What I've been up to....

Oh my goodness!!

I've been a BAD BAD BAD blogger!! I can't remember when I last went so long without blogging!

I promise I've been busy though! I've even worked!!

But mostly, I've been preoccupied. It happens. Oh well.

Oh, and I realize I've been working a lot. Since about April, it's been long clinical training to summer job to long clinical training... no wonder I'm exhausted!! Lol! I guess I have been in need of rest and relaxation!

So I've been sleeping. A lot. 

I've been lazing about when I feel like it. A lot. 

And, I've been crocheting. A lot.

I finished a small granny square baby blanket for a friend due next month.

I crocheted a little baby hat for another friend due in December.

 Pattern here.

I've been crocheting the granny square blanket for my godmother. Up to 44 squares now!!

 I've started adding the row of ivory around the edges so that I can slowly start joining rows instead of storing a billion little squares. ;)

But oh those little ends... I've been bad this time around about sewing them in!

I've also started another baby blanket project. This one for a friend due in February... but don't want to show a picture until it's done in case she reads this ;)

I don't know where time is going but I am happy and excited and looking forward to it all! Lots of changes coming my way... the first being graduation in December! And only 50 days until we go to Florida!! Woohoo!!

Thanks for stopping by! I'll try to make it back before long!

Possibly the last garden post

Funny thing happened...

My wisdom teeth appointment WASN'T today after all.

It was tomorrow. 

Tomorrow I have a big test... so I had to reschedule until NOV 6th!!!

Woohoo dodged that bullet!

Makes me wonder if I should just leave the little buggers in. ;)

So instead of being tortured, we went to the garden and took a looksies. 

My camera battery died (!) mid-visit so here's a picture of my dad planting tulips for spring and a picture of the lone sunflower. There was a bud next to it, but it's gotten colder out so who knows if it will make it.

We also walked away with the second large pumpkin. A few SMALL zucchinis and one larger one, a posy of snapdragons and a couple of roses. 

We just have to go with better time one sunny day and clean the place up a bit and build the compost properly. 

Can't believe another summer came and went.

I wish I'd have had more time, although what would it have mattered with all the rain? 

Hopefully we get a good summer next year!!

fun with friends

"Every woman should own a blowtorch" in the wise words of Julia Child. The authenticity of that quote can't be backed, as I believe I picked it up from pinterest, but it's funny anyway.

My friend's mom has a blowtorch. And she made creme brulee for my friend's birthday dinner party. SWEET!

Orange flavored. YUM!

Earlier that day, we took a morning walk in brisk fall sunshine. 

Koda bear insisted on getting in the water... cold!!

 He paddled around for a few minutes and tried looking for a stick but only found a little twig. Weirdo dog. :)

I'm in denial that the weekend is almost over. 

So not looking forward to getting my wisdom teeth removed tomorrow, a retake exam on Tuesday... 

Hopefully the rest of the week will be better! 

...and the rain could stop? 

:D 

Have a nice week!

It runs in the family...

The love of yarn runs deep in this family...

I've spent the day at my parent's house enjoying the company of my mom and aunt. My aunt is an avid knitter and has helped me build my yarn stash quite generously since I started crocheting in 2010. 

(WOW! Has it really been two years already?!) 

Her favorite thing to knit is socks. And believe you me, this woman is a sock knitting MACHINE! 

She knits a lot for different local charities for all ages and reasons. 

These are the socks she's worked on/finished while at my parent's house this week. 

Amazing, eh? :)

These are little girl socks. Cute!! 

I spent my time crocheting a few squares, helping my mom remember how to work pinterest (lol), and making and early dinner (roasted chicken with roasted sweet potato chunks and brussels sprouts). 

Hello weekend!!

...oh and guess what...

I RETURNED MY THESIS!! 

☺☺☺

hope your weekend's off to as good of a start as mine! ;)

Crochet, crochet

Ah, a crochet post. Again.

How refreshing after all this time posting about everything but. :)

I've had a crochet weekend.

I've come to find that I always get really excited and inspired to crochet in the fall. I suppose it's the cool weather combined with the rain. Nothing better than sitting back and enjoying some color therapy via yarn. 

I picked up some Novita Puro (my favoritest yarn ever!) yarn on Friday from the clearance section. I guess the color "aallokko" (=waves) is going out of production. 

Needless to say I snatched up two 50g skeins...

And then decided after my fall foliage post that I need fingerless mittens for photography purposes.

Voila!

 Pattern loosely followed from here. 

Then I decided that it's probably wise to sew the ends in for my godmother's blanket. I hate sewing in ends. I know most crocheters do, but ugh. 

I figured I'd better sew them in before I crochet another round of 12 squares.

 

I've also been a bit stumped by how I should arrange the squares. I've laid them out many times but have come to the conclusion of doing dark-light-dark patterns. It's just so hard to envision the final product without the white borders, I guess.

(yarn shopping, yay!)

Then I started another baby blanket. I seem to have more and more friends with buns in the oven. I'm loving it! :) 

 This is using the leftovers and the most boyish colors I had in my stash of the softest merino wool (Viking baby ull... or something like that).

 I'm going to make a big granny square because... I'm obsessed with granny squares. STILL.

While looking for the yarns above, I did inventory on my rainbow granny baby blanket. I have 40 squares already! Holy moly! 

I started making this blanket for whatever offspring bless us one day... but the more I look at it, I think my other prego friend would love it just as much as I do.

And hey, I can make myself another. ;)

Laying this one out and deciding on a pattern is a challenge too. I rather like this diagonal pattern.

 I should add the final row of gray and sew them together. Looks like I'm missing just a few more squares till it's complete!

♥ Colors ♥ Yarn ♥ Crochet ♥

Today, I'm trying to focus on my thesis. 

This is the fuel, along with coffee.

I'm almost out of fuel. :(

(--> ending up here!)

Hope your Monday is off to a good start. :)

Don't forget to check out my other blog 

www.projectliveandbreatheit.blogspot.com

It's hard keeping up with two blogs!!