Episode 150

 The latest episode of PJKnits is up on You Tube and you can find it by clicking here

Enjoy!!!

Background Noise

 When you wake up alone and have evenings alone, it is nice, at least for me to have some background noise on.  As much as I like watching podcasts, every morning as I posted last week, I spend a little time, just enjoying starting off slowly. 

And so it continues, this week, though, I am trying to work on a sweater that knitting friends, Debbie, Pat and I are doing together.  They are finished and Pat will be heading out in a week for the Winter, so I would like to finish mine up in the next week, so we can get pics together before she leaves. 

This morning, finished up the main body~

And tonight, it's planes taking off and landing at O'Hare.

Go ahead, you can call me weird.  But, I am learning a lot about planes AND amazed at how many planes can be spotted at night in the air up there.  WOW!

The Early Mornings Have Started

 Now that early mornings on the porch are finished for the season, I am back to finding an alternative to some slow starts to the morning and a bit of a different routine.

I'm an early riser, and first up out of the bed is to put a pot of coffee on, and while it perks, I head out to the porch, just to get that first breath of early morning air, and listen to the world.  It is such a good way to start my day.

Then heading back in, I grab a glass of hot water ( I heard on YT, that it was supposed to be good for you the first thing in the morning) sit down, and write a bit in my journal, waiting for the coffee to be done.  Once I have my first cup of coffee, I find on YT,  a video that takes me away to the perfect penny world, a coffee shop with leaves falling and usually jazz music playing.  I'm not really a jazz person, but that seems like what the videos like to add to it.  I grab my knitting and just knit, enjoying my coffee and semi silence with a pretty penny vision. 

Come December, I'll switch to Christmas YT videos with crackling fires and maybe their version of jazz and hopefully, this Christmas sweater will be done by then.

I miss my front porch mornings, but this will have to do until the season comes back around.

Well, Lets See

I had a birthday recently, and my dear friend Brenda, made me a gluten free pineapple upside down cake, my favorite birthday cake.  It was delish!

The end of porch season is upon us and mine is looking a little sad.  Tomorrow, the last of the furniture will go to the shed, I think.  And the rug to the basement.

I did get to sit and knit for a bit today, but not sure tomorrow will be warm enough, unless I throw a sweater on.

And I had a good view of my burning bush, while enjoying the last of the porch days.

Have a good week!!

Finally Finished Friday and a Podcast

 It's Friday, and I've got a finished object for you today as well as a podcast for the week.

The podcast can be found by clicking here

And it features today's finished object and some updates.

Amber by Cheryl Mokhtarhi is finally finished.  I started it in May, but all the Meetup knits and the Norway knits side tracked it.  I was only really knitting on it as my Fiber Universe Knit Group project, so it took longer than it should. 

I love it and the ensemble goes well with the Fall trees down the street.

If you want more info on the project, all the details are on my Ravelry project page here

Sure You Can

 To keep the Wear Your Knits November theme, of course you can take your knits on a walk.

Those pesky drs appts and tests have me getting that exercise that they've been harping on for sometime.  And yes, I know I need to do more, but sitting in the chair and knitting is so much nicer. But, alas, if you want to live a little longer/better, you gotta get out --so I did.

And although the sun was shining, at the temp was around 55, it still was a bit cool with the wind blowing, but I knew that once I got going my arms would be warm, but not necessarily my body, so I pulled out my Hello Friend Vest out to layer up.  It felt just right.

And when I got home and enjoyed the sun on my face on the porch, it was doubly just right.

Signs That Fall Is Really Coming

 November 1st here signals Fall Back on the clocks and for me, not a big problem, since I'm retired.  I did appreciate the sun shining a bit earlier today and up until right now, it has been.  Down side, yes, it will be going down shortly, but I'm ok with that.

Today, even though it was a chilly 44 degrees out on the porch this morning, the sun and no wind made it quite pleasant for a bit of knitting.  And I had mitts to keep the hands warm, as part of my Wear Your Knits November aka puttinontheknitz.

Yesterday, it was quite gloomy and a bit of a chill, so I was happy to throw on some socks for the first day of November.

Since it was so gloomy yesterday, I spent it putting away my Halloween Decor and bringing the Fall decor.  (But, for some reason, I can't find the other tub of Thanksgiving Decor, hmmm, I'll tackle that tomorrow again.)

I, also, blocked the Amber Sweater that I have been working on most of the Summer and before I was heavy into my Norway knitting.  It is short sleeved, but, I should be able to wear in a couple of more times, once to knitting, the other for a podcast next week, before putting it away for lots of Spring wearing.

While I was at it, I tossed in the Bermy Basic 28 for a nice soak,  a transitional sweater for me, that I have worn a lot since getting back from Norway.  Now, it will be nice and clean for next Spring.

Thats about it for the first couple of days of November.  Finally, a sign that Fall really is going to happen, is my front burning bushes, they are beginning to lose their green, a sure sign.

Have a good start to your November and pull out those knits!