Jeunes epinards.

For those getting out your french translations: baby spinach. Yes my world revolves around food :)

This is my birthday present to me, yesterday. A most luxurious scarf in pure jade sapphire cashmere. There’s a special place in my heart for jade sapphire. Such a pleasure to feel slipping through your fingers and such beautifully dyed yarns. I’m working on another project (sleeveless cowl sweater) with their 2-ply silk/cashmere blend that will be finished soon. Anyway, what’s the point of having a birthday without spoiling yourself just a little bit.

The pattern & yarn details can be found on my Ravelry page.

And on another subject: After 6.5 months — my man is coming home tonight. In less than five hours. (!!!!!!)

Rainy day.

Call me crazy, but I don’t mind the rain. Summer has been over for a while in my mind.

And nothing could spoil my mood this week because — Eric is coming home in five more days! He should be in Manas, Kyrgyzstan by now waiting to catch a flight back to the States.

Rain or shine we’re taking the train up to Denali for a few days next week to er… um… well… celebrate.

This yarn is my favorite colors of brown and gray all rolled into one and so much the color of the sky the past few days. I had to fight my friend Carla for the last skein at our local yarn shop. Having so little yarn, I decided to knit a cowl. This one is knitted in a repeating linen stitch, which is just a beautiful from the reverse as it is from the front.

The pattern & yarn details can be found on my Ravelry page.

Redwoods.

A tribute to autumn (which is fast approaching) and one of the most beautiful and serene places on this earth — the Redwood Forest. (Photos taken last summer.)

Next time I’d love to go there during autumn. And remember to take my tripod.

I just finished this scarf yesterday. It took a long time to knit but I am absolutely in love with the colorway — named sequoia — with the deepest reds, hints of warm browns and areas of cream that almost seem like the sun is shining through. This is the first time I’ve knitted with Madelinetosh yarn and I feel we’re going to become very good friends.

The pattern & yarn details can be found on my Ravelry page.

End of summer + wild mushrooms.

Suddenly, summer has turned to the limbo season that is chilly mornings, fog, and lots of rain. Huge wild mushrooms that weren’t there the day before simply pop up over night. Over the past week, I’ve picked two five gallon buckets of them from my garden. They even grow boldly through the crushed rock — no soil necessary.

I’m starting to count the days until Eric comes home. So excited.

Dean and Grant start school again next week. Allen begins preschool a week after that. I’m loving my semi-retired work schedule and plan to continue working only for myself — which is the best kind of work imaginable.

Oh, and these two coordinating scarves are for my parents. No reason required to send beautiful gifts. The yarn choice was inspired by — you guessed it — wild mushrooms.

The pattern & yarn details can be found on my Ravelry page.

It’s a boy.

Earlier this week I got an email with a photo of my long-time friend William’s four-day-old baby, Christian. He and his wife have four daughters, and now a son. I’m so happy for them.

And now I have a home for this baby blanket I started about nine months ago. Hmm. Nine months ago . . .

The pattern & yarn details can be found on my Ravelry page.