If you're a bird, I'm a bird

1) finish knitting Beth's purse 2) knit one baby legwarmer 3) knit baby booties 4) run a 5K 5) complete the guest bedroom     -comforter     -chair     -stencil the walls 6) lose 5 lbs.

"I like making a piece of string into something I can wear." ~Author Unknown "The only place where housework comes before knitting is in the dictionary." "Stitch your stress away." ~Author Unknown "All my scattering moments are taken up with my needle." ~Ellen Birdseye Wheaton, 1851 "Properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit, and it doesn't hurt the untroubled spirit, either." ~Elizabeth Zimmerman "If I stitch fast enough, does it count as aerobic exercise?" ~Author Unknown "For people allergic to wool, one's heart can only bleed." ~Elizabeth Zimmerman "Women like to sit down with trouble - as if it were knitting." ~Ellen Glasgow "Everybody tells me that they would love to knit, but they don't have time. I look at people's lives and I can see opportunity and time for knitting all over the place. The time spent riding the bus each day? That's a pair of...

This is my second experience with Noro. I signed up for a Knitting 102 class a while back. I arrived and I was told by the instructor that I needed to pick out a Noro Silk Garden from the shelf for my beanie. I have been drawn to a couple other types of Noro for a while, but didn't really have the need to buy it. I so badly wanted to need it for a project. Finally, I decided to buy a couple skeins [pronounced skeyn] of Noro Kureyon shade #226. I decided to make a clutch for my dear friend, Beth. I'm using a pattern I found on jaykayknits . This will be my first purse and I am excited to learn something new while making a gift for someone.

1) buying yarn because I like it, not because I have a project in mind 2) going to a warm car after a chilly church service to defrost 3) winding yarn into a ball 4) sitting across the dinner table from my husband on a Friday night 5) the feeling after a race 6) a good day at school and a clean classroom 7) putting on my engagement and wedding rings in the morning 8) a cup of coffee 9) a fire in the fireplace