Just a quick project to update you on my Might Rainbow Blanket! I’m sooooooo close to finishing the first green section.
8 more garter ridges and I can move on to dark green! Must keep knitting!!
WIP Wednesday: Mighty Rainbow Blanket
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I Have A Sock HO
My purse project is growing!
I have a sock HO! (That’s a half finished object.) I’m obsessed with these colors and therefore this is seeing a lot of knitting time. I turned the heel while Jellybean was playing with Papa and I finished the leg while watching Dr Strange with the husband. I Love multitasking!
Fits quite nicely if I do say myself! Happy Knitting!
Gift Along 2016
Have you seen the Gift Along concept bouncing around Ravelry and social media? I had seen it in years past but honestly didn’t give it much attention. It’s where indie designers team up to feature their patterns around the holidays to help with Holiday Knitting ideas as well as support each other for obtaining a greater audience.
Yeah, I saw a bundle created by Ambah O’Brien and fell down the rabbit hole hard. She was offering 50% off on her bundle at the time. I was restrained and only came out with two patterns:
The Kalari Shawl
The Mirri Mitts
I may not get these knit by Christmas but I’m certainly glad to have them in my library. And I’m glad to support an indie designer with such beautiful design sense. Win win!
Ps. Several of these indies are doing KALs with prizes!
Blocking Is Magic
I showed you my FO yesterday but I forgot to include my amazement over the blocking!!
Before
During
After
It never ceases to amaze me how much lace grows and opens up. It must be sorcery!!
Happy Knitting!
FO Friday: Old Man of Storr Shawlette
Drum roll…my Old Man of Storr is done!
I’m soooo happy!
I used this pattern and I used Treasure Goddess Yarn in Super Toes Cashmere base in the Pieces of Eight color. It used up 510 yards of yarn or roughly 127 grams. And I knit using a size 4 needle.
It’s 60 inches across and 28 inches deep. The lace isn’t perfect but for my first attempt I’m overjoyed! And to top it all off it was my 2016 Mother’s Day cast on, so I’ll always have that cozy memory when I wrap up in this!
I even managed to turn this in for WIP points in the Down Cellar Studio Pigskin Party KAL! Insert happy dance here….
Happy Knitting!!
A Nice Pick Me Up
I’ve been listening to the Kino Knits podcast for some time now. Mary does a fantastic job with content and her voice is soothing to me. In a recent episode she discussed her 2016 Rhinebeck trip and how she handed out temporary tattoos to sock knitters. I think she had DPNs, magic loop, and tiny circs. She made the comment that she had several left over, especially the tiny circs, and would mail them out to people if they messages her. I kinda jumped on that! I love my tiny circs.
And a couple days later this wonderful card arrived in the mail! It still astounds me that another knitter who has a podcast and a household to take care of took the time to send me this sweet package. Knitters really are the best people!
WIP Wednesday: Bali Vanilla Socks
The fall colors are fading and the winter grey is setting in. And I’m ever so glad I have this bit of sunshine in my purse!
My Bali Vanilla Socks are off to a good start. Another inch and I can start the gusset heel! This blue is just so rich and yummy that it instantly makes me cheerful. They may not grow very fast but slow and steady wins the race!
Happy Knitting!!
Oh Yeah….That’s What Was Wrong
Remember my shawl from yesterday? I remembered another reason I ripped it back….
I accidentally did a stockinette edge instead of garter like the rest of the shawl. Guess what I managed to do again?? Yep, totally did it twice in a row. That’s what I get for going weeks in between working on this project. I am NOT ripping back again. I decided to find 20 minutes of toddler free time and try to drop down and fix it.
I had to correct both sides. It’s not a perfect fix, but it’s definitely not looking like stockinette anymore. And at this point….I don’t care! It’s good enough and I’m ready to move forward, harrumph!!
Happy Knitting
Out Of Area 51
It’s that time of the Down Cellar Studio Pigskin Party KAL for WIPs! Look at this gem I pulled from Area 51!
This is my Old Man of Storr shawl from my Mothers Day 2016 cast on. I think last we spoke I had started the last section? Yeah, I had to rip that back out. I don’t know what happened but my eyelets were off. Harrumph!
I’m pleased to report that I am back to where I was and I’m carefully moving forward. I’m 16 pattern rows, 16 rest rows and a bind off away from being done! If I can finish this I get 25 points for the KAL! Must….knit….carefully
Happy Knitting!!
Happy Birthday To Me!
I’m a lucky girl today! I think I was a good girl because when I asked for yarn for my birthday…I got some!
Meet the precious….
Tough Love Sock from Sweet Georgia in the Stella colorway (via the Loopy Ewe)
Berry Colorful Yarnings Saturated Sock in Bit of Sunshine color (via the Loopy Ewe)
Orbit by String Theory Colorworks in the Cygnus colorway
Entanglement by String Theory Colorworks in their Antimuon color.
I am going to cast on the Orbit into some sport weight socks today as a birthday present to myself ☺️😍
Happy Knitting!!
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