The Start of Something New

I had the yarn home and needed to make something with it.  I found a pattern and got started.

I bought this necklace in New York City a few years back.

Sitting on the deck and just relaxing a bit.

Homemade pizza

Tending to the garden

Chinese Cabbage

The prep work is ultra important.  Wash, wash and rewash to get all the sand and dirt out.

We started with 4 pounds and this is what we ended up with!

New York City

Well the day didn't start out as planned.  My train was over an hour late.  So I took a commuter train to New Haven and hopped on the Acela train into Penn Station.  Problem solved!

Our first stop was Chinatown for some Dim Sum.  We ate at the Golden Unicorn.  This was the best Dim Sum we ever had!

The waitresses come around with carts of dim sum and you let them know what you would like and they hand it to you.

The dishes range from $2.25 to $4.95 each.

steamed vegetable dumplings, shrimp wrapped in bacon and spring rolls

My favorite - shrimp wrapped in rice noodles

pork wrapped in dough, steamed shrimp dumpling and wrapped sticky rice

pan fried vegetable dumplings

Greens

Street scenes from Chinatown

Vendor where I bought my baby cabbages

Next stop is a place where I have always wanted to go just to check it out - Pearl Soho

This place is a knitters and crafters paradise.  After all of our walking we took a much needed break.

I had one of my favorites - red velvet cake and my friend had strawberry shortcake

Then we worked our way back uptown

Empire State Building

The famous Flatiron Building

I bought these bracelets for my daughter - a little surprise for her

New York is a great city!

February Lady Sweater

That is the name of this pattern that I got off of Ravelry.  It was very easy to knit and went realtively quick.

This and That

Dahlias

Visitor in the garage looking to borrow something.

Reading on the deck.

Tickseed Flower

Spider in web