DIVE BACK IN

Back to work, although we DID pull a lot of overtime hours last week - going into the office in slippers and sweats and calling out for lunch delivery.  There is a mountain of applications waiting to be processed.  My trusty knitting bag will be called into action because one NEEDS to stop and shift one's attention during the day.

I finished a hat and it's drying over a can of coffee.  It was fun, but not what I had envisioned at all.

The Mission Falls 1824 was perfect for this knit and I have enough left over for mitts.  I cast on almost as soon as this one hit the soak, still trying to recreate the Holly Hunter hat.

I'm getting closer.  I've decided that 2011 will see a lot of red fiber.  I have to finish my Anne Hanson 'Hilflowers' and I want to knit a Christmas sweater - one that I can actually wear next year!  Fair isle in red and grey ... nordic theme ... oversized and warm.

These mitts finally dried!  It took the better part of three days for them to be mail- worthy.  I hate to see them go, but they need to be worn - our weather has changed overnight from unseasonably warm to brrrrrrr!  I could hear the snow crunching under the dog's paws this morning as they made their rounds in the dark.  Bring it on!  I love the snow, but save me from the ice.


Here's a peek at what I worked on this weekend -

Flannel receiving blankets and terry-backed bibs -

The sewing mojo is returning!

LAST MINUTE SEWING

The last day of the long weekend found me hustling to finish projects.  Where does the time go?  When the sewing mojo moves me I slip into a trance and the hours and minutes race by.  Before I know it, the sun has set and the animals are rustling about - hoping for a treat.  Cold pots and a dark kitchen are signs - true signals that I am trying to meet a goal!  I did manage to complete my mother's new curtains.  She likes them.

They warm the room where we hung them and make mom feel more secure.  The old cafes didn't close and she likes to feel cozy and sealed in when the darkness comes - these do the trick!

I skeined some Blue Sky Alpaca cottons - little projects await, and NO!  I did not purchase any yarn - these are stash busters.  I am holding true to my word NOT to purchase any yarn before the new year arrives.  Hmmph!

This is a piece that I am secretly making - I sewed the binding on and if you look closely, you'll see that I am doing a running outline stitch in hot pink embroidery thread on selected blooms - this has been a lot of fun.  It should be finished by the weekend.
Last, but not least, one of the blocks for my new mantle runner.

When I look at these projects lined up together I feel as though I am all over the place!!!  But it's all good.