September Anniversary

September brought our 40th Wedding Anniversary this year.  Quite a milestone!  Being the crazy people that we are, we decided to celebrate by taking our entire family to the West Jordan Demolition Derby.  Crazy . . . huh?@!

We started with Pizza at the local hangout.  All of our kids and grandkids were there, along with my two sisters and their husbands.

We arrived at the Derby early and found our great seats.

As the night wore on, we became more and more involved in all of the craziness going on around us.  It was loud!  It was crazy!  It was fun, fun, fun!  I would highly recommend it for your next family outing.

Now on to knitting news . . .

She is finished.  My Cabled Cardi, by Norah Gaughan.  I basically only used Norah's cable design, as I used a Custom Fit Pattern to get the perfect fit.  I love Norah's knitting designs.  She designs cables like no one else.

I lengthened the sleeves from the original design too.  Short sleeved cardigans never work for me.  It is too hot in the summer for a full-blown sweater to be worn, and long sleeves are always my preference.

The bear-paw buttons were purchased at the Mountainman Rendezvous in Ft. Bridger, Wyoming.  We attend almost every year, and I'm always on the lookout for great buttons.

This is my next project, which is well underway.  It is Patty Lyons' Cabled Cardigan from the Early Fall Issue of Vogue Knitting Magazine.  I'm knitting with the suggested yarn:  Blue Sky Fibers, Woolstok Worsted in Dark Chocolate.  The pattern indicates it was written for the "advanced knitter".  As you can see in the picture above, I've had to photocopy all of the charts and paste them together on a separate sheet, complete with post-it notes to keep me focused on the correct knitting line.  I must stay continually focused as I am knitting, to prevent mistakes.

I like to read when I knit, but on this one, I can only read when knitting on the wrong side, where you knit the knits and purl the purls from the previous row.  So far it is moving along great, no need to rip back . . . YET.

Yarn has been purchased for Christmas knitting projects, so I'm hoping I can work them in between portions of this sweater.  I'm afraid if I set it aside, I'll never figure out where I am when I return to it.

If you haven't already . . . become a FOLLOWER of this blog.  I have some fun knitted giveaways coming in the next few months.  Thanks for taking the time to see what I have been doing.  Happy Knitting.