Polar Express Day

Today we are going to the "Polar Express" with the grand kids. It's basically an hour train ride on the Grand Canyon Railroad. We are having dinner in Williams with the kids before we get on the train at 7.

My knitting is coming along nicely. I have now finished three of the stocking stuffer's. My daughters headband, Jennie's headband, and Caleb's brimmed beanie.  I'm working on the beanies for Brandon and Jacob, and still have to make the headband for baby Ella and Cam.  Not to mention finish baby Ella's Christmas Stocking, which I'm half done. Hope to get some knitting done on the train ride. Plan on finishing the stocking, and possibly starting Ella's headband to match her Mamma's.

Snowy Day

Spent the entire day doing nothing but knitting.  It snowed on and off all day long. I was going to go to Cottonwood do see the Christmas Parade with Julie and the boys, but didn't want to go out in the weather.  Finished a headband for my daughter in purple. also finished 2 Triana scarves today and 2 last night. I know have a total of 5 finished scarves for last minute gifts or stocking stuffer at the family Christmas Party. 

On Thursday I bought the yarn at Knit 1 Bead 2 for the hats I'm going to make for Brandon and Jacob. If I have extra I will also try and make them some fingerless gloves. I may also do the same for the girls but rather than hats, it will be headbands and gloves.

For my baby boys I'll get some small toys and candy. You cannot have a Christmas stocking without candy in it.

Well I must get back to work. I would also like to make a sweater for myself for the Christmas.

Family Picture Day

Did our annual family pictures today. Had to skip the cook out at the Islas', because I was so tired i just wanted to come home and take a nap.  Didn't get much knitting done as I was napping.  Will try to do some more knitting now.

Finished one of the two Christmas stockings that I have to finish before Christmas.  Also started on a new sweater for myself. Will start on the second stocking tomorrow. I still have to make the other stocking stuffers.

My plan in to make the headband/earwarmers for Julie, Jennie and Cam, Beanie for Caleb, not sure about Brandon and Jacob.  Possibly beanies for them as well. Or I Just get them gift cards.

Still trying to deside if I should make the two stockings for Buck (hobby) and me???????

Christmas Knitting

Well it's been a very long time since I last posted. Since that post I have frogged and restarted the Frost Flower Cardigan.  I have not worked on it since I restarted it.  Will get back to it the first of the year.

Right now I am busy doing Christmas knitting.  I have to make two stockings for two new members of the family.  I'm still debating if I will make two extra stockings one for me and one for my hobby.   Since we are stocking stuffers.  However my daughters mother-in-law wants them so that she can hang them at her house.

I'm also making stocking stuffers for my daughter, her hobby and her two boys. Not to mention the in-laws.  I just have to figure out what to make for everyone.  The girls I figure making headbands/earwarmers.  The boys many hats for when they go hunting. As for my little grandsons not even a clue.  So backto the grind.

Progress on Frost Flowers Cardigan

 

I'm progressing quite nicely on my cardigan. I'm about to divide the work for the fronts and back and start sleeve shaping.  I can't wait until I can finish and block the body and start on the sleeves. I'm hoping that it will turn out the way I have it pictured in my head.

Frost Flowers

Yeah, finally finished my edging and have just finished the first repeat of the body.  It seems for every row forward, I take 2 rows back.

I'm been debating on my choice of front edging still debating if I will use the Checkered Acres with a slight change from 16 repeat rows to 20 repeat rows, or if I will go with something totally different.

Times will tell especially since I only have 1 repeat of the body. I just may change my mind at least 30 times. :)

Frost Flowers

Around May 27, I started a new project. This will be a lace cardigan. The pattern is from Barbara Walkers "A Treasure of Knitting Patterns".  I was at a luncheon when one of the ladies walker in wearing this beautiful cardigan and as soon as I saw it I recognized the stitch pattern as Frost flowers.  It had an edging at the bottom where the pattern was knit in the horizontal sewn to the body of the sweater.  I did not see the front of the sweater until after the luncheon which had a different stitch pattern around the front of the cardigan until the end of the luncheon when I checked it out a bit better.  The closest design that I could come up with was Checkered Acres also in the same book.  I may add a few more rows than the original pattern which is a 16 row repeat I may do a 20 or a 24 row repeat not sure yet. time will tell. 

As of today I am almost finished with the edging. Once I am finished with the edging (I only have about 3 more pattern repeat to do) I will pick up the stitches for the body of the sweater and work the fronts and back at the same time until I get to the armholes.  The sleeves I will attempt to do from the top down if the pattern works out correctly. 

Finally I will work the shawl type collar and attach it to the edging and body of the cardigan as I go along.  Well I better get back to work so that I can finished this in a fairly reasonable amount of time.

The photo shows what I had completed by 5/31, however, on 6/3 I had completed 10 repeats of the pattern and frogged the entire thing as I did not like the way it was turning out on the edges.  As of today I 12 pattern repeats i need a total of 14.5. Hopefully before I go to bed i will have picked up the stitched I need for the body of the sweater.