Bedrest

It is 65 degrees today, which for November 8th in Maine is considered fantastic. fall

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Due to some high blood pressure, I am on bed rest until the baby arrives.  Focusing on the positive, lots of knitting time!  We have three sitting areas in our living room, and at the moment there is a project for each.

hoodie

Jasper Hoodie from Vintage Baby Knits, using Road to China Light

sock

Pomatomus Sock using Malabrigo Sock in Cardamom.  I knit the first sock many months back.  Thought it would be a good time to complete the set!  I am notorious for doing this with socks.  I have two other socks waiting for mates...

yoked

Vine Yoke Cardigan, using Malabrigo Worsted.  I've made my way around to the second sleeve.

Beautiful Yarn

In the past few days, I have received some beautiful yarn in the mail. wheat

sage

As those of you close to me know, I am not usually a fan of hand dyed yarn.  However, these yarns by Gail Callahan, otherwise known as the Kangaroo Dyer, quickly won me over.  Go to her etsy shop to purchase some of your very own.  The first skein is Wheat Fields, the second is Sage.  Gail has a book coming out, Hand Dyeing Yarn and Fleece: Custom-Color Your Favorite Fibers with Dip-Dyeing, Hand-Painting, Tie-Dyeing, and Other Creative Techniques, look for it in January.

A most exciting skein arrived yesterday from the sweet folks at madeline tosh.

tosh

This is prairie, and I can't stop looking at it.  It is 840 yards of lace weight superwash merino wool, so soft, and the color varigation so beautiful.  I can't wait to swatch it, but at the same time I want it to stay just like this for a while.

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Lastly, I purchased this Road to China Light last week to make my boy a hoodie from Vintage Baby Knits.

I am loving every second of working with it.

jasper

One of these days I might disappear for awhile.  If I do, it means Jonah has been born!  I promise to resurface as soon as possible....