Ah! The season is here for wanting to knit big sweaters and pull out that blanket I put away all Summer back out! Granted I live in the South but grew up in Iowa so it never seems that cold here as what I was used to but it is chilly enough that I don't mind having that blanket on my lap as I knit. It's also traveling season for a lot of people. We are traveling north to visit family Thanksgiving week, namely my grandma who doesn't get around great anymore, so that means a lot of projects to keep me company for over a week, I am not a monogamous knitter in the least. As for what I've recently finished, in October I finished 4 projects, the Copenhagen Calling cowl, an infant Barley hat, Rose City Rollers socks and a Basketweave scarf. See my Ravelry page (AlwaysYarnFirst) for all my projects. Here is the cowl, it turned out really well! Check out the pattern by Isabell Kraemer here. The other thing I am excited about is that I've made my first pair of DK w
Echoes of Color cowl I love the electronic age for sure. Absolutely everything you can think of and more right there on your phone! But lately I've found myself reverting back to paper. For instance I do share an electronic calendar with my husband but I still have my paper planner with all the same things written down as well as to do lists and other notes in them. So I decided to do this with my knitting also. Beginning September 1st I started using a notebook for knitting. At the beginning of the month I write the month and year and make a list of goal FOs for the month, a list of happy yarny mail that will be coming that month & a wish list of things I'd like to buy that are yarny related. Then daily I write the date along with a few words what was going on that day as well as what I knitted. For example: MONDAY 17th: back hurting, school, husband started job at home Fraternal socks, Basketweave scarf Jacinta Shawl At