Weekend Favorites

I have wanted to post a Weekend Favorites post for the last few Fridays, but I kept finding myself too busy to get down to it on Thursday nights (and Friday mornings) lately.

In actuality, I was still really busy last night, and this morning I am supposed to be throwing some belongings into a a bag and taking a trip a few hours south of here. Still, I don’t want to put this post off another week! So here I am, sipping my morning coffee and putting together the Weekend Favorites.

Hopefully I still have enough time to pack up some clothes and a knitting project before it’s time to leave 🙂

Images

The mosaic below represents other people’s pictures that spoke to me this week on Flickr and Instagram. Click on the titles below the mosaic to get a better look at the images and see more from the photographers who made them.

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1. I swatched 7 different stitch patterns before g… by izznit via Instagram
2. We had a lovely afternoon in the sun enjoying y… by natasha_littlemissrose via Instagram
3. Coffee and good book 😌 by potatoqueen via Instagram
4. Apple season is here! It is time for everythin… by woolenviolet via Instagram
5. So much cooler today! Woke up to this lovely au… by nestprettythings via Instagram
6. Sunday Morning :: Aren’t quiet Sunday mornings … by the.tangled.knitter via Instagram
7. Unicorn parallelogram kindly shared with me via… by madelinetosh via Instagram
8. #hipstaadayseptember #hipstamatic #hipstamaticp… by coppercurls55 via Instagram
9. One king size quilt is put through the wash / 3… by annamariahorner via Instagram
10. Hallelujah, thank you Jesus ☕ï¸�ðŸ™�ðŸ�¼ Happy Saturd… by elizaellen via Instagram
11. “I love my life. I don’t want to be a mere spec… by hellotherefriendproject via Instagram
12. We’re loving these grid notebooks Erin Dollar o… by poppytalk via Instagram
13. I’m having so much fun working on my 4th book a… by yvestown via Instagram
14. Ugh Brighton, why so pretty!? 🌆 by rocknrollbride via Instagram
15. Summer Harvest Tortilla Soup with a few additio… by cathysly via Instagram
16. untitled by doreenkassel1 via Instagram
17. These earrings by Laura Guenther are adorned wi… by stampington via Instagram
18. Back panel done!! I’m finally getting used to t… by sparkle512 via Instagram
19. Here I come #fringeandfriendskal2015. Excited t… by claireallenplatt via Instagram
20. A peek at a 5-Minute Thanksgiving Tablescape we… by poppytalk via Instagram
21. • brown • #hp_brown2 #myweekofdetails @its_my_w… by zuzu365 via Instagram
22. Turkish coffee for #nationalcoffeeday. Quite de… by cindyloughridge via Instagram
23. We are drooling over this quilt made by @jessee… by artgalleryfabrics via Instagram
24. Happy National Coffee Day–To celebrate save $1… by blockpartypress via Instagram
25. Happy National Coffee Day! Our April issue cove… by njmonthly via Instagram
26. Menai Moonrise’ – Anglesey by Kristofer Williams via Flickr
27. Next on line for jewelry; polymer clay beads fr… by irismishly via Instagram
28. I’ve just finished these two sweet-as-pie bride… by gertrudemade via Instagram
29. Make Pretty Classic Hat – Tutorial http://beaut… by cascadeyarns via Instagram
30. Bouquet treasure for #barijbouquets winner. Hop… by barij via Instagram
31. Pie pie pie!! Pie just fits with fall. Look at … by foodbloggersca via Instagram
32. Starting off the week on the right 👟 with my f… by chicagotourguide via Instagram
33. Monday, Monday! Warming up with a bowl of appl… by newlyfedweds via Instagram
34. #4of31 #halloween #princesspumpkins #traderjoes… by jamesedward111 via Instagram
35. Fall! #fall #fallincalifornia #canadianincalifo… by elizabeth_in_photo via Instagram
36. Spent the week playing dress up with #WarbyHome… by listaland via Instagram

Links

Here are a few interesting things from around the web that grabbed me this week:

• Health benefits for those who stick to their knitting – expert advice from The Sacramento Bee. Ok, people, this is your invitation to spend the next several months holed up by the fire, pointy sticks and string in hand 🙂 By the way, I think this advice applies to any craft you do with your hands, not just knitting.
• Autumn Palette on Yarn – dyed skeins from Small Things. Oh, I just love this! So many pretty colors, and all from plants. One of these days I am going to finally try this myself.
• How to Make Sun Prints – a fun DIY from Food52. You can make prints of all kinds of natural objects in your back yard, or objects from your home. Nifty.
• DIY Macrame Hammock Chair – a DIY from Fish & Bull. This is cool! I actually rescued a chair like this from the curb a few years ago, but when I got it home I didn’t really know how to improve the worn-out old cushion that was on it. The answer is to remove it and replace it with a macrame hammock, it seems!
• Wink’s Mandalas Blanket – a free pattern from A Spoonful of Yarn. Wink was a crocheter known for her colorful mandalas. After she passed away earlier this year, her brother’s fiance took on the task of turning Wink’s mandalas into a beautiful tribute blanket. Here she shares images of the finished blanket, links to learn more information about the individual mandalas, and the (free) blanket pattern.
• Organic and Rustic Polymer Clay Beads – from The Blue Bottle Tree. She writes, “if you’re new to the world of polymer clay […] you’ll find these beads are really easy to make. They don’t need any special skills, expensive tools, or even a pasta machine. In fact, they’re a great introduction to making polymer beads.” You know I can get behind that! I’ve long said that the supplies lists for many polymer projects can be super intimidating to beginners not to mention expensive.
• Giant Pom Pom Garland – and easy party decoration from Best Birthdays. These are too cool. You don’t get a sense of how big they are until you scroll down to the bottom of the post and see the image with the chair in it for scale.

Enjoy your weekend!