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Week Twenty Nine - Missions and MittensWeek Twenty Nine - Missions and Mittens Scott left for Uganda yesterday on his first mission trip, ever.  He will be gone for 10 days and is part of an all male (testosterone rich) group of coaches and active guys.  He was excited, nervous,...

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I’ve Been Knitting

Category : Fiber Arts

Remember when you all voted and chose my next knitting project to cast on?  You all chose the Way of Life Stole.  After a frogging episode, I finally got on a roll with this one and this is what it looks like so far.  It is about 20% complete.

Way of Life Stole

Here is a close up of the lace pattern.

Way of Life Stole - Close Up

I have also been working on the Rona Shawl.  Here is the proof…

Rona Shawl in Progress

Rona Shawl in Progress

Tonight, I also finished this year’s hat for my grandson.  So far I have given him a Christmas hat every year of his life.  He will now have three.  Photos of the hat tomorrow.

Christmas Bonus

Category : Fiber Arts

Hey everyone, thanks so much for participating in my comment contest for the snowman/woman stitch markers.  We have three winners!

Rocky from Rock N’ Knit
Deb (aka iaisknitter on Ravelry) and
Yvonne from Purlin’ Goldens

Congratulations to the winners!!  If you won, please shoot me an email (not in the comments, please) with your postal address and I will send them out this week!

There has been some actual knitting going on over here as well.  Here is a photo of my latest Charleston, knit for ******* for Christmas.  Could this be you?  Since you read my blog, I can’t say…HAHA…

Christmas Present

Starting Over on the "Way of Life" Stole

Category : Fiber Arts

Well, I started the stole pattern that you guys picked out for me.  Now I am restarting.  The recommended needle size for this stole is US 7 or 8.  I went against my better judgment and started with a US 7.  Way, way too big for my taste!!  So, I am going to restart with a US 4 and see what happens.  I’ll keep you posted.  In the meantime, here is the carnage, and a little Blazer sandwich to keep you distracted.  No animals were harmed in the creation of these photos.

Way of Life Stole Carnage

Blazer Sandwich

Glamour Shot

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!! We have a winner for the Nautical Knitter Contest!

Category : Fiber Arts, Patterns

Lucky commenter number 21 is the winner! First, let me thank everyone who commented and put my link on their blogs.  I really appreciate it!  I am so excited to share with you all what is in the bags and especially what I will be knitting next!  Our winner is Diana (Foxi) from Germany.  To see what was in the bags and what she won, check out the video:

Here is the list of bags you see in the video and their contents.

Bag #1 – Pattern – Sunflower Designs “Iris“; Yarn – Xie Bamboo Fiber #469

Bag #2 – Pattern – Knitpicks “Rona“; Yarn Knitpicks “Dye your own lace weight” that I dyed in blueberries

Bag #3 – Pattern – Sunflower Designs “Hydrangea“; Yarn – Xie Bamboo Fiber #492

Bag #5 – Pattern – “DaVinci Shawl“; Yarn – Yarn Place “Touch” (this yarn is so soft!!)

The winning bag was #4 – Pattern – Knitting Delight – “Way of Life Stole“; Yarn – Knitpicks “Alpaca Cloud” Moss colorway

If you would like to knit along with me on the winning project, you can find the instructions here.  It is a yahoo group and you have to join to get the pattern parts.  Leave me a comment if you want to knit along with me.  If you don’t, that is ok, just stay tuned to watch my progress.  Catch ya later, I’m off to cast on!!  Whee!!!

The great thing about startitis…

Category : Fiber Arts

is actually finishing several things in quick succession.  First off the needles we have, the Mystery Stole 3 that I started over a year ago.  It is finally complete.  I did not like the wing part of the stole pattern, so I just knit the first half twice and then Kitchner stitched the two halves together.  I was very pleased with my join on this one.  It is very hard to see where the splice is.  Here is the photo of it blocking.  Unfortunately, there will be no model shots until the recipient opens it at Christmas.

MS 3 Blocking

 

Whoo Hoo!  One Christmas gift completed, several to go….