Meet The Author

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My book club had a really fun outing this month. We all managed to get tickets to an author event at the library.

There is a new Miss Marple book for the first time in 50 years! We had the great pleasure to listen to Lucy Foley talk about her book and how she writes.

And as a bonus, we all got copies of the book! Our book club is reading this for our next month meeting. I am doing a combination of reading and listening, switching back and forth as my schedule works. The book has four main suspects or character groups so it takes some brain space to keep up with the plot as the Agatha Christie style of writing is very complex and delicious.

Happy Reading!!

Ready for Wooly Decreases

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Fall sports are winding down and I am on my last few hours of sitting waiting for lessons to finish. My Juneau Woolies Hat is ready for decreases.

This hat has been delightful. The Kid Seta is so very soft knit up with the sock yarn. This hat feels almost weightless it is so light. The marbling and flecks in the sock yarn peak out nicely from from the halo of the mohair.

Now I just need golf to be over so I can go home and get my DPNs to start the decreases! Happy Knitting!!

Socks And Cupcakes

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Hello from the indoor trampoline park! The 2019 Cozy Knitter Advent Socks are getting some love while I watch cupcakes being inhaled.

I am just trying to work these in tandem and keep the socks even. No other reason than it makes my brain happy. I may need to put the yarn tails on the inside as they tickle my hands when I am knitting.

It has been a delightful afternoon listening to my audio book, watching Jellybean and his friends and make neat little stitches on this sock.

Happy Knitting!!

Cast On: Coorie In Poncho

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I had a second cast on this weekend from my snuggle puddle with Duke. This time I am casting on the Coorie In Poncho by Amy Palko.

Ironically, Coorie In is Scots for snuggling in. So I thought the cast on was aptly timed! This is bubblegum pink Merino Cashmere from Treasure Goddess I picked up last year. I want to make a poncho for PB. It will literally be the softest thing I have ever made for her.

Now I have two hats, one pair of socks and a poncho on the needles for the 2026 Pigskin Party KAL and just need more time to knit!!

Happy Knitting!!

Juneau Woolies Hat Brim

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My Juneau Woolies Hat now has a brim. I started to feel like the 2×2 ribbing would never end.

It really didn’t take that long as I am working on US 8 needles. I was just ready to be done with purling. Folded in half the brim is roughly 3 inches so a nice thick section over the ears for warmth. Now I can cruise and cruise through stockinette.

I will learn from my Boreal Hat and work to make a taller hat body than last time. Go for more of a slouch rather than a skull cap.

Happy Knitting!!

Cast On: A Second Boreal Hat

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I have started a second Boreal Hat to use my Alaska yarn. I really didn’t enjoy the Alaskan mohair so I pulled some Stranded Dyeworks mohair to do this second version.

I took some lazy time this past weekend to snoodle in bed with Duke. This is still the Raven Frog Fibers Bear Feet sock yarn but this time held with some softer and less coarse mohair. I am still working on US 5 needles and I cast on 100 stitches. I liked the size of the past hat, just not the height.

Happy Knitting!!

Finished: Boreal Hat

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Well, the Boreal Hat is finished!

Pattern: My own basic beanie “recipe” with 100 stitches

Needle: US 5

Yarn: Raven Frog Fibers in both Bear Feet and Cirrus Bay yarn bases

I have given this a quick wash in some Soak and set to dry. The mohair was very resistant to absorbing water. And from the light blocking I gave this hat shows I could have knit more main hat body. It still fits nicely but it more like a skull cap.

I used about 40 grams of the sock yarn and 12 grams of the mohair so that worked out to roughly 308 yards of yarn. I didn’t even use half of both skeins. Meaning I could knit a second version with more height in that. But I am not sure I want have another hat with this marbling and that scratchy of mohair….

I wonder if I have any partial mohair skeins I could swap in? Happy Knitting!!

A Boreal Brim

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Another day, more couch rotting with coughing and drinking warm tea. We are starting to feel better but the fatigue and coughing are lingering! It’s good news for my Boreal Hat which now has a finished brim and ready to start the main body.

This hat sheds like a son of a gun and the mohair gets everywhere. But the fabric is going to be ever so warm and cozy. And now I can catch up on Ted Lasso Season 4 today and see how much hat body I can create.

Happy Knitting!!

Cast On: Juneau Woolies Hat

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I got start-itis again. We are still on the germ train this week so I wanted a second option for easy knitting. So this is another hat I kitted up this summer from my Alaska purchases. I am calling this one my Juneau Woolies Hat.

I decide to mix the details up a little on this one. I cast on another basic “recipe” for a simple beanie. This one is Juneau Woolies Cozy Toes Sock in the Chum colorway held double with Cascade Yarns Kid Seta mohair. I’m going for an easy hat with yarns held double to score extra points in the 2026 Pigskin Party KAL.

For this version, I cast on 88 stitches on US 8 needles for a more open fabric. I am also working a 2×2 ribbed and folded brim. And then work a stockinette main hat body with centered decreases for the crown. This version is much softer than my Boreal Hat as this Kid Seta is a softer mohair.

Happy Knitting!!

All The Self Care Items

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We are really suffering with a lingering upper respiratory bug in this house. It’s all I can do but to just sit on the couch. It has meant that I have made some pretty good progress on my Boreal Hat.

This hat is coming out more marbled that I had imagined. I was hoping for a softer green but the grey is sticking out more as a contrast. I am several inches into the brim, but I think another inch before I do the brim turn. Surely the book, diet coke and knitting will make the germs go away faster!