my sister wrote a beautiful entry on her blog about our grandmother. she remembers the blue candle, i remember rubbing the buddha’s belly for luck. i also remember first reading ‘the giving tree’ at her house. R knew i loved that book and gave it to me. he really was so sweet and caring. i miss him so much. maybe i should go rub the buddha’s belly.

i forgot to mention. it is cool and autumny today! i am half happy and half sad. will my tomatoes ripen? will i get to wear that green shirt before next year? am i in shape for skiing? maybe, no, no. sigh.

i slept SO well last night. in my own bed. in my own space. it was so nice. i do miss harley, though. he sure is a sweet dog.

i made a scrubby for SOP based off the dishcloth duo pattern. i used an acrylic yarn for extra scrubbing power and it was so easy to make. now i will have to make one for me. i am also going to make one in linen as a scrubby for my face. soon,

my second sock is coming along. yes, i should post pictures, but i am too tired and lazy at the moment. soon. when i am done you shall have beautiful sock pictures to admire!

work is very busy this week. getting ready for the start of the semester and of course all the professors have shown up this week and forgotten their brains. okay, only some of them, but enough to make you wonder

Officially it’s called dog- and house-sitting, but Harley and i like to think of it as hanging out. He wakes me up at an un-godly hour (perhaps if i were a god he would not do this, but as i am a mere mortal, he feels free to remind me of this fact) and we go for a walk. At some point he decides that the leash is a great toy and starts jumping for it and pulling me around. Usually, he ends up with the leash wrapped around his muzzle and legs and we give up on the game, but it’s fun while it lasts. we go back to his house and eat breakfast and then i have to go to work and he gives me ‘deserter’ accusatory looks. later on, when i am done with work for the day, i go back to his house and he pees on the floor with excitement and i get to clean it up. we go outside and wrestle for a bit and then hang out some more and eat dinner, wait for it to cool down and then go into the garage where i put on his leash and hit the button to raise the garage door and he runs under it as it goes up, splatting me into the door as i am not as short as he is.

he is really such a sweet and gentle guy. i am very much enjoying his company, even if he does snore like a freight train.

i had better get knitting!
i have so many projects that i want to do and quite a few that i already have yarn for as well! the green top is taking a long time, and it will take me a long time in general, i think, and i really want some alternate projects to work on at the same time that i can do while i walk to work and such.

what i am working on right now:

1. polka-dot purl top from spring IK
2. BBBB from stitch n bitch (ok, not sure this really counts as it is a do-a-row-here-and-there kind of project
3. socks for me (first pair ever, one sock done)
4. washcloths (2 started)

here’s what i have yarn for and wanted to get done this summer (LOL!!):

1. jade from elsebet lavold’s sentimental journey
2. polka-dot purl top from spring IK (started - see above)

hmm… i thought that list was longer.

here’s what i have yarn for and want to get done this fall and winter:

1. aud from the viking collection
2. liv from the viking collection
3. honey, from summer tweed
4. the baggy turtleneck that i can’t remember the name of, from summer tweed
5. chamomile, from summer tweed
6. hat with that foofy wool yarn i bought last year
7. sweater of my own design

and more things i’d like to do:

1. socks! there are at least 3 patterns in ‘folk solks’ that i want to make right away
2. poncho? (i do not know why i put a question mark there - i am signed up for a poncho knit-along!)
3. cardigan from simple knits
4. dolman updated from winter IK
5. granny-square pullover from winter IK
6. gloves! (with fingers long enough to fit me!)
7. kyoto, from knitty
8. …

not to mention i have a chair portfolio in photography to work on, an urn to turn, scraps of a life to lead, my wife to kill and guildor to frame for it!