hello november

sleeves are done on the leah cardigan, working my way up the yoke enjoying the knitting. although the entire sweater has been a pleasure,  i really like this part, and i think it's safe to say this sweater is almost complete. finally remembering to put a book in the yarn along photo, i've been reading 'finding beauty in a broken world', by terry tempest williams.  this book is about social change and healing. it begins in italy, travels to the american southwest and finally ends in a small village in rwanda. i think finding beauty is terry's most moving book since 'refuge'. i started this two years ago and somehow put it aside, now picking it back up and not able to put it down.



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today i received a package. this time something i made as a gift, for a friend. cheryl came over this morning for a little crochet (her) and knitting (me) time. while we were sitting chatting and stitching, the fed-ex truck pulled up to my house, with her surprise. still can't believe the perfect timing.
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i made this photo book for my friend and her daughter, to thank them for being my model (sterling) and for making it happen (cheryl). i wanted them to know how much i appreciated their help. and i knew cheryl wanted these photos of her girl. this book is one of the paper back books available to make in 'my publisher', it's twenty pages long (i've only shown a few pages here), and along with using the photos i posted on rouge vif , i was able to add a few more that i took that day. if you are interested in making a photo book, i made a kind of tutorial here. it really is easy and a lot of fun to do. and cheryl, i think she really did love it.
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happy to be joining with ginny and all the lovely yarnalongers here.