Well, it is finally the end of summer and yes, that is me you hear crying. I am sad because I love the long days of light in the summer. I am happiest when it is still light at ten at night, go figure.
The change of seasons, however, gives us a great chance to get creative with our knitting and crochet.
I am working on a shawl right now (did you guess that I love crafting shawls and wraps?) that uses Caron Tea Cake. DD1 bought me a couple of cakes as a gift in the spring and I finally figured out what they wanted to be. I started and realized, of course, after I had started that I needed a third cake to make my imagined shawl become real. I am sure that you know exactly how it feels when you are looking for the impossible to find skein of yarn.
I made a couple of tours of different Michael’s yarn aisles and nada. I searched online and nada until I looked at the Woolwarehouse site and yay! I have a couple of cakes coming just in case a third is not enough. Here is what I have done so far.
It is pretty basic, just garter stitch, but I am trying a wider border and centre spine. I plan on embellishing the plain knit with some crocheted appliques. We will see how that works out for me. Sometimes what you envision and what you get in real life are vastly different.
The Christmas craft sale season is fast approaching and I will be at two sales this year. I will post my locations closer to the dates if you live in Calgary and would like to stop by and chat. I am focusing on kid’s clothing and mostly toys again this year as there is always a plethora of hats, scarfs, mitts, etc. at other vendor’s displays.
Don’t forget that charity begins at home so if you love to make warm wearables, I am positive that they will be welcomed by shelters this winter. Have look at my previous blogs for an easy hat and scarf pattern.
Happy crafting until next week and remember to love yourself.