XOXO
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Color Play Mohair Wrap
So, I was at my local yarn shop on Monday and I fell in love
with a new project!
The pattern is called:
Color Play Mohair Scarf and Wrap, and it is designed by ChurchMouse
Yarns and Teas. (You can look it up on
Ravelry.)
The yarn that is used is made by Rowan, and is called Kidsilk
Haze Stripe. (The colorways are designed
by Kaffe Fasset!) You use 4 different colors
of variegated balls of yarn, holding 2 strands of yarn together at the same
time.
In fact, the wrap is designed to where you hold 2 different
colors at the same time and then you switch to holding 2 strands of the same color,
progressing through the 4 different balls.
With the variegated self-striping yarn, this yields a “color
play” that you can’t predict and truly unfolds before you as you knit it!
I just cast on today and watching the colors change as I
worked was just mesmerizing. This will
be a fun knit.
And hopefully it should also be an easy knit. It is really just a stockinette body with a
seed stitch border. So, just knits and
purls!
I am thinking that this will be an excellent foil to all my
lace knitting. It’s nice to have
different projects of varying difficulty, and I think this one will be really
special.
I’ve always said that Rowan Kidsilk Haze (or Kidsilk Crack,
as some knitters call it!) is so beautiful on its own that you could just do
the knit stitch with it and it would be gorgeous.
In this project, the variegated colors and the soft mohair
will take center stage. No fancy
stitches, just inches upon inches of joy, and hopefully a wrap made out of
clouds at the end.
I’ll letcha know… J
XOXO,
Lucky Dog
♥
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Monday, October 5, 2015
Happy October!
It's finally Fall!
The weather has cooled down… Summer is gone and
Autumn is slowly creeping into place.
Autumn is slowly creeping into place.
October is one of my very most favorite months, probably because
the coolness is always so welcome after such hot summers.
Today was 64 degrees,
and I planted some pansies in our
mailbox planters.
I really enjoy working outside in the flowerbeds, just not
when it’s so hot. If only it could be in
the 60’s more often! Unfortunately it seems
like I have to cram all my weeding, deadheading and garden stuff into October
and April every year. I would enjoy
being outside all summer if it could’ve felt like it did today!
I also enjoy the instant gratification of yard/garden
work. And being the type who likes things neat and tidy, I really like getting back outside (after looking at the chaos all
summer) and finally getting to put things back in order.
The prep was the hardest part, because the volunteer (read:
weedy) trumpet vine has really taken over this year.
I heard that this year’s weather was perfect for vines to go crazy, so I
guess I am not alone dealing with this aggressive volunteer.
Don’t get me wrong, in the right location, I love trumpet
vines. We had some at our previous house, and
it was dense and lush up against a fence and it bloomed all summer long. It was gorgeous.
Unfortunately at our current home, it's in a shady
flowerbed, so there are no pretty orange blooms. Only
vines and greenery. (which I am usually
thankful for, but they really took over this year, along with the Virginia Creeper!)
Anyway, to close, and hopefully to bring a smile to your face, here is a photo of some turkeys that visited us last week! They are always so awkwardly funny and fun to watch.
Happy October!
XOXO,
Lucky Dog
♥
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