21 days of Peace Knitting have brought me to the bind off and, as you can see, I am going to do the suggested i-cord bind off. It is by no means a quick bind off, but I am enjoying the pace of this knitting tremendously – I will continue the bind off in the peaceful fashion that the cowl has been knit. Stay tuned for the matching i-cord on the bottom of the cowl. I am not sure how peaceful picking up 318 stitches will be, but I will let you know!
I really love the texture of this cowl!
I also FINALLY bought Slow Stitching, and WOW! I am almost finished reading it and my head is FILLED with ideas on how to incorporate this into my life. This is especially exciting because I did not do well with my resolution to stitch daily last year, however 2017 will bring a renewed purpose with stitching into my days. I hope to incorporate many of the techniques talked about in the book – I am really inspired and will spend some time between Christmas and New Year gathering things that I have in the house to begin this exploration.
David of Southern Cross Fibres has always been an inspiration as well, and when I saw this posted on his Instagram feed earlier this week I had a bit of an ah-ha moment!
I am excited to start this new journey in the New Year.
My reading this year has been nothing short of phenomenal. There are two people who significantly improved my reading this year – Carole and Bonny! Carole inspired me to join Summer Book Bingo and Bonny is always reading something interesting which inspires me to add another book to my “I want to read this” list on Goodreads. A huge thanks to both of them!
I began and finished Behind Closed Doors on Saturday (it is amazing what an electrical outage will do for your reading!!) and was excited to get an email from the library that Michael Chabon’s Moonglow is ready for me to pick up! This year I have read 52 books and with any luck I will be able to get that to 55 before year end!
Jeffrey Brown of PBS Newshour released a compilation of 31 books that you should add to your holiday reading list. There were several books that I will be adding to my want to read list for 2017. So many books, so little time.
As always, I am linking up with Ginny’s Yarn Along. Happy Wednesday everyone!
Sooooooooooooo many books! I’m inspired by your I-cord edging. I’d actually have to knit it to get there though! I put it down for a couple of quick Christmas items. I’ll be back at it next week. Yours looks so pretty!
I really love your cowl. It needs a light-enough color to show the pattern. Did you cast on the 318 stitches? I was worried that it might be too long. But mostly I frogged mine because it was twisted.
I must get my hands on that book!
I am definitely going to buy that book ASAP. I NEED it! (Although meditation and stuff typically stresses me out…)
I don’t think picking up stitches for Icord finishes is the same as picking up stitches to knit them. MUCH MUCH MUCH easier. I never mind it. Icord is my middle name.
Happy merry this week my dear. Much love to you and yours.
Your cowl looks fantastic! Thanks again for the book links. I’ve read a number of books by Bernd Heinrich – he is a wonderful writer.
Your cowl looks lovely. I’m a slow knitter & fell behind but hope to finish by the New Year. I don’t know what I would do without something to stitch and a book to read!
Love the texture of your cowl! And colors are mixing in perfectly! Happy holiday week!
I love your Peace Cowl! I am far behind on mine, but that’s okay as I’m going to knit for Peace today and continue on. I’m flattered that you think I’ve helped you add some books to your TBR list, but it really goes both ways. Slow Stitch is now on my list, along with several books from the PBS list. Thank YOU!
The i-cord edges will finish off your cowl beautifully. While the stitches might be a pain to pick up it will be worth doing. I am dying to read Moonglow. I am in a reading slump, as I haven’t opened a book for a week.
Great looking peace cowl and here’s hoping your icord pick up goes easily. I’m so glad you feel inspired to read more and that I helped you with that. It’s one of the things I love most about being a librarian.
Looking fwd to seeing your finished cowl…it’s beautiful now…I’ve yet to start mine – but I am in no rush because I am putting peace at the top of my daily agenda! Realized I have Slow Stitching in my personal library…it’s been waiting for me to finish my Flower Garden quilt…and now that that’s on the way to finale, I pulled it out and set it on top of a growing “to read” pile.
Cheers~
Wow–your cowl is quite beautiful! I took a peaceful pause in my project to focus on a hat for a colleague in need of good vibes/peace, and it felt like the right thing to do. My peace cowl is calling me and I’m hoping to finish it while I’m on vacation from school.
so much to READ and KNIT! (thank goodness for audio books – they’ve changed my life for sure!) and do you know about this method for adding i-cord (https://www.purlsoho.com/create/2008/01/23/attached-i-cord-tutorial/) picking up the stitches while you work the i-cord is a lot easier!)
your Cowl is beautiful!!! I cannot believe that you didn’t knit every day…it seems like you do! that or spin. I’ve been mulling over my goals for next year and haven’t cemented any as of yet. I have time!
Ahhh, Slow Stitching has been on my Wish List for a while… may need to make it happen!!
Here’s to a new year, and new journeys!