Here we craft again

We have spent time in our friend’s cabin in PEI the last two summers. There really is nothing quite like it and I’m not good enough of a writer to describe why. If you visit, no matter how much (or how little) you are in touch with your emotions or memories, one thing we will certainly have to agree on is that it is just so incredibly colourful. The spaces are always filled with rich, vibrant colours — no matter where you look. The bronzes of the beaches, the blues of the water and skies, the greens of the fields with freckles of purples. It’s the latter that really captivated me.  With so much green, you can only expect there to be lot of sheep and hence lot of wool. Of course I couldn’t resist buying local wool and of course I ended up with 3 shades of green and 3 shades of purple. Pure wool in DK or maybe sport weight. I didn’t know what I was going to do with it, but it certainly wasn’t going to be a scarf or a sweater as the wool was quite thick and not terribly soft.  Th...

I saw these Clouldburst fingerless gloves and I loved them. I figured these will work great for anyone on the West Coast and their milder climate. I had lovely Lion Brand's Touch of Alpaca yarn that and I got to work. I used my 2.5mm flexi needles and had to cast on 36 stitches for a nice fit. This meant slightly adjusting the pattern. Knitting went smoothly and quickly, nothing special to report here. Soon I had a pair of fingerless gloves.  I loved the longer fit on both the fingers and the wrist. But I didn't think this pattern was as visible on my yarn of choice as it was on the original. So why not try another pattern?  I wanted something similar with a vertical column of maybe cables and I remembered Purl Soho's Soft as a Cloud Cowl  and decided to incorporate the mock cables into my design.  I cast on 36, meaning 18 stitches for each front and back of the glove. I wanted two columns of mock cables on the back of the glove. So after 10 rows of ribbing, here wa...