Wednesday, August 26, 2015

A Year of Projects update... must be Wednesday!

Yep, it's Wednesday again, and Wednesday means that I take stock of what I've been working on this week.

The Boneyard shawl didn't get much of a look in this week, so I didn't bother to take a picture of my minuscule progress - you wouln't even be able to tell!

I have cast on for two new projects, though. 

The first one is a test knit for Ruth, so I can't tell you much about it. Here is a sneak peak at it though:


The second is a beanie for myself. I had a few comments on my FO post that highlighted the absence of a beanie for the knitter and to be honest, boy #1 in particular had also been quite vocal about the absence of a 'Mummy Beanie' and had been quizzing me about colour combinations. 

I cast on with the same yarn that I'd been using for my previous testknit for Ruth, the now released Cosan Cowl pattern. I had a blast knitting it, and I think there might just be enough yarn left for a little beanie to go with the cowl. 


As for reading, I'm re-reading Life of Pi. We have a long-standing tradition of me reading to him in the evening, and although I'd previously read Life of Pi we decided to re-read it together. It's a wonderful, wonderful book, but I can't really tell you much about it without spoiling it I think. :) 

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14 comments:

  1. Haha loving the teaser shot, it's just exactly that, looking forward to seeing the colour combo you've selected this time and I really love the idea of having a matching beanie to a cowl! Mummy of course needs a beanie

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  2. Love the idea of a matching beanie to the cowl.

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  3. Love those two colors together. Happy Mummy Beanie!!

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  4. Fun colors for your beanie and the fact that you already have a cowl to match is just perfect.

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  5. I love your choice of colors for your projects and a cowl with matching hat sounds wonderful. I should do that for myself. I read Life of Pi and it is good but some parts were hard for me to read about the animals.

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  6. Oh, I love the pink and is that burgundy? together. Can't wait to see the finished items!

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  7. Love your two colors. Yum!

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  8. It's only right you get a beanie too! You picked great colours.

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  9. If you haven't watched the movie - Life of Pi - do! It's chock full of stunningly gorgeous visuals.

    Nice to see you knitting something for yourself ... and lovely colours!

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  10. I like the dark and light contrast in your beanie.

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  11. so glad you're getting your beanie, too!!! Great colors!!!! (loved Life of Pi, too! and surprisingly, I loved the movie. Usually a movie spoils for me what the book put in my head, but this one didn't!)

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  12. I have been working on a cross stitch project...I started out strong when it was rainy at the beginning of the week but it has sat untouched since the sun came out a few days ago. As for reading...I am only about a quarter of the way through Emma and I had planned on finishing it before the end of August. There is hope yet....

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  13. Love the look of both of the knits and the colour in the second is gorgeous. Can't wait to see your test finished.

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  14. Love the look of both of the knits and the colour in the second is gorgeous. Can't wait to see your test finished.

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