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Arya Colors

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As promised, here is the second color section of my Arya Shawl. I have found this to be my “reward” knitting of late. It is busy season for this accountant at work so I come home pretty much wiped out. And so in the quiet of the evening I have been reaching for this project to work on. I may only have time for a few rows before I fall asleep but with DK weight yarn it shows the progress quickly. The shawl looks less thong like now.

I’m super late the party with the grellow color combination. But I’m really loving the grey and yellow contrast. But with this Chubbs and Squeak yarn also being a tweed yarn there is a consistent element flowing throughout. I’m still not 100% proficient on my CCD or centered double decreases and I have to fudge them sometimes to keep my stitch counts correct. But hey, this is garter stitch so it’s very forgiving!

My favorite of favorite parts so far? The mosaic slipped stitch color work portion that transitions between the two colors. it just makes my heart happy!

Happy knitting!!

Preparing For Christmas Eve

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Christmas is almost upon us and I am once again preparing my family’s Christmas eve boxes! Mostly I get everyone in the family a new set of pajamas and special treat for Christmas eve. I like being able to open an early present. So I wanted to give you a sneak peak inside mine. (My box includes a special Christmas Eve cast on!)

I have a brand spanking new pair of Christmas pajamas, a bottle of wine, and brand new knitting project to start. This year I chose the Arya Shawl by Ambah O’Brien. It’s a two color shawl worked up in DK weight. And I just so happen to have those two coordinating skeins of Chubbs and Squeak in tweed DK from my Portland trip. It seemed just like kismet. Now I just have to wait for Santa to get here!!

Happy Knitting!!

Gift Along 2016

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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!