I am past the infernal lace patterning on my Love Note. I finally got the hang of it by the last four rows.
I knit down from the lace and got the sleeves divided. This thing is shedding ALL OVER the place. I think I am going to knit down just a wee bit and then start the sleeves. I will use the other skein of sock yarn to make the sleeves consistent. I haven’t decided if I will do the short or long body.
May even get wild and knit the neckline before finishing the body….
Happy Knitting!!
One by one ribbing is quite something. My Online Training Hat is slowly growing as I watch slide dec after slide dec.
I am finally more confident and comfortable with flicking and switching between knits and purls. I am getting faster without having to drop the needles or the working yarn. Well, as fast as you can be in one by one rib LOL.
This DK yarn is working up more like a worsted. I think I should be fine at this gauge and needle size. The hat might could be small or could be fine. There is a head for every hat!
Happy Knitting!!
It’s been second summer here in the Midwest so I guess I am hammock knitting sweaters instead of wearing them. I am struggling through the lace pattern in my Love Note.
I am having trouble counting and keeping all this straight. Is it hard lace? No. But I am still making a ton of mistake and instead of ripping back I am just making it work. In mohair and this much lace….it will never show!
I have five or six rows of lace left and I can leave this part behind! Just need to buckle down and get to the cruising part of this sweater. Happy Knitting!!
I have two solid weeks of online training for my professional CPE. I am less than excited and I need a knitting project to keep my fingers busy and the snacking to a minimum. My needles have been empty since I finished the 2025 Conference Hat.
I grabbed some Big Sky Yarn Co Squish DK that I picked up at SSK 2024 and some hat needles. And in my haste, I may have made a misstep. This is DK yarn and I brough worsted weight hat needles. I hand wound the skein and pondered and still cast on.
This yarn is a heavier DK and I am going to knit some 1×1 ribbing and “swatch” to see if this would actually work out. At the very least I am working on something and it accidently matches my shirt….
Happy Knitting!!
I finished my Autumn Gold and it’s football season! Time for my first Pigskin Party 2025 KAL cast on for my Love Note.
Jellybean missed the Chiefs Brazil game when he was at a sleepover. He wanted to see all his favorite YouTubers making cameos….or that is my suspicion. So we watched the recording and I started my sweater! Was the not the Chiefs best outing but we had chili and snuggles. I’ll take that as a win.
I am getting a ton of fuzz in my face and it tickles but the Love Note is off and running!!
The Autumn Gold is finished!
Pattern: Autumn Gold by Veera Valimaki (Rav Link)
Needles: US 7s
Yarn: Berroco Vintage DK in Smoke (2106)
Mods: Added body length after the arm divide and before the pattern.
I used four full skeins and a smidge of the 5th. So that is 1,172 yards or 407 grams of yarn. I am really happy with the finished sleeves and overall fit. In hindsight I could have probably gone down a pattern size in the yoke as I didn’t need this much depth. And it still makes a lovely cozy sweater. I just ended up with more dolman fit than I had figured.
I think the sweater hits my hips in a perfect spot to make a nice line. The blocking did a world of wonders for this piece of clothing. Now I just need the weather not to be 90 degrees Farenheight so I can wear this!
Happy Knitting!!
I have finished the body of the Autumn Gold and ready to start the hem ribbing.
I added length to the body to account for my torso and preferred length. I am guessing a little bit as my swatch wasn’t big enough to tell me how much it will grow. But this Berroco is known to relax and grow. I figure I can always rip it back and take out some in the body and sleeves.
I am just really excited to get this off the needles as I really can’t stop thinking about knitting the Love Note from my SSK yarn.
Happy Knitting!!
I dug out the niddy noddy and got my handspun off the bobbins. The colors are wild and I couldn’t be happier! The three skeins of 2-ply are starting off pretty balanced with just slight over twist.
Pre-washing the finished weight is 7.6 ounces on the 2-ply skeins and 0.4 ounces on the chain ply/3-ply skein. This is enough yarn that I need to clean out the sink for washing basin as my little plastic tub won’t but it for these.
Happy Spinning!!
Let me introduce you to Clara the Emotional Support Chicken!
Pattern: Emotional Support Chicken by Annette Corsino (Rav Link)
Yarn: My own handspun skeins
Needles: US 7s
Mods: I totally knit the beak from the wrong direction but otherwise stayed on task.
The kids decided that Clara did not need a waddle so she doesn’t have any chin decorations. I am really happy with this finished chicken. I liked the combination of colors in the accent areas. I still have leftovers from all three colors in this chicken so I can absolutely make more chickens. I just need to find the next recipient.
Now I need to get Clara packaged up and sent to her final home with my friend! Happy Knitting!!
Emotional Support Chicken #3 is ready for stuffing.
I asked my Mom if she had some stuffing I could use and she brought me a 5 lb full box of vintage polyfill stuffing. Lol, I think my chicken will be fine!
However, in editing this photo I noticed that I made an error on the eyes and the beak. I knit them from the wrong side. Easy enough to detach the eyes and move but the beak is a bit of an oops. I am just going to leave it. AND I am going to seam the chicken from the correct side. I just can’t live with the wrong side out. I guess that will teach me to pay attention!
(Semi) Happy Knitting!!
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