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!!

All Legs

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Happy Memorial Day! I am planning on sitting in the sun and knitting on my Frankensocks on this day off of work.

I used spring golf lessons to turn both gusset heels on the socks. So everything now is just cruising up the legs until I run out of yarn. I pulled some other scraps but I don’t think I will need them. The black and white should make more than tall enough socks.

Happy Knitting!!

Finished: In The Light Blues Take Two

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The In The Light Blues, Take Two is done!

Pattern: In The Light by Casey Day-Crosier (rav link)

Yarn: Multiple single skeins from my deep stash: Rav Notes

Needles: US 7s

Mods: shorted the lace section to conserve yarn

All in all the remains of the yarn from the In The Light Blues first version amounted to just over 1,005 yards of yarn in this scrap version. I literally didn’t have even an inch leftover. I am happier with the fade on this version as it looks more organic to the eye. There are less hard lines.

It feels nice to have some other color palettes available in this versatile shawl. This is the sixth iteration I have made of this pattern. It wears well and I get a ton of compliments on each of them when I wear them.

I need to quit messing around and get back to my Vary the Gate. It has not grown appreciably as I have worked all these other faster shawls. I need to pull that out!

Happy Knitting!!

KITH KC Yarn Haul

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And the notable highlight of Knitting In The Heartland KC was the marketplace. I only did minor damage this year.

I picked up mostly one skein wonders. From Life’s a Stitch I got some magnesium lotion for my hands and a worsted skein of yarn for my hat stash. From Aunt Steph’s I got a matching small project bag and notions kit.

From Supernatural Yarns, I picked up more hat yarn this time with one DK skein and one tweed worsted skein. My biggest haul was from Potions Yarn. I got a red worsted skein for a Melt The Ice hat and then some fingering yarn and suri alpaca to make Jellybean a new fuzzy hat for next winter in ACID green.

And then lastly, from a new to me dyer I picked up some mini skeins in primary colors to play with to see how their yarn works up. I feel like this is a reasonable haul that helped vendors but didn’t blow my budget or increase my stash TOO hard, lol.

Happy Stashing!!

Drop Spindle Class: Meagan Condon

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At Knitting in The Heartland KC, I took a drop spindle class from Meagan Condon.

I chose this class for two reasons. One: I never properly learned how to drop spindle and only ever dabbled. Two: it didn’t require any homework….

Meagan was GREAT and the class was light and informative. A great mix of information and background with hands on spinning. I made a neat barber poled blue and white yarn. As part of the price I got a bag, notes, 3D printed spindle, extra bobbins and fiber.

I am not sure I will ever become a major drop spindle but it’s nice to have names and techniques for things I tried to learn years ago. I consolidated all this kit into the black bag and I’m going to put in my spinning area so I can pull out when I need a portable project.

Happy Spinning!!

KITH KC Gift Bag

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I took a weekend away to Knitting In The Heartland KC 2026. And because I signed up for a class, I got a swag bag.

Pretty standard haul with a plastic tote bag (could also be a stadium bag) and then some treats inside. I got a tape measure, a sticker, a spinning tool, a ball winding tool, scissors, color wheels (x2), yarn sample, a project tag and a tool kit.

The bag was pretty nice as it allowed me to collect my purchases and bits and bobs as I shopped and took classes. Stay tuned for tomorrow for my class stuff. I took a drop spindle class 🙂

Happy Crafting!!

Hotel Blocking

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I managed to get my In The Light Blues Take Two done but not blocked before leaving for a weekend away.

I used some white variegated with rainbow speckles to finish the last of the fringe. And then chunked into some water. I didn’t do a full soak or use any wool wash as I was improvising. I did use a hotel towel to squish out all the water and then dry over the hotel shower door.

I hope the hotel cleaning staff got a kick out of it, lol. I am going to wait for some sunshine and I’ll take some FO photos of this this week and measure all the yarn. The good news is that I didn’t have any scraps leftover!

Happy Knitting (And Blocking)!!