Knitting – The Woolen Rabbit

A skein of yarn in shades of blue and green placed on a white dish that has the word 'HAPPY' written on it.

Do you know
Where you are
On your jouney?
“Deng Ming Dao”

Normally I do not join knit-alongs because I am a notoriously slow and easily distracted knitter, however Joji Locatelli is doing a one skein Mystery Shawl for the month of November that had me jump in with both feet! She stressed that it would be easy to complete in the time frame given. I have also wanted to test knit one of the yarns that I have in stock right now, so a small and quick knit seems like the perfect fit!

Image featuring a skein of green yarn with the text 'ONE LOVE MYSTERY KAL' and 'Joji Knits' on a solid green background.

You can find more information on Joji’s Ravelry page where you can purchase the pattern and join along if you would like. I won’t be showing many progress pictures as it is a mystery shawl and Joji has requested that we don’t post pictures that will give it away, but you might see this picture above show up here and there.

Close-up of a knitted sweater sleeve cuff in textured brown wool resting on a patterned fabric surface.

One of the problems with being an easily distracted knitter is the I often miss mistakes and then the project languishes for me to get back to it. While the pattern called for K2,P2 for the sleeve cuff like the the sleeve on the top, my brain kicked into a 1×1 cuff for the second one…oops.

Close-up view of a hand-knit sweater showing a patterned yoke in browns and cream with a brown ribbed cuff, placed on a wooden surface.

I also took the time to correct the 1×1 knitting that I did at the bottom of the sweater and made it just a little bit longer. Once I finish the sleeve cuff I know that this sweater will get a lot of wear. Normally I can’t wear scratchy wool, but for some reason this Jamieson Shetland wool is actually comfortable and comforting to wear.
I have another sweater that I need to give a little love to as well so that I can wear it more often too. I’ll share more about that one in a future post.

Goodness it is such a blustery day here in New Hampshire!

A cozy knitted set including a textured brown hat, a patterned shawl, and matching mittens arranged near a decorative star-cut lantern.

Patterns used
Hat: “Elisbeth” by Bonne Marie Burns
Yarn: WW Kashmir ~ Colorway: Cornhusk
Scarf/Shawl: “Spotlight” by Woolenberry
Yarn: Opal ~ Colorway: Cornhusk
Mittens: “Wood Hollow” by Kristen Kapur
Yarn: WW Kashmir ~ Cornhusk

Last spring after I tucked away my mismatched mittens and hat for the season and made it a mission to create a cozy winter set for the upcoming winter.

I started with the shawl which was a joy to knit! It is designed by a designer that I have worked with in the past for my “Fairy Tales” yarn club, Janina Kallio, who is the owner of Woolenberry designs. She creates some of the most beautiful yet simple to knit shawls and this one did not disappoint. I really enjoyed knitting this! I see more of her designs in my future.

Next on the needles was a hat/headband pattern that I have knit SO many times!!! Enough times that the designer, Bonne Marie Burns, used a picture of my daughter for her headband pattern. It’s called “Elisbeth” and I swear for someone who has so much trouble getting through a second sock or mitten, this pattern is like eating potato chips for me. I could just keep knitting them one after another and the best part is that I LOVE wearing this hat design. The hat itself is incredibly comfortable and knit with my WW Kashmir yarn, it is incredibly soft next to your skin.

Lastly are the “Wood Hollow” mittens designed by my friend Kristen Kapur. We both discovered the world of fiber, yarn and knitting designs around the same time before it exploded. I can’t believe it has been over 20 years already! As you may have figured out from my above comment, I am not a fan of knitting 2 of the same thing which makes knitting mittens a little bit of a challenge for me, however, I like having warm hands even more..ha!
This is a fun to knit pattern and a nice introduction to doing cable work on double pointed knitting needles.

Now I’m ready for winter….are you? What’s on your knitting needles?

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