A small gathering

There were five of us today to enjoy the lovely breezes on the deck. 

And to enjoy Barbara B's delicious sourdough blueberry breakfast cake, a delightfully moist and fluffy treat. Thank you again Barbara!

Barbara B knitted the Patriotic Hat, a freebie on Ravelry, added a catchy pin and gifted it to...

Dorah who will wear it proudly!

Dorah went stash diving and found two skeins of a super bulky yarn. She arrived with an open mind to suggestions as to what she should knit.

The consensus was the Mistake Stitch Scarf which shows off the changing colors to the best advantage while making quick work of the project with size 13 needles.

    

Barbara K didn't want to show the same scarf she's been knitting for weeks because it doesn't show much progress. It's a lovely alpaca scarf in fingering weight yarn on teeny tiny needles so it's taking a long time to grow. But Barbara B is working on the One Chevron Scrap Cowl and her color selections are lovely. This cowl starts with a provisional cast on so the finishing end can be grafted to the beginning to make an infinity scarf.

Nancy is working on a little pumpkin hat for her infant granddaughter. She is improvising on an existing pattern to make it her own.

I'm working on a cowl using a stitch that I found on a YouTube video from Turkey. I just turn off the sound and watch what the knitter is doing and write it down before I can forget. It's a 4 row repeat, 3 of which are plain knit. The fourth round is where the magic happens. I have just one skein of yarn so it's a guessing game as to how deep the finished cowl will be.

The trees behind my house are beginning to show their true colors so you know what that means!

It will soon be my favorite two seasons of the year! And I'll get to wear all my warm woolies again!

Have a great week and keep those needles clicking!