My Plate is Full

My Platter Is Full

Monsoon season has begun. Yes the rain cloud above my head while not bearing negative energy but stress from the loads of tasks I have on my plate.

The new/old man of my life has become a more permanent fixture in my life. Lets just say we finally figured out how to navigate this relationship together... Or we are just having a good week. I guess only time will tell right? Bf’s birthday is in 17 days and only a few days ago did I decide to make him a blanket for his new place as a present. So I am happily knitting away on this. I am still working on a lacy scarf for his sister however it has been put on hold so I can get his blanket completed.

So on top of knitting this blanket I am knitting a pair of socks. This are my travel socks that I carry around with me where ever I go. Well Saturday I had an evening to my self and since I had just spent a few hours in the heat I wanted nothing more than to put on a good movie and enjoy a bottle of wine. Unfortunately good wine is not easily found in a small country town. At least I had a good book a good movie and some lovely socks to offset the mediocre wine.

What movie did I watch? The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Great movie but this is not a movie for everyone. There is a lot of abuse, language and violence. I was really impressed with the movie that I downloaded the book to my kindle. It of course will probably be there for a while as I have many books waiting in line to be read. The author I must plug! He sounds so interesting, someone I would have loved to talk to and just pick his brain, unfortunately he pasted away shortly after finishing the trilogy series. After reading his bio I wonder if the character Mikael Blomkvist is an imprint of the man behind the writing. Oh and I am even more impressed with the Apple Technology they used in the movie. They worked an Apple MacBook Pro like I have never seen. Very pleased! 

Well I think I am going to enjoy some reading and sign off. 

Happy knitting!

Amanda

May Day!

I can't believe it is May already. Serenity Yarn site is moving along and I have added product. Right now I am busy dying some beautiful yarns I look forward to sharing with everyone. Madelyn has started her own product line called Madelyn's Lollipop Yarns. I am so amazed with her. She puts together the most beautiful colors.

I have been so busy that I still haven't sewed the blocks for the Bella Scarf together. I am actually pretty disappointed in myself for this. Hopefully here soon I will get it done. I was looking at the Rosalie Scarf and I think I can knit it up pretty easily. A simple pattern but a beautiful one.

Summer sure has taken its time getting here. I haven't decided what summer knitting projects I want to work on so I am defaulting to knitted socks... however I have a crazy notion to knit a wild bikini, maybe with yarn that I hand painted myself.

Well I have some yarn to paint. Happy Knitting!

Amanda

So my hopes to add product to my store have been delayed. Certain (money) situations are delaying it but I have hope to start up soon. I did try to sign up for an Etsy account and while the screen names I was throwing in were always available once I hit submit... Access Denied!! Not a valid user name! AAAHHH I threw so many screen names and nothing would work. So I am frustrated but ok.

Lets see what is on my needles. I am plugging away on the kindle case. I hope to have pictures up soon but I need to consult with my amazing Webmaster about doing this. Apparently there are many technical things I can’t do... I was checking out lining for the kindle and found some really juicy and colorful fabric. Oh I am so excited!! I hope to sell these on etsy.com but you know....

Madie is making flat Stanley’s in school!! We are enjoying some crazy coloring time. She will send her flat person “somewhere” <-- Madie’s words not mine. I can’t wait to take our flat person around... I wonder if they will enjoy knitting???

Well thanks for tuning in!

Amanda