Friday Finishes

Happy Friday!  It's raining here today, and according to the weather forecast we'll have rain all weekend.  Perfect excuse to binge on Netflix and knit!

I've finished off a couple of older WIPs in the last couple of weeks.  Both are socks, and I'll be putting them in the Guild sale.

The first pair is made from Knit Picks Felici in the Baker Street colourway.

They're a woman's size large (North American size 9.5 and up).

The second pair is made from Knit Picks Stroll Fingering in the Country Fair Hand Painted colourway.

The colours didn't come out well in this picture.  It's shows the yarn as bluer.  It's actually perfect autumn colours; oranges, browns, greens, yellows.  They're a woman's size medium (North American size 7.5 to 9).

Have a great weekend!

Maureen

My Calendar Says Today is the First Day of Fall

Though it's been feeling a bit like fall for a little while now.  Not so much that I've quit wearing my birks in place of socks and shoes,but enough that I've gone from capris to pants.

There's a couple of beautiful signs of Fall right outside my condo.  In the back, when I let the dogs out I see this tree.

It's already lost some of its leaves, but in the evening light it just glows.

And then out my front door, there's my daisy bush.  It develops buds when the weather turns cooler, and then the flowers burst open.

The bees love these flowers.  On a nice day, the bush will just be buzzing with the bees getting another feed before it gets too cold.

I have to admit that Fall isn't my favourite season, but I do love to see the trees turn colour and my daisies bloom!

Maureen

WIP Wednesday

I've got a lot of WIPs on the needles right now, but these are the ones I'm focusing on right now.

First up is a pair of socks.  I started these yesterday.  The yarn is Knit Picks Felici, and the colourway is called Candy Jar.  I love working with Felici.  It's a superwash merino/nylon blend; so it's nice and soft and wears well.

The plan is for these to go into the Regina Weavers and Spinners Guild sale in October.  If they don't sell they'll either go into the Etsy shop I keep saying I'm setting up or they'll go on my feet.

The other thing I've been working on is a mitred square blanket. This one is going to be a long term project.  I started it last December, and have been plugging away at it.

(Don't look too close at the carpet, I didn't vacuum it yet this week!)

There are twenty squares to a row, and I'm working on the twelfth row.  I think I'll need to knit at least twenty four rows in order to finish it.

Maureen

Sunday Funny

Can't believe it's been a whole year since I posted anything on here!  No promises, but I'm going to try and get better at it.  Since it's Sunday, here's a funny!

And because I haven't done this for a while, here's another!

Hope you're having a wonderful Sunday!

Maureen

Monday Funny

A day late....

Maureen

Sunday Funny

It's a grey, rainy Sunday morning.  Good time for a cup of tea and my current project!  Hope your Sunday is a good one!

Maureen

WIP Wednesday

Happy Wednesday!

I have a couple of works in progress this week.  The first is a sock that I started on Sunday.

I'm getting close to starting the decreases for the toe.  For some reason, patterned or self striping yarn always goes quicker than solid coloured socks.  I think I keep knitting in order to see what's going to happen next.  Here's a closer look at the pattern:

This yarn has a really long repeat.  It's Regia yarn, Design Line by Arne & Carlos.  The colourway is Moon Night.

My other WIP is a scarf that is a very belated birthday present (hi Val!).  The yarn is Ancient Arts Hat Trick, in the Calgary Flames colourway.  River City Yarns in Edmonton gets the yarn exclusively made for them.  They have several other NHL teams as well.

I'm not happy with the way the colours are pooling.  I think I'm going to have to frog this, and start with a different pattern.  Maybe a triangle shaped scarf.

The yarn is wonderful to knit with, but in this pattern it's just not 'calling' me to work on it.

Maureen