Monday's Musing

"You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.” - Albert Einstein

Go! Play! :)

And have a great week.

Special

First, I wanted to thank everyone for your incredibly kind comments! They really mean a lot to me. I'm not able to respond to everyone because I don't have your email addresses, but please know that I love your comments and appreciate the heck out of you all!

And now...

Special! Special!

Enter COPPERSWIRL at checkout on my site and receive 15% off my copper swirl penannular, el_46n!

The offer lasts until midnight EST on Wednesday, November 25th.

And the contest? Retweet (mentioning this blog post and @RomiDesigns), blog about, comment on Facebook or Ravelry, or plurk about my special with appropriate link to my post here (and please let me know!), and be entered to win a pdf copy of my Dynamique sock pattern! I will choose a winner next Tuesday, November 17th.

Decisions, decisions

It's still fall here in wine country.

But today I was inside for the most part, perusing my lace books, including my new Susannah Lewis book from Schoolhouse Press. I'm thrilled that Meg was able to reprint this book! It's a great chance for us all to own it without breaking the bank.

I'm trying to decide what to do with some lace weight yarn from elann.com.

I'm leaning towards the grey. What do you think? Grey with beads? The red is actually richer than it looks here, but I'm not feeling red today. The brown is...brown.

Rain is coming tonight.

After the Rain

My friend blogless Sandi was saying what a gorgeous walk she had with her dog this morning. The sky was bright blue and the raindrops were still clinging to everything, like little prisms. So I went exploring with the new camera.

It's amazing what you find in your own yard.

The drops were still clinging to everything.

It didn't seem like a very heavy rain, but it had bent the shrubbery to the ground.

I saw that our roses are blooming.

I think they may be a bit confused. But beautiful nonetheless.

I'm enjoying this camera so much!

I am feeling very thankful right now for many things. But most especially for beauty and graciousness. :)

Through the Glass

First, a big congratulations to jenipherreads, who won my little give away! She re-tweeted my special, and was chosen over at random.org to receive a Queen Wil sock pattern!

Today has been an exciting one here at Chez Romi. After saving for some time, last week I ordered a new camera, a digital body to go with all of my husband's lenses (that I have now appropriated), and it came today! In a previous life as a photographer, DH had amassed a nice collection of camera equipment, but he quit when digital began to take the place of film. Well, I have to tell you, the new camera and lenses make the old and mundane appear beautiful, shiny and new! I give you my swatch for Lacy Ribbons.

My spinning basket.

My spinning.

My little Thumbelina wheel.

Yarn on a niddy noddy.

My ball winder.

My handspun.

And another shot that I couldn't resist.

More handspun. This one is silk/camel. Mmmmmmmm.

The shawl pattern I'm currently working on.

Verdigris mitts.

Verdigris mitts redux.

Queen Wil, Verdigris and Dynamique socks.

Delta Queen.

And the only red leaves on our Japanese Maple.

I had a wonderful time today. :)

Another Secret Revealed!

The Interweave Knits Winter preview is up! And another of my secret projects is revealed: Lacy Ribbons.


This is my favorite winter secret. :)

Monday's Musing

"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.” - Oprah Winfrey

My husband is always saying "Be thankful for what you have, not sorry for what you don't have." :)

I am feeling very very thankful today. Have a lovely week, everyone!

Do the Twist

The exquisite Winter 2009 issue of Twist Collective is up!!! This time they outdid themselves. Well, actually they always do. :) It's a gorgeous issue! And I am absolutely thrilled to be a part of it. My stole, Manderley (those of you who have read Rebecca know that Manderley is the estate in that book) is in a zig zag pattern and knitted out of luxurious silk/cashmere/alpaca yarn from bbknits.


Yum!

The pattern has both charted and written instructions, and is available for $6 from Twist Collective.

Enjoy!