I have been knitting however, lots of linen stitch scarves, hoping to make a dent in the stash that has accumulated over the years. The dent doesn’t seem to have made much of a difference, but at least I can say that I am working toward it.

And I’ve been running. I completed my first 5k race over the weekend. The time wasn’t anything to write home about, but I finished without walking. And I am proud of that accomplishment. Fiona ran it too, leaving me in the dust. It was her first 5K and I couldn’t be prouder.

I hope to have some pictures of finished projects soon!

I played soccer tonight. It was rather chilly and I started the game with wearing a hat. Shortly after that I was too warm so I ditched the hat. Then my ears were cold. Knitting to the rescue, I had a cashmere/merino cowl that I made last hear in my coat pocket. It worked great for keeping my ears warm and I am pretty sure that wearing a cashmere/merino blend cowl while playing soccer is some sort of fashion trendsetting. Not that I am a fashion trend setter by any stretch of the imagination.

I survived the game. I hope that I am still feeling that way in the morning when I attempt to walk.

Flash forward to this year when Anna at MochimochiLand asked me to test knit for her Tiny Mochi’s collection 6 I started thinking that the acorn cap would make a pretty nice hat for the snowman. I think that I was right!

Then there is the puppy training class in the afternoon, the endless attempts to try and get caught up on the laundry and the housework. Somehow, I don’t think that every thing is going to get done. I’d love to just curl up on the couch and knit, but I will be lucky to sneak in a few rows occasionally. (It only took me four tries to get occasionally spelled correctly).

So on that note I am going to bed. And I am hoping that I I have enough coffee around the house to have a cuppa before heading out in the morning.

I finally settled on the yarn for my Hitchhiker Shawl. It is yarn I dyed a couple of years ago at Sock Camp. It is a bit stripy for my tastes, but since it is a gift I am just going to have to deal with it.

Wasn’t Veteran’s Day last Friday?

So we made bread and it turned out pretty well. I may have to invest in a real bread pan, as using the meatloaf pan results in a very squat loaf of bread. More importantly I got to spend time with my niece and nephew, creating memories for all of us.

I was thinking this week that I need to knit another workhorse cardigan. Then I noticed that the left elbow has been warn to almost nothing. I do still have some of this yarn left over and I am planning on darning the elbows, but still, it is getting a bit worn for office wear. Guess I had better get planning then.

Yesterday I went to the Sounders game against Manchester United. There were fans of both teams converging upon the stadium and since I had a couple of hours to kill before the game, I was sitting at the coffee shop knitting. This little guy excitedly informed his mother that I was indeed knitting and wanted to know what I was knitting. Since it is a stealth project I didn’t have a photo of it, but I did have a perching pigeon in my bag so I pulled it out to give it to him. It was impossible to capture the delight on his face and as this age often does the smile turned to a grimace when I asked to take a photo.