It was supposed to be busy, but I seem to have succumb to the illness making it's way across my office, so I slept instead. Last weekend was supposed to be busy too, but I was held up by a freak snowstorm! Nevertheless, it feels good to get a little R&R. Worked a little on the second of my pair of red mittens. Also, I got caught up on a little photo editing from my first ever newborn shoot and photos I took on a much needed weekend getaway with my mom. We drove down to Eugene, OR, over to Florence, up the coast to Cannon Beach then back over to Portland, completing the loop and headed home.
We visited four yarn stores along the way! ~ Soft Horizon Fibre in Eugene; Happy Kamper Yarn Barn in Florence;
T-Spot Yarn, Gifts and Chocolates in Manzanita;
Coastal Yarns in Cannon Beach.
Here is our yarn loot:
And some pretty pictures of the ocean:
Also, wanted to share a little somethin' somethin' from my first newborn shoot, celebrating the newest addition to the Soloria family: Little Keoni
This girl, right here. To be fair, I did start them just before Valentine's day - although, I don't really think that was on my mind when I started these. Nor was it that I needed a pair of mittens. On the other hand, they will come in quite handy when we get our late March snow storm. (I am quite certain this WILL happen). I do believe it was because I had just wound up the gorgeous red Madelinetosh Tosh Merino and it was sitting in my yarn cubby, taunting me. It told me that it deserved to be knitted and that it should be a pair of mittens... who can argue with that?? Anyway, I finished them today. I used the pattern for Family Fun Mittens, found on Ravelry, except I decided to forgo the waffle stitch and knit it in plain stockinette throughout... oh and I used size 5 DPN's instead of size 6. Now my size 5 DPN's are free for other things like.... a guinea pig sweater! Yep, my friend David has a pretty swank little guinea pig named Mac. I had the pleasure of meeting this little dude last night and I agree, he needs a sweater. It'll be a fun little project I'm sure :)
