Thank You Alex!

My Inclinations Cowl is blocked and sewn together. Thank you Alex.

I used Dyed in the Wool - Rosy Maple and Salty Dog. 

I would knit this cowl again in a heartbeat. The pattern is easy to memorize and you can’t stop because you need to see what the next colour is going to look like. 

In December of 2017 Fleece Artist brought out the National Parks Collection. They are dying the colours again and I have all 17 parks on order. I don’t know how long it will take but I’ll update you as soon as I hear from Fleece Artist.

With many new knitters joining the community post-covid-lockdown, we are, for a limited time, offering our National Parks Collection in our Canadian-made Organic Cottage Sock base. This GOTS merino is shrink proofed without the typical chemical super wash treatment producing a buttery feeling but hard wearing hank with gradual colour shifts. 

All 13 original and 4 new parks colours Tobemory Bruce Pennisula, ON, Cape Breton Highlands NS, Torngat Mountains NFLD, Jasper AB. 

Organic Cottage Socks - 80% GOTS Merino treated, 20% Nylon 115g/ 350m

Happy Friday evening. Blue Jays and knitting are in the near future for me.

Inclinations

My second Inclinations Cowl is finished. Okay, the knitting is finished. Now it will visit Alex’s house.

These are my part balls of Dyed in the Wool. I need to go through my boxes of yarn because there should be a few more balls. One day I will come up with the perfect pattern for these. 

My project could be Stephen West’s Quadrangle Spires. You can purchase the pattern on Stephen’s website.

This architecturally inspired wrap begins in the center with four triangular sections that modularly join together to form a square. Each section is seamlessly picked up from the previous section. Once the central square foundation is created, stitches are picked up along two corners of the shape for the wingspan spires. You can customize the final length of your shawl by binding off early or knit more repeats for a long luxurious wrap. I featured three skeins of West Wool Bicycle as the main color with six Spincycle colorways for a fascinating striped knitting experience. Customize the contrast however you like by choosing similar types of self-striping yarns or dive into your stash and make those colors pop!

📷 © Stephen West

We had a great day. Breakfast at dad’s, a stop at the store to water the flowers, a Yellowstone marathon this afternoon and then dad and Lucy came for steak dinner. After I finish my post we are going to watch another episode or two of Yellowstone. It is starting to grow on me. I picked up my Ranunculus. Knitting every row is perfect for TV watching. 

I started Elah

I spent some time today planning my travel knitting. We are leaving early for the airport and I could be at the gate hours before my flight or I could be running to catch the plane. If there is time I will knit. I am taking my first Inclinations Cowl to finish. It is mindless knitting and doesn’t take much room in my bag.

What else is coming? I started Elah yesterday afternoon. I will have this in my suitcase if there is time to knit in the room. Following charts in the airport and on the plane can be cumbersome. 

Lynn is right - the pattern for Elah is very well written. I’m using Kathmandu Aran from the Queensland Collection.

I need to sign off because I haven’t started packing yet. Oh, and I need to mend a pair of jeans. I’m just like my mom - wait until the last minute to get ready.

Another Inclinations Cowl

Diana stopped by last night with our Inclinations Cowl. We knit this with Edition 3 from Schoppel Wolle. The cowl took 4 balls (2 balls each of 2 colours). The cowl is very soft and Diana said that the yarn was very nice to knit with. 

I have kits available online or you can choose 2 colours of Edition 3

This cowl pattern is the perfect all-the-time accessory! A fun and engaging knit with lots of squish that looks like an asymmetrical triangle shawl when worn, but it only takes a fiddle-free second to throw it on as the finish to every outfit! If you struggle styling shawls - then this cowl may be just the answer for you! It is knit flat sideways, on the bias, and then seamed up the back neck after blocking. This cowl utilizes Half-Fishermen’s Rib for the ultimate squish fabric and to create a really fun play on stripes!

You can purchase the pattern on Andrea’s website.

Here are the kits that I put together. I went outside to get pictures in the best lighting but I won’t be going out again for a while. It is HOT out there.

It’s a good thing I went out when I did because we had a lot of rain this afternoon. I was worried about my plants but they are wet.

Lynn is back tomorrow. While she was at the cottage she cast on her Elah cardigan. I can’t wait to see it.

Dad and Lucy have gone home and I’m going to knit a few rows. I haven’t picked up my knitting in two evenings. I didn’t even know that I left it in the car last night.

New Noro Colours

Lynn is going strong on her Ranunculus. She is definitely going to beat me finished.

You can see that there is still quite a bit of yarn left on the ball.

We have new Noro colours coming on Wednesday.

This colour of Kakigori wasn’t available when our yarn arrived a few weeks ago but it will be here on Wednesday.

If my Ranunculus turns out how I think it will then I will be making another in this colour.

These five colours are Tsubame.

#26

#23

#22

#21

#20

Named for the barn swallow that migrates to Japan during cherry blossom season, this is a classic worsted-weight silk/wool blend. Each oversized skein contains 656 yards making it ideal for an endless variety of one-skein projects!

This is Zickzack (a free pattern on Ravelry) knit with one ball of Noro Tsubame - colour #2.

We knit this shawl last summer with 2 balls of Tsubame. I liked this picture - Lynn has her ‘I’m a model and I’m bored’ look on her face 😘.

This is Gamut (pattern purchased on Ravelry) that we knit in Tsubame. We used one ball each of colour 5 and 10. Colour 10 has been discontinued but we have a few balls hidden away for the shawl. You can order the combination here. We will make up new combinations once the yarn arrives.

While I was casting off.

Cast off and now it will go to Alex.

7 more rows

I took a drive to Terra today to buy plants for our house. 

I show their front planters every year and every year I want them for my store. 

My car was full. The plants are resting in the garage for the evening. It is way too hot to plant them. 

📷 © Stephen West

This was on Stephen’s Instagram feed today. A new pattern is coming on Thursday. 

It’s cookie time.

I wrote my post and then knit a few rows. I have 7 rows until I’m casting off. I won’t make it tonight but maybe tomorrow. I’m going between my cowl and Ranunculus. I have 4 more increase rows on Ranunculus and then I’m splitting the sleeves and body. 

Make sure you look at your inbox. A newsletter just went out. Now a few more rows while we watch hockey and baseball.