the coffee cup
it's saturday morning, about 10:15 and i'm still drinking coffee and still in my p.j.'s. that's a good thing. i know, you're thinking, what's new with that. that's the same as every other morning around here this summer. sorry! it is an accomplishment for me in some ways tho, i really am a morning person. i have had to work at becoming this. so pat me on the back for my hard work. yeah right!
i have been up since 7:00! i've torn apart my basement office, reorganize and put it back together this morning. looks pretty good. (i've re-found the laptop!) i mostly was going through my yarn stash. next week on tuesday night i'm meeting with a group from my church to teach them to knit and we are going to work on making scarves, over the summer months, for the homeless and then this winter we are going to pass them out on the streets of chicago. sort of a labor of love and outreach. i have a lot of yarn that i can also donate for this cause so i need to go through things.
i finished my IK staff shrug last night. the one that i was so unsure of. i love it! it fits! it's cute! it really looks great. i look forward to adding it to my fall wardrobe. i was a nice surprise to have it turn out so well. i had very little faith in that project. :)
next up is a felted bag. still pouring over patterns. haven't found that perfect one yet but i have the yarn. i'm using a olive colored Manos (colorway #68) with a strip of Noro from Japan (kajaku # 13). should be very chic!!!!
in family news:
my daughter has just found out on friday (yesterday) after 2 rounds of interviewing and almost a week of waiting, that she got a part-time assistaint job. she had been starting to think about something parttime just recently and this person contacted her. the little grandson is 7 1/2 mos. old now and she is ready to do something a few days a week. she starts next week so i'm going to go first thing monday morning to help out with watching the little one on monday and tuesday. daughter and i are going to fit in a pottery class on monday night too.
my son arrived in hawaii on last thursday for a 10 day vacation with i think probably about 10 of his friends. (don't know the total count). he is having a wonderful time, how could you not!!! he said it is so beautiful and green, mountianous, wild orchids everywhere,and that the air smells like sugarcane. he is, throughout the day, and evening sending me, thru me pix-phone pictures and messages (the first picture i recieved looked so faux i thought i was a "screen saver") that's a mom for you!!!
well i think it's about time i gave up the coffee cup, showered and entered the world today!! live fully!! make it a good one!!
That's so nice about the scarves, that is such a good idea. And I bet the shrug looks great, and the felted bag sounds so cool with the Manos and Noro. Happy Knitting! :) (Comment this)