Michaels Haul of Yarn

Hello Friends,

I hope you are doing well. It has been a busy week for me here with work and trying to get organized around the apartment. I am liking my new role at the company that I got transferred to. It is still an adjustment, but what changes in life aren't? I just tell myself that this is the reality as much as I miss my old position and the people, things have to change sometimes even when we feel like we aren't ready.

I bought some yarn recently at Michaels to knit a shawl I just loved the light green yarn and had to buy it and there was a good sale on as well. I bought three balls of the Vanna's Choice Lion Brand yarn in the colorway 'dusty green' to knit a shawl. I am so excited to get started I keep thinking I need to get started on knitting again because I really miss it and it's been too long of a break from knitting and I didn't want a break but sometimes it happens. I still need to buy some circular needles in order to get started that are long enough to knit a shawl.  I also picked up the ball of black yarn by Loops & Threads to knit something for my fiancé Liam. 

Thank you for stopping by! I am looking forward to getting back on track with my knitting again and thank you all for your comments and support even on my non-knitting content posts. I really have enjoyed sharing my journey following the Marie Kondo method to cleaning up my apartment. I am looking forward to tackling the category of Komono next which is miscellaneous items. It is such a large category so I will have to take on this category over many days.

Have a great day!

Celebrating Life and Plans for Knitting

Hello Friends,

I hope you are doing well. It has been a bit busier lately and I am also getting ready for a new season. Last night I went to my great uncle Paul's celebration of Life which was a funeral service at the church, followed by a reception and many lovely speeches about memories of him. He was an amazing man and had so many friends and family that adored him,  he will be missed. It made me reflect on our lives and how we touch the lives of others and what kind of legacy we want to leave behind to family and friends. We choose how we treat others and ourselves each day and we can work on accomplishing our goals and dreams so we feel fulfilled at the end of our lives. A recent retirement party at work also made me think of this as well as she was well loved and respected by so many colleagues. I can learn a lot from both my uncle and my manager for the lives they lead and how they treated others.

“We are made for loving. If we don’t love, we will be like plants without water.” ― Desmond Tutu.

“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” ― Robert Louis

I finished the Michele hat a couple of weeks ago and I have not cast on a new project since. It always feels so weird when I don't have a knitting project on the go. I love to knit and watch YouTube and television shows and my hands feel so empty when I am not knitting. I also love how you can feel so productive when working on a project while watching things otherwise I have this feeling like I should be doing something else. I will probably go by Michaels to pick up some yarn for a new project soon and maybe start on a quick project in the meantime. Easter is coming so I might be inspired to knit something for Easter. Some projects that I found on Ravelry that looked cute and fun to knit were Henry's Bunny,and Tiny Parlor Cat. I might knit both of these as gifts. I am still researching shawl patterns to start one soon.

I am still reading Quiet by Susan Cain and A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult. I am enjoying both books and will be finished soon and ready to start a new book.

How was your weekend? What are you reading and working on?