les Abeilles & les Abeilles

A comparison of les Abeilles Shawlette blocked

and

les Abeilles Shawl at the end of  Chart A 

Making great progress on this shawl

am half-way through my skein of yarn

and 

knitting like a fiend.

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Cold weather hit the other night 

down to freezing

so we brought in the dozen pots of Amaryllis, Christmas and a couple of others

that spent the summer in the shade along side the garage.

The Amaryllis will stay in the garage for the winter as they do go dormant.

The Christmas Cactus and others will come upstairs to help brighten our winter.

Seems as though spending the summer outside agreed with this guy.

Looks like we'll be enjoying blooms from this for a while.

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Another find from the darkroom-to-craft-room.

From my Gramma's collection of books.

Printed 1940

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We're listening to this audiobook

on loan from our local library.

We're thoroughly enjoying it.

hugs

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Boneyard

Another FO

Finished this 

Stephen West design:  

[click above to link to Stephen's Designs]

Boneyard Shawl

[click above to link to pattern link]

a couple of weeks ago.

Blocked it right off 

have been slow in blogging it.

Wingspan 50"

Spine 22"

Knit with: 

KnitPics

Bare

Superwash Wool/Nylon Blend

and

ONline Linie Supersocke Silk

Both in Fingering weight

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Making excellent headway on

les Abeilles IV

am on Row 16 of 40 in Chart A

Chart B has about the same number of rows.

However, since this shawl is knit from the bottom edge toward the neck

each and every row is a decrease row.

The cast on for the first three les Abeilles was 242 sts.

the last row of Chart A had 158 sts.

The current shawl had 318 sts cast on.

Chart B is worked for another forty or so rows

and ends with something like fourteen sts

that are grafted together right at the nape of the neckline.

TMI !  TMI ! ! ! 

I know, too much information.

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A Blast from the Past

Let's go back to the '70s

My handiwork from the 1970s

Yes, the flowers on each arm had one of those little mirrors in the centers.

This is one of a pair that I embroidered,

each daughter was given one.

Peace V Love

hugs

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Unblocked

It's a finish ! ! ! 

Well, almosta finish.

Still needs to be blocked to show off the lovely lace pattern.

It's my third les Abeilles [translates to The Bees]

Beautiful Tomato color yarn

it's Madelinetosh Merino Lite

I bought mine online at

The Loopy Ewe

les Abeilles number four is on my needle right now ! ! ! 

I should be knitting rather than sitting in front of this laptop ! ! ! ! 

There are soo many more patterns 

for this gal to knit

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fer instance

As you can see

this yarn comes from Fibernymph Dye Works on Etsy.

It's in her Bounce base which is

superwash merino.

Oh, so, soft and squooshy.

The pattern - Reversing Leaves Sock is out of

Clara Parkes' The Knitter's Book of Wool

this wondrous sock design is created by Cat Bordhi

I'm still working on converting my darkroom and it's moving along ~ ~ ~ 

Found this in my files.

Am enjoy this lovely weather while it's still here.

hugs  

♥  ♥  ♥

Lazy Afternoons

Hubby and I spent two afternoons on the river bank.

This is the week of the Missouri River 340

One hundred-fifty canoe/kayak paddlers

race from Kansas City, Missouri to St. Charles, Missouri - 

they'll travel 340 miles from start to finish.

This is the check-in station here at 

the Jefferson City Carl Noren Access 

across The River from our State Capitol.

We were invited to join our friends Leisa and Steve to spend the afternoon along side the Missouri River.  

Mother Nature provided wonderful weather - 

except for last night's rain/lightening storm. 

A few of the canoeists were caught on The River during the downpour.

However, we enjoyed

Two Glorious Autumn Afternoons!

All that fresh air made for a lazy end to the day

and Max The Puppy is the master of the art of napping.

 hugs

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Army Corps of Engineers

Towns, farmers still recuperating from blown levee

Yarn, I've new Yarn ! ! !

The Loopy Ewe Ravelry Group is having a

4th Quarter Challenge

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The Challenge:

" You can knit anything you’d like, 

as long as it uses at least one full skein of Madelinetosh, 

in any of the Tosh yarn bases that we carry at The Loopy Ewe 

(Sock, Merino Light, Vintage, Sport, DK and Pashmina). 

You can knit up more than one skein in your project, 

but not any less than a full skein."

My 4th Quarter Challenge yarn order from 

The Loopy Ewe

arrived ! ! ! 

I Love It ! ! ! 

Before I show you

Let me explain,

 one of the perks of shopping online at The Loopy Ewe

is that after your fifth order one becomes a 'Loopy Groupie'

and all the perks that go along with it.

This order put me over the top ! ! ! 

My Loopy Groupie welcoming gift

arrived inside this lovely vinyl project zippered bag

+ + + + + + 

I received a skein of

Dream In Color

Everlasting

8-ply Sock Yarn

420  yds

100% Superwash Austrailian Merino Wool

Spun and Hand Dyed 

in the color DIVE

a dark green varigated with navy and teal ! ! ! 

plus a very cool sock pattern

Lacy Pillar Socks

designed by Debbie O'Neill

photo below

And, of course my 4th Quarter Challenge yarn

was included in the package.

Here's my Madelinetosh skein of Hand Dyed yarn

Merino Lite

100% Superwash Merino Wool

fingering weight 

420 yards

in the color Tomato ! ! ! ! 

Hubby and I will wind both these yarns into cakes tomorrow.

However, 

before I start any new project

I am going to finish the Stacy Shawl that is already in progress ! ! ! 

There !  I've said it .  .  . now does this mean I have to stick to it????

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Today's weather was the most, the absolute MOST beautiful day of our calendar year ! ! ! 

hugs

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Came Across These

Came across these photos while straightening 

my darkroom-turned-craft-room.

My photo of our older Granddaughter

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now in her thirties.

And my photo of our younger Grandson

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now in his twenties.

I am making headway putting my 'new' craft in order.

Though nothing was accomplished this afternoon.

Spent this gorgeous Autumn afternoon 

on the

back porch of 

The Old Brick House Deli

having a dee-lish lunch with

wonderful friends

[including daughter Debbie for a bit]

chatting about everything under the sun.

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Hope to snap a couple of photos of

my newest yarn stash enhancements

and at least one completed knitted project

so I can post them by week's end.

Enjoy this delightful weather while you can.

hugs

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Who Doesn't Love Maxine ! !

Waaay back in May I was lucky enough to be picked the winner of Chris' big giveaway on

We Love Quilting   

go check out her latest blog post, you may be THE lucky one this time ! ! ! 

This gal knows how to pack LOADS OF GOODNESS into any ol' box you put in front of her.

Chris sent me Maxine Fabric and I made drawstring project bags with some of the fabric.

My Multnomah Shawl 

sits atop of a pink bag :*)

I found that these pink bags holds

my knit projects

more than any of the others

except perhaps maybe the green.

I've been busy painting my ex-darkroom

and now in the process of returning all that's been stored in the garage area back to whence it came.

Though I do hope to toss a bit here and there.

Spent a number of hours knitting on

my Boneyard Shawl

designed by Stephen West.

Should have this off the needle this evening

so that tomorrow I can give it a soak

and blocking.

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Enjoy this wonderful Autumn color display !

hugs

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