Some Knitting Time

Work has kept me so busy. Life in general has been very busy and I haven't had any time to knit. I always have a project with me wherever I go, but I still haven't had any time to knit. For my own sanity, I took a few days off from work before the Thanksgiving holiday so I could have some time to myself and do what I love the most. Knit.

I finished a cowl for a friend of mine who was in town this weekend. This was a quick knit that I found the stitch pattern for in one of my stitch dictionaries. I love the ripples. The yarn is Madeline Tosh, which is so yummy! It's wonderful to knit with, feels amazing, and blocks beautifully!

I also managed to make some headway on an entrelac scarf that I've been working on for my niece. It's made out of the Noro Kureyon yarn using three different color schemes. I love how the yarn transitions throughout the scarf. It has all the bright colors she loves! It will make a great treat for her come Christmas time. Although, as the weather gets cooler, she may even receive it sooner.

Happy Knitting!

One down... many more to go!

It's finally finished!

I started the Juneberry Shawl from Brooklyn Tweed many months ago. It was such a quick knit and I was almost done... and then I realized I was going to run out of yarn. When I went shopping for this project, I had bought enough yarn and I was going to have some leftover. That all changed of course. There was maybe 8 inches left on the border and my little yarn ball was not going to get me very far.

To check and see if my eyes were deceiving me, I used a trick that Cheryl Oberle had told me about during one of her classes that I took. It involves some math and a yarn scale, and it helped me figure out if I really did, or didn't, have enough yarn for the rest of the border. You can read about it here on her blog.

After weighing the yarn ball and a little math, I came to realize that I really was going to need more yarn. I ordered three skeins from Webs and as soon as it arrived, I started back up on my shawl. Since the dye lot was similar, but not the same, I alternated every two rows with the new and the original yarn.

And here is the result!

Trick or Yarn!

Happy Halloween! This has always been one of my favorite "holidays." I love dressing up and decorating the house with the spider webs and skeleton bones, bats, anything that is scary!

Tonight, my husband tells me that I made it home just in time. I'm thinking to myself, in time for what? Dinner wasn't quite ready and we didn't have any plans. Well, he says, I was ready to turn on the porch light so the little kids would come knocking on our door for Halloween. I looked at him strangely and wondered what in the world he was talking about. Even with the porch light on, nobody has ever stopped by on Halloween. We have never had any little trick or treaters knocking on our door for candy. With a very serious face, he tells me that he was going to start handing my yarn out as goodies to the kids. There's plenty of yarn up here, he tells me, and when he ran out with what was upstairs, he was going to raid the yarn downstairs next.


My jaw did not hit the floor. I clenched my teeth. I know he was kidding, but the thought of anyone handing out my yarn was not a pleasant thought. I am sure any knitter, crocheter, or yarn stasher/hoarder/collector would not give up there yarn to anyone, let alone hand it out on Halloween instead of candy!

And while that funny joke of my husband's was rather scary on this All Hallows' Eve, I cannot help but wonder if I can go somewhere where they will give out yarn like candy on a special day of the year, just to see me dressed up in my knitted goods...