Thursday, November 21, 2013

Winter Is Coming….Knitting Update

Hi folks
I have quite a few projects on my needles these days, and a couple finished waiting to go to my son and his girlfriend in S Korea. I am a little less than halfway finished with one final scarf to include in that box.

I will post photos once they arrive in Seoul as they are Christmas and belated birthday surprises. Can't wait to get everything completed and send the goodies on their way. Just wish I had thought to make them wool and alpaca instead of the blends that have been readily available here in the sub tropical part of the US. I will send a second box with some of the alpaca and wool that I have my eye on when Knitpicks has the big sale. I also have some assorted alpaca and wool in my natural fibre bin that seems like it would be very good choice too. Some icelandic wool, LettLopi in a wheat and also an autumn shade of orange will work nicely. Also some alpaca hanks found at Tuesday Morning in Baton Rouge, great finds!! I might use some of the 100% alpaca with one of my wool blends since the alpaca has a tendency to grow, it will add a bit of color and knit up quickly. I think I have a couple of bulky hat patterns in my Ravelry library that I wanted to try.

I found a great mystery dishcloth KAL on another blog, very enjoyable, and she awards a prize to the first one to guess the image. I am using a green, (sage was the only shade I had handy) I Love This Cotton from Hobby Lobby. Very easy to work with, especially when trying to knit tightly. I normally have to go down a needle size, so I am using size 7 silicon(flexible tips) needles and this particular brand of cotton slides easily. It reminds me of the hanks of pima cotton, but the price is much less: 3.29 as opposed to $7 for the pima that I found on sale at Tuesday Morning for 4.99.

If you would like to join in this one, or any of the monthly KALs, her blog is Domestic Dash at
Link to the Christmas themed KAL riddle
All of the pattern up till this point is posted, and she posts two rows every day. A very doable pace for even the busiest of knitters. Hope to see you there!

Oh well, break time is over. I must get back to work on that scarf. Another 35-40 inches to go.
And another hour or so to go before the Saints game, so have to leave it on WWL.  Geaux Saints!!!

Karen