Carole Knits

october zinnia
october zinnia
martinis with a view
martinis with a view
gettysburg fence for
gettysburg fence for
germinate shawl on rocks
germinate shawl on rocks
field of flags 2
field of flags 2
color affection with edge
color affection with edge
cedar leaf shawlette 2
cedar leaf shawlette 2
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3_27_2014
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3_18_13
2_24_2014
2_24_2014
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1_11_13

Unraveled

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I’m joining in with Kat today to share what I’ve been knitting and reading.

As I’m sure you can see by my Bingo card, my reading has been more productive than my knitting. 9 books total since Memorial Day weekend. I know that sounds like a lot but a couple were audiobooks and one was a book of poetry. I’ve (mostly) got the rest of my squares planned out and I feel like I’m (fingers crossed) on track for a cover-all.

I’m knitting socks. I haven’t made a ton of progress since I last showed them to you but I expect that to change by the end of the week because road trip.

I’m also knitting this beautiful Islington Shawl. I started it ages ago but got sidetracked by Peace Cowls and baby sweater knitting. Now that I’m really working on it I’m remembering just how much I love knitting lace.

That’s it for me. To see what everyone else is knitting and reading head on over to Kat’s.

Wednesdays Are (Sometimes) For Knitting: Baby Tea Leaves

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I mentioned that I went to a baby shower on Sunday but what I didn’t tell you is that it was a shower for Blogless Sharon’s son and daughter-in-law. So of course I knit.

It’s the Baby Tea Leaves Sweater and I absolutely love it.

The pattern is really well written and very easy to follow. The yarn is Madelinetosh Pashmina and it actually came from Sean. Truthfully, he saved my butt because I had a short window to knit this sweater and I didn’t really have time to send for the yarn. Sean to the rescue with a skein from his stash!

The buttons came from my Nana’s button box. I image they were white back in the day but they had aged to this lovely yellow which perfectly matched the yarn. And I love getting to use old buttons from my Nana. She knit constantly and was always making baby gifts and I think she’d just love that this craft has become my favorite hobby, too.

The puckers of that yoke are so cute and the sweater is super super soft. They don’t know if the baby is a boy or a girl but I think the color and pattern are neutral and I hope they’ll forgive me that the yarn isn’t super wash.

All folded up and ready to be gifted. I love knowing that this baby will be cuddled in something warm and woolly that I made.

And speaking of babies . . .

Dale and I are thrilled to announce that our daughter Jessica and her boyfriend Eryk are expecting and we will be welcoming a new grandson into our family this October! You can expect to see a lot more baby knits on this blog in the months to come, I can assure you of that.

Wednesdays Are For Knitting

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As you know, I’ve been at a library conference this week. Today is the last day of the conference and I wanted to tell you one of the reasons why I love attending these events.

There is knitting time. As in, I knit during the conference sessions. Not all the time and not all sessions but it’s more knitting time than I would get if I were, say, at work.

As a visual aid, here is the sock I am currently working on at the start of the opening session on Monday morning.

And here it is this morning, before we attend our last little bits of conference.

Not bad. Not bad at all.

Wednesdays Are For Knitting: Six Month Socks

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We interrupt this travelogue with breaking news:

I finished a pair of socks for Dale!

Seriously. It took me six months (I think, I didn’t document them very carefully) to finish these. Man socks are a lot of stitches but still, that’s the longest I think I’ve ever spent working on one pair of socks.

They are actually sort of related to our trip, too, since I finished them on the plane on our way to Charleston.

What a relief to have these finished and in the welcome hands of the recipient!

Wednesdays Are For Knitting: Jo March Mitts

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The last time we talked about knitting I had 5 projects in progress and they were all orange and black. At this point two of those projects are finished: Dale’s hat and the Jo March Mitts. The man socks are still in progress, as is the shawl. And the orange peace cowl has been sent to the frog pond and restarted with different yarn in beautiful jewel tones instead.

Let’s have a look at those Jo March Mitts, hmmmm?

These were so much fun to knit! The pattern is well written and easy to follow. I added an extra inch or so of length to the cuff because I love a fingerless mitt that goes up my arm just a bit.

The cables are reversed on the left and right hand which is a nice detail. And there’s just something about cables that make a project go really quickly. Well. Really quickly when you actually, you know, work on it.

Can I tell you a secret? The reason I rarely knit mittens and mitts is because I hate knitting thumbs. They are fiddly and you want to just be done already and then you have to deal with thumbs. This time, though, I embraced the thumb knitting. I loved it and cherished every moment of it. Yep.

I wore them all last weekend at SPA and they are perfect. The fit is great due to all those cables and the yarn (Malabrigo Rios in the color Glazed Carrots) is soft and smooshy and I’m so glad to have finished them.

Jo March Mitts. The pattern is free so get yourself some luxurious yarn and make some for yourself.

 

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