Free pattern

There is a pretty shawl pattern on Ravelry which is free for a very short time. Follow the link to get your copy now. Be sure to enter the code upon checkout for your free copy.

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/under-the-sky-of-leh-shawl

Happy New Year

The Chicks are still on holiday break but we want to send you wishes for a happy and healthy new year. See you in 2020!

Taking time off

The weather here in the Albany area has been snowy today so my Chicks are wise to stay home, safe and sound. However, this means we won’t be knitting together again until after the new year.

Let me take this opportunity to wish you all the blessings of the holidays and I hope the coming year will bring good health and happiness to all. Oh! And time to knit or crochet too!😉

I’ll see you next year!

Kitties and Hedgehogs visit the Chicks

Two more kitties joined the happy menagerie of critters. I enjoy embroidering their little faces and watching their personalities bloom.

 The common cold hit too many of my Chicks this week, along with scheduling conflicts, so only three of the evening ladies were available to knit with me. 

 Margaret put the finishing touches on her Beans the cat. He needs a face and tail and then he will join the litter.

 Carole stuffed her hedgehog through his nose. She'll create his face at home where she has her special needles for embroidering through all the stuffing.

 Dorah started the decreases on her hat this week and thinks there might be enough yarn left for yet another small hat.

 The body of my hedgehog is finished and now I have to concentrate on his snout. I need to choose a color to go with the blue. Luckily, I have a bag filled with scraps of yarn that will yield a good selection.

 Margaret finished her hat of her own design. Beautiful job!

I think I've finished all my Christmas shopping so I can relax and knit until my heart's content.

Have a good week and happy knitting!

Winter has arrived!

I woke up to a winter wonderland this morning! It was beautiful after Mother Nature dropped over 22 inches of the fluffy white stuff since Sunday afternoon. It was perfect weather for knitting and Netflixing. And now that my husband and I are retired, there was no rush to get out and clear it away. My Sweetie cleared it all away before the Chicks arrived this afternoon though.

 They were able to join me and the newest batch of critters which included cats, owls, teddy bear, penguin, and panda.

 The evening Chicks brought a trio of hedgehogs. They are so cute and it's nice to crochet a small project now and then. It makes you to use different hand muscles so you can avoid repetitive stress damage.

 Barbara K. started another Beans kitty. They are certainly a colorful menagerie. She laughed about this being the first time in a long time she has used double pointed needles for so many projects. It's nice to change up the styles of knitting every now and then. I think it's also good for your brain to have to think about new things now and then. Gotta stretch those brain cells!

 Debbie picked out an adorable little Red Riding Hood character for her next project.

 Here she is casting on for the very bottom of the figure.

 Janna finished another bear body and immediately cast on for a little police officer bear.

 My little guy hardly looked like anything this afternoon but by the evening session....

 he was looking more like he had ears. In case you're wondering, he's going to be another squishy kitty. He needs a face and tail which should be done by next week.

 Margaret's Tuesday night yoga class is finished so she is back with us. Her hat is almost finished. 

 And Carole started another hedgehog using a self striping yarn which is forming perfect little clusters of color. 

I think I'll pick up the crochet hook for my next critter and add another hedgehog to the collection.

Have a great week and keep those needles...or hooks... clicking!