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Hey dear blog readers. I hope this post finds you well.  There was a little knitting this week here at Knitatation.

I finished up the Sunnyside Cardigan. Probably a size 9 month or so.

Pattern called for fingering yarn, and I used worsted weight - and followed the directions for smallest size.

Universal Cotton Yarn. Size 7 Needle.  I actually like the yarn. It blocked great.

Shower was today and mom-to-be loved it.  Yea!

I started a pair of socks for my son-in-law. The one with giant size 13 feet.  I make his Christmas socks first. The rest seem to go so fast after his.  I usually use Hathorne yarn for his but this time switching it up and doing two colors with Huntington yarn.  

Pattern is Twisted Rib from Wanderlust Field guide from Modern Daily Knitting.

So far so good.

Joe and I were in Buffalo on Friday and stopped at this little yarn shop.  So cute in there. It was so nice to actually fondle yarn again!

Mason is finally using his snuggly I made him. Yea!

 

Ruth is almost done with her  Fehling sweater pattern from Brooklyn Tweed --Bartlett rag yarn . The yoke decreases are a little tricky and she has to pay attention.  Looks Great !!!!!

Martha has been knitting on the front of her sweater this week.  She said there’s a lot of knitting.  The gauge is small, there’s a 3+” overlap in the fronts so it’s a lot and Ktb which takes more attention, and carrying the two colors back and forth   She will be so glad to knit in the sleeves.  I think it looks great !

Have a great week dear blog readers.  Stay safe and be kind.

Spring Has Sprung!

 Hi Dear Blog Readers...it's Spring!  So beautiful here in Western New York Today.

This week I worked on the baby sweater--Sunny Side Cardigan.  Universal Cotton Supreme yarn, size 7 needle.  Just barely a start on the 1st sleeve. I noticed a mistake and had to rip 3" yesterday.  The baby shower is Sunday so I need to knit like the wind this week. This yarn has great stitch definition.

The baby sweater I made Mason before he was born still fits! (barely)  Yea!

He will be 6 months old tomorrow...he started giggling today. So cute.

  

 

Ruth has attached the sleeves to her Fehling sweater  -  I bet she will finish it up this week.

I think it's turning out really really nice!

 

Martha is working on the front of her Oban sweater.  Here’s the front. She said the shape is weird but the skinny part is the bottom and the cut out is where the skirt like part attaches.  Its quite shaped and she's adding stitches for the bust line. Fingers crossed it fits! Here is a picture of the model wearing the sweater for comparison.  I think it looks great!   A lot of work!

In other news:

 

 

I took this picture across the pond from Joey's house Friday night. It was spectacular!

 

Joe and his friend Wayne went fishing today and caught Brown trout.  They had a lot of fun.

Have a good week dear blog readers.  Stay safe and be kind.

Still Springy

 Hi Dear Blog Readers!  Our weather has been all over the place this week. Two days near or at 70 and now today it's freezing out. Sooo windy here again.  But the sun is bright and so pretty.

I blocked the new socks I finished up and wrote about in last week's post.  Not twins, but still in the same family.

They are soft on my feet which I like. Very tall, but don't come to my knees...Almost!

My pair for the year.  Now on to something else.

Have a good start on the Sunnyside sweater.  I am following the smallest size, but using Worsted yarn rather than fingering.  It's still going to be big. I was hoping for 6 month size or so.  Here is the back.

This is the front. For Cotton yarn, I am really liking the Universal Cotton Supreme, though it is very splitty.  It is not hard on my hands like some cotton. 

Started Christmas socks for my son in law who has the size 13 feet.  The body will be gray with navy accents.

The Huntington yarn is very very splitty.  

Ruth is on to the body of her Fehling sweater from Brooklin Tweed in the Bartlett Rag yarn.  It looks so good!

Martha  is really moving along on her new sweater.  Oban

In her words:

The back is blocked. It looks much better blocked. The pattern is pretty Waffley so the stretching does it well. I’m still nervous it’ll be too small!!  It measures right but sizing is ALWAYS something to worry about.

 Here's the front. I usually make the fronts together to make sure they are the same.  With two balls of yarn going on both sides so 4 balls total that seemed too unwieldily. So I said to myself one at a time and will keep track of the rows meticulously.  So far it is slow going. I lost track of the cable so I had to rip a few rows etc

In other news:

I bought flowers for St Patrick's day.  Makes the table looks so nice. We had our corned beef and cabbage dinner tonight.  

This time change is messing me up.  I feel like I lost three hours today.  I'm going to go knit on the sweater, the shower is in two weeks.

Have a great week dear blog readers. I hope you get a lot of knitting time.

Stay safe and be kind.

Springy

 Hi Dear Blog Readers,

It looks very springy here today, though it is still very cold.  I love the bright sunshine!

I have finally finished up the socks I started before the new year.

As a reminder Martha thought it would be fun if the three of us got the same yarn and made socks for real in-person Rhinebeck next year.  Mine are done....phew!

Dancing Leaf sock blank.  I wound the sock blank into a ball, then weighed it, and split into two balls.  I like it a lot!  They are quite long.  I just finished before doing the blog. Ends to weave in and block. I'll show them on my feet next week. 

Front - pattern is Double Eyelett. Toe up. From Modern Daily WANDERLUST sock book.

I'm really glad they are done!

I am starting a Sunnyside Cardigan baby sweater. That will be my focus this week.

Baby shower on March 29th.  Found some Universal yarn Cotton Supreme in stash. It will make a nice sweater. I hate knitting with cotton.  Does anyone else?

Finished up the Alpine headband. I love how the edging came out.

Here it is on. For my friend. She is same coloring as me so I think it will look good on her.

No judging my face or wrinkles please...just look at knitting . Taking selfies are not my thing. LOLOL

Ruth made a really cute, soft, fuzzy hat.  Slyngrose Beanie from Dizzy Knitter.  Gedifra Superfine Alpaca yarn. I saw it this week.  Really nice!

She started a sweater - Fehling from Brooklin Tweed in the Bartlett Rag yarn.

One sleeve done!  It's really nice!

Martha is really moving along on her new sweater.  Oban

She is switching skeins because of color differences.  I think it looks great.  Lots of knitting this week!

 

Here is pattern:

In other news:

We took a ride to Holley  Falls this morning.

It looks like big rocks in between the falls, but look close - it is ice!

I did a lot of cooking today.  White chicken chili for lunch this week, and a big pot of  meat sauce. I was good and had half pasta, half spaghetti squash.  

Have a good week dear blog readers.

Stay safe and be kind.