The days are flying by....

And as usual, I can't believe it's almost July!  How did that happen?

First, I guess I finished Bressay in June.  So here's a finished picture.

Once I finished Bressay, I moved on to a couple of other projects.  First, I started some socks, because we went on vacation to Maine (of which more later).  I'm still knitting the first sock, but here is as far as I got.

This is the Simple Sock 1 from the Simple Sock Collective by Melody Hoffman.  I'm using the called for yarn, which includes a strand of mohair -- love the fuzziness!

Then once we were home again, I started a Navelli by Boyland Knitworks for my sweet girl child.  She picked out the yarn colors herself from Purl Soho when I went down to the city for a day out with her.  (Note the difference between the color work section and the top section.  I blocked the color work section, so it looks much more smooth and plump and finished!)

I'm actually a bit farther along than this picture shows now.  I can't wait to finish it and give it to her!  I'm using Brooklyn Tweed Peerie.  The pattern calls for a super wash yarn, which Peerie isn't.  So I'm having to make small adjustments to the pattern as a result.

As mentioned above, we went to Maine on vacation in the beginning of June -- much earlier than our usual time.  We went up with my sister and her family, plus my father and stepmother.  The father type brought to our attention that it was the 20th anniversary of our first vacation up in Maine.  That first time we were just with my sister's family.  All the kids were tiny then!  Sadly, the pictures from that trip aren't accessible, but I do have pictures from this trip.

And yes, the last couple of pictures show I did manage to get to a couple of yarn stores as well.  I didn't get a picture of Clementine in Rockland, Maine, but I went there and also to the Cashmere Goat in Camden, Maine.  Both lovely shops!

And here are some gratuitous Mia photos.

And just one more thing:  WIMBLEDON!!!!!  Yay!  :D

color work

I can't believe it's almost June!  Yikes!  Had to run over here to post a quick May update.  I've been working on a new sweater project, the Bressay sweater by Marie Wallin.  I'm loving this knit.  I've decided I like bottom up yokes better than top down!

Color work, I believe, will always be my thing.  That and cables.  Lace, not so much.  

Mia likes to sit pretty.  :D  

To everyone who enjoys tennis, enjoy the French Open!

Prepping

I've been knitting on a couple of items, all in preparation for the bigger item.  First off was the Scalloway Tam.

Next was the Burra Cowl.

These are both patterns by Marie Wallin, one of my knitting heroes.  Both are serving as gauge swatches for the big piece, the Bressay sweater.  These are all from the book Shetland, and use Jamiesons of Shetland Spindrift yarn.  I have since done my stockinette gauge swatch for the stockinette portion of the sweater and have cast on.  Yay me!

I took a ride into the city last week to meet up with my sweet daughter.  We went to enjoy the beauty of spring at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens.

It was glorious, and a beautiful day! 

In case you didn't know, Mia loves bubble wrap! 

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.....

My sweet boy

How does time pass so quickly?

But it does.  I miss my tiny boy, but I have loved watching you grow into a man.  And now you've reached a quarter century, which is hard to believe.  We're so proud of who you are.  Can't wait to see what's in store for you.

Happy birthday, sweet boy.  Love you miss you.

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