Hello again! So glad to be back to blogging...finally. I have visited some of your blogs over the last few weeks, but really took a break from it all over the holidays because I figured I deserved it and, also, I have the attention span of a gnat and, what with the holidays and all, I can't possibly 'do it all', much less try to. And I am all about doing less here lately, as a way of making a small contribution toward 'taking care of myself', a totally new and unfamiliar concept to me. To me, 'taking care of myself' simply meant that I would buy myself that bag of Lindor Truffles (dark chocolate) and hide them in my underwear drawer so that I could have them all to myself. Apparently, taking care of oneself is slightly more involved than that. The things you really like to eat must be forsaken and replaced by lots of veggies, whole grains, and water....lots and lots of water. Which is okay. I have no problem with the water and veggie thing. I grew up always having a garden, and so I love eating vegetables. But, I hate to give up my sweet tea. Us southern girls really love us some sweet tea. I have gone so far as to switch to half-n-half tea (half sweet and half unsweet) to cut down on the sugar intake, (they hate me at drive through's) but I have never given it up altogether. Let me tell ya'll...that unsweet stuff just doesn't do it for me.
Anyhoo, I have been knitting. I have two works in progress to share.
The first is a vest I am working on for my husband's birthday. He turned 49 last week and the vest is something he asked for some time back. Here it is so far.
I have finished the left panel and this is the back. The yarn is Wool-Ease Worsted in color 'Mushroom.' I plan on adding some leather covered buttons. The pattern for this lovely thing is at Lionbrand.com. It's called the 'Unisex Vest.'
I have to show you the picture instead of linking to the pattern because things aren't working very well chez Lionbrand right now. Sorry.
It was the only men's vest pattern I could find that wasn't a pull over. Go figure. First, I knit the Medium size, then I used worsted when the pattern calls for sport weight Wool-Ease. (Couldn't find it at Michael's or A.C. Moore, so used worsted instead) Also, I went up a needle size, using size 5 and size 7 instead of using size 4 and 5. It should just fit. So far, so good, anyway.
This is the other project. It is a Baby Surprise Jacket from this book.
(Sorry for the inclusion of Zoe's butt in this picture...she wouldn't move, but isn't the psychedelic quilt cool? Thank you, Target.)
The book was a birthday gift from my Mom. She ordered it from Knit Picks. They have fast, reliable service:)
Here's the BSJ, in progress...
I am knitting this with Paton's Classic Wool in a denim and cream. I like these colors and you can't beat the price, really. It was on sale for 30% off at A.C. Moore, which made it $3.00 and some change, per skein.


















