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More apples . . .

And more on the mitts.....they are completed.



I have been crazy busy with work this week and not doing a lot of knitting, but the photography has been fun!

Knit/Shoot on!

Off and Running

My next knit along project is a pair of fingerless mittens my friend found the pattern for.

They are knit using bulky weight yarn with only 27 stitches per round....which is really fast compared to socks (or even hats!)

I am using Cadena from Knit Picks in the Neptune colorway. It's a Wool of the Andes, Alpaca blend. Here's what mitt #1 looks like up to the point where we start to form the thumb gusset.



I like the k2p1 twisted faux cable stitch. (It reminds me of the twisted faux cable I did on the socks I sent to the state fair. You might remember them as the socks with the pooling issue.)

Happy knitting!

KAL Pattern

The goal for my KAL hat project is to complete the first section of the 10-row pattern by the end of today.

I really like how it looks!! It reminds me both of a leaf motif and a stained glass/arched window. I had to pay close attention on a couple of the rows because I got off by one stitch (which, as you can imagine, throws the entire pattern off!!) and had to frog back to the beginning of the round and try again. (Thank goodness I discovered the error before going on to the next round!)

The next part of the pattern is to repeat this 10 row pattern. I'm thinking I can have that done by the end of Friday given the fact I've now done it once.

Stay tuned! (and happy knitting!)

KAL

For non-knitters out there, KAL means "Knit ALong." I'm doing a two-person KAL with my friend in my native state (California). We have been arranging our annual swap project and she admitted to needing a bit of encouragement to get the needles going once more, so we are knitting a hat together.

We conidered a few patterns, and settled upon the Windy City Hat by Jodi Haraldson. I am trying to make a few hats from stash for a medical mission going to New Guinea. (If you're on Ravelry, you can read about it here.)

Our first goal was to get the ribbing edge and 4 rows of stockinette done. Here are my results:



This is a fun pattern to do and it looks quite fancy when completed (according to photos on the pattern!)

So far I have 6 hats done. I hope to get a few more done before I mail them off to reach their destination by Sept. 1.

I'll keep you posted on the progress of the knit-along hat!

Happy knitting!

KAL Update & A Challenge

Over the weekend I managed to get the body of the shawlette completed!




Now I started the leaf patterned border.



My knitting cyber-friend over at Caffeine Girl knit this pattern and made the remark on her blog that the leaves are quite addicting (as in like potato chips: once you knit one you want to knit just one more, then just one more, then just one more . . .)

She's SOOOOO right! Hard to put it down and get to work on my writing. (And I have deadlines!!)

I got a great email from Knitting Daily today encouraging knitters to think green when it comes to the craft. "Think outside the skein." I'm stealing the logo and putting it here as a sign of my intent to knit green!



You can read the article here!

Happy Knitting!