This little one celebrated his first trip around the sun on Monday. My baby. Where did that year go…why did it have to go so quick?
The Owlet was completed in plenty of time, 16 owls, short rows and all. Thanks to those of you who so kindly recommended tutorials and left such encouraging messages last week. They really boosted my confidence and I felt you were rooting for me. I took the advice to try German short rows. They were so straightforward, I did that section in super quick time and was left wondering what I’d been fussing about! The underarm grafts proved just fine too although the stitches around them were a bit suspect from joining the yoke and arms in the round, sorted with a few retrospective tightening stitches!
After a couple of nights of birthday crown sewing I was missing my needles so decided to cast on another Milo with the precious Ginny Goldenrod yarn. I know where I am with a Milo and it will tie in nicely with the Pilot Cap I knitted with the rest of that yarn. The funny thing is that now I have knit a couple of milos I feel less excited about working on this project although working with the yarn makes it pleasurable…..So, a first for me, I have two projects on the needles!
I have cast on these simple mittens in the same Cascade 220 Pumpkin Spice as the Owlet. One down, one to go, along with an icord to keep the mittens in check!
I may have been indulging in a bit of stash building, a-hem! I am so lucky I have snaffled a couple of stunning skeins from Ginny’s latest yarn release. I can’t wait to receive her alpaca/silk/cashmere fingering weight yarn dyed in Muscadine. I’m thinking this would be a perfect shawl type fibre, super soft with plenty of drape. I just hope I can do the yarn justice. What are your favourite shawl patterns? I love the look of Blom and also the Cecily shawl featured in this quarters Taproot.
My husband treated me to the glorious ‘A Modern Natural Dyer‘. I find it really hard to look at books during the day but hope to feast on the eye candy and dream of future experiments over the Autumn and Winter.
I hope you have a wonderful last week of October and enjoy your Halloween celebrations. There has been a flurry of carving about these parts. I’ll be sharing more of Robin’s birthday, the crown making and the pumpkins soon. Let’s just say it gets serious then the power tools are plugged in at the kitchen table!
Joining the lovely ladies, Nicole and Ginny.