Finally Finished Friday and November

Yep, it is the last day of November and so we conclude our 30 Days of Knits in November with two pics, the 29th and the 30th.

#29 is my Garter Pelerine by Elizabeth Zimmermann, with the exact same colors of Unspun Icelandic that EZ knit hers many years ago.

#30 is a fave sweater of mine, albeit not the best fit of a sweater.  But, the strand of mohair adds to the softness of the cardi that I find myself throwing on a lot in the Winter months.

Have a great weekend Knitters, catch you later for some Christmas knitting ideas and show notes for the last podcast!

Find Your Fade

This totally came in handy today for driving into work! 

I'm never quite sure how to wear these odd elongated shawls, so today, I just kind of threw it on.

It worked and kept me warm all the way into the building.

Winter Work Wardrobe

I know, I know, you are going to say another Cheryl Oberle design?  Yes, on this day 27 of 30 Days of Knits in November it is.  Cheryl's sweaters and jackets designs are so much a part of my Winter Work Wardrobe.  And have stood the test of time!

Today's is Hanten, a unique construction and is also out of her Dancing Colors yarn!

Happy Tuesday!!

Oy! Day 26 Weather

What a bunch of weather yesterday, last night and this morning brought the Midwest.  It was a mixed bag, rain, wind, snow, ice, bad roads, good roads and a just a bit chilly.

The weather was all over the place.  Some/most of my co-workers did not make it in, but my roads were actually better than Peoria's were.

So, I made it to work and had my Three Sisters Jacket by Cheryl Oberle on to keep me  toasty!
The yarn is Cascade 220 and is such a work horse yarn!

Happy Monday Knitters!!

Day 25 Whine

Day 25 and I am going to whine! I don’t want to go back to work tomorrow. I want to stay home and knit. But, I guess I gotta go to pay for the knitting! Today’s knit is so special to me. Several years back I received a most lovely gift at knitting camp from Linda in OKC. She gifted me with a beautiful specially spun yarn in all the my lovely colors. The following year, I knitted it for my show and tell, another Cheryl Oberle design, the Feather and Fan Shawl from her Folk Shawls Book.

It is the perfect shawl for hanging out on this Sunday before going back to work and waiting for whatever the weather brings.

I hope you all had a great long Thanksgiving weekend.  If you are in the Midwest, be careful, I hear it may be a bit dicey to the start of the work week!

Nothing Like Having A Hap

When on the road.  Today is Day 24 and we are home, but this is me earlier today with my Lerwick Harbour Hap Shawl keeping me toasty on the way home.

Haps are the best kind of shawls to keep in the car.  They can be a shawl, a scarf or a blanket!  I am ready to knit another one next year only even larger!

No Shopping This Friday

Just hangin out in some more socks on Day 23.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Day 22 - end of a great day, hanging out in my sox!

Fond Memories

Day 20 Knit is another one from the pre-Ravelry days.  My friend Jan and her husband took a cruise up the East Coast one fall and brought the yarn back for me.  Peace Fleece.  I knit this super simple shawl until I was almost out of yarn and voila, here it is. 

And it goes so well with my new turtleneck!!

It's Tea Leaves

Day 19 and one day left in my work week.

The yarn is from Leading Men Fiberarts in their Callback base.  Color is seaweed.

Day 18 Knits and Knitting, I Love A Day Like Today!

All kinds of things going on here this weekend at Chez PJKnits.  I finally got the pockets in on my Pickpocket Sweater and am motoring onto the end on the front.

I, also, re-cast on Baby Sweet Pea's Stocking as I got to thinking if she had a long name like Mona Lisa did, then I might just be in trouble when it comes to putting the name in on in 64 stitches.  So, I switched it up to a cast on of 80 stitches and now need to re-vamp the designs I was going to use.

On the other fronts, I am getting everything I need to take with to Iowa later this week.  With the baby about 16 days away from due date, I am making contingency plans for what if I get there and need to stay after Thanksgiving or what if we get the call earlier and need to stay until Thanksgiving. One needs to plan these things so there is sufficient clothes, knitting and enough days of knits to carry me through a spell.  Hence, a lot of socks are in my bag.

And speaking of 30 Days of Knits, we are at Day 18!  It snowed a bit again, but thankfully not enough to stick to the roads and just enough to be pretty.

 I ventured out for a bit of a walk this morning and my Pull the Wool Over Hat by Espace Tricot out of Hedgehog Fibers Merino Aran and Shibui Silk Cloud just fit the bill.

Wondering, are you all wearing your knits in November?  We have a great time over in the pjknits group on Ravelry, showing off our knits, check it out for some great knits!

On Day 17, I Am Heading Out In My Hiro Sweater

The yarn is the always gorgeous Sun Valley Fibers.  The Peoria Knit Wits were inspired by Cori of irocknits, to knit them.  I am hoping we can all wear them in January at January Thaw and get our pictures taken together in them.

Hope you are having a great weekend!  I am!

Hi Ho Hi Ho

Its off to work I go on this 16th day of November.

In my Multnomah Shawlette

It could have been knit larger, but I was under the constraints of a small skein of yarn.

Happy Friday Knitters!

What's Happening?!

I know I posted yesterday, but why it is not showing up?

So, here is day 14 and day 15, 30 days of knits all in one post.

Luxury Shawl by Pickles worn two ways.  Triangle in front to keep the neck warm, triangle in back to keep the shoulders warm.

Featherweight out of Three Irish Girls mohair yarn.

It was perfect for the weather here today.

Which means tomorrow,

Day 13 - Cusco

You all know how much I love Cheryl Oberle designs!  Cusco is a few years old, but I still love wearing it!!  This pattern is out of Cheryl's Knitted Jackets, and yes, I have knit quite a few of the designs in the book, as will become evident in the second half of 30 Days of Knits.  They are just, oh so totally me.

I knit mine without the lacework that the original, leaving in the rows of open work at the wrist, the midarm, down the front and back.  I loved the unique construction of this and that nice drape front I am fond of.

The yarn is from one of my favorite dyers, Chris at Briar Rose Fibers out of one of my fave yarns of hers, Wistful, an alpaca/merino/silk blend that has major yardage.

This is a great, comfy sweater for the unseasonably cool mid November and I am oh so glad I knit it.

Quicksilver - Day 12

Happy Monday!

Happy Veteran's Day

To All who served and are serving, we are grateful.


And today is Day 11, featuring the Best Loved Shawl by Cheryl Oberle.

I spending this day sitting in my chair, doing some Christmas knitting and having a cuppa wearing this warm shawl.  The yarn is from Cheryl's Dancing Colors yarn.  Sadly, Cheryl is no longer dyeing it, but I still enjoy the things I have out of it.

I still have a skein left in another color way that I am saving for something for the future, just don''t know what yet.

Yesterday was my birthday and over the last couple of days, I have enjoyed some wonderful gifts that I just have to show you!

Have a great week!!

Day 10 - The Suspender Sweater

I knit this one years ago, way before Ravelry.  It is the Suspender Sweater by Elizabeth Zimmermann and knit out out of Berroco Ultra Alpaca.

I first saw it at Knitting Camp.  I tried it on and liked the fit, so I took out my measuring tape and took the measurements of the same sweater that EZ knit.

Then, I came home and knit one to match the sizing out of colors that were me.

I pulled it out today to wear to knitting, since it was in the mid 20s this morning.  When I got home, I took the chance to catch some sun on the porch, for the very last time this season.  It felt so good and a nice warm sweater helped a bunch.

Knitvember - Day 9

 Can you believe we got snow on the 9th of November?  And a high of 33 degrees?!  It means it was time to bring out the real woolies.

This sweater, I believe is one of my oldest knits.  It originally was named the Pythagorean Theorem Jacket, and I am hard pressed to find the pattern anywhere anymore.

It was even pre-Ravelry days!  The yarn came from one of our local shops when the first opened.  They moved from that first spot to two different spots before going out of business.

The original pattern was out of a really expensive yarn, at least for me at the time.  I did end up buying the yarn that the pattern called for, but it had a bit of  mishap in the washer and came out in a child's size.

So, I still wear this one when I need to be super warm with fond memories.

2 2 2Knits in One - Day 8

Do you remember that gum commercial many years ago, when there were twins, and doublemint gum.  They would chant, 2 2 2 Gums in one?

Today's knit is Meteor Shower Shawl - thats me on the left at Hospice.

On the right is my friend, Debbie, who knit her fabulous skirt.  You can look at in depth -   Fremont Skirt

Debbie has on an occasion, hopped up on a table.  Today, we managed to keep her from doing that.  Barely!

We Made It 7 Days!

We made it 7 days so far, wearing our knits and posting them.  Yeehah!

I am totally stealing Aleesha's idea of also known as Knitvember.

The photo heading for mine today should read, You Want What or You Did What?

This lovely knit is 3 Color Cashmere Shawl by Joji 

I just love this shawl and wear it way more than I thought I ever would, and it always gets compliments whenever I wear it.  I knit it back in 2016 for my Meg Swansen Knitting Camp contest entry where it got an 8th place, which I was pretty darn proud of.

The yarn is from Republic of Wool and the colorways were inspired by Willy Wonka, Fizzy Lifting Drink, Snozzberry and Candy is Dandy.

As a child, one of my fave books was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, you know the original one.  I still love it when around Christmas time, the original movie can be found.  I always watch it!

It is turning a bit chilly here at chez PJKnits, so the turtlenecks and Winter coats are making their way out of the closet, with knits abounding.

Keep warm all!  

My Cuppa Matches My Sweatera!

November 6 - Fine Sand out of Rowan Pure Life.  I love this sweater, but think it is going in the drawer until next Spring after today's wearing. 

November 5 - Its a Work Day

But, do I have to???  Yep, cause it pays for the yarn and yarny trips!

Today's selection is Fog:  A Shawl Recipe by Dallas Ann Prentice.  Two yarns are held together for the solid section, Chicken Knits Fingering and a silver stellina and the lattice work is a single strand of the Chicken Knits fingering.

This is the perfect shawl for today to keep the arms a bit warm and also the back while working at the computer.  Several possibilities of shirts can be worn under, the blue that I have on, but also orange, beige or a grassy green. 

Don't you love a shawl that can be worn with lots!  Happy Monday!

Day 4 - I Remember November

Today is just what I remember November days being like when I was a kid.  Gray.  Blustery Wind.  Some sort of precipitation.  Yep, that is just what we have.  A typical November day.

I pulled out my Gibson Sweater by Nora Gaughan that I knit back in 2014 with a luscious yarn from what used to be our local yarn shop, Knit 4 Together.  I made mods for me to take care of the extra in the hip that I needed.

One of my most favorite things about this cardigan is that back rib collar.  It comes in handy when a bit of breeze comes up.

Hope you are having a great weekend and bringing out your knits to wear!  Catch you on the purl side!

Day 3 Weekends!

Weekends at home in the Fall are meant for Shawls!  When sitting around, I am warm or in the case of this weekend, when I have to pop outside with the granddog, they keep me warm.

Then when I am inside, and moving about doing something, they are easily thrown off and back on again.

This one is probably one of the first shawls I ever knit.  It is so old that I don't have it on Ravelry, and not sure if I bought the yarn at Knit 4 Together when I first discovered them or in one my yarny travels.

The back has a bit of a Faroese type center and the front ties are quite long, and I do remember tying it around like they did in the days when they were used in the fields to be kept out of the way.
But, these days it is not something I "should" wear like that!

The yarn is La Grande Mohair in a pretty subdued seafoam, but I do love it, and most of all because it is so soft and not a bit itchy.

Hope you are having a great weekend and wearing your knits!

Day 2 Knits in November

Some days in November, you just have to wear bright colors to work.

Cotton Cropped Cardi by irocknits 

I used three strands of Cotton Pima and knit this last Summer in a weekend.  Super easy knit on big needles and best of all any color of top will go under it just fine.  A vintage button was added to the top and there you go!

And yes, you can wear cotton in November in Illinois.

Today Starts 30 Days of Knits in November

Show us your knits in the pjknits ravelry group thread here 
There will be prizes December 1st!

 

My November 1st Knit - Bermuda Scarf  The yarn, sadly, is no longer being dyed.  It is Magic and Moonshine Handkerchief Trick in the Walu Color Way.

I originally knit for a Knit Camp contest a few years back.  I asked the dyer to dye the colors of the sunset and she totally came through!

This is the perfect little shawlette for these first days of November when it is not quite cool enough for a sweater, but you need a little something.