Busy Summer

It has been a really busy Summer, so there has been no time for Blogging.  Needless to say . . . there is always time for knitting.  I've been plugging away on my knitting projects, and although they've taken longer than usual to knit,  they are still progressing.

You may remember from my last post, that the project on my needles was "Sprossling" by Anne Hanson.

Here is Anne, wearing her creation.  I just love knitting her patterns.  I never have difficulty following her instructions, and I never find any mistakes in her patterns.  I though this was the perfect Summer knit.

So I knit up a swatch in Wollmeise Twin - 80/20, in the color:  Sternschnuppe.  I thought the color would pair perfectly with navy, black, gray, khaki, etc.

It took me a full two months to knit this one, because I didn't like the way I was originally doing the body shaping.  A bit of ripping helped me to achieve the perfect balance in the lace design.  Look closely, you can hardly see the waist shaping, as it pertains to the lace repeat.  I'm glad I took the time to correct it, as I'm much happier with it now, and I used the same method on the front pieces.

To make the buttonband lay flat, I sewed buttonholes into a length of ribbon, and hand stitched it to the knit buttonband, taking care to match up the knitted buttonholes.  It was a tricky process to get everything to match up, and although it is not perfect, I think I can live with it.

This is the project currently on my needles, "Cabled Cardi", by Norah Gaughan.  This pattern is found in Laura Zander's "Knit Red - Stitching for Women's Heart Health".

Once again . . . I'm knitting with Wollmeise DK, in the color:  Bussi.  I am absolutely addicted to this yarn.  It is a dream to knit with, and it always looks brand new.  I have a really hard time branching out, as you can plainly see.

The back piece is finished, and here are the front pieces knit up to the armhole decreases.  It is really fun to knit.  I understand there are multiple errors in the pattern, as seen on the Ravelry project pages, but I am using a Custom Fit Pattern to get the perfect fit, so I'll never notice.  I am lengthening the sleeves, but the rest should look just like the picture on the pattern.  Norah Gaughan is just one of my favorite designers.  She loves cable variations and babbles, and I do too.

I took a class from her a few years back, at the Make, Wear, Love Retreat in California.  She is the most bubbly person, and I learned so much from her.  Especially, how to let your designing go wild.

I can see some Christmas knitting in my future, so this will likely be my last sweater for a while.  However, a new sweater has caught my eye.

This is "#12 Cable Cardigan - in Vogue Knitting Early Fall 2018 Edition", by Patty Lyons,  Patty is another of my favorites.  Can you see that all of the body shaping in this sweater is done within the cables.  A new challenge, and I love the look.  She taught a class at our local knitting guild a few years back, and I just loved her teaching style.  Since then, I have followed her teaching travels on Instagram.  She is so funny, but also so talented when it comes to teaching.  I'll likely be ordering yarn for this one soon, and I hope to get it on the needles as well.

Along with our trip to the Grand Canyon, over Spring Break, we have also spent a week camping at the Hebgen Reservoir in West Yellowstone.  We had a great time.  This is us and all of our grandchildren at Quake Lake and in the Park.

We have a trip planned to Mt. Rushmore next week, so we are off again.  Of course the knitting is already packed.  Happy Knitting . . .