A couple of years ago, Lee and I purchased a small coffee table created from reclaimed barn wood. Santa brought us the matching sofa table this year for Christmas. Since there was no room behind our couch, we set it up on the opposite wall. We are enJOYing having another display surface for pictures and other trinkets. I especially love it at night with all the candles lit.
Nearly two years of knitting, and my first sweater is complete! It was cast onto my needles in February 2007 and knitted during many alone hours, a few car rides, in two yarn shops, propped up in bed, on an airplane, in front of the t.v., while visiting family in WV/VA/NC, during a move, and draped across my growing belly. I tried it on last night, and while it doesn't quite cover the belly, I'm content to just enJOY it folded there in all its finished glory!
This was my first project using double pointed needles.
I am so pleased with how it turned out!
We turned our kitchen table and added a leaf to accommodate us all for Thanksgiving dinner. Even though it's just the two of us for awhile now, I asked Lee to leave it that way. Now I really have some room to spread out. I'm packaging up some December treats, working on my December journal, and writing thank you notes. It's a good place to be on a frosty December day. 
I adore these baby booties for two reasons:
I clipped that little phrase from a favorite magazine and pasted it to my journal. It's what I've been thinking about lately. The day is coming when I won't be able to spend the morning knitting, or the afternoon baking, or the evening painting, cutting, and pasting. And, will I ever read a book again? 
Over the past few weeks I've been collecting supplies for a new project. I'm using a mix of stuff from my stash and a few new purchases to create a holiday journal. Christmas is my most favorite time of year. It often passes me by in a whirlwind, though, and when January rolls around I feel like there just wasn't enough time to enJOY it all. By creating this little book ahead of time, I'll be able to savor the season by adding a few words and a photo for each December day to my previously decorated pages. 
Inspired by the heart Anna drew for me, I created this set of stationary. The hearts are snipped from scraps left over from the baby quilt my mom is sewing for us. 
I've been off sightseeing with family for the past week. We stopped in at a local antique shop one afternoon and came out to find these colors arching across the sky. I especially love the juxtaposition of blue sky and grey with the full rainbow in between.
It was a crisp morning, sunshiny & blue-skied, perfect for a drive. With the Indigo Girls as company, I drove down the coast for a knitting class. I spent a few hours in a tiny shop by the water learning to sew my sweater's shoulders together and picking up stitches with which I've begun the neckband.
Here it is! It may not look like much, but I am 12 rounds and a bit more seaming from being FINISHED! I'm off to knit, and quite possibly to follow Jake's lead closing my eyes for a quick snooze.
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