I’ve been chipping away at that to-do list that I mentioned last week, and I may finally be at a place where I can take a deep breath and relax a bit. Whew.
Even the things that I have done for relaxation this week have not been purely for me. All of my knitting has been for the goal of publishing a new pattern, and the small amount of crocheting I’ve done has also been with a paycheck in mind. I’ve been daydreaming about casting on some selfish knitting, and I may now be in the position to do so.
I’ve been encouraged by the ease and beauty of the Hitchhiker Shawl I knit a few weeks ago (more on that in a future post) and now I’m thinking that I’d like another in colors that are more “me.” Don’t get me wrong, I love the rainbow I knit, but the idea of one in blues and greens makes me swoon.
I’m probably going to treat myself to some time at the New Jersey Sheep and Fiber Festival this weekend. I’ll be on the lookout for the perfect blue-green yarn for a new shawl while I’m there.
If there are any local fiber enthusiasts reading this, I hope you’ll stop me and say hello. I will probably be there on Sunday ☺
So, what is This Week in Pictures?
It’s a roundup of the photos I shot for Project 365 (one image each day for all of 2016), plus some snapshots I posted on Instagram during the previous week.
📷 = taken with my Canon DSLR
📱 = taken with my Samsung phone
Ready? Cast your mind back to this time last week…
Saturday
365 📷: 2016 247/366 – Soaking my rainbow Porthole Pullover so I can block it and give it a proper photo shoot.
Sunday
365 📷: 2016 248/366 – Back to Mom’s workbench today. One of my pegboards for my boutique display didn’t fit, so Mom cut off two inches (which I am keeping for another potential display piece) and I sanded & painted the rough edges. [Taken at my parents’ house.]
Monday
365 📷: 2016 249/366 – It’s a beautiful morning for an outdoor photo shoot. All of my rainbow stuff has been properly blocked, and I love the way they fit. I plan to wear these together to Rhinebeck (or separately, depending on the weather – fingers crossed for a chilly day!)
Tuesday
365 📷: 2016 250/366 – And so begins another school year…
Wednesday
365 📷: 2016 251/366 – The idea of washing my handknits has always been intimidating to me, but I finally did it this week. My most-worn four sweaters got soaked, and then dried flat. They look new again 🙂
Thursday
365 📷: 2016 252/366 – My youngest is in 8th grade this year, so this is the last set of back-to-school paperwork I will ever have to fill out for our grade school. I’d say it’s bittersweet, but really it’s just sweet. I’ve been wishing they’d computerize this stuff since 2008. I must have written our address down in six different places on these forms!
Friday
365 📷: 2016 253/366 – Life is just a bowl of hot dogs.
Thanks for taking a peek at this week’s photos! If you want to see this stuff as it happens, please feel free to follow me on Flickr and/or Instagram.
I may already have plans to blog about some of these things in greater detail over the coming week, but be sure to leave a comment if there’s something in particular you want to know about!
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Have fun at the festival! It sounds like so much fun. 🙂
I am going to make a baby sweater with the porthole pattern. I have some Madelinetosh left that is pinks and oranges that I am thinking about.
The festival was small but nice – a good warmup for Rhinebeck next month! A little sweater in pink and orange sounds cute. In my blog admin, the preview of your comment cut off at the phrase “I am going to make a baby” and I thought, “my, that is personal!” LOL!
Oh, my word, LOL!!!! That’s hilarious! Yeah, no. 🙂
I can’t wait to hear about Rhinebeck and you will look so cute in your sweater and shawl!
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