My Drawers

Here's a peek in 

a couple of my

Sock Drawers.

Ahhh, my Favorite color family !

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YeeHaw, does Gerry love to knit sox,

or what .  .  .

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Mostly my Grandmother's.

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Short on conversation today,

but you are in my thoughts

this Holiday time.

hugs

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I ♥ Purple

First time working with Malabrigo Lace weight yarn

I was concerned about the fabric - but have found it's fairly substantial.

Not lacy, just light weight

in this top-down seamless cardigan.

It's so simple, 

just Stockinette stitch.

Check out my Rav Project Page for more about the ADRIFT pattern.  

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This cowl knit in Malabrigo Worsted

began as a slouchy beret.

Worsted weight yarn - slouchy - Gerry's head

do not make for a compatible outcome.

The Cable/Lace pattern  [Nouveau Bohemia] is a real winner.

I l♥ve it.

Rather than frog the Slouchy

I decided to make it a cowl.

This is going to be great when winter really sets in.

Not only warm, but really soft and lovely feeling.

If you are interested in making either the

Nouveau Bohemia Beanie, Beret or Extra Slouchy Beret

check out Photo-Knit-Dog Designs.

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These purples

make my heart happy.

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hugs

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It's All About Yarn - - -

Yep, it is all about yarn

projects this post.

Let's begin

with

Into The Woods

Toe-up, Afterthought Heel,

Stockinette with a 2x2 ribbed cuff.

[2 knit stitches-2 purl stitches]

Hand dyed by

Highland Handmades

 There is still one more skein of Highland Handmades in my Stash ! ! ! ! 

This time in

Royal Purple

Regal Magenta

Powerful Reds & Oranges

aka

Throne Room

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Also, began and finished 

a scarf.

Yes, another Stockinette project.

This time using a Size 12 needle.

Great change from the Size 0 

used knitting those socks. 

 A couple of yards of Stockinette Scarf ! ! 

A person could wrap it 'round the neck several times and be as warm as toast this winter.

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By the time I finished those two

I had to have

color.

I turned to my In-Progress

fingerless mitts. 

I spent some time learning how to carry floats in colorway while working on these

Chivalry Fingerless Mitts

There are loads of how-to videos on The Net

including

Gail at todays agenda 

Gail made a very good tutorial showing this

technique

on this particular post 

btw, Gail is a most creative talent whether it's knitting or sewing

or where I first noticed her

HER FINGERNAILS ! ! ! ! 

LOVE HER ART FOR PAINTED NAILS ! ! ! 

Give her blog a look

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leave her a comment

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tell her I sent ya.

There's a rhythm to doing this .  .  .

if I could only keep that rhythm.

I'd be going along just fine

then

DANG ! ! ! 

back to the really concentrating to get going again.

But am truly happy to learn this technique.

Here is where I began just letting the floats, well, float for the five stitches between color changes.

Yesterday I learned to carry that ‘float’ along each of those five sts. 

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Cold weather has hit mid-MO.

Yesterday our first snow of the season fell.

Must of gotten about an inch of the white stuff.

Which is mostly gone today.

Yeah ! ! ! ! 

Sure glad I've knitted those half-dozen

shawlette/shawls these past six months.

Put another log on the fire ! ! ! 

hugs

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