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I'm currently knitting the Antler Cardigan for myself and two granddaughters. I also found the Antler Hat pattern and just finished one for each of the boys. I can just imagine a great photo shoot at Chico Hot Springs early this spring! Pattern: Antler Hat Yarn: Plymouth Encore Colorway: Ecru Amount: Less than a skein each Needle Size: US 6 and US 8

Hubby and I recently looked out our window to witness this:   The Old Toms were gathered around encouraging the youngsters in the performance.

I'm hoping to get a pair of socks completed for every male member of the family this year. The California Dreamin' Son in law just had a birthday, I missed it by a few days but the socks will be in the mail tomorrow! There were several different options given for the heel and toe depending on if you wanted "decaf" (easy) or "caffeinated" (harder) socks . The pattern in the sock lent itself well to the different colors in the yarn. My motto usually is, "You can do color or you can do pattern but you can't do both." this is an exception. Pattern: Vanilla Latte Yarn: Schoppel-Wollle Crazy Zauberball Amount: 1 skein Colorway: Blue/gray/black Needle Size: US size 1

There are several reasons for this blog. I want to document my knitting, the things I do over the course of a year. I also write memories of mine so that one day the grandchildren will know a different side of me and what my life was like growing up, and what my grandparents parents and siblings were like. At the end of the year I have the blog printed and bound for each of the families. Not long ago The California Dreamin' Gurl was talking to a friend about the blog and book. The Piraate showed immediate interest, sat down and read the journals cover to cover.   As he turned the last page he asked his mom, "When is the next edition being published?"

We’re heading to Yellowstone Park soon. It can get COLD there! So cold that I bought a down jacket but wanted some new mitts too. A quick dig in the stash, and search for a pattern and I was good to go! A fast knit... Pattern: Dashing Yarn: Patons Classic Wool Color: Ecru Amount: Less than a skein Needle Size:

I was happily spinning one Monday evening not long ago, listening to the KnitGirllls podcast when I heard Leslie say that I had won a skein of yarn! Wow! This is the third skein that I've won from a podcast and I couldn't be happier! Lucky me! What a bonus for listening and doing something I love! This yarn is from Friday Studios and is a self striping super-wash wool/,polyamide yarn called Fireworks. Currently there are many sock/self striping KALS going on in the ravelry world but I'm not sure that I'll put this yarn on the needles until I have the current par off the needles. I only want one pair of socks going at a time! ( also a sweater and two pairs of mitts, remember my vow of monogamy? Hmmmm! )

I've been wanting to knit this sweater since before Christmas. It is knit from the bottom up and has a lovely set of cables all around the yoke. The pattern is written for a wide range of sizes, 6 months to a 54 inch bust! I think this sweater would be great for toddler boys but older fellas may put their foot down about wearing it. I started the first of three antler cardigans in a size I think will fit my eldest granddaughter.  I had some stash yarn that worked well. My dear daughter, known in my circle of knitting friends as The Sweater Killer, and I came to terms a long time ago about yarn content, if the sweater was not to shrink, then it had to be knit in acrylic! Because of the acrylic content, I was a little worried about the yoke of this sweater, it seemed to have no shoulders! However, I used Plymouth Encore which contains some wool and everything fell into place once I blocked it. Pattern: Antler Cardigan Yarn: Plymouth Encore Colorway: Ecru Amount: 5 skeins...