November 2015

To combat the dreariness of a dark, chilly month, I was actually able to hunker down and be productive.

Both shawls I knit with the pattern Hitchhiker by Martina Behm have been finished and blocked and both turned out fantastic.

I finished two (!) pairs of plain stockinette socks that I knit while reading, at the same time! Go me.

When I saw the pattern Linnaeus by Kemper Wray, I thought it was so gorgeous and really appealed to my taste and just had to cast it on right away. I chose this radiant purple DK from The Wacky Windmill called Cosmic. The garment was so fun to knit and in the DK weight, it flew off my needles.

I challenged myself to spin something different so decided that would be a single ply. I had this brillant fibre from Kim at The Wacky Windmill called Costal Retreat in a superwash merino, which I do find a bit more difficult to work with. The colours in the fibre were so beautiful, I really didn't want to risk muting the colours down, so a single ply seemed like a reasonable choice. Now that the skein is complete, I'll have to keep my eyes open for the perfect project for this handspun.

Since I've always been curious about knitting from a sock blank, I decided to nab one when I saw one I loved from The Wacky Windmill. This fun sock blank colour was called Saturday Morning Cartoons.

This month I started knitting a new sweater. The sweater I chose to knit is On the Grass by Joji Locatelli. I am a huge fan of Joji and her patterns and the boat neck of this design really appealed to me. I chose to knit this with Malabrigo Rios in the colour Teal Feather.

I even spent some time at my sewing machine this month and did some piecing for a new quilt top.

That's it - Happy crafting! Nic ♥