Organizing and Getting Ready for Winter

I have been so busy organizing my office/workroom that I have not taken the time to write for a while.   It is all finally done, and I love it.  I have painted furniture, and painted the room, added pretty curtains, and slipcovered a chair.  I have moved all of my fabric into the room and my sewing machine and books and patterns.  My cousin came and visited and we sorted my yarns by colors into clear plastic bins.  It feels great when I come into this special place of mine.  I feel creative and at peace. 

This week I have been busy making sure that my website is working right, which is a good thing.  I finally have the shipping rates coming up correctly and the tax is showing correctly for Colorado.  I have been adding new items, which is taking time, because I need to finish taking new pictures of all of the beautiful scarves, hats, purses, sweaters, and shawls.  I finished two pairs of wrist warmers this week out of a beautiful angora.  I make one pair in white and one pair in lavender.  I found the new pattern in the Joan McGowan laungerie book.  They are beautiful. 

I also need to finish putting together a cotton camisole that I did in an pale aqua and take a picture of it also.  It is a small, and I do not know if my maniquan will go small enough for this, so I may have to look for a very small model.  I love knitting lace.  It is so much fun to make such pretty things.  I also finished a olive green lace mohair scarf with a ruffle at each end.  I found this pattern in one of my magazines, and I absolutely love knitting this scarf.  I have now made it in a gold, a pale pink, and an olive green mohair.  I will get pictures this week and put them on the website.  I am also going to get pictures of my office and put it online also to show all of you.

I tried a new recipe the other night from my 5 Factor Fitness book and it was really good.  It was a Thai Lentil Soup with shrimp in it.  I deviated from the recipe a little.  He called for 3 tbl of green curry paste and I cut it in half, and it was still a little hot, I added chicken broth instead of vegetable broth, and only added about 2 cups, and I added double the shrimp.  It was such an easy recipe, and it was really good.  The other thing I keep thinking about are coconut cupcakes.  They are really good.  My aunt made them for my dad’s memorial service in April, and I made them once after that.  They are Rachel Ray’s recipe for the cupcakes and the Barefoot Contessa’s frosting recipe. 

I think I must really be ready for fall.  I have been organizing and cooking and knitting, all things that I like to do in the fall and winter.  I guess it is the nesting instinct.  Settling in for winter. 

I had promised some pictures from my trip to Mexico before, so I am going to add them now, and will add pictures of my workroom and new scarves in the next few days. 

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