Announcing Kaybree Saige

My very first grand baby!! She's beautiful and healthy! What a wonderful Christmas gift!

Starmore's Roscalie

It's finished! Steeking may not be for me. It turned out fine but I am not sure about the loose ends from the steeks. I hid them as best I could but it's not as nice as I'd like. Maybe I am just a little obsessive about the wrong side!!
Fair Isle knitting though is very gratifying.

The Featherweight

Finally finished the Featherweight Cardigan. It turned out great. 3 skeins of Wollmeise 100% in the color, Compari Orange. Fabulous yarn!!

Knitting update

Been a while but I'm still knitting away! My Roscalie Vest is ready for me to cut the steeks. I'll get with a friend for support before I tackle that.
I've knit on a few things off and on but most recently concentrating on my Featherweight Cardigan. Pattern is found here on Ravelry
I'm using the Wollmeise fingering weight in three colors. Getting ready to start the second color which I'll be alternating. I love the construction of this. Top down, raglan sleeves and I'll make them 3/4 length. Sleeves are now on holders while I knit the body. Too bad Autumn will be over before I finish. It will be perfect for Spring too.

Contentment

I think contentment is something we all struggle with. What can we change, what can be different? I read this yesterday and it's good advice.

"Enjoy the blessings of this day and the evils of it bear patiently, for this day is ours. We are dead to yesterday and not yet born to tomorrow. A contented mind is the best blessing a man can enjoy in this world. If in the present his happiness arises from the subduing of his desires, it will arise in the next from the gratification of them."

from a republished very old book, The Royal Path of Life, 1883

My son took this photo. Creative I think!

Saw these interesting mushrooms on my 5 mile walk Monday morning at the base of a tree. They're huge! The close-up reminds me of something in outer space.

Amazing Grace - Rhema Marvanne 7 yr Gospel singer

Moonflower

I've had these plants for years. They propagate like crazy. So many that I pull several seedlings up. I love them though. They must have a few varieties because some pictures online look a little different. Check this video out. It's blooming in real time! Moonflower
I'll have to go watch mine tonight!

Honeybee Stole

Coming along on my Honeybee Stole by Anne Hanson too. Her patterns are so exquisite. The yarn: Knitpicks Bare in fingering weight, wool/silk and it's wonderful!

More Starmore!

Making some progress on my Roscalie Vest. Finished the first repeat of 54 rows. The fabric is really taking on the color and designs now. I steam blocked it to make sure the stranding wasn't too tight or loose.
I'm happy with it!

After the Rain....

There's something about butterflies that cheer you! A few of these were fluttering around my butterfly bush after the thunderstorm today. Not a bad shot for a low-end digital! Now if I had a really nice camera with an awesome zoom lens well...............

Summer Flowers

Roadside Lilly's, you've got to keep them tame for the yard or they will take over.



Rose of Sharon, beautiful I think. I've got a pink one too. They are also prolific but I just pull up the seedlings or transplant them.

Next in my list of Alice Starmore patterns....

My current knitting is the Roscalie Vest. Yes, knitting with wool in the summer using autumn colors! It came as a kit from Virtual Yarns here Roscalie Vest It will be my first steeks too. Yikes! I did change the ribbing to a corrugated rib. I didn't care for the pattern directions and wanted it a little wider.

Knitting Pleats....

I kept seeing this shawl on Ravelry. I love the look of pleats. Finally I saw one in this color and with this yarn. I had the Jaeger Extra Fine Merino on hand for another project I had since decided against. It's not blocked yet. I see it making the perfect shawl for a cold winter night. The pattern is here Mara Shawl Link is on Ravelry. Or here Madeline Tosh on the web.

Finished! Where's Old man Winter when you need him?

I think this is one of the nicest knits I've ever done. I love it! I look forward to wearing it a lot this winter.
The pattern is, Inishmore from Alice Starmore's Fisherman's Sweater's book. The yarn is Blacker Designs, Ryeland Aran wool. Knit on size 4 and 5 needles. Neck knit on a 3.
Now onto another design by the same author!

My Knitting Space

We've done a bit of moving around the house and I've now got a cozy knitting area! It's a small room with all windows on two walls and French doors into the rest of the house. There's a Dogwood Tree right outside the window so I think I will hang a bird feeder. Of course Esther is enjoying it now!! I'd eventually like to get a more comfortable chair but if I do that I might do more napping than knitting!

Vintage Chair

Here's the 'AFTER' photos. I love this chair! The upholsterer called it the 'Rock of Gibraltar' of chairs. It's going to last forever. I'm thrilled with the result. Take a peek below on the Feb 25th post for 'Before' pics. Isn't the wood beautiful?

A whole new perspective on 5x5!

A Knitted World?

My Silly Girls