a whole year
wow, didn't realize i'd been away so long. thanks for not giving up on me and remembering to check back in.
in knitting news i finally wore my finished Scoop du Jour sweater today. fun! fun! fun! it is a fabulous fit and love the finishing touch of the oval buttons that i bought for that sweater on my trip this summer to NYC. it's funny how you can feel good all day when you feel good in a snuggly sweater. did you ever have that feeling? i will wear it out tonight to dinner and to see the movie, "proof".
also on the needles; a christmas stocking, that has been "hanging out there for some time" and deserves to be finished. by the way, i have been sooo inspired by all the great christmas stockings that i've seen in a the mail order catalogs lately: sundance, garnet hill, anthroplogie.....
in other knitting news i started and restarted and restarted and QUIT for now the Cabled Shrug from Fall Interweave Knits. just too "fussy" for me right now. gotta give that some more thinking time and see if it is something that i really want to buy into.
and that brings me to the birthday boy news. i gifted the Wild Stripes (pattern at www.knitty.com see archives) one year old birthday blanket and i think he loves it. i hope it will be loved to shreds for years to come. i have lots of left over yarns and so i plan to do some christmas gifts for that little grandson with those. i just love that yarn, and those great colors.
speaking of the birthday......the party was so fun and my daughter did such a wonderful and creative job. you can check out some of the details and pixs at her site. www.confessionsofasahm.com too cute. and that one year old was the life of the party.
hard to believe November is already here. a year ago tomorrow i was meeting my little grandson for the first time. this has been a wonderful year of firsts as a grandma......with many more great years to come.
I too have given up on the Cabled Shrug - I can't be bogged down with it now! Maybe that will be a knit for the duldrums of March. (Comment this)