A wonderful new start...

I worked on a little baby hat this weekend. Swirl hat pattern by Mandie Harrington. Cute, right? My hairdresser is going to be a first time grandma and asked if maybe I could knit a hat... I plan to knit several. They are fun, fast little knits.

Wednesday afternoon I started Weight Watchers. My first weigh in was this morning and I'm down 3.8 pounds. I'm terribly excited. I have such a struggle with my weight and hope this really works for me. I'm doing it online and am loving the WW app on my phone. It makes shopping for the right groceries and keeping up with points a snap.

Its been a long, hot summer...

... and I've been busy sitting in my air-conditioned sun room knitting away.

 First a little something for Halloween... do you see the skulls? The pattern is Toxic socks by Chamille Chang. Both socks are at the gusset and coming along nicely.

I knit up some Aran Bed Socks for my mother-in-law's Christmas present out of some yummy Dream in Color....and finally knit a Ball-Band dish cloth out of Mason Dixon Knitting. I even finished the Sunshower Clapotis... which was my oldest UFO. I played around with the idea of using it as a gift, but lets face it. It is so mine!

I was excited to find Dragonfly fiber Djinni sock yarn in the color ways of Norbert and Maggie May. My dad's name is Norbert so he is getting Spey Valley socks for Christmas... one is half done. My mom's nick name was Maggie for the longest time so she is getting a Meandering Vines scarf out of the Maggie May for Christmas. It really was fate.