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!)

Rowe is a finish!

I had to post early for this.  A finish!  My Rowe, designed by Michele Wang and in the Brooklyn Tweed Fall 2014 Collection.  I knit it in the Flannel colorway using Brooklyn Tweed Shelter.

I'm so pleased with how it came out!  And yes, I even enjoyed knitting all 422 stitches of 8 inches of ribbing around the collar and front!

Week before last, the father type and I had a Google Christmas party to go to!  It was a party for all the tech people working at Google NYC, so it was big.  Before meeting up with the father type, I headed over to Bryant Park, just to get into the holiday spirit.

Then it was time to meet the father type and head to the party!  It was at the Waldorf Astoria.  Very nice!

We left the party when it started getting too crowded for us old fogies.  Such party poopers!  When we picked up our coats from the coat check to leave, there was a long line to check coats in.  The party was just getting started....   but not for us!  :D

Last night we picked up our boy child for Christmas vacation.  Yay!  We have him home for a whole month!!

Maybe Mia will have time to forgive the boy child for leaving her all the time....

(Did you notice that father type got a haircut?  Look closely at those pics above...)

Thanks as always for stopping by and saying hi.  I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season.  It's almost winter!  Enjoy!

Getting to be that time of year....

Yup, 'fraid so.  I've been knitting.  I finished the two front panels of Rowe.

And I'm now working my way through 422 stitches worth of ribbing -- for 8 inches.  Sigh.

I also succumbed to the Opal Sock Yarn Advent Calendar.  I've been opening a door a day -- each door contains a mini skein of Opal Sock Yarn!  I've been knitting a square a day from the yarn.  Such fun!

The pics were taken on Saturday.  I've since added Sunday's square with Sunday's mini skein.  (The top row on the blanket is what I've added so far.)  I'm not sure what I will do with the rest of the yarn on the skeins.  Probably knit them into the blanket too?  We'll see.  Each time, the square will look different, I think.

Thanksgiving has come and gone since the last time I posted.  The boy child came home on the Tuesday night before Thanksgiving, so we had an extra day with him.  Girl child came home on Thanksgiving Day itself.  So nice to have the kids home at the same time -- a rarity these days.

Boy Child let me cut his hair -- thank goodness!  Look at how long it was!

His hair will be shorter in the rest of the pictures.  lol!

The kids worked together and made mac and cheese from scratch.  Delicious!

The turkey, made by my sweet Father Type.

Yum!

All too soon, the kids scattered again.  The Girl Child left on Saturday, and we sent the Boy Child back to Boston on Sunday.

Not long till it will be Christmas break!  I'm looking forward to that.

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

Cables cables cables

Yup!  I'm still knitting.  Look!  I finished the back of Rowe!

The cables were so much fun to knit!

I've moved on to the two front panels of the cardigan.

The big, fancy cable is only on the back of the sweater.

Not much else to report here.  I can't believe that Thanksgiving is only a little over a week away!

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

(falling asleep while checking out what I was doing....)

Rowe rowe rowe your cables....

I'm enjoying knitting Rowe so much.  It's a beautiful sweater and it's also fun to knit.  I finished both sleeves.

And I've started the back of the sweater now.

It's going to take a while to knit this one!  But I love it.

Mia has found a nice new place for her winter bed.

She enjoys being able to look out the window without moving from her cozy nest, and to be in the sun when it's sunny.

Thanks as always for stopping by and saying hi.  Sorry my stitching mojo has disappeared again.