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Here is my latest knit:
Colonnade shawl by Stephen West, knit with CEY Sprout, 100% organic cotton. It was fun to knit with bulky yarn, it was super quick and satisfying. I’m hoping good for Spring.
I started reading the books championed for this years Canada Reads 2015. I finished: And The Birds Rained Down by Jocelyne Saucier and I’m starting The Inconvenient Indian by
Thomas King.
Here are my new projects on the needles right now:
Mittens for me:
And a hat for my co-worker:
I love second-hand, vintage clothing. It feels like a treasure hunt. I found a few pieces yesterday that I love.
The Black Market had these lovely finds:
I picked up these basic pieces at Crimson Clover:
It’s all the little details I love.
I’m hoping to turn this yarn…
Into this Cowl:
I also found these yarns to add to my stash:
I also added these patterns to my queue:
Finished this Beret from one of my favorite books, More Last-minute Knitted Gifts by Joelle Hoverson. It’s one of my go to pattern books for basic well written patterns.
The yarn I used for my beret was a gift from a friend who visited Iceland. I was thrilled to receive this beautiful skein of Lopi.
Another pattern I’m starting for the New Year is from Joelle Hoverson’s first book Last-minute Knitted Gifts. I’m using this Berocco Yarn, Folio. The superfine alpaca and rayon mix will give the Hourglass Sweater a nice drape.
I’ve been on a blogging vacation. I think I’m ready to get back on track. I have been busily knitting for Christmas. I used to make all my gifts. The last couple of years I’ve started that tradition back up again. I’m hoping it will give me some Christmas spirit. I’ve finished a couple of scarves and a cowl. I feel I have a lot of ideas but I’m going to run out of time. Some may need to be New Years gifts but no matter it’s still a gift from my heart. I found some beautiful patterns. I experimented with a few yarns so I’m having fun with it. I ended up designing a simple cowl pattern using the Star stitch, which I’m now obsessed with. I find as my knitting skills expand, if I don’t like a pattern I end up changing it to my liking. I fail a few times and start again but it makes the process interesting and more fulfilling in the end. Yarn is forgiving and I’m ok with ripping apart a project to start fresh. Here’s what I have so far:
Started a new project, knitting with Berroco Folio Alpaca/Rayon.
This is my adapted Gemma Pullover that I finished today. The sleeves I changed to 3/4 and I left out the design on the bands because this yarn (Schulana – cashmere/silk/wool) didn’t give enough stitch definition for it to stand out. It definitely makes up for it with the light weight softness and super stretch fit. I’m definately getting lots of knitting done with this flu.
Finished. Before blocking.
Finished my Sirdar Sweater, knitting from my sick bed. I expect more finished projects over the next couple of days.
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