Yarn ALONG

"Make each moment an occasion
  to live deeply, happily, in peace."

With the chance of damaging storms
my plans to sit on the beach and knit
had to be postponed so I took advantage
of the slightly cooler weather and knit in
my back yard.

There are 135 days left until Christmas
[I know, it's coming fast] so I am casting
on some dish cloths that I like to add to
gift baskets.

As soon as I saw and read the name of the
hat, Beach Stone Hat I was digging in my
stash to cast on. Come on, Beach Stone Hat
has me written all over it ;) It's a fun pattern
and I am enjoying knitting it.

I am reading a terrible book,  I thought I
was buying a light comedy, but The Vacationers
is just a poorly written book about a family
dealing with a failing marriage, adultery,
and too graphic s@# for my taste. I despise
wasting hard earned money, but life is
too short and I'm not sure I can make it to
the end.

Joining Ginny

YARN ALONG

 How did it get so late so soon?
It's night before it's afternoon.
December is here before it's June.
My goodness how the time has flewn.
How did it get so late so soon?
 ~Dr. Seuss

Some laugh at me, but with

five children, their partners,

Mom's, sister's and friends

my Christmas list is quite long.

I try to plan and make most of
my gifts, avoiding the mass
produced store items if I can
and this take a lot of time. As
of today there are 315 days
until Christmas and I want
to be ready without causing
any undo stress in my life.

With the rain falling outside
and the temperatures continuing
to drop all day [hooray] it is the
perfect time to work on gifts.
There is a fire in the woodstove,
a hot cup of chai in my mug and
I am knitting the Shalom Cardigan
figuring if 6519 knitter's have cast on
before me it must be a great
knit.

The yarn is Plymouth Baby Alpaca,
it is baby soft and has just enough
acrylic that it won't lose it's shape
over time. Not only do I love the
color, it was in the sale bin!

The Olympics has consumed a lot
of my reading time so I am still
reading Wild, trying to read a few
pages each night before falling
asleep.

Joining with Ginny.

317 DAYS

I will honor Christmas in my
heart, and try to keep it all
the year. 

~Charles Dickens

There are 317 days until Christmas.
I've started my gift making, have
you?

Shalom Cardigan
Yarn

THIS MOMENT

 

Joining with Amanda for This Moment.
Have a fun weekend and remember
to laugh.
Love,
Tracey