Last weekend was glorious! We picked the perfect time to pack up the Camper and head out to the Catskills.
A return visit to the cottage where we had our pretend Christmas was the destination.
Lucky enjoyed a few good games of catch in the sunshine.
It was lovely to see the place without all the snow. On this visit we were outdoors for most of the time, catching up with various members of the Fella's family.
We went in search of the Spring Festival in Rosendale, but gave up and decided to stop and eat instead. (As this sign suggested!)
We have yet to find the perfect county hideout to buy, so future house/land-hunting trips are definitely on the cards.
Because of the heat, I didn't get an awful lot of knitting in. But did manage to come home with this little beauty. But its too hot to wear just yet!
Pattern: Tempest Beret by Kate Gagnon. From Knitscene Magazine. Winter 08/Spring 09. *
*I had bought the magazine while in Savannah as it has an article about Cathy Carron. I had met Cathy last year. I spotted her knitting in one of my work's buildings so I went over for a chat. She is a lovely, friendly lady and a very talented knit designer. She was waiting for her daughter who occasionally models for the company I work for.
Yarn: 1 1/2 balls of Rowan Kid Classic Shade 823 (most probably discontinued. It's been in my stash for many years!)
We were away in the country for Easter weekend too. We stayed in a wooden lodge by the Delaware River, with Llamas for neighbours.
The animals were not just confined to the grounds either. I was joined by this pair as I cozied up by the fire to work on a secret project.....
The Fella had baked some ultra delicious cookies for our trip and came up with a brilliant idea to make them even better: Put a generous dollop of ice-cream between two of them and eat before they make a sticky mess all over the place!!
Notice in background: Good, strong, dark beer, secret knitting project and row counter. You could say that I had a rather lovely evening!
We recently had a visitor from Scotland stay with us for a few days. She's also a blogger and got me thinking that I really do need to try and keep up with my postings. I know that I don't get anywhere near the amount of visitors to my site as she does to her's but for those of you who do check in from time to time, I hope to be more frequent with my updates!
Because I have been neglecting to post, I do have a few things to show that have been kicking around for a while.
Pattern: Spring Beret by Natalie Larson, (available as a Ravelry download).
Yarn: Blue Sky Dyed Cotton. Using bits left over from my Limey pattern.
I didn't have enough to knit it as full as the pattern suggested, so just fudged it as best I could.
Pattern: Camden by Ashley Adams Moncreif
Yarn: Knitpicks Andean Treasure.
Modifications: Knitted body longer with a long rib start. Made the neckline into a deep V.
Wore it a couple of times to work and received compliments on both occasions - can't be bad!!
The necklace/scarf is some very soft yarn that a collegue at Anthropologie gave me. It's lovely and light and may be some Twinkle yarn but it's unlabeled so I can't be sure.
My friend, Jason, is a great photographer and recently took some shots of a few of my things.
As a bit of a thank you I knitted him this hat. (Beautifully modelled here by one of my work-mates.)
It's based on my Bean Beanie pattern but made much bigger because he has a huge head!!
I-cord cranked out on my CSM - may become some sort of scarfy thing. But for now it sits coiled up like a poisonous snake!!
My first pair of machine knitted socks!!!!
They are a little on the loose side, but very cozy none-the-less!
Here is the start of the hem-hanging.
I do hope to spare some time to learn how to use the ribber, as that will make for much better fitting socks. I'm very pleased to say that it didn't take me long to get the hang of the heel and toe shaping. Now if only I could crank them out whilst snuggled up on the settee!!
Other non-knit related stuff. (Although, in my life, many things are very easily related to knitting!!!)
Take my love of stripes for example? Look how I could be inspired by these wonderful colour combinations I saw here:
That's a layout for a gorgeous blanket right there!
Whilst stitch-ripping, I noticed that my discarded threads fell to my desk to form what looked to me like a headless hunter with spear:
Look at the email I received while I used the shelf above my computer as an anchor for some macrame:
It's not looking good for bikini season!!
Happy May everyone!!
