These days it feels like I’m mostly cooking, baking, and gardening; however, I do have other hobbies, I swear! Some of these are new, and some are victims of my project ADD. When you’ve been working on a wool sweater for a while and summer is fast approaching, motivation definitely wanes. I really do knit and sew sometimes, though!
These are two of my winter projects that might be on hold for a while, though then again, as they are both pretty simple, mindless projects, I might keep one in my bag as Emergency Backup Knitting (tm Jaci). The fingerless mitt on the left is my own pattern, modeled loosely after a friend’s mitts that I loved. The yarn is Malabrigo Twist, and it is the softest EVER. These will be my “hurry up, autumn!” mitts.
The project on the right is a Mustard Scarf (which is available as a free pattern download on Ravelry) knitted in Malabrigo Worsted that I reclaimed from my failed Clapotis. I cast on a few more stitches than the pattern suggested, but otherwise, I’m following it as written. I’m still not sure this is the right pattern for this yarn. We’ll see.
Despite the fact that this heavy wool sweater is most definitely a fall/winter/early spring pattern, I think it has a greater chance of being finished sometime soon…if I can find an afternoon to sit and seam. This is Storm from the Kim Hargreaves’ Heartfelt: The Dark House Collection, and I love it now that I’m mostly done struggling through the poorly-charted and oddly-written pattern. Not for beginners, friends. I’ll give you the full details of my adjustments once it’s done; they will definitely need their own post.
Lest you think I am lying about the fact that I am currently knitting anything, these two projects are actually coming along nicely. On the left is some gift knitting that needs buttons and ribbon attached, and then it will be ready for its recipient! I’m not sure whether the recipient has been reading, though hopefully I will have some photos of her with the item soon. I think she’ll love it.
The sweater on the right has me wishing that I were a faster knitter. It’s ysolda‘s Through the Keyhole, and I think it’s going to be amazing once it’s done, if it fits. I’ve been having weird gauge and sizing issues, and I think I’ve finally got them worked out. I hope. Cross your fingers.
Last but not least, I wanted to show you the pretty fabrics that I’ve been cutting and pinning to eventually turn into a quilt top! I spotted p.s. i quilt’s pinwheel sampler quilt along on a blog a month or two ago, and the idea of a quilt along motivated me to make sure my sewing table was actually clean. Now, I haven’t really attempted to keep up with things at all – clearly – though I did start something, as you can see. I often have sewing guilt because I don’t pre-wash my quilting fabric, though I think it will be okay. I do need to drag out my iron so that I’m ready to press seams.
I think in May I will commit to sewing two blocks per week, as the quilt along is doing. Does anyone want to join me?
