whackadoodle coconut

so, I've set a schedule of sorts for my week.  I like to start with finishing the chores on Monday, crafting/knitting/etc on Tuesdays, comics on Wednesday (since it's new comic day), shooting of all types on Thursday and then my Friday is free to catch up on whatever I'd like.  it has been working out, so lets update on this week (and a little of last week). last Friday I spent the morning in Montana de Oro taking photos for a contest. this is Carolina cove in the morning. and here is the outlook as you start the trail. I also visited (for the second time) Never Not Knitting in Atascadero.  I've been following her patterns, blog and podcast for a while and I was so excited to be able to visit her shop, and meet her! I had almost finished the shawl pattern I purchased last time I went (but didn't get to meet her) so I didn't have it show, however I did wear my wire and wool necklace. she took my picture and posted it to her Instagram accoun...

This is today's celebration pie.  Not really a piece of pie or an actual pie, but the closest thing I have in the house and it's darn good!  It's the other half of the turnover from Avila Barn this weekend and it's delicious.  I'm celebrating the longest 11 days of knitting ever and the completion of my first "official" lace project and it was successful.  Yesterday I put in a good 3 hours of knitting, not all at once, but an hour or so in the morning and a couple more in the evening after dinner, because I was so close to finishing I just had to get 'er done. It's a cherry turnover and Caribou coffee. The story of lace. I had taken my mom to the yarny store in SLO thinking she would love all the options and "rare" (only because they sell a completely different stock than our local store) yarn finds, fiber, pins and just plan cool stuff.  She had spied the numerous shalley's and lacy things they had hanging in the store and I ...