Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Holding on to Autumn

Hello all!! I don't know about you, but these past few months have just been flying by. It feels like we should just be entering into Autumn, not seeing the end of it. I am determined to hold on to the last few days/weeks with all I have before giving into Christmas mania:) Usually I am excited for the holidays to come, but it seems like it is being pushed on us earlier and earlier every year and I just need things to slow down a bit. I do admit that I started looking at a few Christmas things this past week, but I'm planning on waiting until next week before I really get into it.

So instead of working on Christmas related crafting, I've been working on a couple Autumn(ish) themed projects.

1st is...

These are pumpkin shaped wash cloths and they will be a house warming/Thanksgiving hostess gift for my mother-in-law. I had to look up a couple of the stitch instructions on this, but overall it has been an easy project. I just have a bit to do on the second one, have to figure out how to attach the vine and then weave in all the ends:) The pattern is free at KnitPicks.

The second project is...

Yes, I have an orange thing going on!! This scarf will be for me as I only have one scarf and it was the first knitting project I did. It's fine, but not as pretty as this and I wanted something in a pretty Autumn color:) I am using Heartland by Lion's Brand in colorway Yosemite. This pattern is called Chunky Fir Tree Lace Scarf, and can be found on Ravelry for just over $1.00 USD.

Hope everyone is enjoying their Autumn (or spring) to the fullest!!

4 comments:

  1. I was very late to admit that autumn had actually arrived. I hold on to summer as long as possible. But the weather is much colder now here. Roll on spring!

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  2. What fantastic knitting projects. Love them. Happy Thanksgiving!

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  3. The pumpkin cloths are SO cute! I'll have to get that pattern and make some for my aunt. She loves autumnal-themed décor.

    The pattern and yarn color is nice. I've not used Heartland yarn but I really like that color. I'll have to check that out too.

    Hope your Thanksgiving was a blessed one.

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  4. Dark green with orange look like wonderful combination of colors.

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