Casting On

Those gals over at Espace Tricot tempted me again with a new free pattern.

I tried my best to get these same yarns for mine, but then decided to go with yarn from my local yarn shop, The Fiber Universe.  ( Funny how the polish of the week matches it!)

 I cast on yesterday as a bit of a palette cleanser after finishing my Hiro Sweater.  It still needs to be blocked especially in the yoke.  This one was a couple of years in the making.  I bought the yarn at January Thaw in 2015 and finally got my courage up to cast on last month.

It has been an unusual November and next week's weather is the 50's again.  I'm not complaining at all, the longer we can go without those sub zero temperatures and snow gives me more time to knit some more sweaters for my Knitters Wardrobe!

Have a great week!

A Knitter's Wardrobe

One of my favorite looks a couple of years ago from Pinterest.

My Knock Off of it.

I tried hard to find just the right pattern to go with some gray yarn that I have in the stash.  It just wasn't coming together no matter how many times I want to Ravelry.  I ended up tossing a cowl that I knit some years ago over a gray turtleneck I had.  And my fave purchase from the Mall at ZK last Summer, my Hers tote, matches it pretty good.

Unfortunately, the foot from a year ago's surgery is just not conducive to many shoe styles, but I've got a collection of Allbirds that gets me by!

What is your Knitter's Wardrobe like?

Shopping Small Business Saturday

Yes, I did --

And I came away with another project for me and a project for a Christmas present.

Hey, I thought you said you weren't knitting for Christmas this year?  

Fantastic Friday - My Old Cookbook

 I've pulled out my look book from several years back and realized that a lot of the looks I saved in 2014 still have relevance in 2017 and I'm doing a little shopping/dreaming for me this Friday after Thanksgiving.

Some of them can be pulled together from my wardrobe already, some require some purchases to pull them off and some are going to need knitted either from my stash or after I find some yarn for them.

Quite a few yarn and pattern vendors are offering up after Thanksgiving Sales and I might just as well take advantage of the savings to order what I need to pull my new winter wardrobe off for my 60's, you know.

Hope your Friday is Fantastic, whatever you choose to do today.  Mine is a lot of just what I want to do and no getting in the car to do it!

Catch you on the purl side!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Friday Friends!!

Up close and personal of my presies from last Friday's birthday.

This is so comfy cozy!

Yummo!  I had 2016 last year when I was off with the foot surgery, and was so pleased to get some 2017!!

Something to keep the tootsies warm and some cool snoopy notes!

My Florida project yarn for next year's knitting vacation!

And something for right now knitting~  Wooly Wonka yarn, this stuff is so soffffft!

Presents to celebrate the best decade to come!!

Everybody's Doin It

Almost every where I turn blogs, podcasts, instagram, they are all talking about sweater knitting.  What about you?  Are you sweater knitting for yourself??

And which way do you go?  

Are you a proponent of Amy Herzog? CocoKnits? EZ?  Cori?

And what kind of sweaters are you knitting? Pullovers, Cardigans, ColorWork, or Simple ?

Do you knit for your lifestyle?  Work, Casual, Warmth for outside, Comfy/Cozy for inside?

What are you knitting them out of?  Wool, fuzzy, cotton, very wooly, super soft  yarns?

Have you had issues with sweaters before and have you given up?  Don't!!!  Call them Learning Lessons and lets use those lessons to start again.

And if you have sweaters out there you have knit, wear them, tis the season!!!  And I don't mean Christmas.

Let's talk sweaters and knit some!!

Making It Last….

Some may not agree, but I am saying it is nice Sunday!  It's chilly outside, it's raining, but I am having the perfect end to a birthday weekend!

I am kicking back this no make-up Sunday in style.  A bit of the peanut butter and chocolate popcorn from the Boys Scouts.

Some of my birthday coffee present.

And some knitting on my Hospice Shawl while it rains.

And enjoying others cook on Food Network while I just enjoy the perfect of days before heading back to work tomorrow!  Not bad, not bad at all!!

This Is What 60 Looks Like

 I woke up to cows in my front yard when I headed out to get Spudnuts at 5:30 a.m.  I had a hearty laugh when I opened the door and they made me smile all day long.  I face timed with the grand kids after dark tonight and they loved them!  I made my niece's husband bring their little girl over this afternoon to see them and she had to ride one or two!  Many a car passing by drove by slowly to check them out today and one even stopped to take a pic, that was a hoot!

My Knit Wit Sisters came and celebrated with me for spudnuts and coffee

And chili and ham and beans

With stories and laughs in my basement dining room!

And there were cards and  presents - yarn and wine and Snoopy and coffee

And a major card with lots of candy, so ingeniously laid out!

It was the best day and I am so blessed to have received so many wishes from my Knit Wits, family and from my friends near and far!

What a way to usher in the 60's, I am going to love them!!

Wednesday WIPS

Fish or Cut Bait?

Cut bait for this shawl.  I decided I didn't need to be knitting on another triangle shawl and did not really need one either.  But, I love the colors so much in this Unspun Icelandic, that I am going to re-purpose it for a nice comfy color work sweater later this Winter.

If I Could Turn Back Time

I did turn back time this morning, did you?  We all say to ourselves if I could, well we did, now didn't we?  How did it feel?  Wonderful!  I stayed up late and slept in this morning til I couldn't sleep anymore, how nice was that?!

I started my annual Fall Cleaning yesterday and got back at it again today.  It feels so good to have things in their place, a good dusting of everything and lots of vacuuming.  I still have those pesky bathrooms and kitchen to do, but I'll save them for later this week.

Amongst the Fall Cleaning, there was a lot sorting through knitting projects, patterns and yarn from the Summer that I had grand ideas of knitting on.  And now, with what looks to be Fall really settling in, its time to haul out the sweater knitting, which I am so looking forward to, but first I've got a Hospice blanket on the needles that has to be done first.

I took the leftovers from my last shawl that was finished last week, and created a ball out of all of them.

Using the magic knot to piece it all together.  Normally, I am not particular fan of this knot, but I had so many little balls that needed to be pieced together.

I am hoping there will be sufficient yarn to make a decent size lap blanket with what I've got.  Time will tell.

And speaking of time, I'm just a few days away from a major birthday this week!  I am looking forward to the day and going to celebrate it up big, taking the day off and thinking about  some changes in my 60's that I want to make.  No turning back time here!

Finally Finished Friday and blocked too!

Grain by TinCan Knits.  Yarn is Madtosh DK White Wash and Cascade 220 Superwash.  Originally slated for Hospice, but one of the Knit Wits needed a shawl so it was gifted to her.

 

And another Heavenly Heathers.  My go to blanket for babies and Hospice.  This one is for a friend's new baby due in January!

 

There is one more Hospice blanket in the works, and after it is complete, PJKnits is going to start sweater knitting and talking about sweaters! 

Happy Friday Happy November!