hello!

I am back from vacation!! I can't wait to share my photos and stories with all of you... but I'm warning you that it will be a beast of a post :))))

In the meantime, I'll share two recent finished objects.




Pattern: Blueberry Waffle Socks by Sandy Turner
Yarn: Cakewalk Yarn in colorway Cherry Blossom
Needles: Magic Loop 2.25 mm
Modifications: I knit these socks toe-up in fingering weight yarn, rather than sport. 64 stitches.

This is pair six of thirteen that I hope to knit this year :)




I love this yarn. And I can't wait to get my hands on more.




Originally, I started vanilla socks with the yarn, but realized I wanted something else. I am really glad I frogged and knit this pattern instead. Don't get me wrong; I swoon over the plain vanillas on Ravelry knit in Cherry Blossom. This yarn is gorgeous in any pattern.





Pattern: Whitecaps Hat by Emily Wessel
Yarn: Malabrigo Chunky in colorway Bobby Blue
Needles: Magic Loop 4.5 mm and 5.0 mm
Modifications: none! Though, I might have added more ribbing rows but I didn't know if I would have enough yarn. As it is, the hat fully covers my ears so I am very pleased!

The pattern gives directions for three different weights of yarn, and I'd like to knit one in sport next!! This is a great pattern, very well written with beautiful results.




This was my first time using Malabrigo and it is sooo lovely!! The dye job is gorgeous and the yarn is so dreamy. On vacation I bought a fingering weight skein of Malabrigo... moohaha! can't wait!




Off to work on the vacation post :) happy Tuesday, friends!

Sunday already?

This weekend is going by much too quickly! We spent a lot of yesterday cooking, dehydrating meals, and cleaning up. We managed to make and dehydrate Thai Noodles and Black Bean Stew; they are both really tasty! Dehydrating meals is somewhat of a new adventure for us, we started trying it last year after finding the Backpack Gourmet. I was skeptical at first but the recipes in this book are actually really good (like, meals to cook on a regular basis even!). It has recipes for both hot and cold breakfasts, lunches, dinners, breads/crackers, and snacks. What really sealed the deal for me is it's sooo easy to rehydrate the food when camping- just add water and boil. That makes camp life so much less stressful if it's getting dark, you're starved, and don't want to cook! And since the meal wasn't prepared in the pot, just rehydrated, it's ridiculously easy to clean up (I hate washing dishes when camping).


This past week I finished a pair of fingerless mittens:



Pattern: Grand Right and Left by Paula McKeever
Cast on: April 1, 2013
Finished: August 1, 2013
Yarn: Knit Picks Telemark in Aubergine
Needles: US 4
Modifications: none!

I looove these mitts. They were a mystery KAL that I couldn't resist....but lost my steam after the first mitt! Very happy these are finished and am looking forward to autumn so I can wear them :)


I have also picked up my dad's (last year's) Christmas socks again:



The toes were too short!! I had put off knitting these until the final weeks before Christmas, and knit like a madwoman. I think I actually finished them on Christmas Eve....and then they didn't fit! I probably cried. It has seriously taken all these months to gather up my strength.


And progress on my Whitecaps Hat:



The color is a little off in this photo, but you get the idea! I am on the last pattern repeat before decreasing. I would like to finish this hat in time for our Canadian vacation :) T-minus eight days!!!!!

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend :)