Bucket List Sweater

On my bucket list was "Knit a sweater."  Seriously.  I had given myself until I am 70 to get that done.  Because, I'm a really slow knitter and I also have a habit of losing interest in large projects.

 

 

I guess I'm ahead of schedule?  :-)

 

 

I finished it earlier in the week, but neither the weather nor available models were very cooperative.  I assured her we are interested in looking at the sweater and not her.  ;-)

 

 

Pattern is Berroco Aidez.  Yarn is Rowan Cocoon.

 

Overall, I'm happy with how it turned out.  I think it's a pretty good attempt considering it's my first sweater.  There is a little wonkiness at the collar (because I made a mistake somewhere), but I worked it out enough I think I'll live.  Looks a little big on her, because she is little and I didn't knit it for her.  Still, I think she could easily pull it off if she "borrowed" it.  It's heavy.  And warm.  And a little itchy which means we probably won't wear it over just a cami. -)

 

The joy of actually completing an entire sweater was so overwhelming I was forced to begin another.  I will say I am enjoying not having to count with this one.  There's something soothing about making row after row of stockinette stitch?  I will also say I am in LOVE with this yarn.

 

South Carolina

When the Cloyd's take a road trip, the front end of the day always presents so many possibilities.  (The backend typically presents everyone just wanting to be wherever the final destination is.)  I am the most willing to make random stops.  Ryan is the least.  He humors me.

 

Savannah River Wildlife Reserve

 

I remembered, this morning on the way out of town, we forgot to look for alligators.  I decided we should look.  We found three.  Hunting for alligators in the middle of swamp is harder than you would think (or harder than I was thinking?).  It requires a constant scanning.  Can you spot the three we found? (Hint: Pictures 2, 3 and 4.)

 

I also decided I need a better lens if I'm going to be photographing alligators.  :-)

 



 

 See the bird?  He was showing off for us.
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On the way down, we passed one field that had some unharvested cotton.  Ryan said he'd go back in that moment, but I told him we'd just look at it on the way back.  I think he thought I'd never be able to find that field again considering it was on some back road and could have been anywhere within a 200 mile stretch.  Ha.  I knew exactly where it was.  And, my kids deserve to know how cotton grows.

Of course we picked a branch off.  Mine is safely stowed in the glove compartment so I can take it to school to show the kids.  Of course, Jac picked his all apart to free the seeds.  Which means cotton is all over the backseat of the car.  What you should know is Ryan really LOVES some aspects of my version of good times.  ;-)



For real...what else is there to say about this?

Bonaventure Cemetery

Have I ever been anywhere this beautiful?  Europe, maybe.  But, in the U.S.?  I don't think so.

I could have spent all day in here and could have taken a million more pictures, but the end of "Happy Hour" at Sonic was rapidly approaching and that decided it.  True story.  Unfortunately.

Put visiting this place on your bucket list.

WOTY 2015

RESTORE.

I don't know how I feel about it.  Maybe, I don't feel anything about it.  My words of the year always take me somewhere unexpected and this one, without the knowledge it will probably hold a surprise until the end, comes with a lot of possibilities.