sshhhhhhh..... silent sundays: afterglow beach

spring hath sprung

Yesterday was the Vernal Equinox/Spring Solstice!! And man was it gorgeous & flippin' cold here on San Juan Island! The sun was prominent as was a very bitter wind with a slight drizzle. There are signs of spring everywhere on the property I live upon. 

I had to rescue my red Primrose from a giant slug!

A lovely purple friend growing up in the lawn.

Hey Bud!

Even the weeds are smiling.

Daffodils, one of my favorite flowers. I missed these terribly living in AZ!

Veggie starts waiting to be moved up to the big league's... The Garden!

I even had the spring cleaning bug yesterday. Woke up ready to spruce up my humble little flat. Socks with holes were banished! Towels coming unraveled, sewn! Vacuumed, I did (much to the cats dismay)! Taxes started! I was very productive, I hope to keep it up. 

sshhhhhhh..... silent sundays: lucky clover

getting fair ready

OK, so the county fair is is not till the 14th of August, but I have high aspirations this year! With high aspirations comes proper planning ahead so I am not stitching together another sweater the night before my entry is due. I'm a horrible procrastinator and I'm working on this stress inducing issue. Which is why I've cast on my sweater entry during these early days of March.

Yes, I'm knitting with golden fleece!

This is a sweater pattern that I've been drooling over and coveting for 2-3 years. It is a fully reversible sweater, you can wear it upside down, right side up, backwards, and supposedly inside out. Amazing I know! 

This Wenlan Chia pattern is found in Reversible Knitting: 50 Brand-New, Groundbreaking Stitch Patterns. This book has some mind blowing projects from many top knitting designers.

I LOVE this book!

I'm using Cascade Yarns Magnum super chunky wool to create this sweater. I've ordered it online at Jimmy Bean Wool. My orders have arrived shockingly fast, which is of course awesome! Especially since I can't move on in the pattern till my order arrives with my main color. I ordered it yesterday and it has already shipped. So, next week I can keep on trucking through this first of many fair entries.

This years high aspirations:

Knit sweater

Sew a dress

Design & make a pair of shoes

Knit skirt

Can something

crafty shtuff: fisherman's hat finished!!!

You may remember a long long ago post about knitting a fisherman's rib hat, well I have struggled with this first hat of mine terribly! I have torn it out and started anew a couple of times. The most recent being a week ago. As sad as it can be, frogging your knit project is sometimes the only answer. Honestly all these re-do's have increased my knitting skills on both fisherman's rib and knitting in the round. And I have learned my lesson that you need to stop and redo the first time you realize you've flubbed up!

All this was torn out & redone, ouch...

The final do over, and it's looking good!

I know that I had started this hat for the adorable lad, Che, on the Spike Africa that had lost his hat on our sailing adventure. I totally chickened out and was too nervous to give it to him & now he has gone off to Europe for the winter. So now it sits on Babo the Uglydoll's head. 

I think Babo wears it well!

sshhhhhhh..... silent sundays: ode to wool