baby soft cardigan

i messed up the sleeves so i just left them off - it's a little baby soft vest :)

for details ravel it

back in the game

The fall-like weather outside ( our high today is only 70! ) is making me long for knitting! I'm currently working on a baby sweater as an entree back into the craft. I also need to put the finishing touches on a sweater I completed before going into the hospital. Photos to come soon! In the meantime, happy Monday!

friday recipe

I just received this recipe from the hubby's mum. Looks delicious!
http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/tomato_pie/.

thoughts

- I'm still around, but since my trip to the hospital, it's been difficult to knit. I'm not quite sure what's going on - I'm just going to roll with it though and hope that this knitting hiatus doesn't last for too long.

- I've been obsessed with salads the past few weeks - Spinach with fresh zucchini, squash and goat cheese is my new favorite dinner.

- The excessive heat in VA is making me long for winter - I just can't wait until things cool off.

- The garden has produced pounds of tomatoes this year - for that, I am grateful.

- The hubby is fascinated by the fact that I've never had fresh lima beans. I can't wait until they come in.

- I think I need to go see a love story in the theater - Maybe 500 days of summer will do the trick?

moving in slow motion

While I'm getting better and starting to recover from all the trials and tribulations of the week, I'm moving in slow motion on knitting. I haven't felt like doing much but sitting around and reading or watching Food Network. The one thing that the hospital stay did for me is made me feel very fortunate for the things I have and the things I have done. Everything looks different to me now. Before the stay, I was so busy trying to push out knitting projects that I'm not sure I really took the time to actually enjoy what I was doing. Now, I'm looking at that big stash of yarn and not feeling anxious; instead, I feel like the yarn will tell me what it wants to be and when. This is a lot less stressful to say the least.

details on blue

Thanks for the comments, ya'll! Blue skies was really easy
> Pattern: Laura Chau's Top Down Raglan Cardi
> Yarn: Cascade 220 Heathers
> Mods: I added a seed stitch ladder wavy rib to the bottom - so much fun!

Thanks again!

blue skies

gardening in the city

what i'm thinking about - part ii

1. Finishing up the sweater I'm currently working on while I'm listening to Indigo Girls at Groovin in the Garden tonight.
2. Chocolate espresso beans.
3. How tired my brain has become today - not because it's been challenged, but because I'm bored.
4. Rhinebeck and how much fun it was last year.
5. Friday - hallelujah.
   
   

what i'm thinking about

• I have completed 90% of the XO vest I started a few weeks ago. I'm trying to talk myself into finishing the rest, but frankly, I really don't want to! I'm not enjoying it and really just want to start on a new shawl for the summer. Is it ok to not finish a sweater that's 90% of the way there?
• NC is on my mind today; the hubby and I are still considering moving back. I'm not sure what I'd do there, but the Phd program might be an option...I just wouldn't want school to get in the way of knitting :)
  
• Peppercorn Ranch Sun Chips are mighty tasty...
• I can't wait to get home today to start on a new knitting project (that is, if I can forgive myself for not finishing that vest I mentioned in bullet point 1!)