Yup! Another Gnome Hat

I can't just help myself.  I just love making these. 

This is hat #3.

They are quick. 

I don't have to think very hard. 

I can work on these at o'dark hundred on the bus to work, and on the ride back home.  I only have about a half hour with a lot of jostling, so my projects can't be overly complex or too big. 

These goofy little hats are just perfect!

And they make me smile

I used my favorite yarn - alpaca.  With a little felting, this hat became yummlisicous softness (just made that up).

Thank you for indulging me.

Finished! First Ever Sweater

Ahh!  Sunday morning.  Bloggy time.  Coffee, an Unusually Helpful Helper sleeping next to me.  Still dark.  Life is good.

I finished this awhile ago but just wasn't able to take a picture I liked.  I usually have no need to wear an object to show what it looks like, but in this instance flat and hanging images looked awful.

I have one that's OK, but considering I've worn it a couple of times and it fits!!! I felt I should wrap this up. 

See?   Not the best picture.  Certainly not very arty.  But it shows the color correctly and you can see the sweater details.

I really like the shell button.  It's nearly 2 inches across and has a great pearly shimmer.

I'm going to call this sweater Big Daddy 2.  Big daddy one was a commercially produced sweater that I and moths wore to rags.  I loved that sweater because it was super warm.  Unless its 75 degrees outside, I am freezing.  This new sweater is super yummy warm.  I'm loving it.  It will be in heavy rotation as the weather gets cooler.

I used Cascade Yarns 128 Superwash.  The pattern, Nimbus, was free on the Berroco yarn site.  It was easy to modify the body and sleeve length.

Finished! Gerbera Daisy Pin

HI.  I finished a couple of projects last weekend.  Here is a little pin I made between other projects.

Here's the back.  I think it looks more finished with a little piece of felt to hide the threads.

I had to go to the bead store to finish this little project.  Bad, bad idea.  Because I walked out of there with more than needed.  Shocking!

But that's a post for another day.

Fall

Fall has arrived.  Last Saturday it was in the upper 70's and Sunday it was in the 60's. I wore jeans and a sweater.  It may really be time to put away the Capri pants and flip flops.

The front garden still looks like summer.  But soon the leaves will turn and the flowers will need to be cut back.  Our summer really began in September and we had a lovely 3 week stretch.

The days in the Northwest become very short in the fall and winter.  It's dark still in the morning when I head to work.  When the time change occurs it will be dark when I head home from work.  In the winter it seems like the only time I see daylight is on the weekends.

This is not a complaint.  Well, it probably will be come February when we are tired of the cold and dark and rain.  But right now, instead of bounding out of bed to work in the garden on the weekend, I am still in my jammies, with a cup of coffee, my feet up on an ottoman with a lap quilt wrapped around me working on my blog.

Hello blog.  It seems like it's been awhile.  Perhaps now that it's dark and we will be spending more time indoors we will have a chance to catch up.  And spend time on projects. 

I can't wait.  See you soon!