simple things: coming tomorrow!

The Simple Things Shawlette has been completed by a few test knitters now, and I've gotten some great notes on the pattern. I love working with tech editors and test knitters - always so nice to get feedback and throw around ideas on how to clarify directions or improve a photo or note, however small. I'm so grateful!

I'm excited to say that I think the pattern is ready to go! Tonight, I'm going to be redoing the patterns section of my website to improve the layout, and tomorrow I'll be putting Simple Things up for sale here and on Ravelry! This is my first pattern in quite a long time and I'm glad to be getting back in my swing with designing. Here's a little sneak peek:

The real deal will be ready tomorrow!

everything is golden

dusk

I live at the edge of town. Less than a mile away are the last road, the last telephone poles, the last sidewalk, the last stoplight. Walk past that to the mesa, nature, sage, basalt rocks, coyotes. Sunsets. Sandy soil. Beautiful nothingness.

on walkies

I love this time each day.

Potter progress and a very goo'boy

I finished the back of Potter today during lunch! This sweater is going quickly; the yarn is squish-tastic and I really want to wear the finished sweater - and wear it constantly, at that - and the only way to make that happen is to knit like the wind! I'm also going fast as a teamie thing to encourage my awesome cousin Rebekah; she's in college and is participating in NaNoWriMo. She was coming up from behind in word count the other day, and I told her that I would work on this sweater for NaKniSweMo and we could cheer each other on. I'm really inspired by her!

Charlie brought his basketball over to wait for me to finish taking pictures. He's not quite as concerned about the sweater progress as Boh would be; he just wanted to make sure we got a little playtime in. His patience was rewarded with a good game of basketsoccerball (a family favorite) and some Doggie Zen...

He's such a good boy.