Good reason for not much knitting

 Hi Dear Blog  Readers,

I have a good reason for not much knitting. Our grandson, Mason, arrived on  September 22nd. This picture is from today. He is like a thumbalina doll.  Remember?

 

It has been a very odd week, with little time to knit.  I finished Mark's size 13 socks. This is the pair one on top of the other next to my size 7 foot.

When my daughter was in labor, I started a bootie for the baby, in the same yarn. Kind of like a prayer bootie.  I have restarted the bottom 2 x now. It's not hard, I'm just not paying attention.

Small progress on the red wallaby. One sleeve done, one started and the body ribbing started.

Ruth was on vacation last week and worked on little things since her return.

She knit a dishcloth.

And she started a hat.  (which has been completed at the time of this posting).

Pattern is Leni by Isabell Kraemer. Yarn is Spun Right Round sock in Dr Amp colorway and mohair in Pool Hall Hustle.

Martha has been diligently working to re-engineer her sweater.  Work of art for sure.

In her own words:

Ok this pattern is Deschutes Textured Thermal Pullover, by Norah Gaughan published by Brooklyn Tweeds.   When I made this the sleeves were too big in the sleeve cap area.  Also the neckline was too high and was choking me.  So I took it apart from the armpits up. In this picture I reknit the neckline lowering it.  I also made the shoulders an inch shorter so the sleeves would sit on my shoulder.  Then I narrowed the sleeve caps significantly.  I kept track of the decreases with all those markers.  So I’ll sew up the shoulder and sew in the sleeves. Then the only thing left is the neck band.

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Look at all of this work. Phew!  Awesome!

In other news:

Joe and I did tomato sauce today. It's a lot of work, but so worth it in the winter. He did most of the work today, while I was the runner and talked about Mason.  LOL

We went to Joey and Casey's on Friday night. The lake was beautiful.

Have a good week dear blog readers.

 

Stay safe and be kind.

Zilch

 Hi Dear blog readers,

No real blog today. We will be back next week with some nice knitting updates.

Love,

Connie, Ruth and Martha

Dull, But Necessary

 Hi Dear Blog Readers!

My knitting has been quite dull.  When we left off two weeks ago, I was working on the giant size 13 socks for my son in law.  I worked on them a lot, finishing up the first one, and zooming down the foot of the second one (if you can zoom a size 13 foot).  The foot part is 13".  I'm going to concentrate on it this week to get it done as soon as possible.  I have a sweater picked out (finally) for my Tess yarn purchased at Rhinebeck last year. I can't start till Iget some of these necessary knits out of the way.

Started the sleeve of the 2nd Wallaby. The first color was a darker red and did not look like a good color for a little girl.....so I ordered this red and like it much better.

The t-shirt sweater is on the back burner for a bit. It is stockinette till the ribbing bottom and I won't wear it until next year anyway.

I did make a cute cowl while we were gone last week.  

Venezia, size 8 needle, Cascade 220 100% wool yarn from stash.  Pattern calls for 5 repeats. I did 3.5 and think it is plenty large enough.  I have decided not to block it. I like how pillowy it looks. Though it is a gift for a friend....do you think I should block it???? Help!  LOL

 

 

Ruth finished up Mason's green anchor sweater, and I lost the picture. She is on vacation this week so I'll share next week. It is totally cute.  She is working on a pair of K3, P1 socks.  Knitcircus yarn. Very nice colors!

 

 Martha finished up her socks. Also K3, p1 pattern.  Love the colors.  She didn't realize how purply they were and she loves them...me too!

 

Today she was winding yarn outside just to be outside.  Look at this creative set up she has. 

 

This blue one is Peace Fleece Ruth and she bought in Harrisville during her first quarantine visit with Ruth.

This is Jill Draper Yarn, merino.  She is thinking of an Ann Hanson pattern for this.  But the pattern is misplaced.  Both of these yarns are sport so a lot of knitting. She bought this at the store in Rochester, Lift Bridge, during my last visit.

This final bunch is the blue WEBS yarn she made a blue sweater with a big cape like collar that just didn't work. Ruth pulled it all out for her  Now she has  another sweater to knit! She will do  a swatch to figure out gauge because there’s no label. She might make a sweater for her daughter out of it.  

 In other news:

How can it be September already?  I love the cooler evenings...but time is going so fast.

I may be a grandma by next week's post...it's coming soon.  

Have a great week dear blog readers.

Stay safe and be kind.