First 2016 FO!

My first Finished Object of 2016!  Or, one could say my first Finnish Finished Object, as the designer of this Orbit Shawl is Finnish, Janina Kallio.  I love her designs! Happy Knitting in 2016!

Border Section!

Yes! I am knitting the last few rows of the border section!  I made this much larger than pattern called for since I had 300 + yards of Jitterbug sock yarn and the pattern calls for 200 yards of DK weight yarn.  I will use up as much of the yarn as possible!  Happy New Year!

More Orbit!

Still finding time to knit on the Orbit Shawl by Janina Kallio with this great Jitterbug yarn. Can I finish this by the end of this year?

Christmas Eve Orbit!

Back to knitting for me!  Holiday knitting is complete so I am knitting on my Orbit Shawl by Janina Kallio. Knitting for me feels very good, indeed!!  A great way to celebrate Christmas Eve!

Finally Knitting Today!

Almost time for bed, and I am finally getting time on my day off for some knitting. Where does the time go???  Pulled out this lovely Jitterbug yarn and "Orbit" shawl by Janina Kallio, as I cast on for my birthday and have not knit on it since then - abandoned for holiday knitting!  So, today I chose this for my fifteen minutes of knitting.  Love this yarn, love the pattern and love the pattern designer!

Antarktis Today ~

First time wearing the lovely Antarktis shawl by Janina Kallio, as there is a fall nip in the air.  Love this shawl and am excited about her Orbit shawl I have just cast on!

Birthday Cast On ~

Of course we have to have our traditional Birthday Cast On today so we can think about the joys of birthday events each time we are able to knit on the Birthday Cast On project.  This year's winner goes to a Janina Kallio design, the Orbit shawl, using some lovely Jitterbug with my Signature Needles.  All good knitterly blessings for a project!!!

Camping Cast On!

I have wanted to knit this Painted pattern by Louise Zass-Bangham since it came out as a Loopy Ewe pattern of the month for a club.  So I waited until I could buy it, and then Jitteryknitter gave me marvelous yarn from Western Sky Knits and the cast on was magical!  Love this pattern, love the new stitch in the pattern, and love the Signature Needles too!

Shawl Progress!

Loving this pattern!

Second cast on!

Turns out that the lovely Western Sky Knits yarn was too busy with fabulous colors for this pattern, so I started again with this amazing merino/cashmere blend.  So far, so good!!!

So pretty!

Loving this pattern, Antarktis by Janinia Kallio!  Jitteryknitter and I have our own KAL for this shawl!  Love how this yarn and Signature Needles are working together with the lace!

Cast On Antarktis!

The Antarktis pattern is a beauty by Janina Kallio, a Finnish designer on Ravelry. Love the simplicity and rhythm of her patterns!

Perfect Vacation Cast off ~

One last post about Oregon.....as there is a rumor going around that November begins next week....and I am still talking about my September vacation....yet, it was such a great GREAT vacation....

Cast off the lovely Annis shawl while having coffee in a cool cafe with this perfect VACATION sign...knitting and coffee and vacation with two of the best ladies on this earth....I am so blessed to know them and have them as my friends....they are more special than even the most special silk yarn from England, used to knit this beauty!   Oh, how I love love LOVE this picture!!!!!
P.S.  Someone please tell me that November does NOT start next week....really.......

Magenta baby!

Yes, this little lovely shawl is Done!  For such a little shawl, the color is so bright and fun and did I say BRIGHT!!!   I wanted to photograph it in the sunshine, to set off the color...and how beautiful it is!!

 Magenta Baby!!!

Thanks again to My Hero for sending me the needed yards of Jitterbug to finish this lovely shawl!!!!

Trouble here ~

I have trouble here, right here in River City....(that is a nod to my Dad, who always sang this song from The Music Man while we were growing up.....) as I have been knitting away in a Jitterbug Frenzy with the magenta colored perfect yarn and amazing Signature needles and.......oh dear.......

I have five rows left, and there is not enough yarn.....oh dear.....So I have searched on Ravelry, and there is one skein of Magenta Jitterbug for sale, and four knitters have posted that they have "leftovers" of Magenta Jitterbug in their stash... I have messaged all of them....My yarn is from 2009... what are the chances that I will find more??????

In love with British silk ~

Have I mentioned how much I love knitting with this silk from London?  I love the feel of this yarn, and I love the colors as they perfectly pass over my lovely Signature needles. I also love that the yarn is a special gift from "I Knit London" from the most fabulous friend.  I am so happy to be knitting on this again.

Lovely silk, so very lovely!

Hand spun glory ~

I must tell you that I LOVE this shawl and the hand spun glory of the yarn I made myself. As I look at the parts and pieces of the shawl, there are so many "perfect strands" of yarn that are spun and plyed exactly correct in the "jitterbug" and "koigu" tight twist that it makes me grin like an idiot. The 3 year old kid inside me is saying, "I did that!" and I am oh-so-proud!

Can't wait to wear this lovely shawl.  Can't wait to spin for another one, and try my best to improve my spinning and plying more and more!

Plane cast off ~

A great vacation is full of knitting, right?  On this great vacation, also "great" because of wonderful family time and a super wedding event, I was also able to do some knitting.

Plus, I was able to cast off these birthday socks on the plane, just a few days before the birthday.  How great is that!!!

Bonus deluxe!  I was able to cast off my lovely 50/50 silk/merino hand spun shawl too!  How extra special is that!!!!  Can't wait to block this one!!!

London Vacation ~

As I have been knit knit knitting on my lime wedding scarf, I noticed my sweet Annis shawl laying patiently on the table where I left her...shimmering in her silk and nups, and those lovely pastel colors of lavender and mint. Knowing that I finished the difficult rows with the nups, and now knitting short rows, I thought I should knit a few rows just to show my love for this silk that my friend brought me from London....

After all, I am sure I can knit faster on my limey after a wee bit of time with my London silk!

Scoring Silk ~

One might ask, "How would I score some lovely silk, perhaps a blend with some wool....in fabulous colors...how would I do that?"   Well, readers, I did just that.  I scored several skeins of lovely Silky Wool in a lovely blue and an interesting greenish-yellow...all I had to do was wait patiently for Jitteryknitter to be sick of knitting with it.  She has already made a lovely cardigan sweater out of the blue, and I think there was another project out of the combination blue and greenish-yellow, and this last project was a scarf "with options."  The "options" were holes in the scarf where one could thread it one way, or another way and yet another way for many different "looks" however.... even with Debi, who can wear a shawl and scarf in every way imaginable, Debi could not make this "with options" scarf work even ONE way!!! Not even one!!!

So, Jitteryknitter sadly decided that she could not/would not/shall not knit with this yarn again....so I slipped in a request that I could try to knit something out of it... I could take that silky wool off her hands so she would not have to think about those "options" any more.....I caught her at a weak moment, and the yarn in now home with me... and almost all of the "options" have been frogged, and they are waiting for a different pattern...perhaps the Daybreak Shawl as I have heard that it is "not difficult" and I love how it looks....Do you think that is a good choice for this silk I have scored?