Noro + beret = da bomb!

I finished my beret I wanted for Fall this year, and I don't think I could've chosen a better colorway for me. The colors are gorgeous...they are a little bright in the pic above due to the flash, so the colors are more muted and just perfect! The Noro was very nice to work with...you always hear people saying "it feels so rough", but I can tell you it does soften up as you work with it...maybe that little bit of silk content? I've also heard people say they are allergic to the mohair in it, and I just wonder why they say that? The mohair content is like 5% and it's not like it's flying around or anything...it seems pretty tightly plied in, so I'm just wondering what it does to them? Any ideas?

Before I go on, I wanted to mention that I haven't forgotten about the contest I held on my blog over the month of August. There were two entrants, Courtney and Toni, and Scooter liked both responses, so I've decided they are both winners and I will have your prizes to you very soon. Congratulations!

Also, for now, my feed is screwed up between here and Ravelry, but I'm working on it. I think the problem lies mostly with Blogger, not Ravelry, so hopefully I will have that straightened out soon.

Scooter and I had such a peaceful, lovely weekend. We didn't get to the flower beds like I had hoped, but the house is all nice and clean and the laundry is all finished. That makes me feel so good and now I can spend the rest of the week playing. As I said, I believe in an earlier post, I want to cast on for a cute little sweater and beret for our granddaughter, Maya. I'm pretty excited about that, and I was going to also make her big brother a pair of mitts, but I'm afraid they will get lost somewhere on the school grounds. So, maybe a sweater for him too, since it's bigger thereby hopefully making it harder to lose. We will see....

I do want to get to my February Lady Sweater today, so that is my agenda for starting the week. Maybe I will have some progress I can show you tomorrow...I will also cast on for Scooter's new socks, which will be the perfect project to take with us on our fishing trip in a couple of weeks....kill two fishes with one stone...oh, wait, that's birds, huh? hehehe

Oooooh, I almost forgot...we are also going on our first wine tasting trip on Saturday!!!! I'm so excited. I will have lots to tell you next week, I'm sure....

I hope you have a wonderful week filled with nothing but peace and happiness!!!!