It's December! Already?

Really? It's already December? This year has flown by. I have a suspicion that December will fly by even faster than the previous 11 months have. There is alot of knitting and sewing that needs to be done for Christmas. I've gotten a few things done but not all that I hope to (or need to) get finished.

Thanksgiving with family was wonderful!

Some November Knitting

"Winter Pear" by Mosaic Moon on Cestari Superfine Merino




"October Morning" by Mosaic Moon on Cestari Superfine Merino




"This Is How Much I Love You" (TIHMILY) by Lindsay of Family Roots on Bulky Organic Gaia




And finally some Christmas Items:
slippers pre-felting - approx 13" long before they were felted
used Bernat Felting Natural Wool - I much prefer the Paton's Soy Wool yarn! In my opinion the Paton's Soy Wool is more enjoyable to knit with. I also prefer the way the Patons SWS felts over the Bernat. Unfortunately I've got 2 more pairs of slippers to make out of the Bernat. :(


After felting - approx 7 1/2" long


Another pair of slippers for a gift - used Paton's Soy Wool Stripes - pre felting approx 15" long


felted - approx 9" long




SMSS Pinafore using Paton's Soy Wool Stripes



I also finished up my husband's socks but I've not gotten a decent picture of them. They do not want to cooperate with being photographed indoors and it's simply been too cloudy & gray & icky out here or too blustery and freezing to try to get a picture outdoors in natural lighting. Hopefully I can get a picture of them soon though and post. He seems to really enjoy them.

Wow another month gone by!

Wow the time is sure sneaking by this year! Only 50 days (7 weeks) until Christmas!

This was a busy month here with various goings on. The weather was cold more like what you would see in December than October! So far November has been much more kind to us! In October we had 3 weeks straight with maybe 4-6 days of sunshine! The rest were very gloomy and cloudy and icky weather days. Very drab.

Knitting for the month of October:
Blackberry Ridge 2 ply medium gray braided longies


Arlo wearing his BBR Longies


"Talia" on cestari superfine merino by Micky of MicsKnitz
This photo does not do this yarn justice at all! This is truly a beautiful pair of longies in person. I could not capture the true colors with indoor lighting and a flash.



Laines Magnifiques "Winter Ice" on BFL




Family Roots "Chocolate Roses" on Cestari Superfine
Cestari is such a cottony warm yarn and Lindsay of Family Roots dyes some beautiful colorways!


Grace wearing her "Chocolate Rose" Longies


Western Sky Knits "Rivendell" on Cestari Superfine
The Western Sky Knits ladies are amazing! They dye some of the most amazing colorways that knit up beautifully!
"Rivendell" on Cestari Superfine Merino by Western Sky Knits






Cascade 220 Natural "Bloomies"
pattern is by Mandie of Sheepy Time Knits


Cascade 220 Heathered Longies

Zenstring "Bloom" Longies & Union Center Knits "Woodsman" Longies

Zenstring "Bloom" Longies
This cuff needed to be a longer than normal cuff as the Zenstring "Bloom" was leftover from doing a soaker so I did not have a full skein to work with. This cuff was approx 1 1/2" I had tried three other cuffs and was unhappy with each of them. I'm pleased with how these turned out and my dh likes them as well so that says something LOL




Union Center Knits "Woodsman" colorway
This is by far my favorite boy colorway I've knit to date! If we had a little boy still in cloth diapers I'd be begging Joni of Union Center Knits to dye some of this colorway for me! The pictures do not do this pair of longies justice!

Hayden & Hippy Pippy "It's A Girl" Longies

Somehow I overlooked posting this adorable picture of Hayden wearing her Hippy Pippy "It's A Girl" Longies on bulky gaia. Gaia is so incredibly smooth and soft to knit with! Hayden is growing so fast! Her little chubby cheeks are so sweet and her eyes are amazing!

"Girly Camo"

This is the daughter of one of the sweetest mama's I've ever gotten to meet online. She is a blessed woman who the love of God shines through. She uses mostly pocket diapers so did not want wool so these are made from Hobby Lobby's Baby Bee Hush-a-bye Ombre yarn (50% cotton / 50% acrylic) in the "Girly Camo" colorway. She seems to like the little turtle also.

Mosaic Moon "Turning Leaves" shorties

Gracie wearing Mosaic Moon "Turning Leaves" shorties! Gracie has the most amazing eyes!

We're Back!

We traveled out of state for almost two weeks! Oh the warm weather was fantastic! I am not ready for winter! Hopefully fall will last a good long while!

Working on finishing two pairs of longies! Hope to have them done tomorrow! Dh's socks are up to the heel! I've just gotten Cat Bordhi's new book "New Pathways For Sock Knitters". The best price I've found so far is from KnitPicks. KnitPicks has many of their books 40% off right now! I've not decided what type of heel to do yet. I know that I prefer not to do a short row heel. I've barely gotten to skim through the book! Hopefully Sunday afternoon I can sit down and read while nursing the littlest one and see what all suggestions Ms. Bordhi has for sock heels (knitting toe up). I've found several patterns online that give general instructions for a couple different ways to do heel flaps. I read through them before we left so I need to read back through those as well as a few others I've come across and choose which to do. These poor socks were started last February with small hopes of them being a Valentine's gift and obviously that did not happen. It is with great hope that these will be finished for dh's birthday!

Just before we left our local LYS was going out of business. I visited twice and picked up a couple of skeins of yarn with sweater projects in mind. There was a specific skein I wanted on our 2nd visit and a lady who was in there had it in her basket already :( However, in browsing I noticed a partial skein wound into a ball and asked the shop owner if she'd sell it to me as I figured it is probably enough for an ankle pair of socks. She refused to sell it to me but very kindly gave it to me! Not sure if it'll be enough for dh socks but I think it'll be plenty for me ankle socks. I need to weigh it and compare to a pair of worsted weight socks previously knit for dh and see. If it is enough then I'll set a goal to have those finished for dh's birthday as well since worsted weight socks knit up so quickly.