Back inside!

The sun has not yet reached the deck so it was much cooler outside today therefore we are back indoors. My photographer had previous obligations today so I had to come up with a method for taking our group picture. I just happened to have a little cheap plastic easel that I propped up in the corner and was actually able to set the self timer on my phone camera to give me time to be in the shot with everyone else. My IT guy (aka my son) will be so impressed! NOT! LOL! 

I finished two projects this week for the Falcon Boutique. This first one was a VERY close victory in the game of yarn chicken!

This is the Fifi Cowl, a paid pattern on Ravelry. I used a Periwinkle Sheep yarn that I purchased at the Rhinebeck festival in 2013. Sometimes you have to wait for the yarn to tell you what it wants to be. In this case, I should also have listened to it tell me to read the pattern requirements more than once. In my defense, I might have been tired. I could have sworn the pattern said "a skein" of 100 yards of DK weight yarn. As I was rapidly running out of yarn to make a reversible cable, long cowl, I reread the pattern and saw it called for TWO SKEINS!!! Oh well, it is now a small cozy cowl. 

I did the same thing calculating yardage for this headband. At least I didn't have to rip it out. Maybe I should have my knitting license revoked. 😟

 Carole started a Sophie Scarf using a pretty lilac yarn. Her I-cord edges are so neat and tidy!

Maureen is making the Olive You Baby sweater. It has an asymmetrical front with this lovely cable. She's using a stunning Malabrigo yarn, a color that will knock your socks off!

Jan is working hard at her Simple Sideways Triangle Scarf. Sometimes a project seems like it's taking forever to complete. And sometimes, it is! 😉

Tina finally used up that huge skein of yarn and completed her Petal Showers Hat.

And she has moved on to the French Twist Scarf using a pretty variegated green fingering weight yarn. It looks just like the scarf on the pattern page on Ravelry.

Dorah is enjoying the experience of knitting Stephanie Pearl McPhee's One Row Handspun Scarf. The baby alpaca yarn makes it soft as down.

Barbara K started a scarf at home and didn't like the results so she is making up a triangle as she goes. Looking great so far!

I have yarn left over from a previous project so I am winging it too. I was thinking of knitting a mosaic design but after casting on all those stitches and realizing I did not have the correct multiples to accomplish a complete motif, I decided to knit a corrugated ribbing all the way. We'll see what these next few hours bring. There might be some frogging in my future.

My stomach is telling me it's time for a piece of fruit so I'm going to try to sneak a mandarin orange without Fozzie hearing me. Wish me luck! In the meantime, have a great week and keep those needles clicking!

We're back to deck knitting

 Even though wintery cold, sunny days are my absolute favorite, I have to admit that springtime fills me with joy when I walk through my neighborhood and see colors popping everywhere.

And I have to take advantage of walking while it's still cool enough. The temps hit 80 degrees this afternoon so these lovely blossoms will drop soon to be replaced by other pretty flowers.

There were just five of us this afternoon to enjoy the random breezes that wafted through the deck, occasionally ringing the windchimes.

Margaret started a Helix Hat with some pretty teal colored yarn.

It didn't take her long to finish the cuff and add the purple stripes. Such a pretty color combo!

Maureen's Reversible Stripes Scarf was sent to the time out corner for a while but it's back in circulation and ready to be completed.

Jan's Simple Little Scarf is in the early stages. She made some modifications to the original pattern which had a 3 stitch I-cord edges but she didn't like the bulk it created. She went up in needle size and made the edge with knit 1 stitch at the beginning of the row and slip the last stitch purlwise with the yarn in front. This creates a neat chain look edge.

Tina is using the Navajo Ply technique on her Petal Showers Hat which sports a pretty little flower like motif in the design.

I'm working on a cable/braided headband which I found on YouTube and wrote the instructions for my personal library. It's a pretty easy pattern but just gets fiddly when you reach the middle where you have to make a one row cable. Then it's smooth sailing the rest of the way.

I'm still sitting on the deck but between the pollen and neighborhood lawnmowers, I've decided it's time to get back to the AC where my throat won't tickle anymore. Have a great week and keep those needles clicking!