I am pleased to announce that I finished the back of my leaf cardigan, and I'm onto the left front. You can even see most of one leaf in the picture. Hurray!!
If you are thinking to yourself that it looks very small--you are not alone, I think it looks TINY! I know there will be quite a bit of ribbing added on, but I still think this is going to end up pretty fitted. At this point I'm choosing not to doubt and just go with it.
Lastly, I made some progress on the girls sock, hurray. I think after this I'm going to have to try socks with a pattern, because I find them incredibly boring! Next to it in the red is the bottom end of Chubby Chirp. I've already finished one I'll show you on Friday. So cute!
The other day I went on Amazon and checked out their list of Top 100 most popular free ebooks. I like very little more than I like free. I ended up downloading about 6 books, which makes me happy. Last night I started reading Ketchup is a Vegetable and other lies Mom's tell Themselves by Robin O'Bryant. I was pleasantly surprised, it is really funny. However I just went to the website to pull this picture and it is no longer free. What is up with that??? There are other good ones though, so if you haven't before and you have a Kindle, check it out! Another thing you should check out on a regular basis is the Kindle Daily Deal. Bargains to be had!
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Oooh, excellent progress on the leafy cardigan, it's looking very pretty :)
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about the socks - I keep telling myself it is time to branch out into patterns or I'll get so bored I never knit another sock again ;)
Hooray for a leaf...it looks so lovely.
ReplyDeleteYou have to check Amazon daily for their free books as they are free one day and not the next for a lot of their books! {Sneaky big companies! :) }
Happy yarn along.
Hurray:) I am looking forward to your leaf cardigan, can't wait until it is finished!
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Everything looks great! Your cardigan is going to be gorgeous. I love that color.
ReplyDeleteSometimes you just have to put your doubt on hold and keep knitting. I know that it will look stunning at the end, especially because you chose such beautiful yarn!
ReplyDeleteThere are so many gorgeous sock patterns out there that I'm sure you'll love. Maybe Monkey socks by Cookie A is good place to start?
ReplyDeleteI have a Kobo Vox eReader and after signing up for the email list I find a 20-30% coupon in my inbox almost every week. Having the discount makes so many new releases so reasonably priced!
I just checked out the Monkey Socks--they are too cute. I'll add them to my queue, thanks!
DeleteOh my, I hope the sweater is going to be the right size. I hate when I doubt my decision. It looks so lovely :) One thing that helps is blocking, I managed to block many sweaters to size!
ReplyDeleteI really like the leafy cardigan. Can't wait to see it finished...
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness sakes...Your leaf cardigan has "the leaf" I have been looking for. Last year, I received a package after my grandmother passed away. It was a knitted bed cover, in need of repair, and several pieces that had been removed from worn out pieces (she lived through the depression and threw NOTHING away that could be salvaged). Anyways, the repeating motif was a leaf and I have been looking for it ever since but I had pretty much given up because she would have knit it in the mid 1930's before she got married (if you go to my blog, the picture for my etsy shop is a piece of it, if you want to see it, oh, and my etsy banner too is a piece of it). Thank you so much for sharing. I have back-tracked to get the pattern number of your picture you posted for the pattern. This is exactly why I love yarn along!
ReplyDeleteI've just left a comment on your blog, but I have to say I'm uncommonly pleased that you found your leaf. Yay for the internet and connecting all of us!
DeleteThe cardi will be lovely! Love the leaf motif.
ReplyDeleteI'm floored by Natalie's comment above! How lovely! Everything looks wonderful, too. :)
ReplyDeleteMe too! It really made my day.
Deleteyay for your little leaf! it's making everyone so happy! andria, can you check by comparing your measurements? they will be on the pattern, if they match for your size, your good! it's going to be so pretty!
ReplyDeleteI don't knit much at all, but you are a great reminder that I have a knitting book to get a review done on.
ReplyDeleteLove the look of that leaf pattern cardi
ReplyDeleteWhat is that book about? Because the title and cover art are intriguing for sure!
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