Life LackaDaisiCal

FP  =  F inished P roject! Finally - yeah! I have no idea why this took so long....but I do know that at certain points in a sweater project, I am liable to stall. Finished the body? Want to tweak that neckline just a touch? Just need to sit down and sew it together, finish off those ends? These are all points in a project where I sometimes just get paralyzed and can't move on. With Emley, everything was done....body knit, seamed together, neckline finished! The sleeves were even knit!  This is when the Emley stall happened....but I made a vow to finish this before I turned the calendar page this month....so here it is...I actually finished this on Sunday, March 22 It was really hard to take a photo of Emley with me wearing it...honestly....the way the yarn started to pool over my womanly bosoms! My husband loves it, says it is very flattering. Of course he would say this :) When I am wearing it, I don't mind it at all. I guess from my vantage point I don't ...

In the world of good food, a palate cleanser is offered between courses....to cleanse the palate of lingering tastes...to help you digest...to prepare you for the taste delights of the next course! Sorbet is a traditional palate cleanser.... a light delicious pop of flavour that gets your taste buds ready for the next course! Want to be more adventurous?  In Normandy, locals rely on apple brandy as a digestive aid. Le trou Normand , or the Norman break, is a  fiery shot  of Calvados right in the middle of the meal.  Hmmm, Apple Brandy ! If you want to keep it simple, serve sparkling or still water, with a twist of citrus as a palate cleanser. I can hear you saying.... "What does this have to do with knitting?" Recently I have come to realize that small projects help me to cleanse my knitting palate so to speak. With a quick project that I can say is finished, I can go back to my main project with a regained enthusiasm for the next "course" of t...