Yarn Along

Joining Ginny from Small Things for the weekly Wednesday Yarn Along, and joining Frontier Dreams for Keep Calm, Craft On.

This photo is a bit old, I am just about finished with the Puerperium newborn sweater, it is so lovely. I just have the sleeves to complete. I am thinking of just doing short sleeves do to the fact that although this wee babe will be born in January (possibly), we do live in Arizona and s/he probably won't need too many long sleeved newborn sweaters. I used Manos del Uruguay yarn in the colorway "Flame" and I am trying to figure what sorts of buttons to use, I decided on only doing three button holes up at the shoulder instead. Soulemama had posted about buttons she had picked up from Melissa Jean , so I have been toying with these little star buttons.

And, I have been working on a craft project for a craft circle I am in. When we lived in Maine I would be a part of this at least once a month, I especially love the seasonal nature table themed crafts. So when an email popped up that the summer nature table craft swap was open I joined. I wasn't sure what I was going to do, then I stumbled upon a wool felted bowl pattern on Ravelry I was inspired. (I wish I could remember which pattern it was, it is super super easy and they turned out PERFECT!) I knitted the bowls in Manos del Uruguay in the colorway "Agua". They were so super quick to knit, I knitted two of them while waiting for Logan as he was having surgery, the other 4 came along a bit slower but still took less than a week to get done. I am really happy with them, I hope the people who get them are happy as well.

And, as has been my usual, I am not reading much of anything. It is hard for me to focus on reading for some reason lately. I have thumbed through the newest issue of "Taproot" and read bits here and there of some of the books I need to read for my Breastfeeding Counselor training, but mostly I am knitting and trying not to throw up. LOL