Mama Gone Green is a blog dedicated to raising happy children and reducing our impact on the Earth. My name is Taryn and I am the mother of 2 young kids and an environmental studies instructor at a community college in Portland, Oregon. Please join me as I journey through life as a mama, teacher, knitter, photographer, gardener, and environmentalist!

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Yarn Along

Joining in with Ginny at Small Things for today's yarn along. I finally finished Phoebe's Helena sweater. I made a few pretty big changes to the original pattern, like capped sleeves and a ribbon tie, and I think I am happy with the way it came out. I did make the 2T size though, and it is a bit big on Miss P, which is perfect, since it is currently not sweater weather. She has some room to grow. I have just been working on a few baby presents for friends, but the knitting is slow going, as I have been hot and extra tired!
I am still reading all of the same books as I was last week: Bill McKibbon's The End of Nature, The Shock Doctrine, and The Hobbit. I have been reading snippets here and there, but I haven't made much progress!
And now, I am headed to the hills for a couple nights of camping. Of course, I am bringing books to read and yarn to knit, but with 2 kids and 2 dogs, I will probably not even touch either!
What are you reading? What are you knitting?

And, if you have a chance to stop by my July garden link-up, and share some pictures of your July garden, that would be marvelous!
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9 comments:

  1. That's beautiful, Taryn. I love the color!

    I'm reading Catching Fire, but sharing it with the Tween, who seems to doing a whole lot more reading of it than I am right now. So I started Matched, another dystopian young adult book - I'm gearing up for those middle school readers this fall when I start my new job :)

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  2. She looks like she loves the sweater. But then how could she not, it is beautiful!

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  3. While the sweater you knit is just lovely, the smile on Miss P's face is priceless, what a doll!
    Oh, I would have loved to show you my garden,but July in the south means we are done and getting ready for our fall gardens. I would love to show you my herb garden, but right now we are really storming.

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  4. Oh she and her sweater are so stinkin cute! And I'm going to try to take pics for a link up tonight. Haven't done a garden post in too long. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  5. She looks picture perfect in the sweater. Lovely lace detail and I love the slight sheen the yarn has-great work!!

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  6. She looks very happy in her new sweater. Nice job!

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  7. Such a great sweater and a darling model! I also love the color. Very nice job! Enjoy your camping trip. See you when you get back!

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  8. She looks like she loves her new sweater. She is adorable and your sweater is lovely.

    Enjoy your trip!

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  9. A gorgeous sweater and a totally adorable little one wearing it! Enjoy your camping trip.

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