Currently on the Needles


My sock blanket is growing and growing!  But slowly....I love knitting it now that there is a chill in the air, a tiny chill but still a chill to love.  I have so much leftover sock yarn that I haven't reached the bottom of the bag.

I'm continuing my hitofude cardigan that I posted about yesterday and my imagine when shawl. I rotate between all three projects as my mood changes.  I am having an urge to cast on the fourth project just to have one more option, but what?

For my reading this week, I started a new novel called Blackberry Winter by Sarah Jio.  This novel is captivating and she shifts from present day to the past during WW II.  Oh how I love the past!  In the evening I relax and do a mini time travel.

What are you knitting and reading this week?

Joining Ginny and Frontier Dreams

Comments

  1. Love your projects Karen! It will be so nice to knit this blanket in the winter, having it rest on your lap, keeping your warm and your fingers busy. I just started a cowl, that I hope will be a Christmas present for a friend. I kind of made the pattern up and I'm not sure yet if it will work or not. Been too busy to really focus on it...

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  2. the sock blanket is really moving along!!!! love it!!!! hmmmmm. i think you need a small-er-ish project to juggle...like a cowl or mitts (or maybe both??!)

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  3. the blanket is really coming along and I love all the fun colors!! I'm still debating on the casting on that cardigan.....can I have 2 sweaters going at once?

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  4. I love the blanket! It's coming along beautifully!! I'm working on socks....and the baby is waking so I have no time to take a picture for a blog post right now!! I LOVED that book!! Loved loved loved it!

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  5. The blanket is spectacular. Your book sounds interesting, I hope our library has it. :)

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  6. I love the blanket! You're giving me thoughts on what to do with my own buckets of leftover sock yarn.

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  7. Love the blanket - all the colors and especially the construction, very interesting.

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  8. The blanket is such a great idea! Are you following a pattern, or just knitting as you go? I should really do something like this, I have so much leftover yarn from projects...and it would be perfect for the frigid winter I am totally expecting this year!

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  9. I love your colorful blanket. And yes, there is a chill in the air. :-)

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  10. I love the update on the blanket. It is really growing. You must have an awful lot of leftover sock yarn.

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  11. Your blanket is so gorgeous and yes, I can its growth! Still waiting for our chill; the best I can say is that the mornings are starting to be cool and the nighttime temps are going down, so it will be here in a couple weeks! Love the hitofude color too!

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  12. loving that sock yarn blanket, that is amazing! the book sounds really good as well. :)

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  13. Your blanket has really grown and such happy, bright colors.
    I want to read your book, sounds right up my alley, your description reminds me of Kate Morton's books.

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  14. Your blanket is looking amazing! I like to have a few projects to go back and forth on when the mood moves me. The chill in the air is definitely welcome.

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  15. So much sock yarn- I'm eager to see how yours turns out. I'm inspired!

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  16. Your blanket is really coming along, I love the colour combination of the yarn.

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  17. Glad to see the sock blanket re emerging! It's looking great! And I'm going to look for that book- it sounds like something I would enjoy.

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  18. So beautiful- both. Loving all the colors!

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  19. That sock blanket is fantastic! I wonder how big it will get.

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  20. looking great!!! :))))) for a minute I thought the sleeves were little pants for a baby, then I realized my mistake :) all very nice! have a wonderful day!

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  21. Everything looks great! Your sock blanket reminds me to make some more hexipuffs out of my left over sock yarn.

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  22. Wow, Karen, that blanket is growing and one of these days you'll e amazed when you come to the end of that sock yarn stash. :)

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  23. Oh your blanket is looking wonderful!

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  24. The blanket looks great! I have also been enjoying the cooler weather. The book you are reading sounds great, I also like reading about the past. :)

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  25. Oh lots of changes. Your blog looks lovely Karen. Your blanket is growing much more rapidly than mine. I must start working on it again. Your book title is so cosy. Enjoy your mini time travel. Don't forget to come back...
    debx

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  26. Your projects are looking great! Sounds like you are enjoying them even though you've got your eye on yet another one. There's nothing quite as fun as starting a new project, is there?

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  27. Your sock scrap blanket is going to be WONDERFUL to snuggle in when the real chill hits. It is just beautiful! My eyes are still drawn straight to that beautiful Hitofude color! I may have to start another. =) blessings ~ tanna

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  28. I love the morning chill too-- makes me excited for fall and things to come. Your sock blanket is wonderful!

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  29. LOVE that sock blanket! AWESOME!
    xoxoxo

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  30. I love your sock blanket as well! It is so cool.
    I'm finishing the lace fingerless today. I sewed buttons on a the baby cardigan last night.
    I'm reading the book on prayer….so slowly.. I have to digest it a bit at a time.
    I'm embracing being off more than expected due to a low census

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  31. I love to watch as your blanket and cardi grow.

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  32. thanks for book reco I've added it to goodreads list to read next winter, Now I do like your idea of having 4 items on the go at once - very much!

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  33. I'm most certainly a one project on the needles kind of girl although there are plenty floating around my head. I'm currently knitting the Alaria Shawl. We had a rocky start but are now on very friendly terms. It's a great pattern but I need to concentrate. I am reading the third novel fo Elizabeth Jane Howard's sequel which takes place during WWII in England. It's set on my home ground so it's a great read.

    Stephanie

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