Wingspan in Progress

Since the baby was born I have been really working to complete the blanket, but I was able to get a few more triangles done on the Wingspan before that.

It is really looking cool! I am enjoying the construction. It is not difficult but is able to keep your attention (which I really like).

This is my progress so far.

Baby Blanket in Progress

I am really trying to get the baby blanket done. The baby was born this weekend and so now I am behind. I have 5 squares still to knit, sew the blocks together and then knit the borders. Yesterday I was able to knit 2 squares, but I am trying to at least knit one per day. I should have a finished blanket soon. I have 20 squares complete with 5 to go.

Dye Day

We had a great time at the WC Mercantile Dye Day. Maggie, Lacy, and I went to Navasota on Saturday to dye yarn and roving.

Lacy brought a lot of roving and handspun to dye but I didn't have any and neither did Maggie. I bought 16 oz of Corridale and Maggie bought 500 yards of sock yarn along with 8 oz of BFL so she could try spinning.

We all had a great time and came home with some beautiful fiber. Below is a picture of the Corridale I dyed.

A day away

On Saturday I am going to WC Mercantile with Lacy and Maggie for a Dye Day. I am really looking forward to the time with friends laughing and chatting and also the experimentation of dyeing with acid dyes. I have been wanting to learn more about dyeing with acid dyes so that I can compare the end product to the kool aid dyed product and see what I like best. I'll let you know how the weekend turns out.

Wingspan

I have started a new project. I am knitting Wingspan out of Kauni, 160 g of W-EP. I think the colors are going to beautiful but so far the yarn itself is stiff and scratchy. Hopefully the yarn will relax once blocked. The colorway I choose is browns/oranges. I am not very far into the knitting yet but this is what I have so far.

Green and white silk moon shawl

I cast on for my third silk moon crescent shawl on Saturday.

These shawls are so easy to knit and comfy to wear. I am just having a blast making them.

This one is made out of I love this cotton from Hobby Lobby. It is a green and white yarn and just so soft. This is my progress as of Sunday.

Color affection - finished

I finally finished my color affection shawl. I haven't quite figured out how to wear it though.

I blocked it on Saturday and found one stitch that was not connected to any of the other stitched around it. I need to sew that stitch into the shawl now. I am so glad I found it before the entire shawl started to unravel.

I need to find out how to wear it now. This is a picture of it blocking on my bed.

A younger knitter

I bought some ruffled yarn for Isabella at Hobby Lobby so she could make a scarf. After less than one day this is how far she is. This is a great project for young knitters who are frustrated that they have been unable to "make anything". Cast on 6 and knit until the yarn runs out.

Blanket

Now that I finished a project I am taking a project out of my hybernation box and am going to try to complete it.

A friend of mine is expecting a grandson soon. I started a blanket for the baby a couple of months ago but other projects caught my attention so it got put on the bottom.

Well, the baby is almost here and I need to complete his blanket.

I need 25 knit squares. I believe I have about 13. After that I will stitch the squares together and knit a border on it.

I am using 5 colors for the blanket: red, blue, yellow, green, and orange. I am making 5 sets of squares using one pattern and then another set using a different pattern, and so on.

If the blanket turns out right, it will offer a variety of textures and colors for this little one.

Mistake

I have two more repeats on my Color Affection Shawl.

I goofed on the three color section. - Should have knit the wrap and turn and knit 3 more stitches after that. Oh no, not me - I counted the wrap and turn when I counted my three stitches. I should have read the pattern more carefully.

A friend of mine from knit group made the same mistake and told me about it while she was knitting this shawl. But I didn't notice it was wrong until I was almost complete with the 7 repeats stated in the pattern and I was not at the other end of the shawl yet.

I am going to try to get 3 more repeats out of the yarn (currently very low on the gray). I increased the stitches knit after the wrap and turn to 5 on the 8th repeat and 6 on repeat 9 & 10. Should turn out just fine as long as my yarn lasts.

I am trying to knit 1 repeat per day. If I am successful I will finish the shawl on Thursday but that is an awful lot of knitting, even for me.

Finally getting somewhere

I finished my second Silk Moon Crescent Shawl. I think it turned out beautifully. This one should go with just about everything I own.

I am already thinking about making yet another one. They are so easy.

Here is a picture of it blocking.

A weekend

This has been a crazy weekend. We had Nicole's graduation party on Saturday. There were about 15 people who came and it was nice. We had 15 people cancel.

Mike had gotten home Thursday night from Ohio. On Saturday morning he came down with the same stomach flu the kids had. So the kids and I came together and went shopping for food, cleaning the house, and watching Elle. It was exahausting but we got everything done.

Yesterday we just sat at home, letting Mike recoperate, and watched Supernatural on Netflix.

I did not get much knitting or any spinning done this weekend. I am casting off the second Silk Moon Crescent Shawl, so there might be a picture to go along with tomorrows post.

Have a great day.

Sick

All week this week my family has taken turns being sick with the stomach flu. First was April's (Elle's babysitter) son. The next day two of my kids got it. Wednesday night Izzi, April, and her husband Mike got it.

This flu seems to include 24 hours of vomiting and diaherra. it has not been fun.

This is just a small picture of what has been happening at my house.

Cottage garden

I am now spinning 4 oz of frabjous fibers hand-dyed merino in the #8 Cottage Garden. I bought it from Twisted Yarns. Probably around August last summer. It is so pretty.

It is a bit more difficult than the other two fibers I have spun on "lady" (my ladybug spinning wheel). The red and green colors are fun to see running through my fingers.

I am trying to spin at least a little bit every night. I am trying to get more consistent with my spinning. My goal is to get a worsted or sport weight yarn after plying. We will see what I get...I never know until I am finished.

Turquiose

I finished spinning the blue and brown fiber. I think it turned out really well. I started with 4.9 oz and got 274 yards out of it.

This is 70% Romney and 30% Mohair.

High school graduate

My daughter graduated high school this weekend. We spent most of Saturday at Reliant Stadium waiting for and watching her graduate.

I traded off chasing Elle with Mike so I wasn't able to get a lot of knitting done.