Blogmas Day 10

Hello friends, I hope you are having a great Monday.

I loved knitting the green into the shawl and am getting more excited about this whole project as it grows,

Today's surprise follows the theme again,

My Outlander wrap has stalled a bit as I have changed my mind about the yarn I want to use. I have decided that it will be a memories wrap and I have gathered together the leftovers from projects I have completed this past year which I will knit into it

Empty Whiskas box = great scraps storage

Talking of scraps and leftovers, I am cracking on with my Molly's Magical Socks for Operation Christmas Stocking. Once again I have used Milkshake as my base pattern for sizing and I have tweaked the pattern slightly by adding 1 stitch to the instep and not doing the pattern on the back of the leg. These must be the quickest socks ever as every 8 rows you change yarn and you just want to do the next colour. I started the second sock last night and am already to the gusset section.

Finally today, I need your help.

I have been asked to knit 2 pairs of socks by an old friend, we have chosen the yarn

I need your suggestions for which patterns to use. I am excited to see which are your favourites, either use the comments or pop on over to the Ravelry group and let me know.

Time for some knitting, here's Connie ready to be my helper today

Happy crafting

Mary

Links

Molly's Magical Socks  https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mollys-magical-socks
Milkshake  https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/milkshake-3
Ravelry Group  https://www.ravelry.com/groups/the-sunday-sock

Blogmas Day 9

Hello friends, can you believe we are a third of the way through Advent already?

As it is Sunday, I am concentrating on socks today and I have a finish to share with you.

As you can see quite a bit of knitting was done over the last couple of days. The pattern I used was Milkshake by Fiona D Tulloch, with a few wee tweaks, and the yarn was Regia Fluormania Color which was donated by Fiona for Operation Christmas Stocking. These socks will now be parcelled up and posted down to Kelso.
I am sure you are wondering about my tweaks, I would be, well, I tend to do kfb instead of the M1's and with this pair, I did a slip stitch heel and K3 P1 rib on the sock until the cuff which is 2x2 rib.
Here is a close up of the inside and outside of my heel

And the gusset with the kfb

Milkshake is my go to toe up pattern.

Now for the Advent shawl.

Can you see that little ball of fur? She is my constant knitting companion

And now for today's reveal

I am looking forward to knitting this into my shawl and sharing with you tomorrow.

Happy Crafting

Mary

Links 

Ravelry Group  https://www.ravelry.com/groups/the-sunday-sock

Milkshake socks https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/milkshake-3

Blogmas Day 8

Hello friends, I am feeling a bit under the weather today so this will be short and sweet.

The rows on my Advent shawl are getting longer and thinner.

Today's yarn is once again following the scheme

I have some progress to share on what I am calling my Outlander wrap.

I am calling it the Outlander wrap as I am working on it whilst listening to the book.

Finally, I leave you today with the exciting news that I have won a prize in the Rosie's Advent Calendar group trivia quiz on FaceBook. I was so surprised to have been picked and will show it to you all when it arrives.

Happy crafting

Mary

Links

Ravelry group  https://www.ravelry.com/groups/the-sunday-sock
Wrap pattern   https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/adventurer-scarf--wrap
Rosie's Moments https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/RosiesMoments

Blogmas Day 7

Hello friends, I do hope you are all well and enjoying my ramblings.

Yesterday's knitting went well and my shawl is growing, the dark navy sparkly yarn is like a starry sky so I added a star progress keeper to help me identify the right side.

Today's little package contained the cutest little reindeer progress keeper, I love it.

Links

My really bright sock has made it to the end of the foot.

This is the second sock of a pair for Operation Christmas Stocking. I am loving knitting for this great cause as becoming homeless was a real possibility for our family a number of years ago.

I will leave you today with a little teaser 

This parcel arrived from Sew Ray Me and it is packed with goodies. It is a mystery parcel which I am keeping for Christmas Day so you will have to wait until Boxing Day to find out what's inside.

Happy crafting

Mary

Blogmas Day 6

Hello friends, yesterday was one of those days where I did a lot of little bits of knitting on lots of things so I don't have pictures to show you. I did, however, keep up with my Advent shawl,

I am seeing a theme emerging with the yarn, especially when I opened up today's surprise.

Hope you all are having a great advent so far. If you have advent knitting I would love to see it either here in the comments or over on the Ravelry group. It would be great to know I am not alone.

Happy crafting

Mary

Blogmas Day 5

Hello friends, it's a dreich day here so perfect for curling up with my knitting.

Yesterday I played yarn chicken with my advent calendar yarn and lost by a few stitches. I can live with that so will be joining today's yarn on a WS row.

Day 4

Today's yarn is gorgeous and came with a little Santa soap.

I was rummaging around in a cupboard yesterday and discovered these cute snips which I had totally forgotten I had. Being a crazy cat lady I was absolutely delighted that I had found them and have attached them to one of my project bags.

Are you like me, do you sometimes just itch to cast on something new? Yes, I have socks and the advent shawl, but I kept seeing photos on the Ravelry radar of the beautiful ADVENTurer wrap by Ambah O'Brien https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/adventurer-scarf--wrap. This wrap or scarf is written for some of the larger yarn Advent calendars that are out there but I have chosen five yarns from my stash to work together for a wrap in spring colours to remind me over the winter that better things are just around the corner. I am a few days behind but have made a start on colour 2.

Today I will leave you with a picture of my new favourite thing. If you work with yarn you will know the importance of smooth hands. My lovely step-daughter recently gave me these hand creams as a wee gift. I am smitten, sadly we are unable to buy them here in the UK but a lovely friend in Doha has promised me she will bring me some when she comes back for Christmas,

I am a lucky lady.

Happy crafting

Mary

Blogmas Day 4

A real quickie for you today. Yesterday hubs and I were out and about getting appointments sorted and shopping, (real life stuff, boring!!) so not a lot of knitting was done. 

Day 3 knitted up

Day 4

Hopefully, I will have a bit more to show you tomorrow,

Happy crafting

Mary