Aaaah............

And so it is that we come to the end of yet another crazy busy week in a long line of equally crazy busy weeks, all parading along at an alarmingly swift pace, leaving huge piles of stress in their wakes; more doctor appointments and evaluations for daycare baby, hoping to find a reason for the ongoing issues; family members experiencing medical issues of varying severity; committee cohorts expecting more in the way of time/talent/availability than I'm remotely in a position to provide; and a to-do list that seems to erupt exponentially if I so much as blink in that general direction........and life is crazy, hectic, almost unbearably overwhelming.

But - hooray! - it is finally Friday evening! Daycare baby has gone home to her own family, the diaper pail is emptied, baby bottles rinsed and loaded into the dishwasher, miscellaneous items of infant paraphernalia stashed away for the weekend, dinner prepared and enjoyed, and finally I sit quietly, wrapped in a warm knitted shawl, relaxed in my favorite chair, alone, knitting, knitting, knitting......

Tonight I'm making a tuck scarf, where one end will tuck into the other to secure the scarf in place. It's a very simple project, chosen as a way to help reduce my excessive yarn stash, requiring little in the way of counting or attention to detail. As I knit I am struck by the incredible gorgeous beauty of the yarn colors I'm working with: a melange of pink, rose, orchid, purple, mauve, coral, gold, all blended into the beautiful shades of a misty spring sunrise. It's not often that I have the opportunity to watch the stitches flow onto the needle and the colors flowing softly into one another forming the most beautiful scarf. I knit on, mesmerized at the glorious loveliness of these colors together, and gradually allow the peace and contentment and promise of a fresh start to saturate and rejuvenate my entire being.

And finally the scarf is finished - knitting completed, yarn ends woven in. I tuck one end of the scarf into the other, hold it up and admire the colors once again. And I smile, calm and content.

 

Sigh.......

I simply cannot believe that it's already 2013! Honestly, didn't we just have Easter a few weeks ago?? I guess that's yet another indication that I'm just not keeping up with everything. This will by necessity be a short post, as I've been away long enough that I'm also having to relearn the Blogger interface which has changed quite a bit since I last posted.

Of course I'm still knitting - but for some reason I haven't been nearly as efficient at taking and posting photos lately. I did three custom order stockings before Christmas and didn't manage to get a single photo of any of them! I'm not horribly disappointed, though, because they were for repeat customers and I do have photos of the previous stockings in my files. I was so happy to be finished with stockings early this year - and then, less than two hours after the last ones had been picked up (on December 20), someone came knocking on the door asking whether I was the lady who made Christmas stockings. I had made one for her grandson nine years ago and she wanted one for her new granddaughter. I told her that I was happy to make another one but there was no way I would have time to finish it for THIS Christmas.

In other news, my dear darling husband finished the custom-built cabinet for my sock-knitting machine the week after Thanksgiving, just in time to move the machine to make way for the Christmas tree. I haven't managed to crank any socks yet but I have definitely been stocking up on sock yarn. My goal is to have at least a few pairs ready to go for the first craft fair of 2013, the TRIAD Spring Craft Fair on Saturday and Sunday, March 2 & 3. 

If you're on Facebook, don't forget to check out my Facebook page. I'm able to keep it updated more frequently because I'm on Facebook pretty much every day. That's also a good way to contact me if you want to place a custom order, make a purchase, or just find out what I might happen to have in stock at a particular time.

And now I'm back to the knitting needles. I have a couple of projects that I hope to be able to post soon, if I can have a sunnier day to get some decent photos. Happy New Year, everyone!