Fall Surprise Knitting Box & Hats

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I got my 3rd and final Fall Surprise Knitting Box from Twice Sheared Sheep. I don’t think anyone who gets this box follows me so I wouldn’t be giving anything away in case some haven’t gotten theirs yet. Lots of goodies! I forgot to put the bear tin back in the box for a picture of the full box, so I added it to the other things I took out to get a better picture of. I love the wolves mug, will serve many hot chocolate drinks! The mini skeins are a dk weight. Not sure what I will make with those, will have to think on it, they are soft :). There is a huge hat pom in there too! Will give the bag to my grand daughter M for her crochet, she is trying to learn. Love the counting stitch marker with the tree of life on it, it matches the progress keeper I made with a charm I received with one of my other fiber purchases. I’ll try to get a picture of that eventually, I keep forgetting (what else is new). The mushroom stitch markers I will use for progresss keepers :). I do love the bear tin for stitch markers and the very cute hedgehog tape measure. The card in there (took a picture of front and back) shows what is in the box and tells a little about them. She will be taking orders for the boxes again in Jan I think.

The first picture is of hats that I knit every year. I use I love this Yarn Print (it comes in various colors) by Hobby Lobby. I like the striping effect it gives on hats. This year they are going to a family of children who lost their mom (3 boys and a girl). I thought they might appreciate new hats for winter. Hope they will like them. For this pattern I use worsted weight yarn, and cast on 89 stitches (for small and medium adults), knitting in the round, doing a 2X2 rib (the extra stitch at the last is knitted with the first stitch to make a good join in the round. I use a 16″ circular needle, my favorite is the Karbonz, it’s carbon with a metal like tip so It’s light weight. I use size 5 needle because I knit a little looser with my knitting style (continental combined) but the pattern calls for a size 6. The 2X2 rib makes it pretty stretchy. You can use less stitches for children, or a lighter weight yarn adjusting your needle size, for a smaller hat, just make sure it’s an odd number of stitches.

Hope everyone is well and enjoying the weather before winter gets here. We are still going between fall and summer weather and I wish the first frost would come early, my allergies are so NOT FUN, even my antihistamine is not doing the trick this year, and I’ve tried several, sigh.

Remembering 9-11 in 2024

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I remember where I was when this happened, do you? I wonder if this tragedy still has the same horrific meaning to everyone as it did when we sat and watched those planes slam into those buildings killing the passengers in the planes and many people in those two buildings while we sat there unable to do anything to stop it. Don’t forget, be vigilant, freedom comes at a price and it’s hard to hold onto, don’t let go.

As we remember the 23nd year since this heinous attack was perpetrated on the citizens of the USA, may we take a moment to remember all those who died on this day 23 years ago and thank those who helped in the aftermath. I would like to salute those heroes on flight 93, and all those who, on that day, willingly and unselfishly sacrificed their lives to save the lives of others. I also salute those in our armed services and city, county and state police forces who have given their lives and those who continue to fight for us, selflessly putting their own lives in jeopardy to protect us and others from those who mean to hurt us and our Country. They are all heroes to me and I will never forget. Our country needs to come together, it’s not to late…..yet.

Knitting Update and Fiber

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This blanket looked like a perfect fairly mindless knit with a nice texture for a friend who is expecting. I didn’t ask if she was expecting a boy or girl so I chose yellow, cos yellow is an awesome color and she already had a girl and a boy sweater I had made her for previous little ones. Oh my gosh, this blanket was jinked! I got the bottom border and the plain stockinette stitch area done and started the main design and the stitch count was off. I recounted it several times and then looked at the stitch count according to the instructions. ARRRGGG, I had cast on the stitches for the one size larger than the baby blanket. Frogged it and started again. Got back up to the main design and the starting row was on the wrong side, ARRRGGG again. Only had to tink back one row, the pattern said row 1 was on the wrong side and I had started it on the right side. Ok, I think I’m done with (my) issues now and this is it so far. I think I’m going to have to ask Heavenly Father to bless it before I give it to her :P.

Next picture, this was the braid of fiber I bought, that I mentioned in an earlier post, that was so soft, Merino 18.5 microns (so soft!!!). It has Alpaca, Camel and Mulberry Silk and it’s like holding butter. Can hardly wait to spin this up!! Most Merino you buy is around 23 microns (that’s the fineness of the fiber, the lower the micron the softer), and that is still soft. I partly bought it because I knew all those fibers are amazingly soft and because I loved the colors on the braid.

I need to get back to knitting hats as well, fall is coming fast. They say it’s a La Niña year starting in the fall, so colder fall and winter, I can’t remember if that means more snow or just colder. But the last 2 summers have been sweltering, dang humidity.