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Apple sweaters and excitement

By on November 16, 2011 in Yarn Along
At 6 AM  I will be on my way to New York, I can’t believe it.  I am nervous about the plane ride…. very nervous.  I have packed a knitting project (the cowls for my other two little girls) in the hopes that it will keep my mind off of things.  I know I am being silly but still.
I am not  reading anything this week but to do lists and packing lists for my trip.  I am yarning along along with Ginny again this week with these cute little apple sweaters I designed a year or two back after seeing a few on Etsy that I was too cheap to buy : )  These will be presents for the Sisters that teach at the school at our church.  I hope they don’t think I am bonkers.
 If you are smitten with them too and would like to make some, leave a comment and shoot me an email and I will send you the pattern.they work up soooo fast with very little yarn and I love them so here is my little gift to you…the pattern (when I get back of course).
I hope to write from New York, I got my old laptop fixed since it will fit in my purse and it was great to finally have it back along with everything that is in it. 
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A cowl for whom it may fit and finished longies

By on November 9, 2011 in crochet, Yarn Along

Thank you all for your emails on my Keepin it Real, I hope more of you can link up your Keepin it Real post next Tuesday.

Yarning Along with Ginny again this week.  Thank you Ginny for having a weekly yarn along, it keeps me on my toes. So I have been working on a cowl for my upcoming trip to New York next week.  I knitted it in the round out of some butter soft wool cotton blend yarn I had in my stash.  I really loved the way it came out, but then I saw it on Ronnie and it looked like it was made for her so now I need to make a new scarf for myself  : )  This is my first completed knit project and I am falling in love with knitting.  I will always love crochet and I understand it so it is easy to create patterns but knitting, the rhythm, the needles, oh how I love it.  Now I need to learn some other stitches other than knit and purl ; )

 I have written the pattern for the cowl I made as I was working it up so that I can make a few more for my other girls but I have never written a knitting pattern and so it is written like a crochet pattern would be.  Is it just me or are knitting patterns written totally different than crochet? Anyhoo… I worked it in the round and then finished the top and bottom edge off with single crochet.  Very easy!

On the longies from last weeks yarn along post, I finished them just in time for Pioneer Day and it was wonderful.  It was a chilly day but my baby was toasty warm.  I have started a new pair in a super light blue but it will have to wait until I get through making myself a scarf and hobo bag for my NYC trip.

The next pair will definitely have more room in the bum area.  I had to rip out the legs the day before Pioneer Day because her thighs had gotten a bit chubbier and it took every free second to get them worked up again in time for her to wear them.


I hope to see you here tomorrow for my Handmade Christmas Craft Along Week 4!  Please come back and share whatever you are working on for gifts this Christmas.

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