Sky Song - Clue 5 Done!

I finished up Clue 5 this morning.  I almost finished it last night, but I was getting tired, and it is easy to make mistakes working with dark yarn in the evening when you’re tired.  I learned that the hard way and had to tink back once, and rip back once as a result.  I have Clue 6 all set up in my knitCompanion app and am all ready to go.  This is the final clue, so I will be joining the two halves of my shawl at the end of it.  Overall, a fun knit, and I really love the colors, and the design.

Pattern:  Sky Song by Lisa K. Ross

Yarn:  Miss Babs Yummy 2-Ply

Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm)

Step Into Christmas Cowl - Chart A Done!

This is my small project knitting, when I don’t want a full lap.  I pick this up and put it down as the mood takes me, but this past weekend I finished up Chart A.  I have also done the first round of Chart B, just to get the color changes taken care of.  I replaced the red stitch in the last motif with red beads, just cause.  I’ll be using more red beads in a later motif - one that was also in the hat.  I started out on 16 inch circulars for the ribbing, switched to 20 inch circulars when I went up a needle size and started the color work, and then switched to 24 inch circulars, as I really hate having color work bunched up on my needles.

Pattern:  Step Into Christmas Cowl by Lisa K. Ross

Yarn:  Lolodidit Loriginal and Lil Lolo Loriginal 

Needles:  US 1 (2.25 mm) and US 2 (2.75 mm)

Sky Song - Clue 4 Done!

Clue 4 was a quick and easy one.  Basically it is clue 1, but with the main colors and contrast colors flipped.  It was nice to have something so quick, and it shows off the contrast colors so beautifully.  The small triangle is Golden Hour, from the Kacey Musgraves song of the same name, and the larger triangle is Sunset.

Miss Babs kits - they really are quite wonderful, and I always have a hard time resisting them, which is why I have a fair number of them in my stash.  I spent some time looking at them in my online Ravelry stash last night, and looking at the patterns they go with.  I’m thinking of just binging Miss Babs kits for a while.

Pattern:  Sky Song by Lisa K. Ross

Yarn:  Miss Babs Yummy 2-Ply

Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm)

Sky Song - Clue 3 Finished!

I finished up Clue 3 last night while watching Swordsman of Siena, a fun swashbuckler with Stewart Granger (one of my faves), and the movie actually debuted on my actual birth day, which I thought was just kind of cool.  This clue was not that hard, but it did take me two tries to get the rhythm of it.  I ended up with an extra stitch on my first go when I was switching to the second contrast color, so I ripped back to the end of clue 2 and started over.  The second go was smooth sailing, and it was fun.  This clue is “Birds flying high,” which comes from the lyrics of the song “Feeling Good” by Nina Simone.  This is the half-way point of the shawl, and Clue 4 has you start at the other end, so this piece gets set aside for now.

Of course after I took the top picture, my cat Jezebel had to come investigate the knitting.  She immediately went for one of the knitting needles, which she likes to play with.  She is very well-behaved with regards to my yarn and my knitting, other than that she likes to curl up on it.  She is a very smart, and very sweet cat.

Pattern:  Sky Song by Lisa K. Ross

Yarn:  Miss Babs Yummy 2-Ply

Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm)

Step Into Christmas Cowl - Cast On!

After I finished the hat, I caked up the yarn for the cowl, and cast on.  I am almost finished with the 9 rounds for the brim, but I’ve mostly been focused on working on Sky Song.

Once I get done with the 9 rounds, I will join the gold, go up a needle size and start the colorwork.

Pattern:  Step Into Christmas Cowl by Lisa K. Ross

Yarn:  lolodidt Loriginal and Lil Lol Loriginal

Needles:  US 1 (2.25 mm) and US 2 (2.75 mm)

Step Into Christmas Hat - Finished!

I finished the hat up this past Saturday and am happy with how it came out.  I did the crown on two 16 inch circular needles, which is the same way that I usually work socks.  I was concerned with the tension where I switched needles, so I made sure to trap the float before I switched needles, and it looks like that worked pretty well.  The hat fits my husband better than it fits me, so I will make another one in the next smaller size for myself.  I have plenty left over of all the colors except for the dark green, and I have plenty of that color in the other two kits.

It is very soft, and of course lighter weight given that it is fingering weight, but it will be nice when we want just a little more warmth for our heads and ears when we walk.

Pattern:  Step Into Christmas Hat by Lisa K. Ross

Yarn:  lolodidit Lil Lol Loriginal

Needles:  US 1 (2.25 mm), US 2 (2.75 mm)

Step Into Christmas Hat - Chart B Done!

Oh yeah, definitely potato chip knitting.  I finished up Chart B this morning while watching the latest Fleece and Harmony Wool Cast, and now I get to do the crown, so this will definitely be finished today, and then I can start the Cowl.  No mods to the charts this time.

Pattern:  Step Into Christmas Hat by Lisa K. Ross

Yarn:  lolodidit Lil Lolo Loriginal 

Needles:  US 1 (2.25 mm) and US 2 (2.75 mm)