Happy Holidays!!!!!

Hey Guys,

I hope you all had a happy and safe holiday. Not much going on on the home front. A friend of mine wants me to make her a Koolhas hat, so I picked up the yarn to make that. I really haven't been feeling all that creative lately. Well....that is until I received this in the mail.



It's "I Love Patchwork" by Rashida Coleman-Hale of the blog "I Heart Linen". I ordered it from Amazon a few days ago and it came today. Can I tell you the projects in this book are absolutely gorgeous. It makes me want to bring out my sewing machine so I can make everything in the book. The projects are items you would actually want to make. In fact, I want to buy the exact fabric so that my projects look exactly like the books. lololol Not very creative of me, I know. I have some quilting fabric in my stash, I'm starting to feel inspired.

I hope everyone has a happy and healthy New Year!!!

Ravelry.com

Thanks for the great comments on my shawl. For anyone who is interested my name on Ravelry.com is Missprince1976. I know, that a lot of words. lololololol

Ishbel by Ysolda Teague

Pattern-Ishbel by Ysolda

Purchased-Ravelry.com

Yarn-The Great Adirondack Yarn Company Sock Yarn (380 yds)

Color-Beach House

Started -November 3

Finished-December 13

So I finished my first lace shawl. This was so fun to make. Except for a few false starts this was a pretty easy knit. This shawl is very popular on Ravelry.com. Its been made over 3000 times. I made the small version but I plan on making another one. This time the bigger one in a solid color. I have some lace yarn and sock yarn in my stash. I kind of feel like I did something wrong, though. The instructions said that for the small shawl it would take 360 yds of yarn which is what I had, but after binding I still have a quite a bit of yarn left. I thnk I could have done an extra repeat.

I started working on the Henley Perfect but I found the instructions a little confusing when you get to the lace pattern so I put that to the side. I'm still working on the short sleeve cardigan but I became a little bored with it so I also put that to the side, which was kind of silly since all I have to do is the sleeves and the button placket. I think my next project is going to be a cowl scarf. I bought some real nice cashmere/silk that feels so good against the skin and won't snag my hair. I'm just trying to find a really nice pattern.

Still no sewing...with me still doing the job hunting thing I just don't have the drive or the energy to pull out the patterns and my machines. If it isn't something I can do while watching TV then it's just not getting done.

I hope to have more knit projects to show soon.

Until later!