Thankful

 Hi Dear Blog Readers,

Thanksgiving is over and the Christmas season is on. We were very thankful for family time and rest and relax time this weekend.

I managed to make another John's Hollow Hat this weekend. This time with Berroco Vintage Worsted yarn.  Ready to bind off.

Ruth finished her Gentle Morning Sweater. Love love love how it turned out...and I also love the buttons she chose.   

Martha

Martha is almost done with sleeve # 2 of her I FOUND HIM sweater.  It is sooo nice.

In other news:

Tiffany and Mark took Mason to the dinosaur exhibit at the Garden Factory today. Mason loved it.

Joe went fishing yesterday and Mason was checking out his catch.

Joe caught a lot of big perch.  Yea.

Have a nice week dear blog readers....

Easy Peasy, Right? Maybe Not

 Hi Dear Blog Readers....

Let's talk weather!  Here in Western New York it has been a mixed bag for the last couple of days. We have a  trace of snow. Our neighbors in South Buffalo (an hour away) got 77".  That is not a typo.  It must be exhausting for them.  And if they don't knit, they must have been quite bored the last few days!

This morning, I mentioned to Ruth that I had to just cast off the ribbing on the 2nd sleeve of Mason's sweater.  30 stitches--probably a five minute job, right?  Easy, Peasy,  Right?  Well, maybe not. I realized that I  had not changed to a smaller needle for the ribbing. Crap.  Ripped it out, then dropped a few stitches, and had to tink back the blue before I could start the green.    Then I realized I still had the body stitches on a string, so had to get them on the needle and bind off.  All is good now, except I have a lot of ends to sew in.  I like that I did ribbing in green.

 

 

Finished up the John's Hollow hat. Mine is much more rustic than original.  Cascade 220 yarn. Mine is worsted so I added 10 stitches to the pattern. next time I could probably add just 6 or maybe none. It needs a good blocking.

 Joe approved so it keeps his ears warm.  I may make a couple more for Christmas gifts. Very fast knit.

Now I need to find something to knit that I can just pick up and put down easily.  

Ruth is working away on her sock template.  I love the colors!!!!

Urban Girl Yarns  New York fingering - no colorway indicated.

Martha finished her first sock! She has not cast on for sock #2 yet.

Here is her I found Him sweater -- left front blocking. She is up to the armpit shaping for the right front.

Here's the right front:

In other news:

I have been working on fall cleaning this weekend. We are  hosting Thanksgiving on Thursday. 18 people is a lot for our little house. 

Washing walls, shampooing carpets, washing and ironing curtains.  It's a lot considering I work full time too.   Also cleaning out crap we don't need anymore.  I have a LOT to do before Thursday but I guess it will be fine, whatever that is.  I am thankful we have the family time.  

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Winter Vibes

 Hi Dear Blog Readers....

Feeling the winter vibes this week.  With time change, it's dark early. It was nice and warm earlier in the week...we had SNOW today.   Not much...didn't stick...but snow!

I tried Mason's sweater on him yesterday and the body is a nice fit.  Started the first sleeve.

Started a hat today. John's Hollow Hat.  I'm just kind of playing with it right now. It calls for aran weight yarn, or heavy worsted.  This is some Cascade 220 I've had in stash for a long time. I added 10 stitches so I'll see what happens in a couple of inches.

Ruth finished up her first pair of socks.  I am in love with these colors!

She has a start on the 2nd pair she is making from sock blank.

Martha is working on her socks.  I love her colors also!

She turned the heel on now going to try to use my double pointed circular needles one at a time to prevent  pulling the joins through.  They are not easy to pull through. This is a made up pattern with old 2012 Schaffer yarn. 560 yards 60% superwash merino, 25% Mohair, 15% nylon.  She got the yarn at the second parents weekend I went to At Ithaca.  She's ready to knit the foot. 

Martha also worked on her sweater.

 Here’s her sweater back blocked.

She finished the left front and am now a pattern repeat up the right front

So nice.  Lots of work!

In other news:

I took a lot of pictures of the eclipse/blood moon this week on my early morning walk. Here are just three of the many many pics I took.

Mason and I went to the library yesterday (wibrary).  They have a playroom with just toys to encourage play and fun.  We sure had fun.

He loved the train table.

Have a good week. As I write this the snow started ramping up and its a mini blizzard here! What????

Good Notes

 Hi Dear Blog Readers,

It's been in the 70's multiple days this week - sorry to say but more fun to be outside than knitting. :)

I finished up the 2nd sock today. Remember I stopped before doing the toe on the first sock, in case I ran out of yarn..well I have plenty of yarn. Lots left over... which you know I hate.  I like to use it up.

Round toe.  I always leave 16 stitches on each needle to kitchner.

I rely heavily on notes when I knit. For example, when I do one pattern repeat, I mark a line, then on the 2nd  sock, I put a horizontal line thru the first line to keep track. I know some people rely on apps, but that never worked for me. How do you keep track?

Ruth has made great progress on her Gentle Morning Sweater.   She is at sleeve cuffs.  Looks great

She also worked on this fun sock blank, finishing up the cuff and heel. I love these colors!

Martha is up to the armpit, and lined her sweater -- pattern - I Found Him.  She wanted to make sure the diamonds lined up  - yep they do!  Looks great.

In other news:

This was the sky on my early morning walk Saturday:

I did a lot of cooking today. When you don't knit much, you talk about cooking, right?

Bread, chili, and sheet pan choc chip cookies.

Mason played outside a lot this weekend. Tiffany sent me this pic of him jumping and playing.

Have a great week dear blog readers.

Stay safe, be kind and have fun.