Friday late afternoon! An entire weekend ahead. Ken is working all day tomorrow, so I'm free to do whatever I like. I have so many projects looming that I don't know where to start first. And, since we're at peak foliage around here, I've got to get outside with Sophie and maybe with the camera, too.

I sold the humungous dollhouse this week, which Ken and I built about four years ago. It was stored in our dining room and has been lurking there like an enormous albatross. It is now gone, to a ten-year-old with a love of interior design, and so I have room to sew in there. I just got my sewing machine back from its tune-up, so I'm ready to roll. Since I haven't done any sewing since--can I admit it--1979, I've got to start at the beginning. Haul the machine manual out and start with step 1. I'm scratching my head to think of what would make a good first sewing project. I'll search online, perhaps at the bookstore and the library. Because I've been sprucing up the domicile, maybe I'll try a pillow or two. Machine patchwork sounds fabulous, but maybe I'm getting ahead of myself.


As far as knitting goes, I'm zooming ahead on the winter hat in the blue Cascade wool. I have no decent hat at this point, and frigid mornings will be here in November.I'm going to need it when I'm off on those early hikes with Sophie.

The photo for today, which I managed to mangle, is a sock I'm knitting with Fortissima Colori yarn. I really love the soft, smooth feel of the knitted product. They will be really nice. I know people recommend using reinforcing thread for the heel. Is this a special kind of thread I need to buy?

I'm really loving all my domestic activity--such a switch from my writing business. And such a switch for me after all these years when I didn't entertain a domestic thought one second longer than absolutely necessary. But I do get pinpricked with the thought that I'm supposed to be concentrating on expanding my business now, what with Ken leaving his day job to do his own business fulltime.