A wee bit ambitious!

I had a wonderful time at knitting group last night, lots of laughs. Our LYS was have a fantastic sale and I was able to purchase yarn for another sweater....yeah for me! I bought 10 skeins and only had about 80 yards to spare, so I thought it prudent to buy 2 more skeins....insurance is always the best policy.

I bought a beautiful knitting book on Tuesday and I had a bit of buyers remorse, especially, after I read one of the patterns and the initial cast on was 500 stitches. I literally thought, what the hell did I do. I put the book aside before the dry heaves started and continued to work on my current sweater. Several people are going to start one of the beautiful sweaters and I will watch and observe from my happy place and see how they do. All are extremely fabulous knitters, so my hopes for them is high. I need to get these 2 sweaters under my belt before I cast on 500 stitches. In the meantime, I have a beautiful book that I will look through whenever I feel like superwoman again!  :-)

Back on track!

Wow, the whole vacation thing threw me into a major funk. I really am a person who thrives on a schedule and all that unscheduled time messes with me. Yesterday after dropping Bryce at camp, I went directly to my LYS and all was right with the world again. Had a few laughs, got some knitting done, it was just what I needed.

I bought a fabulous book yesterday at my LYS, it is called, Knit, Swirl and it is such a beautiful book and I am dying to make one of these beautiful sweaters. My other sweater just yelled at me, what about me, you said you loved me too, despite the fact that you ripped half of me out last night...   :-P...! Sometimes I think I have ADD knitting and that really must stop.

Socks are on hold for a bit. The small needles are aggravating a nagging shoulder issue, so you see, I must concur this sweater for my shoulder is not bothered by bigger needles.

Lots to do today and frankly, not enough hours. It's Wednesday and that means Girls Knitting night and I am really missing my friends!

Knitting was in a bit of a funk.....

I have been totally off my game and schedule these past couple of weeks. I really seam to thrive on a schedule and summer does not lend itself well to that and neither does a week away. I went to bed Sunday night at 6:00 pm and woke up at 8:00 am on Monday....just a little tired!

Finally last night, the kitchen be damned, I sat down to reacquaint myself with my knitting. We spent a wonderful few hours together and progress was made.

Home at last!

We arrived safely back in MD around 5:30 last night and all was well on the flight despite the drunk lady that was on my last nerve as well as the rest of the plane. She felt the need to continue her binge on a 60 minute flight...sure hope somebody was picking her up and she wasn't driving.

I am looking at 2 suitcases that need attention and I am refusing at the moment to give it any. There were groceries to get and other things to do. At least I know 98% of it is clean.

The most knitting I got done while on vacation was on the plane ride home. My boys are outside as I type, tending to a garden that went nuts while we were away.

Waiting for me at home was a box from Signature Needles and inside were my size 3 circs, oh happy day! I must admit, I am exhausted and don't feel like doing anything but catching up on my DVR.

I will post pictures later of my new yarn and a special little gadget I got while on Cape Cod!

A yarn crawl.....!

It's Thursday and I was not really feeling any of the projects I took with me, so that mention it wasntime to go exploring. I had already had hubby take me by 2 yarn stores and they were mediocre at best and then I noticed that there was a NEW shop in East Sandwich and with son on the Vineyard I figured this was a perfect time to check it out. It turned out to be lovely, as was the woman working there and they happened to have a yarn I was dying to get on my needles....Tosh Light by Madeline Tosh. Needless to say, I was really happy. They are sitting here right beside me.....purr!

It is cool and damp here and I am happy I packed a sweater and socks! Going to make some lunch and attack my sweater for a bit. Not the one I am wearing but the one I am attempting to make....details!

Zero knitting....!

Well, vacation is half over and I guess I was somewhat delusional to think that I would get a ton of knitting done. I am looking down at a great big Zero, nada. I am trying not to be bummed out. I have seen all my nieces and nephews and that is a real treat. My niece Sara and I looked at some beautiful sock yarn on the IPad and man, I am loving this little gadget. I actually found a website that only stocks sock yarn....dangerous I tell you.

Tonight was knitting night at my LYS and I am missing my friends and I guess they were missing me too because I got a text from them....made my night. Looking forward to next week.

I am so tired and just want to go to bed. Vacations are always better in my mind than in my reality. :-p

A plane trip and a party!

We had a lovely trip to see family and attend a surprise birthday party. Fun and food was had by all. We are exhausted. We have been up since 4:30am and it's been non stop ever since. Looking forward to a somewhat relaxing week.

I was able to stitch an entire row of a sock on the plane. It's bedtime.