Things are crazy busy on the knitting front. Everyone is back in good health over here at our house, and that means I got my knitting time back. The Tsu Sweater shown on the left is so near finished. Ideally it will be blocking tonight. I’m so excited about this one!! A new sweater is being swatched in the upper right hand corner there. (It’s Quince’s new Owl line. Quince + alpalca = perfection. Seriously. It was really futile for me to resist.)
I had this pair of fingerless mittens going on behind the scenes a few weeks ago, as I thought the idea was fun and it was a super-quick knit. I was planning on submitting it somewhere, but I missed the deadline. Unfortunately, knitting is not often the priority, which I have no regrets about. I’m on the fence on whether or not they need more tweaking before they are publish-worthy. I call the pattern “gluten.” I had Knut do a photo shoot with me for them, and the pictures turned out…well terrible. That’s part of the reason I’m on the fence. If I could get some better pictures, than maybe.
So for reading, I’m still working through One Thousand Gifts. Such a good book.
Linking up with Ginny again.
Sarah says
June 12, 2013 at 12:58 pmI have to admit I am cracking up, because the idea of MY husband doing a photo shoot for me modeling anything I have knit is HILARIOUS – both the imagined process and the results. And shoot, now he just looked over to see what I was laughing about and I had to discreetly hide the computer so he wouldn’t see and take offense. ha!!
Your knitting is all Gorgeous, with a capital G. I love the color of the mitts and your Tsu sweater – I just can’t wait to see it all blocked and finished. The color is gorgeous. I am glad to see you recommend Quince since I have only used their yarn once but really liked it and loved how affordable it was, so I will definitely look forward to doing more with their yarn in the future!
I loved One Thousand Gifts and it really kind of changed my perspective on my struggle with pessimism. I return to it so often just for a boost to remember how to fight the sin of complaining. I jumped on the bandwagon (before even knowing there WAS a bandwagon, I did not know how big the phenomenon was when I picked it up) and started a gratitude journal which has really helped me throughout the day, in spite of the fact that it’s not nearly as eloquent and poetic as Ann Voskamp’s. 🙂
Seriously love your blog and am always pleased when a new post comes up in my blog feed. 🙂
Lisa @ HappyinDoleValley says
June 12, 2013 at 1:24 pmyour fingerless mittens are quite nice; hope you climb down off that fence. 🙂
The Knitty Gritty Homestead says
June 12, 2013 at 1:40 pmWow, that swatch is beautiful!! I’d love a sweater like that but would fail completely at keeping track of that kind of pattern. I imagine that when my kids get older I’ll be able to do more than knit baby hats and sweaters! 🙂
http://www.theknittygrittyhomestead.blogspot.ca/2013/06/yarn-along-ready-for-summer.html
Amanda says
June 12, 2013 at 1:41 pmYour knitting is so beautiful and inspiring! Glad to hear everyone is well again. 🙂 I love the fingerless mits, you’ve got one good picture right here, for sure.
arwen_tiw says
June 12, 2013 at 1:49 pmSUCH beautiful knitting. 🙂 They all look so great together!
no spring chicken says
June 12, 2013 at 2:05 pmDefinitely that is a basket full of beauty. Your husband does photo shoots? I wouldn’t even ask mine.. 🙂
Blessings, Debbie
Erin says
June 12, 2013 at 2:08 pmI love how all your current knits match together so well, even if it is unintentional. 🙂
Beautiful beautiful knits, and I’m glad to hear you like the new Quince line so well. I’m hoping to have a chance to try it soon.
elizabeth says
June 12, 2013 at 2:32 pmvery lovely! the picture, the knits! the new sweater swatch looks wonderful!!
Debbie says
June 12, 2013 at 3:38 pmSuch beautiful colours. i hadn’t heard of One Thousand Gifts before, I will have to order that from the library.
momto5 says
June 12, 2013 at 3:48 pmthe fingerless mitts look lovely, looking forward to the pattern when ever you feel ready to share it with the world. 🙂
Ginx Craft says
June 12, 2013 at 4:11 pmYour knitting just all looks so lovely together in a basket.
momentsofpeacemama says
June 12, 2013 at 4:42 pmBeautiful, beautiful knits! I got the One Thousand Gifts Devotional for Christmas and I’m really looking forward to going through it – I really enjoyed the book!
Kristin Ronnevik says
June 12, 2013 at 5:06 pmI LOVE those fingerless mittens!! I would be more than happy to help you with photos whenever you want.
Gretchen R says
June 12, 2013 at 5:12 pmKristin, I have about 3 patterns that need to be photographed in the next month or so. I’ve seriously considered having you do it!
Charis's Mum says
June 12, 2013 at 5:34 pmYour fingerless mitts are lovely. I started reading One Thousand Gifts, but had a hard time getting into her writing style, so I put the book down. I might restart it again though, especially since I’ve been VERY pessimistic lately.
October Rose says
June 12, 2013 at 8:02 pmOhmygoodness. Looking at your photo is almost making me drool. I need to get my hands on some Quince yarn!
Dahle says
June 13, 2013 at 3:28 amThe fingerless mitts are really pretty!