Following my bliss...

So, I'm still finishing up that one last gift, but I was too impatient for a new project (like I don't have enough I'm working on already!). Last Saturday was the beginning of my vacation, and I dug through my stash to find this yarn, Knit Picks Gloss Sock in Cocoa:

Knit Picks Gloss, Cocoa

This yarn is 70% merino wool, 30% silk - soft and warm!

And I just had to make it into a scarf, one that Kristi Holaas designed using a woodgrain pattern from Barbara Walker's Charted Knitting Designs. (Ravelry link)

Here's my Tree Roots Scarf:

Tree Roots Scarf, in progress

The days are getting shorter and cooler and I find myself wanting to spend all the time I can outside enjoying the long sunbeams and cool air before flurries and frigid temperatures drive me indoors to hibernate.

weather-beaten

I've been busy over on Blogger with a photo blog: Crow Greetings. And there's always my Flickr account, too.

I've just about got my gift knitting done, so I'll be able to get back to playing show-and-tell with my fiber adventures soon...

stained glass leaves

Well, I had grand plans this past week to block some knits and photograph them, but the rain nearly every day meant that they would have taken forever to dry, and I wouldn't have been able to take pictures to do them justice.

However, I did have some fun with my camera:

 
I've been busybusybusy. Next week is vacation week for me - a time to settle into a bit of balance as we swing to longer hours of darkness. I'll be posting more about what I've been doing soon...

I realized after that last post that I didn't really have a good picture of my tree in leaf. So:

Tree's summertime clothes

What's your favorite room in your house? Why?

Probably I would vote for my bedroom, mostly because of the view outside the window.

Autumn 2006

Sun(rise)

Brrr #2

I love the view of the sunrise in winter.

And I love that tree.

Who have you lost touch with that you'd love to talk to again?

In third grade, I made a best friend, the older sister of a classmate. Joanne Kennedy and her brother were, well, Navy brats is the term, I believe. But there was nothing particularly bratty about Joanne at all. We both had a mutual love: books.

Most parents have a tendency to check on kids at play as soon as things go quiet (the up-to-no-good principle probably applies here). But anytime Joanne and I went quiet, my Mom would find us with our feet propped up against the wall, our noses in books.

Joanne was only in my small town for a year, living near her grandparents while her father was on ship duty. But after that, we spent years writing letters to each other. She lived on base down at Gitmo, then for a lot of her high school years in Rota, Spain. Eventually her Mom and Dad settled in Florida after he retired from the Navy, and Joanne went to college there.

In the way of all long distance relationships, we grew up and the letters became less frequent. I haven't heard from her in years.

But I miss the letters.

And I would love to hear from her again.

I've completed my project bag, and already pressed it into service; it is carrying all the yarn for my hexagon blanket.

I loved making the flowers that I used to hide where I sewed on the handles.

Flower 2

The shell edging has been completed since I took this photo:

shell edgings

I'm working on one of the handles. After I sew the handles on, I'll cover the stitches with some embellishments (probably some crocheted flowers), and I'll be done!

I splurged on new toys from Japan on Etsy:

New toys :)

ichigonopantsu is great to buy from, and these hooks are fun to use!