The Weekends Are Always So Short!

Even if I do get a lot done, I usually end up wondering how Sunday night got here so fast...it's not a lack of a feeling of accomplishment, I promise you - because I really did a lot this weekend!

I'll start by thanking everyone who commented on my sweater advice question on Friday night, and for those who emailed me privately. I think I'm going to be fine with the row gauge. And will probably embark on this sweater journey in December, possibly after Christmas when things settle into a bit of a lull in Knitnana-land.

I frogged the Red Hat Sock (that's what I've been thinking of it as, even if it is called Wicked Stepmother...). I will use the yarn for Jo Sharp's Misty Garden Scarf from Scarf Style.

I can't cast on for it, right now, because I'm using my size 8 bamboo straights on the yoga pillow. Which is almost 1/2 done. I've got to figure out the filler for the pillow and then determine if a ready-made one, purchased, is appropriate, or if it would be possible to recycle the stuffings from something I already have (oh! Recycled Sari Silk yoga pillow with recycled pillow stuffings? Poetry!).

I spent yesterday alternately running up and downstairs doing laundry and at the cutting table cutting out orders for Nana Sadie Rose. I'll be taking orders for the holidays up through November 28, and possibly beyond, so get with me if a Nana Sadie Rose item is on your wish or gift list for this year?

And for dinner, I made myself a huge pot of Veggie Spaghetti. It was yummy and I'll be enjoying it for a couple more days...I finished the evening off by working on the Helsinki Hat Scarf - those cables are just the thing, lately, to wind down with and the yarn (Lamb's Pride Bulky) is just heavenly...so soft and warm!

Then, today I vacuumed. Please don't fall over. (I almost did!) The downstairs is seriously lacking in cat fur, but just wait five minutes and The Meezer and CC will take care of that, forthwith! *wink*

I still need to dust. But after the vacuuming, I had to have a lie-down! heheh...

Finally, I finished off a couple of Knitnana Totes. These were ordered by one of my very best customers (Hi, Big Sis!) for two of four(!) expectant mom's in her life. This fabric, long, long out of print, is about our favorite for Mother's bags (once known as diaper bags, but that, I suppose, dates me terribly, no?)
Every so often I luck into some of this and we tend to squirrel it away for more or less personal use...I do, however have a little, if you know of a soon-to-be mom who'd like a Mera, perhaps? They make great little day-packs when Mom's running just a few errands. Big Sis and Sis-in-Law are known for gifting one of these stuffed with baby's necessities at either the shower or baby birth gift occasion...

Anyway, I have other baby fabrics available of course, and there are tons of different prints out there, too. Big Sis has chosen a different print for her other two gifts. They're not needed for a bit and, not to worry, the mom's don't read my blog, so the surprises are safe (they also don't know each other, so the likelihood of seeing each other with a similar bag is slim, too)!

So now? I think I'll go see what the pillow situation is around here. Oh. And get ready for work tomorrow, too!

Have a great (short) week!