Peace and Quiet

Maureen, Annika, Cinzia, and Barbara B. joined me for a quiet afternoon of knitting. We talked about plans for the holidays and who is in charge of decorating. My tree isn't up nor are the stockings hung by the fireplace with care or even without care! But I mailed the Christmas cards yesterday so there's that. I guess we'll get around to it or maybe I'll wait until out of town family arrives and let them do it.😉

The Chicks are still knitting for Knit the Rainbow in New York City. Barbara B. chose the Jelka hat.

The pattern is free on Ravelry, if you click the above link.

 Her vibrant color choices make a great looking hat!

Cinzia is working on child size mittens for our other group, Delaware Avenue Stitch Angels. 

We, who belong to both groups, tend to alternate knitting projects from week to week.

Today she worked on the thumb gusset of the second mitten. And yes, they are the same color. My camera does funny things to colors which I can't seem to correct. The mittens are this color, not the turquoise as in the above photo.

Annika started this scarf a while back and put it aside to work on something else, reassuring herself that she would remember the pattern when she was ready to finish it. Well, who among us hasn't said the same thing?!?! And then when you pick up the project you can't recall or find the pattern?!?! She knew there were purls and knit through the back loops but not the order in which they should be knitted. Finally she found the old email which contained the written instructions hidden in the archive folder in her phone. PHEW! That could have been a problem!

Maureen has reached the decreasing portion of her Bankhead Hat which requires her complete attention so she put it aside to work on...

a baby gift for a friend's grandchild. This is Sunnyside, an adorable baby cardigan with the option to make either a lace button placket or a cable placket. Maureen chose the cable version for hers using a sock weight, machine washable yarn.

I'm at the halfway mark of the Sophie Scarf where I begin the decrease portion to the end. This is the superwash merino wool that Jan gave me. There were ten balls of yarn so I've been using it up. I already made a child's vest for the Stitch Angels and I'm using up about two skeins for this scarf.

Last night I completed this Decision Tree Toque using up another two skeins of the same wool. I found this pattern posted on a Ravelry Facebook page when it was offered for free for the first twenty four hours but now it's a paid pattern. If you have access to the page and see another pattern offered by the designer, NichKnit Designs, I suggest you grab it or buy it when available. This is the second pattern from Shelby Nichols that I made and I enjoyed knitting every stitch of them. She has lovely patterns and writes the instructions very clearly and easy to follow. I can't wait to try other hat patterns from her in my library.
 

The sun is slowly hiding behind the neighbor's house and I can feel the cold creeping in so I'm going to throw on a cozy sweater and keep my needles clicking!