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Yarn Along

~ Two of my favorite things are knitting and reading, and the evidence of this often shows up in my photographs.  I love seeing what other people are knitting and reading as well. So, what are you knitting or crocheting right now? What are you reading? Take a photo and share it either on your blog or on Flickr. Leave a link below to share your photo with the rest of us! ~

Yarn Along

For literal years I have been wanting to knit a particular cardigan inspired by an out of print vintage pattern that I can’t seem to get my hands on.  It occurred to me that I ought to try writing my own pattern, so that’s just what I am doing.  I cast on Friday night and am almost finished knitting the body of what will be Beatrix’s fall cardigan.  Blue is her color, and I am having a great time knitting this in some of Cynthia’s indigo dyed merino.  It’s the perfect shade of blue.  I am having so much fun knitting this sweater that I may finish it in the next week!  I’ll be excited and kind of nervous to show you.  (Make sure to check back this weekend for a giveaway from Brambleberry Yarns.  Cynthia dyed a skein of yarn especially for one of you to win!)

I haven’t read a chapter book aloud to my boys in awhile, and decided to pick back up with the Little Britches series because they are some of our favorites and we’ve not read beyond the first two.  We are reading The Home Ranch.  I also plan to start reading aloud Hilda Van Stockum’s Five For Victory, the first in her series about the Mitchell family.  It sounds like a sweet story that the whole family will enjoy.

(photo by Jonny)

 

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Comments

  1. I am so glad to hear you mention LittleBritches. I didn’t discover the series until my youngest daughter and I read them together. We loved them.. They have really stayed with me. The boy/man is so clever and inspiring and lead such an exciting and inspiring life. The struggles, hard work and family values are vividly portrayed. I hope many of your readers also discover this series for themselves. They are not just for boys! (I homeschooled four daughters.)

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  3. Oh wow, making up your own cardigan pattern? That sounds like an adventure. I hope it’s a wonderful one.

    And hooray for being a reading-out-loud family, too. 🙂

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  4. Hi there! I was wondering at what age did you start reading books to your kids, like a whole book with a story divided in chapters… and what books did you use at the beginning? Many thanks!
    Cheers,
    Lina

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  6. Ginny,
    What a sweet picture. 🙂
    I attempted to knit with Bracken by my side last night and it didn’t work out. 🙂

    I LOVE the color of that blue yarn. We planted a dye garden this year and planted some indigo, which is thriving. I’m really looking forward to dyeing with it.

    Love, Taryn

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  8. Have actually been organised enough to join in this week, I’ve missed linking up. Looking forward to seeing the end result of Beatrix’s fall cardigan, I bet there’ll be a lot of oohing and aahing at the finished result.

    San x

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  10. I can identify with your picture – isn’t that how we get the most knitting done sometimes! =) I was so excited when my little one crawled on my lap and asked for a sweater out of the yarn I was knitting with… made me so happy! So sweet!

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  13. Looking forward to seeing your cardigan…writing my own pattern?? Heavens…that would be a tangled mess of needles, fiber and a scramble of words – I leave that to talented folks like yourself….enjoy the day!!

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  17. Good luck with the pattern. I find when I am writing a pattern that I will write it and rewrite it a few times before I am completely happy with it and then end up making a few of what I was creating because of all the changes. Love the yarn and can’t wait to see the yarn for the giveaway!

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  19. Wow! Can’t wait to see the new pattern! I’ve done some very very simple ones but can’t imagine writing one for a sweater!

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  20. Writing your own pattern and a sweater pattern at that? I’m impressed, Ginny!

    We have a few in that series but somehow never read them. I really must pull it off the shelf and take a look. My boys probably would like it, and I haven’t read aloud to them in a very long time (other than our history or science oriented books, but certainly not a good story book).

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  21. I love your blog! Thank you for hosting Yarn Along. It is quite stupid of me, that I don’t know how to copy the button as well as the link to your blog. So I copied the button and added some information of the button with hope that it works.
    Have a nice Wednesday!

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  22. I have been remiss in not thanking you sooner for the Merry Hall recommendation some time back. I read it, loved it, and am on to the rest of what Beverley Nichols wrote.

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  23. I really love that photo. And I just have to thank you again for introducing us to Little Britches. I won your give-away for it last year, and we already read it out loud as a family to the boys. We all loved it.

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  26. What a lovely photo! I love the color of Beatrix’s fall cardigan, very warm and rich! Can’t wait to see it finished 🙂

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  31. Have fun designing your own pattern. I love to make my own. There is always something I want to change… yarn weight, garment size, needle size….. I linked-up a post about a fair isle hat I designed to match a pair of mittens I knitted. Be careful, you may get addicted to creating your own patterns:)

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  36. Looking forward to seeing the finished sweater! Next I am going to start a Tea Leaves and would like to complete one for all 3 of my girls by Christmas. Gulp.

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  40. What a lovely photo Ginny! Reminds me a lot of my days at the moment (only I don’t have 4 other kids outside the photo somewhere…)
    And the blue of that yarn? Delish! I’m really looking forward to seeing what you make from your own pattern!!

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  44. What a pretty color! I am eager to see the pattern you make. How exciting. My kiddos really enjoyed the Little Britches books. We listened to the audiobook and loved the cowboy sounding narrator.

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  46. How exciting that you are designing your own pattern! I can’t wait to see how your project turns out, I am sure it will be beautiful.

    I love the colourway of your yarn.

    Take care
    Linda

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  48. What a perfect yarn for your Beatrix and how wonderful to write your own knitting pattern! Please don’t be nervous to show us, we are all friends and we are so excited for you.
    I love the Little Britches series, it was a read aloud in my family a few years ago when my guys
    were all still home.

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