It's been a busy wild week. I tried to take some time off on Monday and then again on Wednesday from work, but nothing quite goes to plan. I'm happy to say that I'm picking up more clients and I seem to be busy in the office. At the same time, I'm trying to let myself take a break. Apparently, I'm not finding a balance.
We had a family birthday, and I saw how big the baby nephew has gotten. The little guy is over six months old now.
Since I'm not frantically trying to design a pattern or two, I cracked open a library knitting book I checked out last weekend. It's Cirilia Rose's: Magpies, Homebodies, and Nomads. It has some lovely patterns and notes. A pattern that I noticed on Ravelry a few years ago led me to check out the book: Isla Cardigan. I like the vintage charm of it, and we'll see how it knits up. I'm putting a turquoise edge at the bottom and then a very dark blue for the body. We'll see if I have enough yarn. I was thinking of putting the turquoise where the shoulder joins are just to draw attention to them. I'm not sure what I'll do about the buttons. I'm sure there is something lovely out there that will work. Since we plan to return to the library next weekend. I'm in a hurry to make progress. I might renew it if possible :). There are other lovely patterns in the book as well.
Cirilia has designed many popular patterns. Here is another one of my favorites: Harpa. I found her work through my early love of Stephen West's designs. I could also see myself making some of her designs from Berroco's Vintage and Vintage Chunky book from 2010: Berroco #302. She is so adorable that she often models here designs as well.
I was also eyeing my 20th-anniversary Interweave Knits magazine. I remember having breakfast with a work colleague last year and showing her the various things I wanted to knit from it. Although I don't have the best yarn for the project, I was contemplating making this fabulous cardigan from the magazine: Kathe Cardigan. I think the closest yarn weight and the necessary amount my only color option is yellow. Not the best fit, but the project could be fun to knit. I could also play with the gauge to use something else.
I like the idea of me checking out library books in part to give myself deadlines and make me focus on one project at a time. We'll see how long I can stick with it.
My seven-year-old had a blast picking out books last week, and we're going to try to go every other week. I like the library we found near the Markham Elementary School. It feels like there are more kid books and it has more character. The kid graphic novel section was bigger than the other library that is a tad closer.
Ok, I didn't get as much work done today as I had hoped...eek! Hope you all have a great week.
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