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Birthday Weekend Getaway: Forest of Bowland

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November 5, 2017

Katherine @ fiberandsustenance11 Comments

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Playtime with Penny + friends 💛(Thanks @kateljordan for the awesome top and cardi)
🌿more colorwork 🌿 I nearly forgot how beautifully this @northern_yarn Methera was knitting up in this colorwork pattern! Though it’s a worsted spun yarn, it’s still got enough delightful woolfulness for the stitches to really grab each other, making a gorgeous stranded fabric. I cast this on in the NY booth at Yarndale, intending to make the Asklöv Hat by @docksjo — pretty soon it became clear my gauge was off and it was going to be far too big, but I pressed on during the festival as it was so enjoyable to knit! A week later, Willa arrived, and I’ve not picked it up since. When I have a minute, I need to decide if I’ll carry on and make a cowl rather than a hat or restart on smaller needles. But for now, I’m just enjoying giving this yummy fabric a squeeze! #northernyarn #methera #lovelocalwool #knittersoftheworld #knittersofinstagram #instaknit #knitstagram #myhandsmaking #knitknitknit
Sunrise 🧶🧶🧶 Slow and steady progress 🐢🐢🐢 My yoke and sleeves are joined and the last color, Sunrise, has been introduced. I can’t wait to see what the next colorwork band will look like. Pattern is #bressaysweater by @mariewallinknits knit in @jamiesonsofshetland Spindrift from @northern_yarn 🧶🧶🧶 #bressayorbust #myhandsmaking #knittersoftheworld #knittersofinstagram #knitknitknit #nevernotknitting #jamiesonsofshetland
Celebrating Nick’s last day of parental leave with cake and hot drinks at @theherbariumbar — so thankful for the time we’ve had, if a bit sad it’s coming to an end. (You can spy Willa’s #belovedbonnet by @tincanknits in the first photo, and the #baablehat by @donnasmithdesigns which Nick has appropriated in the second.) #myhandsmaking #poppyseedsknits #knittersoftheworld #knittersofinstagram #knitknitknit #lovelancaster
Since I finished my Felix Cardigan, I’ve been trying to get at least a few stitches in on this every day but oof it’s a labor of love at the moment. Long rounds + low contrast colorwork + dim winter light + very divided attention means rare is the round where I don’t reach the end and go back hunting for a mistake, locking stitch marker to hand. But I love the pattern and the yarn, so I’m determined to press on and not let this end up in the unfinished objects basket. Pattern is Bressay by @mariewallinknits from her book Shetland, knit in @jamiesonsofshetland Spindrift — both from the lovely @northern_yarn ! #howevermanytakesittakes #bressayorbust #knittersoftheworld #myhandsmaking #knitknitknit #colorwork #slowknitting #knittersofravelry #northernyarn #loveyourlys
Taking some time this morning to set some goals for the next few months using my #strickplaner from the lovely @jenacknitwear I’m not a huge fan of new year’s resolutions, but have enjoyed writing out a few concrete and hopefully very achievable goals — to spend a bit more time in the kitchen (as great as @nickvonderby’s cooking is, I like to cook occasionally and have missed doing it the past few months), to try to read at least a book a month (goodness knows I spend enough time sitting feeding Willa that this should be in reach!) and to finish my Bressay. We’ll see how it goes! #myhandsmaking #knittersoftheworld #knittersofinstagram #knitknitknit #bressayorbust

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