I've been meaning to post about Rob's sweater since last weekend but every time I pulled it out to take a picture I thought "I'll just knit a few rows" and the next things I'd know the light was gone and it was time to be thinking about going to bed. Today I did a little better. I pullout of the sweeter and knew I didn't have enough time to get distracted and work on it so I can present you with a picture of the sweater as it exists at the moment.

Ta Da!!

Doesn't look like much does it. There are two sleeves and most of a back in that pile though, so I've only really got the front still to go. I'm hopeful I can get it all finished up and sewn together in time for Rob to wear it before the really warm weather arrives. Last year we had snow on the first of June* so it feels completely possible. I'm still in love with the yarn too which just makes everything great.

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Alicia's new garden* is so incredibly cute. I love the little willow fences around the outside.

I've had the Colour Affection shawl pattern in my Ravelry favourites for a while but now that everyone seems to be talking about it I'm itching to make one. Colours are had to pick though. I'm thinking of using Tanis Fiber Arts Blue Label Fingering (Tanis is hosting a colourwork knit-a-long starting later this month) - what do you think of Sand, Brick and Chestnut?

I think this calendar is just the niftiest idea and dearly want to find a cute container of some kind to house one of my own.
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*To be fair I suppose I should also mention that it was plus 20 on Victoria Day last year.

I've been wanting to post all weekend but just felt uncomfortable whenever I sat down at my computer so I spent my time doing other things instead. Of course, doing instead of writing means I have more I want to write about so I decided I'd just lump it all together in a "here is my weekend" post.

It's been a good weekend. The temperature was +9 and the sun was shining when I walked home on Friday. It put me in such a springtime mood. I ordered seeds for our garden, did some spring cleaning around the house and went for an extra long walk with Abby on Saturday afternoon. Lots of the sidewalks are free of snow and big puddles are forming wherever the roads dip. The snow that is left (and there is still plenty of it) is looking rotten and dingy but there are willows growing out of it and kitten soft pussy willows are emerging on branches.

I spent some of today tidying up my sewing room a bit. It feels so good when everything has a home. A clean table got me working on a long neglected project and I've finally finished the skirt for my crepe dress (cut out last summer). We went out for lunch and then I humoured Abby for the late afternoon and sat in the living room knitting a square for my Barn Raising Quilt. The yarn is some sock club leftovers in "Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test". This might be my favourite square so far; it's so crazy bright. Fred slept on the couch next to me until Rob came out to join us.

I hope your weekend was just as good.

Today I love:

- kittens that sleep for longer than I'm expecting
- hot tea
- the way decreasing round of knitting get faster and faster
- a dish of wash tape and some blank 3x5 cards
- hanging out in the same room as Rob even though we're doing completely different things
- a sky full of dancing aurora
- a dog that lets me know when it's her bedtime
- two whole days of weekend ahead of us

Feel free to borrow the recipe card idea  :)