Sunshine & Shadows

Yesterday after a very productive business meeting (think a million Halloween cross stitch patterns) & a dr's appointment, I went by Trader Joe's and was SO excited to pick up a new plant! I have a super soft spot for Oxalis. I love how they open during the day and close at night. And $2.99? Perfect. I'm keeping mine on the kitchen table. Last winter I got a solar bear at a local store and he looks EXACTLY like Party Bears, he is loving the sunshine today and he makes this sort of clack clack clack as he dances. You can see his little gray body in the first photo. Hilarious.

I finally finished a sock! It feels like it took forever but really it was only three weeks. I'm using Desert Vista Dyeworks in Zombody Loves Ewe and it's been a joy to knit with, the yarn is soft and the colors are just dreamy. I'm pretty sure I say this whenever I knit striped socks but they are so much fun to do because you just tell yourself "one more stripe!  and I'll cook dinner. one more stripe! and I swear I'll cook dinner. one more stripe, there are leftovers in the fridge right?! " and suddenly you have half a foot done! ;) I can't stop watching Susan knit her Zombody Go Bragh! on Instagram. Soooo cute.

I bought yarn off eBay last week! That's a first for me. I saw this Opal Smile Sock Yarn on ravelry and it reminds me SO much of an upcoming pattern that I'm cross stitching that I had to get it. Doesn't it look like sushi?! I ordered it on a Thursday and it arrived the following Tuesday. I was so surprised since I'm in California and the yarn was from the UK!

Have you seen that Romi Hill has a mystery shawl KAL this month? I'm totally going to do it. I picked two yarns from my stash: Cakewalk Yarns Sincerest (these have attempted to be socks 5x now) & Plucky Primo in Big Sky. Very, very, very different color combos from what I usually knit with and I like it! I originally picked a Koigu that looks like dryer lint (in the very best way!) but the base yarn is so different than the Plucky! I thought about buying a different yarn briefly but there is something really fun about a mystery pattern making you look at your existing yarn in a new way. I was VERY close to using a skein of Cakewalk Yarns Weenie and Plucky Feet in Barn Door. The red and the gray looked great together but I'm not sure I'm ready to use that last skein of Weenie just yet.

I bought Teardrop by Lauren Kate to read this weekend. Lately I want to read a million books that take place in the South. I definitely want to visit there someday! And as for The Undead Pool? I don't want to spoil it so I'll just say YAYYYY TRENT! I totally gave it five stars on Goodreads!

Did you see that Lindsay opened her shop, Patchwork Threads?! It's true! I had a super hard time choosing a tshirt, I ended up getting "I quilt so I don't kill people" which is perfect for me because it's gray (gray tshirts + jeans = daily uniform) and it's true! I've had ZERO sewing time lately and it's making me surly!

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