A POSSESSED KNITTER!

It's about bout time I got back on here and wrote another blog, I'm thinking!  Good intentions sometimes don't really turn out the way we intended - that certainly seems to be the case with me, of late.

But I'm here now, and really I have been kind of busy doing a lot of different things.

Let's catch up...

So here we are, already almost halfway through the month of February.  How did that happen?

I've been knitting like a possessed woman - really I have.  I can't seem to help myself.

So here is what's currently on the needles.

 First - The Ardent Shawl - which I am making for my daughter-in law, Sasha.  I have only started this project, so there is a lot to do on this one.

Second, I am slowly depleting my small ball stash of yarn with this project  - the Mitered Square blanket.  This piece is starting to get quite warm to sit under while I work on it, so I might soon put this one away until fall, and finish it then.  It's bright, colourful and will make a nice large blanket to snuggle under when watching TV next winter.

Next I decided to treat myself to a Subscription kit, from Annie's.  This is a knit sampler afghan.  Every month I will receive yarn and patterns for squares until the  afghan is complete.  I received my first month at the beginning of the month, in the kit was two skeins of yarn, bamboo needles, patterns for  the first three blocks, a cable needle, a darning needle and some stitch markers. 

The blocks I am working on are indicated in the picture below,  and the second image is what the completed afghan will look like.

 

I also have a pair of socks on the go.  I'm loving the way these are turning out.

I have completed a few things as well.  

First here is the first Ardent shawl I made - this one for myself.  It turned out beautiful.  I think Sasha's will be even nicer as it is in a much finer yarn so the lace will be more noticeable in her shawl.

Then I made this little bookmark for one of my piano student's who had a birthday last week.

And Valentine's gifts for the grand-daughters - handmade scrunchies and headbands.

As well as a little black beanie hat with a rainbow pompom , which was special requested by 5 yr old Azaria.

See what I mean by possessed?

Seriously I have even out-done my own self!  

However all this creativity has moved time along and today I actually spent time taking slips from last year's geraniums for this year's planting season.  I ended up with 24 new plants for my pots all over the yard this summer.  How wonderful!

I don't know about you, but I have worn myself out... so I'm headed downstairs to watch the final two episodes of season 3 of the Crown.

Spring is coming - and I will talk about that next time!

Till then...