Two Sleeves and Starting A Neckline

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I finished the second sleeve on my Bibliophile 2. Just like the first sleeve, I left the stitches live just in case I need to adjust.

I think I did a pretty good job matching sleeve 2 to sleeve 1. Having all those stitch markers REALLY helped. And then it was just a lot counting to make sure the last few rows matched. I did decide to dig up needles to start the collar.

This pattern has a few pattern variations available for the collar. I chose the crew neck with a little modification. I had a little trouble getting the stitches picked up. I needed US 5s and I wanted to use the needles I had one hand. The first sent of fixed circulars was too big so I used a smaller size. It was slightly too small but I am making it work.

Here’s to finishing this collar and on to the soothing stockinette of the body. Happy Knitting!!

Finished: Frankensocks

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The Frankensocks are done done done!

Pattern: My own 68 stitch toe up sock “recipe” with a gusset heel

Needles: US 1s

Yarn: A whole mess of random sock weight yarn leftovers

The socks fit decently well though the heels are a little baggy. The negative ease in the foot is perfect and the cuffs are neutral ease at best. The color scheme definitely came out kooky but it felt amazing to use up all these scraps.

I did end up using every bit of every scrap so I cleared those from my stash. That is DEEPLY satisfying for me. And I am still feeling the sock mojo so I think I will start another pair but maybe this time in self striping?

Happy Knitting!!

Finished: Sharing Creativity Cowl

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The Sharing Creativity Cowl is DONE!

Pattern: Sharing Creativity SB by Pamela Kay (Rav Link)

Yarn: Malabrigo Yarn Caracol – Indecita colorway

Needles: US 13s

This was a pretty easy pattern and I only made one mistake. I found it close the end and chose to live with it. It’s too warm in the Kansas summer for any finished photos on a human. I did use exactly one skein of the Caracol for the second/larger size of this cowl. This means I have a second skein left that I could make a matching pair for this.

I think I will try and make the second one to use up the yarn and to correct for the mistake I made in the first one. Just not sure if I will start this summer or save for the fall?

Happy Knitting!!

Cast On: 2018 Advent Socks

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I finished my Frankensocks and they are currently resting on sock blockers. I’ll do post later this week with the FO. I pulled something easy from my stash to start my next socks. This is the 2018 advent calendar from The Cozy Knitter

These are so easy to hand wind and get going easily. I need some autopilot knitting for upcoming events and this backlog of advent stripes seems perfectly portable and easy. I have a ton of her white contrast in the bliss base.

I used the white contrast to cast on the toe and I also plan to use for the heel. And then started the self striping in endless round and round. I don’t have them exactly even yet but I do plan to work them in tandem to reduce second sock syndrome. Here’s to some great sock progress this summer!

Happy Knitting!!

Sharing Creativity In The Round

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My Sharing Creativity cowl is now officially in the round!

I still have a decent amount of yarn leftover so I think this will be a one skein project. I really only have 12 rows or so left and I will do the cast off. It calls for an i-cord cast off. Not my favorite but I will probably do it anyway.

Happy Knitting!!

A Single Sleeve

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The first sleeve of the Bibliophile 2 is complete!

That 2×2 ribbing felt like it would never be done. I did make the choice to leave the stitches live and I’ll put some waste yarn in. I want to wash and block the sleeves before I bind off. I have been burned by sleeve length in the past and this way I can rip back or add if I need to without picking out a cast off.

I have even got the needles in and picked up for the second sleeve. Im tempted to find needles and get the neckline picked up as well. Do all the fussy bits now so I can cruise for the rest of the body.

Happy Knitting!!

Cast On: Sharing Creativity SB

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I decided to wind and start something with the Caracol that I picked up last month.

I chose the Sharing Creativity SB pattern from Pamela Kay. It was made for this yarn and I thought that was prudent. So far the yarn is lovely to work with. These needles however, are very hard to make increases with. Super annoying in fact.

This will be a cowl that has a point in the front. It should keep the wind out nicely. I am curious to see how much yarn this eats up. I have two skeins just in case.

Happy Knitting!!

Garden Planting

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With the garden bed all fixed up, I took an evening to get my garden planted!

I ended up choosing two types of large tomatoes, one cherry tomato, one bell pepper, one jalapeno and some marigolds for natural bug repellant.

I also put in an herb garden with chives, basil, rosemary, thyme and parsley.

And for PB, we are trying strawberries. I don’t have high hopes but it is worth a try.

And my favorite items planted were these cool flowers for my fence planters. Now I just need to keep all this alive!

Happy Gardening!!

The Season Continues

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I have finished the ripping out of the Bibliophile 2 sleeve sweater.

I decided that 2026 has been hard enough and I don’t have to take down my Christmas lights unless I want to. So I have been running them a few nights a week while I am knitting or watching TV. They just bring me cheer and honestly just the amount of light I need to see this blue yarn.

I am pretty close to the total length I need for this first sleeve and then I can just bust out the second to match this first one. It will mean a lot less measuring (hopefully).

Happy Knitting!!

I Built That!

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I have been putting off repairing the garden bed for like a whole year. And this past weekend was beautiful so I decided to take care of this task. And it wasn’t that bad!

Jellybean helped me and I used big power tools and everything! We took out the old wall and reshaped the dirt in order to build back both new corner posts and attach the new wall boards.

And now I get to put plants in the dirt! Not to mention I won’t have to mow around that wall that hung out over the grass.

Happy Summer!!