Cat's Moebius ~

Perhaps this is meant to be a learning experience. I'm sure that's it... When I cast off my first moebius in the wee hours of Thanksgiving, the many many "almost 200 stitches" of the glorious first moebius......I had quite a surprise.Big....really big......super deluxe big...twice as big as the hand knit one we bought at our church bazaar a few weeks ago....Perhaps if my cat was Cat Bordhi (although I do love our cat, but she's not much of a knitter) she would have warned me not to cast on almost 200 stitches...soooooo, I guess I need to rip back and cast on only 100 this time....*sigh*

Beautiful Koigu ~

While spending most of Thanksgiving day being thankful with family, I was able to knit a bit on the lovely Koigu Destiny moebius.It is lovely to knit and lovely to watch it grow!!!

Koigu Destiny ~

Thanksgiving Riddle: What do you get when you find Koigu in the most luscious deep green, and then find Lantern Moon Rosewood "Destiny"needles in a size 9, 40 inch....less than 1/2 price...and these two extra special yarn and needle pieces come together on the night before Thanksgiving holiday, marking several days away from work....Answer: Cast on another moebius to celebrate the conversion of holiday, Koigu and Destiny... Plus being thankful for my family, my friends, my job, my health, our home, our neighborhood. My best wishes to all of you, and may you spend some of the holiday counting blessings and knitting! I hope you are able to cast on, too!!!

Pocket practicing ~

After the greatest spinning lesson I've had since bringing my wee Pocket Wheel home, I've been spinning on this "Wool Roving: wool from Merino Sheep!" is what the label says. It is from Dancing Leaf Farm and was one of the deals at Sock Summit this year. It had some issues, as it was sort of compressed and mushed, almost looked like it had been a bit felted... so I took it to my great spinning teacher and she started to pull and fluff and put air back into the roving, until it looked much better.The roving still shreds a bit, and probably isn't the best for a beginner to work with...but I keep thinking it is good to practice with, since I love the colors....pictured below with one of our pumpkins.I get a little better each time I practice, and hope that soon I'll feel like I'm a bit farther along than "beginner status" but for now I'm happy to be spinning away!

Real swatching ~

I have to admit that I'm pleased with my first yarn spun and plyed from my wee Pocket Wheel. After soaking and drying, then measuring how much I have from that first sample, I have 65 yards of Almost Real Yarn. Not sure what can be knit with just 65 yards, the Jitteryknitter said that fingerless gloves would be a good project. She said I should swatch to see what size needles, since my Almost yarn is still thick and thin....(but lovely, don't you think so?)So, using her size 4 needles, I am knitting a swatch...and this Almost yarn is behaving a lot like real yarn (imagine that!) and I'm having fun with this wee swatch!Not sure if 65 yards will be enough...now I have to find the pattern she was using for those fingerless gloves, as I can't recall how many to cast on....such fun!!!

Mum's Christmas Socks ~

When the gentle rhythm of K1 P1 of the Peaceful Shawl puts me to sleep, or at least yawning so much my eyes begin to water, I need to put down that project and pick up mum's Christmas Socks. I'm at the gusset, knitting two at a time and toe-up, as I always do.Again wondering if these can be completed and sent to Michigan before Christmas....

Peaceful Knitting ~

I write that title, I must say the knitting on mum's alpaca shawl may be peaceful, but I can't help wonder if I can get it knitted, blocked and on its way to mum before Christmas. Why does Christmas seem to come earlier each year?I added the third (and last) skein of yarn last night, so I hope I'm on the last big slog...If it was any other month but November or December I'd really be loving all this alpaca growing so lovely with my Signature needles...