Knitting and famiy

I'm afraid there's nothing much to show.  Except for a finish.  Yay!  My Ondawa is finished!

This is Ondawa by Michele Wang.  I used Brooklyn Tweed Shelter in Barn Owl.  A fun knit!

Here is my pile of sweaters that I've knitted from mid October to today.  From bottom to top, I have Stopover, Rowe, and Ondawa.

I've started a scarf, the Palindrome scarf.  it has reversible cables, which I've always been curious about.  I'm using Woolfolk Far in color number 10.  So soft!  I've always wanted a long, skinny scarf.  We'll see if I last and don't get bored.

I don't even remember what has happened since my last blog post.  I know we've gone into the city at least once.  And managed to see the girl child.  (And go to a bookstore.)

And drool over yarns at Downtown Yarns.  (Father type was being mischievous, as you can see.)

Um.  Yeah, I did a bit more than just look.  At both the bookstore and the yarn store.  (The yarn is Malabrigo lace, can't remember the color name.)

And then, this past Sunday, our boy child came home for spring break.  Yay!

Thanks as always for stopping by and saying hi.  Let's hope they are wrong about this nor-easter!  Have a great weekend!  (Happy St. Patrick's Day!)

Two weeks already?

Time sure goes quickly!  I will show you my progress on All Creatures Great and Small by Barbara Ana first.

Hmm.  I need to take a more recent picture.  I have the tree between Adam and Eve all finished.  Oh well.

I finally blocked the Pioneer Girl Shawl by Susan B. Anderson.  The only time I showed it before, it was just a WIP on the needles.  Here it is on the blocking mats.

It's amazing what blocking does for lacework!

I also took a pic of my  Stopover on -- it does fit!  Whew!

And I tried on my Flying Geese Cowl too.  See how it matches my winter coat?

(Yes, that's Dutch Beauty behind me in the picture.)

I was in the mood for knitting, but couldn't settle on a project.  I've decided I'm a definite sweater knitter when I can find what I want to work on.  Well, I finally settled on Ondawa, another pattern by Michele Wang through Brooklyn Tweed.  I've loved this one forever, just like Rowe!  I'm using Brooklyn Tweed Shelter in the Barn Owl color.  Did a swatch, and I have now finished the bottom ribbing section and am ready to start the main body of the sweater (front or back).

swatch blocking

So exciting!  I'm enjoying this knit a lot.

The weather around here has been crazy.  For Valentine's Day it was freezing!  Minus temps at night and single digits during the day, windy, blustery and just plain toooo cold!  This past weekend, it was in the upper 50s to 60 degrees!   Wha???   But I'll take it!  I'm not one of those people who longs for snow.  I should live somewhere where it doesn't snow or do any other of those nasty forms of precipitation.  I'm hoping Spring is on the way!

Mia prefers the warmth too.

And a good amount of sunshine!

Thanks as always for stopping by and saying hi.  I hope everyone has a great week!