2023: Wk of 9/17-23; Flax Cast-on, Cowl FO, & Sock Update

I did block my Autumn Promenade and determined I need at least another 3 mini skeins to make it as long as I’d like. It ended up only being on hold for a week as the new set of minis arrived Friday!!

So yesterday I got it back on the needles and I’m happily adding a few more stripes. I’m guessing I’ll be able to finish it this week!! I’m going to do a garter hem and I’m planning to make it a colorful hem by using 5-6 of the minis in 2 row stripes. I’ll probably do the same for the cuffs. I will still have lots of autumn yarns left over so someone will be getting an autumn themed striped sweater someday.

While I was waiting this week, I got to finish my cowl, cast-on a new project, and make a little progress on my Yamadori socks.

FLAX SWEATER CAST-ON

I decided to use up some stash yarn to knit a sweater for my little granddaughter for her birthday next month. It turns out I’m using the leftover yarn from when I knit her mom, my stepdaughter, the Stephen West Twisted Cables shawl. I’m striping the fall colors yarn with some white yarn I had. The pattern says it’s 2T -4T which seems like a big range to me. I figure if it’s too big, she can wear it next year. Flax is a really simple raglan pattern so this should be a quick knit. An extra treat is getting to use the new project bag I just bought.

SOJOURN COWL FO

It was nice to have some time to knit this super soft yarn. It was the perfect project for a knit night at a local brewery. I like the cowl and hopefully will get to wear it occassionally if it gets cold in November. I may end up gifting it to my daughter so that it gets worn more frequently.`

YAMADORI SOCK UPDATE

As I’ve said before, this pattern requires some thought from me. I’m sure there are those that could memorize the 6 row repeat but not me. So I have a little “cheater card” with the 6 rows written down instead of carrying around the whole pattern. I also find the left leaning cable somewhat hard to knit so it takes concentration. Maybe I’ll master the stitch and the repeat as I continue to knit the socks. It irritates (embarrasses) me that I have finally had to put stitch markers every 3 stitches. It’s a freaking 3 stitch pattern but I kept getting off resulting in a wobbly slip stitch stripe. The socks are for me so I’m not ripping back. I like the pattern but I probably won’t knit it again. I don’t like the pattern enough for the effort I have to put in to knit it. It’s not like I don’t have a long list of sock patterns I’d like to try. At least I am enjoying getting to knit from my new little quilted bag. It’s just sooo cute.

Well that it’s from sunny SW Ohio. I couldn’t ask for better weather. Fingers crossed we get some rain soon. We are going to have to buy more water for our cistern. We have had to buy water three times already this summer which is HIGHLY unusual. I decided it was time to refresh the hanging baskets on my “knitting nook” deck. I hadn’t done a good job of watering the baskets so the flowers died during our lack of rain. I bought some “Halloween” pansies – orange and “black”. The “black” ones are super dark purple. I love autumn in Ohio. The weather should be very nice for the next two months. By the end of November it will start to get cold but I’ll be heading south!!

I hope you had a fun week of crafting and are looking forward to the week ahead. This has been a YOP post for the Ravelry group of bloggers. An encouraging group of crafters that share our crafting plans and post weekly updates on our progress.