busy traveling to visit our daughter and her family and I barely knitted a stitch, but I thought I would share with you the beginnings of another shawl  when I did pick up my knitting.  I am doing the same pattern as the last time. I was in the Boston area and we decided to split the super long drive into two days of driving. On the way up we stopped overnight in Beacon, NY and on the way back home we stopped at Ithaca, NY. I went to every independent bookstore I could find that was opened in each town plus the Cambridge area. The above photo is my book and stationary haul from the entire trip. I am excited to dive into some of my books. Two of the books I've read more that 3-6 times which are:   Wuthering Heights and a Tree Grows in Brooklyn. ...

  Good afternoon! How are you? I’m doing pretty good. We finished a whirlwind trip to see our daughter and her family in the Boston area. It’s going to take a few days to recover. I loved seeing our littlest grandson, so sweet! Can you believe he’ll be a year old soon? I cannot.  It’s going to take me a few days to get caught up with the laundry and other duties so I hope to visit you soon.  I took these photos before I left. I am more than ready for fall. Summer is rough for me with all of my health issues. However I do enjoy crisp AC air that is abundant inside buildings! I started another shawl for the trip and did not knit one blessed stitch. My intentions were there though. 

  Good morning to you! How are you doing? I'm doing okay, the air quality is improving. My knitting is the same and there is progress on the shawl! After finishing the lacework I had more yarn left over so I decided to add garter stitch ridges and some simple eyelet rows in between. I call it knit doodling and it was easy and fun. The sock  that I started last week has had little to no attention! I hope to switch that up this week. What are you knitting and working on this week?

  How are you doing today?  I'm doing okay, the Canadian wildfire has messed with the air quality which is messing with my breathing and my dry eyes even when I am wearing the scleral lenses. I tell you what, it is always something for me. Yesterday we all went to my dad's house to celebrate his birthday. We had a nice time. the grands (his great grands) were there and he had a potato digging event. The little ones loved it, they even had little garden gloves in which to dig into the dirt once the potato plants were emptied into the wheelbarrow.  Later on we had a lovely lunch on his screened in porch. In other news, I started another sock - don't be fooled I went outside for this photo and then came back inside due to the poor air quality. What's new with you? How is your air?