I’m a little late but I finally cleaned my WFH desk and uncovered my Mother Day treats.
The fam got me two skeins of Homestead Tweed in a worsted weight for hat/cowl/who knows. They also got me a notebook that has project planning pages ala Ravelry. I am not normally a paper planner for knitting person but I may give fit a whirl for the 2025 Pigskin Party KAL.
More skeins to add to the stash! Happy Knitting!!
My Treasure Goddess yarn package showed up and I made a little “present” for myself.
I have been doing some wishful knitting for a Royals themed beanie. And I got some colors from this dyer to work that pattern. Its her organic DK base in a gold and a royal blue. I also got another Chiefs themed worsted kit to make another colorwork hat from this project/pattern.
I also paired a nice protein water. Gotta stay hydrated and keep up with those health goals while knitting!! Happy Crafting!!
I spent some time this winter dipping my toe into colorwork hats. I made not one but two Chiefs Touchdown Beanies. I decided my dad also needs one of these Chiefs Beanies for next football season. I also found a pattern for a beanie in Royals (baseball) theme that looks fun
So I went to a local to me dyer and grabbed some of her yarn to work these again. As these teams are also local to her she has colorways that match really well. I got the actual Chiefs kit she makes in Worsted weight and then a blue and a gold skein in sport to make the Royals Hat.
Did I need new yarn? No. But the thought of these specific project made me excited and I couldn’t stop thinking about them and so I am leaning into where the mojo goes.
Happy Knitting!!
I got an unexpected gift card from a neighbor as a thank you for helping them this winter. I decided to convert that into yarn goodies!
I swung by Yarn Barn and picked up two new to me colors of Malabrigo Rios in Azules and Volcan. I am thinking I will be making a KU themed hat…..
I also tried two new US 8 needles to add to my collection. I picked up KnitPro Dreams in 16 inch circular and Addi Rocket2 (square needles) to try for my next hats.
It was a nice boost to my dopamine and it got me out for a walk in the sunshine. Spring has sprung! Happy Knitting!!
In late fall, I was deep in the feels and I purchased a 12 days of Christmas fiber package from Knit Spin Farms. I knew based on my performance with the other fiber advent calendar I knew I couldn’t manage to keep up with this either. So I saved for the doldrums of winter!
They did the best job wrapping and organizing the whole thing. I opened the full box in one shot. I got some great saturated colors and a variety of fiber content, including two bags of stellina to add to other fiber.
I have so many other spinning goals that all of this went into the VERY full fiber bin after it was logged in Ravelry. They will be pretties for another day even though I hear other spinners RAVE about Joanna’s fiber. Perhaps I will use spinning some of this as a reward for making other other goals?
Happy Spinning!!
Santa was very kind to me! He left four new skeins of yarn and a bottle of wine in my stocking.
There is one skein of KnitCircus trampoline in the purple to yellow fade, one small skein of Greatest of Ease in the light blue speckle, half skein of the Daring base in the red color and finally a full skein of Divine DK in the grey. I love that they do mystery boxes so its a surprise!
My parents got me a knitting backpack to help me lug around my 1,000 WIPS and my kiddos got me a new set of mermaid themed crochet hooks with soft grips. All in all…I had a pretty good haul! The wine may or may not already be gone…..
Happy Knitting!!
Back in November I won a prize from the 2024 Pigskin Party KAL and that was a gift card from thelittlewolfknits online yarn store.
I ordered this in early December and it arrived just in time for year end hat knitting. I grabbed a Pigskin Party KAL special color way in worsted (orange), some nuetral mohair silk to hold in my hats and then another (teal) worsted skein for PB inspired hat.
This is a new to me dyer and she was delightful during the order process. I am excited to see how her yarn feels. I need to get this orange one started soon as it will earn me bonus points in the KAL!
Happy Knitting!!
I was enticed on Black Friday into the TreasureGoddess Yarn sale. I made quite the haul and then saved and wrapped up for my Christmas gift.
I bought the Touchdown Beanie kit with Chiefs colors. This is a DK had that comes with colorwork instructions. I need to pre-wash and make sure the red is color set so I don’t get any bleeding. But I am very excited about this hat. (The instructions also have a Swiftie version but I think I will make the Chiefs one).
I also grabbed two “color your own” little project bags. I got buterflies and yarn/wine with a set of sharpies. I think this will be my art project to work on while the kids color on their new art books from Christmas.
I also got some treats tucked in for the sale and that was the gold tote bag and a few stitch markers. I am excited to get working on all of these!
I have been packing around a gift certificate from my birthday back in November to the LYS that is near my job. I decided to pop over last Friday and use that sucker up (and then some)
I stalked their website first and looked at clearance items. I was shocked to find Brooklyn Tweed Shelter on clearance…..AND IN A SWEATER QUANTITY. So I snapped up a worsted weight sweater quantity in the color amaranth. It does have a rougher feel to it in skein but I hear that it softens with washing. This is a woolen spun yarn so it should create a lighter feeling but very warm sweater. I have already stalked Ravelry for pattern ideas.
Also in clearance was some Plymouth Yarn Homestead Tweed. I grabbed a skein of Country Blue and Oatmeal to add to my hat stash. We will see if the hat mojo continues into 2025, lol.
I picked some relatively neutral colors so that would fill in some color gaps in my finished hat stash. I realize not everyone loves my personal color palette! Happy Knitting!!
I decided this year to try a spinning advent calendar and I couldn’t resist the Cozy Knitter annual self striping sock advent.
The fiber advent is from KnitzAndPearls shop. It’s 24 mini fiber packages and a 4 ounce package to open on Christmas. I have not peaked but I did organize this advent into a bag that is roughly in order of days. I did get duplicates of at least two days and missing those other numbers. But I got 24 minis in all so I am going to roll with it.
This was my best attempt to hold back and not open this. Kid and work life in December is HARD so I need to catch up but at least after this photo, I got the mini skein wound and the toes cast on. I am working two socks in tandem on 9 inch circs. The daily time needed really isn’t that much so I should catch up soon.
Happy Adventing!!
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