Sweaters

 October is passing me by!

Did I post my finished sweater? If so, sorry for the duplication.  I wear it around the house as it doesn’t quite meet in the middle. I have yet to block it, so when I do I will stretch it enough that it feels better across my front. Being chubby has its drawbacks!

My brother sent me the poppy seeds I wanted for my birthday. Only a few are blooming at a time as I didn’t choose the best place for them. Next year any self sewn seeds will do better as I had the trees trimmed up a lot and they will get more sun in the beginning of Spring. With the Fall upon us, the sun is again lower on the horizon so the patch of poppies are getting a little more sun, but it isn’t as warm. There are three different colors and types, but only the orange come up.

A neighborhood cat came over to visit. She was pretty friendly, and liked being scratched behind her ears, but only for a little bit!

I have made some coasters but haven’t been taking photos. I will get to it soon. I am making colorful ones that can be hung on a tree as decor, and also used for the morning coffee.

Kaylee's sweater

I am also nearly finished with another sweater for my friends daughter. I need her to try it on before I do the second sleeve to make sure the width and length are okay. I seem to be slowing down considerably.

 Seems my back bothers me more each day…the chair I use and the mattress.  I finally broke down and purchased a more expensive mattress and will use the one I have downstairs basement for a dog bed! LOL! 

It’s a full, so not terribly large, and with three giant breed dogs I am not sure all three would even fit on there, but know they would be happy to claim it IF I don't use it for guests and get a frame instead. I think I might turn the basement into a crafting room, and have all the bins and boxes of yarn stacked in there to get it all out of the garage and out of the dining area. Still use the dining area as a craft room to MAKE things, but not STORE things.

I will be giving the items I made for children to the church for their Winter Festival in December. They raffle off baskets so will make a few up.

I hope your October is fun and special, and that you are having as wonderful weather as I am having!

A Pinafore for grandniece Zoe

 Pinafore

She will be five in January, but is tiny for her age. I made a size 4 and hope she will be able to wear it. I haven’t finished it yet…about two more stripes, I think, and it will be completed.

Deck

I had the back deck sanded and it will be finished being stained tomorrow, I think. I’m just having a semi-transparent grey used.

The dogs seem to like it fine!

My Sweater

This is the Pistachio pattern I started for my sweater (did I post this last time??). I finished it so need to take photos…still have to block it, though. I think it will work just fine for me!

Sweater for a friends daughter

KAYLEE’S SWEATER

The top photo is the correct color, but the bottom one is the finished product drying on a towel.

This is basically the Jewel sweater by Doris Chan with a few modifications. Unfortunately it is smaller in the body than I wanted. I had enlarged it a tad, but it wasn’t enough. Will try another one for her in a different blue, larger size.

I used Stylecraft Special DK, although the design called for Worsted Weight, but even making it a little larger than her normal size, i needed to go up two sizes to get what she wanted in the lighter weight yarn.

MY SWEATER

I finished the sweater, but don’t have a photo yet. I have to block it first. Again, even thought I added rows and width, I didn’t add enough for it to fit me properly. If it doesn’t block out to my size I will give it away.

The color is correct. Again using Stylecraft Special DK which worked up great!  This is a Michele DuNaire design called Pistachio something….a kids sweater I enlarged. I used a method that Doris Chan used in Jewel, BUT I started it later than I should so it gave me lapels. It looks fine, though.