Mother Nature, could you make the whole summer like today?

 It is 71 degrees and sunny, perfect for deck knitting today. The curtains went up to make sure it stayed pleasant all afternoon. We caught up with family news and heard about Jan's recent trip to Ireland where she brought back some goodies...

She bought this gorgeous sweater which we all agreed none of us has the fortitude to knit for ourselves. It is just a glorious collection of cables to boggle the mind.

She also found, after much hunting, some yarn to make a hat. I had heard that Ireland has many shops with ready made knits but not so much of a collection of yarns to knit your own projects. Rumor has it, the fiber produced by local sheep gets shipped out to be processed and knitted into garments which are then sold in the shops to tourists.

Jan will get to the hat knitting after she finishes her Zick Zack Scarf which is coming along beautifully!

Barbara B made sourdough white chocolate chip cookies and as always, there were enough for take home boxes for those of us who want a midnight snack. 😉

I had a worsted merino superwash and a silk mohair left over from a scarf I made for myself so I cast on to make a bandana cowl. Dorah asked me if I made up the pattern and the answer was complicated. I knew I wanted to make the pointed bandana style and I kinda-sorta knew how to make it but a few inches into it I looked up the Tubularity Cowl by Martina Behm and found out I was basically knitting that pattern with a few tweaks of my own. I'm on the bind off row now so it will soon be finished.

Barbara B started the free pattern Very Close Talking Hat.

She is almost finished with the folded cuff. Love that RED!!!

Speaking of red, Maureen finished her Bankhead. And she said she's determined to finish the reversible stripes scarf. Why do scarves seem to take forever to knit?!?! 

Last week I showed you the beginnings of Tina's project and said I couldn't remember what it was. Well, this week I found out! She completed a mobius cowl based on a Cat Bordhi pattern. It's long enough to wear doubled around the neck or long and drapey.

This week she started a bias cable scarf from a book in her personal library.

You can't tell by the picture that the cables are knitted on the bias and there's a dropped stitch on either side of the cables to create a lace panel. The yarn chosen for the sample is a perfect example of why you don't use a busy yarn with a heavily detailed pattern. (my computer is being weird again😡)

I noticed that before we were finished for the day, Tina frogged what she had knitted so far because she had a feeling something wasn't right. She'll have it all figured out by next week. No, wait, by tonight probably. 😉

Dorah is working on a cowl also using a nice neat 2X2 ribbing. It will be large enough in circumference to wear when it's not too cold but can be strategically pinned for those colder days.

Carole knitted a sweet baby hat for a friend who is celebrating her first grandchild.

And she finished her "Car Scarf" as she calls it. She takes long rides to visit her children and grandchildren and always brings along a project that she can knit as a passenger on those long trips.

Her current project is the Barrel Rib Reversible Hat, a freebie on Ravelry.

Well, I need to finish that bind off on the cowl. So have a great week and keep those needles clicking!