Knitting JOURNEY: Spate Mitts

After casting off my Onward shawl I had a skein and a half of Spud & Chloe sweater taking up space in my stashbox.
During a chatty-chat with dear pal Becca of Nook I had a "duh" moment when discussing the Spate mitts. why not use the leftover yarn from my Onward shawl? Spud & Chloe "Sweater" yarn is easy to knit, looks great and I know from how much I wear my shawl it's an easy color to wear too.
That conversation happened goodness knows how long ago but I finally made them! Right before the weather turns ridiculous here.

Pretty, eh?

Details on Ravelry project page.

I just think that it's plain awesome to have a friends that are always willing and happy to talk yarn/knitting! I love speaking a "third language" with these friends...you know who you are! xo

A Fun Afternoon

Due to extreme laziness on my part I have not sewed buttons on my Grace which took me months to knit and months to block. However, I finally got around to weaving in the ends and decided since I usually don't button my sweaters anyway this was not going to stop me from wearing it.

 

The next problem...photographing myself.

I don't have a tripod doohickey and photographing a whole sweater always poses a

So this afternoon harbored a great experiment to solve this problem.

I enlisted my lovely, genius, amazing five (AND A HALF, as she is always quick to point out) year old bebe to take pictures of her mama wearing the Grace cardigan.

The results:  

 "Hi Mama! What are you looking at, by the way? You need to look at me."

 

"Okay."

"Where are the buttons mama?"

"Oh, I forgot to put them on."

"It would look better with buttons."

"Yeeeeeees....."

"Okay Mama, I don't like looking at your back".

Not sure what she meant. 

Being a top model is tiring.

"Make a silly face mama!" 

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I love my new-ish sweater!

The Heritage sock yarn is easy to knit with and makes for a super soft and cozy sweater.

For such a light knit it's very warm, and the color is vibrant and makes me happy.

I love the lace, the tiny garter detail, and I loved knitting it.

Knitting a sock yarn sweater is a serious time investment,

 but this sure was a fun way to celebrate finishing it!

My little buddy photographer! On the go!

Sewing: Patricia Cowl

Long story short, it's been a long time since I've made a "finished object" of any sort, and I wanted to whip up something to re-inspire myself.

Enter the "patricia" cowl, pattern found here

The pattern is part of the "Fat Quarter Gang" collection

written by Shannon of  Very Shannon.

I made it out of some random shirting fabric I had in my stash.

It has weird dimensions and a twist in the loop both attributed to

S.W.M.B (sewing with mommy brain).

I still love how it turned out.

Boy I strongly dislike taking pictures of myself. Awkward City.

But aint my new cowl purty.

I call it "pluffy" because...well, it was the first word that popped into my head when I put it on.

Noelle is a big fan.

making this cowl was a nice way to start off a much needed weekend.

Happy Friday everyone!