We had a fabulous vacation. The whole trip was like a dream. Seems so far away and so long ago now. We've been home for exactly a week now and the effects of the jet lag have disappeared. I feel like I'm back in routine and I'm itching to sew something,
But first, I thought I'd show you how much I got done on my cowl. We had some sea days, and to my surprise, there was a stitching and knitting get together in the afternoon on sea days. What a nice chance to meet other like minded people. There was about 20 people who met for tea and of course brought their projects along. I enjoyed the social aspect, and while I brought my bag of knitting, I did more talking than knitting. I did get one ball knit, and the other ball, I've knit since coming home. The pattern says to make it 48" inches, and I didn't quite have enough, so I'm now into the third ball.
I really like the pattern It's easy to do from memory you have the first 20 or so rows done. I just love the texture and the diagonal design. I love working with the Kroy sock yarn. so smooth and easy to knit. The timing couldn't be better because the near zero degree days are here and I need to keep my neck warm. I'll model it for you in a few days...It's almost done.
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Sunday, November 27, 2016
Thursday, November 3, 2016
So, What's on my needles?
I'm heading out on a vacation. I won't be anywhere near a sewing machine and our cruise has a few sea days. It took me days to find and choose just the right project to work on, just in case I have a little downtime. It's pretty simple, yet has a lovely detail stitch. It's lightweight yarn, so easy to bundle up..
It's a cowl called That Nice Stitch, and is available here on Ravelry. It will be a narrow scarf with two loops around your neck. It has the nicest look to it. I'm knitting it out of sock yarn because I don't like anything to heavy around my neck.
I thought I'd better start the pattern in case I have a problem. I'm glad, because I didn't remember how to do a provisional cast on, so a 2 minute video on youtube refreshed my memory. Easy peasy. I have my cast on done, and two inches of the pattern knit now. So it's easy to pick up and continue if I get the urge to knit.. It will be 48" when I'm done.
It's now all tucked in my little drawstring pouch. I made a few of these little pouches last December and shared the free pattern here.
I'll report back in a few weeks when I'm back at the computer, as to how much down time I had to knit.
I'll not be blogging in the meantime, unless I run into a quilt show or something while away!!
It's a cowl called That Nice Stitch, and is available here on Ravelry. It will be a narrow scarf with two loops around your neck. It has the nicest look to it. I'm knitting it out of sock yarn because I don't like anything to heavy around my neck.
I thought I'd better start the pattern in case I have a problem. I'm glad, because I didn't remember how to do a provisional cast on, so a 2 minute video on youtube refreshed my memory. Easy peasy. I have my cast on done, and two inches of the pattern knit now. So it's easy to pick up and continue if I get the urge to knit.. It will be 48" when I'm done.
It's now all tucked in my little drawstring pouch. I made a few of these little pouches last December and shared the free pattern here.
I'll report back in a few weeks when I'm back at the computer, as to how much down time I had to knit.
I'll not be blogging in the meantime, unless I run into a quilt show or something while away!!
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