Good Book

I just finished reading The Reading Promise by Alice Ozma.  What a wonderful book!  My daughter read it and recommended it to me.  Definitely worth reading.  It's a nonfiction book about a nine year old girl and her father.  They make the promise to read together for 100 days.  The Streak, as they call it, turns into 9 years.  

Muckle Mitts

A finished project!  I started these on Tuesday and finished today.  Three day project, just what I like.  These mitts are from a free pattern by Mary Jane Mucklestone.  They are made from baby alpaca, knit on US size 3 (3.25mm) and US size 4 (3.5mm) needles.  The colors are not quite true here.  What appears to be blue in the photos is actually turquoise.  I knit the pattern with no alterations, and the mitts fit both Sarah and I, although they were made for Sarah.

Stuck!

I have been knitting the Wast Side shawl by Gudrun Johnston in a bright fuchsia Heritage solid sock yarn.  I thought I had enough yarn for the project, but alas, I did not.  So...I am waiting on another skein of the yarn to come.  I could technically bind the shawl off as is since it is knit from the outside in, but I really don't want to do that.  Bah!

Icarus Shawl update

I was looking back over some of my old posts and saw that I had mentioned 'still working on the Icarus'.  However, I never posted about finishing it.  I did finally finish the Icarus shawl back in April.  It only took me 4 years to do it.  I kept getting bored/frustrated with the shawl and it went into timeout about 5 times.  I do have to say that I am happy with the finished product.  It's a beautiful pattern.

This pattern is by Miriam Felton.  The yarn is Jaggerspun Zephyr in the Admiral colorway.  It was knit on US size 4 needles. 

Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone.  I am still in Spring until later this week then it will be back to Oklahoma.  I had a very nice Christmas with my family.  It was nice to have everyone here at one time even if it was a little chaotic at times.  New Year's Eve was very quiet.  I watched four episodes of Downton Abbey with Sarah and Sean.  I got the Downton Abbey DVD for Christmas, and this was the first opportunity I've had to watch it.  We will watch the last two episodes tonight.  If you have not seen Downton Abbey and like English historical dramas, try to see it.  


On the knitting front, I have not been doing anything spectacular.  I have been working on a pair of socks for several months.  I have started making garter stitch squares for an afghan.  There are a couple of other projects that are in time out right now.  I will pick them up later.


I hope everyone has a prosperous and happy new year.  Take care.