in a nutshell

helloo and oh dear. i hope all is well with you!  i've been very neglectful of this space. i'm dreaming of a week at home, no work, or travel...just quietly staying home and catching up on the big and little things. that is unlikely to happen before october (today is already the first day of fall!) a bit of life here lately then, in a nutshell (all photos taken with iphone)...

knitting for babies! i found this pattern for a soaker in a vintage book. i love making them!

'go to work with your husband day' every chance i get! the weather is perfect this time of year! we are at channel islands national park.

my best friend and i went to the california central coast yarn crawl. it was a two day event so we stayed in a hotel saturday night. her sweet husband packed us a picnic dinner. 

 in the hotel we ate delicious tapas, drank delicious wine and knit socks! (and took photos of them on the way home) ;)

the next day i flew to nyc with a friend

we met my girl at grand central station

jumped on a train to connecticut...

rented a car in new haven and drove north to...

portland maine! met friends carrie bostick hoge, maryjane mucklestone, gudrun johnston. carrie, gudrun and i also had our girls, immie and maya and hannah (taking the photo, darn!)

there was a photo shoot on the maine coast

 foxy was left in good hands, and we headed back south to nyc...

 where in a small square in tribeca a few things happened... saw my darling son and son in law at their work, and across the street, my girl and i had an appointment in a shop...

for her wedding dress. (this is not it if you are reading matt.)  :)   there was just enough time to see 'the dress' (tears. oh my.) before i had to catch a cab back to jfk.

back at home, souvenirs from maine. carrie's book is gold. taproot is too. found seaglass on a maine beach. the daisy a gift from my future son in law. :)

 then the phone call came. i won the grand prize from the central coast yarn crawl. EEP!!

oh. my. gosh. this basket, filled to the brim. THANK YOU central coast yarn crawl and all sponsors: lantern moon, addi, rowan, plymouth, berroco, classic elite, never not knitting, knitbot, misti alpaca, zealana, frog tree, jojoland, swans island, anzula, manos del uruguay, mountain colors, lothlorian made in new zealand gloves and leisure arts ~ encyclopedia of needlework. 

not taken with a cell phone...

engagement photos in the city. hannah rose + matt, love, mom

xxx lori

on the street, NYC

image by Scott Schuman

a brief interruption in the sharing of shetland.

 yesterday this happened: my girl was photographed, again, by Scott Schuman, The Sartorialist!! 

On The Street...Astor Place, New York

and here is what i (her proud mama) did all day, to anyone and everyone i shared (forced) this exciting news. thank you scott, our entire family was thrilled and love the photograph (thank you to the other kind 13,000 +  on instagram that liked it too). and as scott's probably learned by now, she is as beautiful and sweet, on the inside.
xxx lori

today in the east village

my girl called 'mama, what's the one thing you told me i should do here in nyc??! 

'get photographed by the sartorialist?!'

(i was kidding, well half way)

'i JUST DID!!!' 

last week in the east village hannah was walking and window shopping down 9th street in manhattan,

after stopping for an iced coffee, she found scott schuman waiting on a bench outside 

sustainable nyc cafe for her. 

this morning he posted the photo he took (The Sartorialist)

hannah and i are sitting together giggling over it all

(the comments, please be kind)

since she is here now, she flew in yesterday for a week, we get to share together!!

thank you scott, i know i'm her mother, but i love the photo!

photo by Scott Schuman  The Sartorialist 

my halldóra

oh halldora. this long shawl designed by Hélène Magnússon, the icelandic knitter, has come close to knitting nirvana. made with seventy grams, approximately one thousand yards, of lace weight cashmere. a gift from chuck on a trip to the habu studio and showroom in nyc last year...

 135 west 29th street please

 suite 804

habu textiles (heaven), new york, ny

halldora shawl, two and a half ounces of gentleness and grace

knitting this true lace was a solitary experience

it asked every bit of concentration i could muster

i'm so pleased to have made this particularly recherché heirloom knit. i may not have the wherewithal to do something as concentrated again (sorry dear husband for not talking to you for three months ;) but now that this shawl is here, so charming and delicate, so soft, warm, so fine...*happy!*  thank you Hélène 

links:

icelandic handknits

ravelry 

yarn along