mint

here is a minty springy sweater i just finished! it's from the same pattern as a yellow one i made last summer. but on this one i added a peter pan collar and buttons all the way down.

we walked down to the thrift store by our apartment, which is in an old pretty southern house, to take pictures.

and the roses on the bush in their yard were just falling off everywhere, so i saved one. 

yellow

here is my newest sweater. it's been so rainy and humidy, it's been hard to get out to take some pictures. tonight it's supposed to cool off again. good idea.

lately i have been watching some octobery movies i usually watch with my mom and sister. dial m for murder,psycho, arsenic and old lace, and some rita hayworth movies. and working on halloween costumes. including one for fig, which i hope she will wear.and love. but more likely rip off and eat.

lately

starting new sweaters

making headbands

living room hangings

learning to knit

eating lots of granola

carving pumpkins!

mom's homemade granola recipe:

7 cups oats

1 cup coconut

1 cup wheat germ

1 1/2 cups sliced almonds

1 cup diced walnuts or pecans

1 cup sunflower seeds

1 cup pepitas or flax seeds

1/2 cup oil

1 cup (or more) pure maple syrup

1 tablespoon vanilla

craisins, or raisins, dates,etc. (added after baking)

preheat oven to 250. mix wet and dry ingredients. combine. pour onto 2 greased baking sheets. bake for 1 hour 30 minutes. stir every 15 minutes, and switch the 2 pans between the top and bottom baking racks.

cool on pans. sprinkle with craisins.

eat all up.

fall sweater

fall is coming slowly..today i wore my new finished sweater, and pretended it was cool enough out for it. and we took a little walk around outside.

shell stitch sweater pattern found here.

-l

yarn and book summer

making sweaters is my new favorite. here is my second sweater. the pattern is from this magazine. it turned out a little big, so i think i would use a lighter yarn next time.

i just finished reading I Capture the Castle, which was also on my summer reading list. and i loved it very much.

and then i watched the movie last night while i ate some shortbread. that seemed english to me. i like pretty movies. and i like romola garai, who played cassandra. so there you go.

i'm a sweater maker

over the weekend i made this sweater. i was a little bit intimidated because i don't have a lot of sweater crocheting experience, but it turned out! i really like it, and the pattern was really simple to follow. now i want to make a hundred more.



also last week was the three year anniversary of when we started dating. (those still count!) and we went to a baseball game, and ate lots of hot dogs, and it was fun.

-l