Hey Y'all!! I am here and doing just fine! I know I have been MIA. Thanks for all the emails asking if I am ok. I truly feel the bloggy love. For some reason I find the dog days of summer a bit depressing, and I have been feeling it again this summer. Although floating in the pool at my folks' house does help (must be the Vitamin D I have been soaking up from the sun) does help chase away the summer blahs. The stresses of just every day to day life, a sick mother-in-law, a stressed out hubs, a full time job...I can go on a bit...just left me a bit burned out. But I am here, and with a smile on my face!
And I have been busy making socks!! I was determined this year to learn making socks and to sharpen my skills. I have always been in awe of sock knitters and so intimidated by their skills. So, as you can see below, I have been working on it.
I have learned so much!! I love toe up socks! And now I can't stop looking at sock patterns on ravelry and dreaming about all the sock yarn at SAFF this fall!!!
My mom turned 75 last week! I told her I was taking a day off of work and we would go do something fun. I asked her what she wanted to do, and she said I want to go to Joanne's Fabric and look at patterns. We had a blast!! As you can see she loaded up her cart with some goodies. Afterwards we went to lunch. It was such a fun day!
This evening I realized that the locusts were not buzzing quite as loud as they were yesterday and I could hear soft humming of the crickets. It sounded like fall to me. I know there are still some summer days left, but I can feel that beginning of summer ending and fall beginning. And I love this, because I love the fall1 Everything about it. I feel so good in the fall...I love the colors, the feel of the air, the outdoor fall festivals, pumpkins. I could go on and on. Seems fitting that I should start working on a sweater. A first for me!! I hope to have it ready to wear this fall, too!
I have plans to add some scarves and hats to my etsy shop and knit and crochet up some little pumpkins and leaves!
