Not necessarily in that order
1) Pressed Flowers shawl by Savory Knitting Amy Christoffers. This mosaic design is so satisfying to knit. I am loving it. I'd heard that after the first repeat of the body chart I'd have it memorized and it'd just flow. As I cast on and messed up the first few repeats and then did that again and again, I highly doubted it. Then, as my friend Linda, the yarn whisperer owner of Knit New Haven told me "something happens and you crack the genetic code ". She was right. (She almost always is on many matters, not just knitting.) No more chart peeks needed. Although I look forward to finishing this and wearing it...I'm going to be a little sad when it's done. One for the process knitter list.
I cast on for it during a family trip to Minnesota this summer.
Seeing prairie flowers in a naturalized section of bison range in Minneopa State Park got me going on this colorway for the shawl. I am nothing if not concrete in my inspiration sources.Then back home I got distracted by other projects and I went on (another) hat bender in the fall. It's a seasonal addiction I guess. Keep your pumpkin spice lattes, I have hats.....
2)I had to try a couple of Striped Marl Hats from Modern Daily Knitting Field Guide 19 . My sister requested, specifically, a pink and brown hat. I figured, sure why not, if that's what she wants --even though I wasn't holding out much hope for that color combo when I started it.
Turns out she had a whole vision for it! Isn't this great styling? Success.Six or seven hats later, I impulse ordered a Plied Yarns kit to make a scrappy Trail Point Hat .
5 comments:
Your sister clearly did have a vision for the colors -- I love her boots!
That photo of your sister in her pink hat with her pink boots is terrific! And I love how full of color this post it, too.
Oh I love the photo of your sister - she knows what style is!
I knit a Shift Cowl a couple of years ago, and it is still one of my favorites - both to knit and to wear.
And though I have been thinking about the Pressed Flowers, you may have moved me over the top to give it a start. I'm off to stash dive!
I love those bobbins! Why are bobbins so cute? I don't know, but I love your photos of them.
Off to order some Plied yarn . . . (I've been admiring it from a distance for years. You've made me want to close that gap!) And your sister's hat = PERFECTION. XO
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