Oh, our little knitting time was great .  At the cafe, I finished the Ribbed Lace Bolero - and am really happy with this quick, cute project.  The color is so cheerful, the yarn (Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece) is soft and cozy, and I love the look.  I think I'm going to make at least one more of these!  Julia was kind enough to pop outside with me to take some photos (thanks so much!) - we started laughing when we saw this sign:

Gotta love it.  I really need to check out the Healing Oasis - I'm not sure what it is, but it's pretty exciting to have one so close to my house!

Anyway.  Pattern notes/modifications: really nothing - my gauge was smaller than the gauge that Kelly specified, but since she wrote the pattern as a blueprint, it can easily be adapted to any gauge or size.  My shoulders are wider than hers (not surprising... um, I will never need shoulderpads); still, I used less than 1 1/2 skeins of Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece (215 yards/skein).   This pattern was pure Ravelry inspiration, and was a great little appetizer knit.  I am tossing around some sweater design ideas in my head, and while I work them out, it was great to have the bolero whet my appetize for fall knits.

This makes two finished knitting projects within the last two weeks - made for myself - that I love and will actually wear.  I don't know how to act.