How was your Thanksgiving?
Even though the day was busy with activity here, it was enjoyable just the same. Don’t you just love the smells of Thanksgiving? MMM…pumpkin pie, apple cider and roasting turkey. YUM! Hard to believe we will be moving on to that next big holiday in 4 short weeks. Yikes!
Scottish Lamb Jean came up with her family to spend the holiday with her NH relatives and we managed to squeeze in some visiting time with her as well. Jean made the beautiful silver pendant especially for me….isn’t it wonderful? On the flip side is a picture of our little Skyy-baby! Thanks Jean!
I was thrilled to meet, Lucky the newest 4 legged member of Jean’s family. What a dear sweet dog he is and so lucky that he was rescued from the puppy mill that he nearly died in. Go take a look at the blog that Jean put together for him…..too cute!
Thank goodness for the dedicated rescue people who work tirelessly for our breed! You can read more about Cavalier rescue here and here .
…and a little knitting….
Remember the little pumpkin hats that I made for the Fryeburg Fair? Well, this summer when I was working on them, Ashley’s boyfriend, Brian had mentioned to her that he would love to have one for himself.
I had to chuckle as not too many adults have inquired about having one made…in fact not a one has, but Brian really wanted one, so on the needles it went. This was his birthday/Thanksgiving gift 🙂
He promises that he is going to wear it hiking, so if you see a pumkpin headed hiker, say Hi!
All in all other than Thanksgiving Day, it was a pretty quiet weekend here. My MIL was here visiting, so alot of time was spent sitting and talking, which gave me time to work on Bee.
I am working on the hive portion and really enjoy the rhythm of this lace. Even though the lace is worked on both the knit side and the purl side, I have found Bee easy to follow along. It is a treat working with pure merino yarn instead of sock yarn for a change………an enjoyable knit all around!
In addition to the stole, I have also been working on some new dye colors and my next to the youngest daughter made me promise to start her mittens now that it is getting cold out here.
The yarn that she chose is some handspun from some CMF roving that I received last year in a swap. While pink is not my color, Courtney claimed it the minute she saw the roving….so hers it shall be!
I think I have a few things to keep me busy… 🙂
The Woolen Rabbit 
Whew! Your picture is so clear I can see that I need to practice on the soldering! lol. It was great to see you and Ken again. We’ll be back up next month. Oh, and thank you SO much for driving Daniel’s DS back! 🙂
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Can it be the end of the year is so close? Brian is a great guy and has a wonderful sense of self. Good for him! The necklace Jean made for you is just perfect!
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He looks adorable in the pumpkin hat. Don’t you leave the bee shawl pattern?
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That would be love, not leave. Sheesh. One glass of wine with dinner and I can’t even comment coherently.
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The smells of Thanksgiving are the best. 🙂
The CMF yarn is very pretty – it’ll make great mittens.
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Sounds like you had a good weekend. The bee shawl looks like it is coming along…I think I will enjoy watching your progress on this one! Love the pendent, for a second there I thought that you had another talent!!
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So much fun in your life!
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Lovely projects! How awesome that he wanted a pumpkin hat!
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The hat is great! I think you lucked out with that guy.
Bee is beautiful, even unblocked.
Snow! Snow! Snow! That’s what the holidays mean, and It’s About Time.
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What a great gift from Jean! Yes, it looks like you have plenty to keep you busy. I’m really interested to see the mittens.
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I enjoyed reading your post. You are certainly busy!
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That yarn will make some cute mittens. I love that Brian asked for a pumpkin hat…and he looks great in it! The bee shawl is just georgous! 🙂
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That pendant is so cute!! Your stole is coming out very nice, also.
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The pumpkin hat suits Brian very well 🙂 And I love your pendant ! (and the Bee Shawl)
Mmm, pink is not my color too, but I also have one of my girls who adores it !
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Hehe – I love the fact that he asked for a pumpkin hat – very brave soul! What pretty spinning, I have that colorway from CMF and I liked seeing it spun up as a swap, and can’t wait to see what you make with it.
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pumpkin hat is wonderful.
looks like bee stole is growing nicely.
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I’ve just spun the same roving up- it’s lovely.
India
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That little pendant is the sweetest thing I’ve seen all week. 🙂
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