Too Crafty for Her Own Good: November 2016

Wednesday, 30 November 2016

November 2016

There is a KAL from October 1st to December 31st for colour work projects being hosted by Katie from Inside Number 23, so I am hoping this gives me some motivation to get the Illuminated Lines blanket complete. The motivation just is not there. I still adore this blanket, but I am not sure I can see myself finnishing it this year.
My reading passion has also gone out the window. You cannot have everything.

Mom sent me an email the other day with some patterns on it for hats for CHAS. They give them to pre-teens, teens at Easter as an Easter Gift, so I am going to see how many I can get going and see if I can get some of my stash gone of the yarn that I cannot remember for the life of me why I purchased it in the first place.

FO's:

Magnolia Pullover
Striped - Be Loving Hat
Watermelon - Be Loving Hat
Mount Airy Socks

I am so impressed with my success on these guys! I even did a FLK heel which was surprisingly easier than any other heel I have done to date. Everyone buy this heel.

Knitting I have on the go:

Illuminated Lines Blanket: Thank you Knit Picks
Elise Blanket in Maroon and Grey
Circlet Cardigan: Thank you Knit Picks - so pretty! I cannot wait to see this finished.
Feather and Fan Blanket - This really is if I am desperate for a change.
Banana Bunches - So you can probably tell this keeps getting shoved aside.
Hue shift in 5 colours not 10

CO is 18 stitch maker CO 17 with a CDD (I keep forgetting what my cast on is, so here we go, never to forget)

Dragon Stole: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dragon-stole

Books:

The Crown
Moll Flanders
Call of the Midwife Book 3
Worlds of Ink and Shadow
DragonFly in Amber

Friday, 4 November 2016

Hedgehog Fibers October 2016

Octobers yarn came, and it is as stunning as ever!
I want to make the watermelon socks RIGHT NOW. But I have a watermelon project bag on the way from MinaMakes so I will wait until that arrives, because I want the watermelon socks in the watermelon project bag. Too perfect.

From left to right, we have October 1, 2, 3 then Foxgloves, Venus, and Watermelon.

YAY!

How am I ever going to be able to knit all the yarn?

October 2016

There is a KAL from October 1st to December 31st for colour work projects being hosted by Katie from Inside Number 23, so I am hoping this gives me some motivation to get the Illuminated Lines blanket complete. You never know. I have been working on it for ages.
I really have the motivation right now to clear my needles. Mina (KnittingExpat) clears her needles for the end of every month, I am not 100% sure how she accomplishes this, but she has my admiration for it.

I was rather bad this month. I purchased rather a lot of yarn.....ah well. I will knit it eventually, and I have another new cast on. I must say it is flying, and I am quite pleased with my present progress. I am also being super careful, as I do not want any added 'design features' (mistakes) on this one.

My Merrow Mitts have taken on a whole new life, as I am knitting them 2 at a time in magic loop, which is impressive, and I am surprised as to how naturally this came to me. It lends to new hope to the fact that I might be able to do this with my Circlet Cardigan sleeves, at least then all your increases are happening in the same place.