Weekendy Things

The weekend got off to a great start Friday afternoon with the arrival of my Web's order of summer tweed for 2 upcoming projects. For a tank top, or Serenity...not exactly sure.

For Lull!

After admiring my new yarn, Jeff and I ran out to Bed, Bath and Beyond for a new mattress pad and pillows (oh, the thrill...) as things were getting threadbare. Much more fun was going out for drinks and sharing a nacho plate after!

Later on, I finished the front of Rove, so it is ready for the neckband, armbands and seaming. (Dark, late night, not so great pic.) It lines up perfectly with the back.

I wasn't ready to deal with the finishing fussiness of Rove, so I cast on for Lull instead! It is constructed with an 8 row pattern that I'm starting to get into my head.

Saturday, was a day full day of fun with Debby and Chris, with plans including shopping, bike race watching (photos on my bike blog) and dinner.

I found a pretty summer scarf, bracelet and a great shade of summer lippy gloss (nude almond)!

I bought 3 tops: a linen tunic, silky print and crochet cardi as well as a ruffle skirt, not shown.

Along with buying a couple of my lotion 'essentials' at the dept store there was a summer giveaway and the counter lady there is always so nice to me and loads me up with 2 of everything and full sized product samples. It's always so funny/good to buy like 3 tiny boxes, but then get so much bonus free stuff that I need the biggest available shopping bag to carry it out of the store, LOL! I'm so set on lotions and make up for the whole summer (all stuff I like and would otherwise pay for!) and have cute shoulder bags and mini bags to carry it all in!

I almost forgot to mention that I got a couple of kitchen things I've been wanting too. A hot pepper corer that should save my fingers from buring pepper juices from now on! And a cherry pitter as cherries are so good this time of year and I'm wanting a fresh fruit salad with them in it.


Sunday, we went to Target to pick up household things, you know, boring stuff like trash bags. But I always find some fun things too. This time I got a few summer tanks to wear under my knits, blue plastic glassware for patio use (will be lighter to carry in and out than the usual glassware and not breakable) and a new doggie bed for Silas (Saffy's older bed is still ok.). In the past, Silas hasn't liked changing beds and it takes a week before he adjusts to the newness of it as he is pretty high strung. This time, however, he took to this bed right away and seemed so pleased! The only problem was that Saffy wanted something new too and kept pushing him off to try out the new bed. After awhile everyone was on their own beds and happy though. I window shopped for cameras too. I want something with more capability. The compact is great to carry on the bike, but for all the other times I'm taking pics, I'd like something with more options. I might just get a better point and shoot. Not sure I need interchangeable lenses and all...but I'm still pretty unsure what I'm going to do! There are so many great choices! We also ate at Vinny T's and stopped at Starbucks, of course!

Now, it is a rainy Monday, so I will try to get a bit of knitting done and ride the bike trainer and organize all my new things and tidy up.

Calm Knitting

I'm getting going on Rove and love the Rowan calmer yarn! It does seem to keep me calm too, no knots or tangles and it's easy on the fingers because of the slight stretch. What a fab yarn to work with! I think there are going to be more projects with it in my future, but in the meantime, here's a pic of the back half of Rove.

And, Jeff got a surprise in the mail this week, his work related 'Author's Award' which is a digital picture frame!

Visiting My Favorite Shop

Jeff was interested in doing a little Sunday drive to Tiverton, RI with me yesterday, so I put on my new tank and wore it out to Sakonnet Purls to look for a new project.

I picked out the Rowan Studio, Issue 15, pattern book with a number of items I like in it designed by Sarah Hatton. The yarn for my first choice pattern was not available and I didn't feel like working out a substitute with Jeff waiting patiently for me, so I opted to knit another tank and picked out some Calmer for it.

I have been wanting to try Calmer for some time, so this will be a nice way to see how the slight stretchiness works for me and then I might try it with a bigger project, with sleeves. The shop had a sample sweater in Calmer on display and it felt amazing.

There are some gorgeous color choices in this yarn, but I especially like this blue.

Happy with my purchases, I went out to find Jeff and we headed on to the reason he went to the knitting store with me in the first place...a visit to Gray's Ice Cream just up the road from Sakonnet Purls!

(The book and yarn were photographed in my herb garden. You can see the sage, etc.)