Woohoo!!!!

Feels like it took forever (especially the swatching), but finally, I can say -- it's finished!

This is the Fabiola Sweater by Gudrun Johnston, from the Brooklyn Tweed Winter 2019 collection.  I love it! 

As usual, swatching did not mean the sweater fits the way I expected.  But it fits fine.  And that's that. 

Woohoo!

Mia does not care about my finish.  She just wants her bubble wrap.....

Monogamous

It's been a short month, all dedicated to my Fabiola by Gudrun Johnston.

It's a slow knit -- almost 400 stitches to start with on (for me) size US 1.5, 2.5mm needles.  But it's color work and I love it.  The last picture shows the start of one of my sleeve steeks.

Not much else to show!  I'm a monogamous knitter, and this sweater is my monogamous knit right now.

It's been a winter so far of snow to mix to ice to freezing rain, etc and repeat.  Frankly, I'm quite ready for spring.  Thank goodness for the longer days!

And Mia loves when it's sunny, as do I!

New Year

Here it's the end of January, so I am back to update what I've been up to.  I guess I will go in order -- thank goodness for my ravelry project page!

First, I finished the Le Massif Scarf, by Diana Walla, using a kit from Espace Tricot.

Such an enjoyable knit, and I love the result!

Next I finished the Happily Ever After Mitts by Susan B. Anderson, using a special yarn by the Cozy Knitter -- her 2018 Advent Stripe yarn.

My dear friend Laurie (@laurieandowen on instagram) sent me the leftovers of her advent yarn, so I had to make these mitts out of them!

Next, I made a block of The Shieling blanket by Kate Davies.  I used her Milarrochy Tweed yarn as called for.  I don't have enough yarn to make a whole blanket, but I might make some more squares with what I have.

I finished a Sockhead Cowl that I had started last year.  Nice to have this one finished and done with.  It was my soothing knit during a time of major family crisis.

Lastly, I finished the Poza cowl by Ysolda Teague.  I used the yarn called for, Floating by AVFKW in the Red Pear color.

I'm currently attempting to swatch for the Fabiola by Gudrun Johnston.  It's a Brooklyn Tweed pattern using BT Loft.  This is my swatch in leftover yarn from another project.  The colors aren't what I will use in the sweater.

I am having trouble meeting gauge, a common problem for me somehow.  We'll see if I succeed and cast on.

I went to Vogue Knitting Live in NYC for what I think was the third time (4th?  Something like that.) on Saturday.  Didn't take many pictures though.

Mia likes to give the impression that she's erudite.  :D