Bigger Projects

Abe and I have had a house under contract. We hit a point two weeks ago where we were simply waiting to close. Knowing this was the calm before the storm, I applied myself to some serious knitting, all hours of the day and night.

Here I am knitting on the men's earflap hat at midnight.

Prior to the closing, I finished the sisters scarf, which is waiting for a single crochet edge to help it lay flat. Look how long!

I also started the sisters skirt, which will be A line with this cute little layer on the bottom.  There will be Petersham peeking out from the two layers once it is finished.

I was looking for some instant gratification, so I whipped this hat up in a few hours using Pemaquid by Fibre Co.  It's funny, I started by going through patterns to find a hat pattern to mindlessly knit, and I found I couldn't commit to any of them.  I ended up making it up as I went along.  Is this whole book project going to change my knitting world as I know it for good?!

On Thursday we closed on our house.  WOW!  So as you can see, I now have a bigger project to work on.  I spent the past few days stripping wallpaper, while Abe lifted four layers of linoleum of the kitchen floor to find hardwood.

BUT, when I get home at night, knitting still calls my name.

I started the Burly Spun blanket.  I'm knitting it on size 15 needles, so it's a nice change of pace.

AND, I was able to get 4 new projects out to my guild knitters (THANK YOU THANK YOU!) so I look forward to seeing the progress on these as the weeks go by.

Enough writing, I'm going to do some knitting!

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Here is the bird who will sit atop the wee nest. His body needs some help, but I'm happy with his little head.

Here is my shipment of Brown Sheep Burly Spun for a big cozy blanket. This is a perfect example of a project I could outsource to one of my knitters...but I WANT TO DO IT! (Stamping my foot) so there!

I'm swatching this Karabella Boise for the Mother's Cashmere Scarf. Super duper nice to work with, of course. One of the girls from "the guild" will get to enjoy this experience.

And I am plugging away on the Mother's Sweater still. It has had several different collars. You'll note now it has no collar. It hasn't revealed itself to me yet. Also, I have started and ripped out a sleeve. I have been deciding between a tapered sleeve and a straight sleeve. I'm thinking straight now, after trying the tapered...

I Laid an Egg

Look what has appeared in my nest!

The first one I made was GIANT!  I won't even show it to you, it's embarrassing.  I almost thought it was going to be too small, but I could barely fit it into the nest.  I'll stuff some catnip in it and give it to the cats.

I talked to my Aunt Lynn today, hoping she would want to knit me up some knee high socks or the Family Tree Throw (which I need to reconsider yarn for).  She said, "Well, I'd really like to do both." And I said, "Well, I really love you."  Seriously this is the best.  She also belongs to a Knitter's Guild down there in Harvard, MA and is going to spread the word for me to her 60 buddies that I need knitters!  She is totally making my week.  Oh, actually, sorry Lynn, I forgot.  We bought a house this week, so that kind of made my week first.  But you're a close second!

Today I worked on the pattern for the knee highs so I can get that out to Lynn.

In other news, I am plugging along on the Mother's Cardi.

...and Karabella sent me some Cashmere Yarn: