red, white & blue bunting

Such a lovely, patriotic pattern for red, white & blue bunting found here.

And yes, I needed to make this.

So simple & so quick.

Using an h hook and leftover yarn from past projects.

Perfect for the 4th.

lacy

Oh, lacy things.

(Deep, deep, contented sigh.)

I finally finished tatting this lacy Clover Doily by Jon.

This doily is made up of 3 individual motifs but once tatted together ~ it forms a lacy mosaic that seems so intricate, but is actually oh, so simple.

My obsession with lace has now seeped into socks & knitting.

I just started this Medallion Lace Sock by Andrea Fox.

And this is what I have noticed...

...I am still completely bowled over that socks are magically appearing from my needles.  I stare down at the movement and think ~ is this really me doing this?

Because it's so therapeutic.

So rhythmic.

So soothing.

And so unbelievably beautiful.

horseshoe cable socks

Horseshoe Cable Socks. (Pattern can be found here.)

All finished!

2 of them!

Yes, even I am amazed that both of these are finished.

And what's even better is they are softer than soft.

Yarn is Black Olive by KOLLAGE ~ Sock-A-Licious.

They fit like a glove.

And I'm pretty sure when I put them on, I squealed so loud the neighbors heard.

enthusiasm

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. 

Sir Winston Churchill

It seemed no matter what I attempted I was met with failure.

Crochet.

Knitting.

Any type of stitching.

Fail.

Fail.

Fail.

And my enthusiasm died.

But then I picked up this book for the 1,000,000th time and wondered for the 1,000,001th time if I could possibly make something from all of these beautiful patterns...

101 Designer one-skein WONDERS by Judith Durant

I kept coming back to the Horseshoe Cable Socks.  They were more than yummy and way out league as far as what I could attempt.

Heh.  heh.

Until I tried them.

What?

These are easy.  

And so utterly beautiful (and if I have to tip my hat to Tonia who has the greatest technique for knitting these horseshoe cables WITHOUT a cable needle!)

I  couldn't believe it!  These were flying off of my needles!  

No failure.  Just complete, satisfying success.

And so now I once again have something in my hands.  

And I am once again enthusiastic about sticks and yarn.