Pumpkin Sunrise

I am pleased to share with you some exciting news, I have finished knitting the sweater !  All the ends are buried so now I have to pick out buttons, I have a few in mind.  Soak and block this beauty.  Hopefully all will happen today.  I know I bought buttons with this sweater in mind sometime in the spring while visiting my sister.  So I just have to find them... I was getting a little tired of knitting the sleeves, there is just not a good way in my mind to knit sleeves fast.  I opted for two circulars-it felt fast but not fast enough.  Hopefully I will have some photos by next week so please visit again. My other knit is a wurm  hat with Zitron Unisono  yarn.  I love this yarn!!  It is soft yet crisp in stitch definition and I am thrilled with the long color repeats.  I went out and bought another skein in another colorway.  This knitting I am savoring, if it was a food.  I love the way the stitches feel i...

My husband and I have made an effort to go on day trips, enjoying what is near where we live.  As much as I long for a beach getaway and maybe it will happen this year but I doubt it, I can get lost in taking in the sights and sounds of Northeastern PA. Yesterday we drove a few towns over and spent some time at  Knoebels Amusement Resort .  We had a  great time walking around.  You see, it's one of the few amusement parks where admittance is free. And the parking is free. (you still by tickets to ride)  Gotta love that. You would never catch me on that ride in a million years. I've been waiting for the perfect weather day:  low humidity, mid seventies, blue skies and during a week day :) My children would have loved to have any of those brightly colored "buy me now" toys. Just look at that sky!  Is it beautiful or what? That is my husband, not realizing that I've stopped for a photo.  He's quite patient w...

My weekend was filled with: -opened doors and fresh air -spotting a huge hawk that captured a rabbit-beautiful and no camera in hand -a walk, to drink in the mild summer temperatures -enjoying the butterfly bush that some insects are noticing hopefully a hummingbird will catch word -travelling visitors for lunch-strangers to me, acquaintance to my husband-friends as they left -oh the leftovers from my overkill for a mere lunch -picking the first cucumbers and tomatoes -sleeve knitting, getting very close to completion how was your weekend? Joining Amanda

The heat wave is over and I am one happy individual, the back door was opened, birds sang and the cicadas are in full swing heralding mid summer's arrival.  I've huddled inside during the heat wave, with knitting on my lap, ignoring the high temperature and the humidity. Hiding and ignoring makes me blind to what I can see-truly see.  I look out windows, I glance at my surroundings while picking up my mail or newspaper, taking for granted the nature that embraces me each day whether the weather is comfortable or not.  Each morning I journal and I end my entry with what I am grateful for that day.  It resets my attitude-makes me focus on good things. Yesterday I went outside and took my camera and once again, looking at nature through the lens lends pause to my day and several grateful thoughts.  I'm suspended by the moment while capturing nature.  I fiddled with settings, trying to catch that butterfly in flight-unsuccessfully I might add. ...

My sweater is still on the needles, in fact I'm still on the first sleeve!  I continue to work on it a little bit each day so I'm making progress but it's slow progress.  So instead of focusing on the sweater sleeve construction, I cast on another project!  Doesn't everyone do that?  It's like starting a new dessert while another dessert is still available.  However, I will not throw my half eaten dessert (sweater) into the freezer (bottom of the knitting bag) to preserve it, promise.  My new project is a wurm hat and it will be the fifth time I've knitted it.  However I only own one since I keep giving them away.  Everyone should knit this hat at least once in their knitting lifetime.  Ravelry notes are here . I finished The Sound and the Fury  by William Faulkner over the weekend.  It was a difficult read in the beginning but it was worth it.  I've never met more miserable characters in a long time.  I want to read ...

I store all of my "pretty" yarn in baskets that way I can see what I have and inspiration can flow easily in my brain.  I do have much much more yarn stored away in a closet, but that is for another post.  Today I thought you could peek at my collections.  The above photo is my worsted weight in wool. This photo is alpaca skeins in mostly fingering weight but there are a few worsted weights tucked underneath.  As you can see, I have a love of green going on. The bottom basket is sock weight yarn and the top basket is lace weight alpaca.  I've shown the fingering weight wool basket in this post . Sigh, if only I could knit all day and all night, that would be so much fun! This was my mother's yarn basket, I've kept it in the family room by my side table.  There are a few more skeins of yarn that were gifts.  I'm still mulling over what they want to be when they are knit up. Do you display your yarns?  How so?

The weekend was a perfect summer weekend, the heat wave ended and no plans were pressing on anyone's schedule.  Our son came home for rest and relaxation before the last two weeks of his research program.  We all joined in-nothing was accomplished in great magnitude. -puttered about in my studio-tweaking the organizing -knit the first sleeve which is still on the needles but nearly oh so nearly to the cuff -made mac and and cheese from scratch only to give all the leftovers to him to take back -made two loaves of banana nut bread-again one loaf was donated to the cause -dinner out, movie night in-we watched Rain Man -engaged in a bit of daydreaming, trips to maybe take or not How was your weekend? Joining Amanda