Every once in a while, life is abundant in little bits of sunshine. This was one of those weeks. And, among the bits of sunshine a sweater was born!
Sigla is a ray of sunshine all by itself because knitting a Mary Jane Mucklestone sweater is really a joy! Thirteen days start to finish and while I did not beat my Stopover time of 35 hours; at the conclusion I have a sweater that I am in love with! I made some modifications to the pattern which you can read about here. Sigla is on her way to becoming a well-worn old friend! (And, thank you Steve for taking pictures just before the downpour began!)
If you have not yet knit one of Mary Jane’s patterns, I strongly urge you to do so! And, for speed of knitting – a lopapeysa is just the thing to ignite your sweater fire!
Now on to the Friday Links, which today are all about gift knitting:
- Grose Cowl (which could easily be a Grellow Cowl if pink is not your thing!)
- Cats-Don’t-Understand-Hygge (but these socks do!!)
- Nebula – a collection of things to gift!
- Pomeroy
- Tied Knots (FREE!!)
- Candlewick Hat
- Lavalie’s Garden
- Socks Yeah!
- Fandangle
- From MDK’s Stripes – Squad Mitts and Breton Cowl both would make lovely gifts!
- Coco Cowl
- Shipwreck Cove cowl
- Gift Knits 2016 from Ambah O’Brien
Now to round out the links – there is a very interesting MKAL that will be starting on November 25 to coincide with the Netflix release of the Gilmore Girls Encore Mini-season. There is no way I will get to this before Christmas, but it might be a good Christmas break knit! Who’s interested in joining me?
That is all I have for today, but the good news is that I will see you here tomorrow! NaBloPoMo marches on! My wish for you today is that your knitting is fast and easy and that your beverage of choice is chilled perfectly! Happy FriYAY everyone!
Your Sigla is simply wonderful and it fits perfectly! It’s finally cooling down here, and I hope the same is true there so you can enjoy your friend Sigla!
Gorgeous sweater! I’m tempted . . . So very tempted!
Sigla is fabulous! I love the photos you shared. I have enough yarn to make another Stopover but perhaps I should make this instead. Hmmm.
Sigla is fabulous Kat – so beautiful. I hope to cast on this weekend (fingers crossed as it already looks like a busy one). Lovely links as always – particularly fond of the Cats Don’t Understand Hygge socks and Lavalie’s Garden – both are so pretty. Hope your weekend is full of wool and fun!
Your sweater is so lovely! I really want to try knitting a sweater like that.
So funny that you linked to the Cat’s Don’t Understand Hygge socks – I just came across that pattern yesterday, and I love it!
Your Sigla is absolutely gorgeous!
I am still waiting for my yarn to come from Iceland.
I’m in with the Lorel Eyes MKAL. Sure, why not?!?!? 😉
What a lovely sweater! It looks great & I hope you enjoy wearing it!
beautiful sweater! I love the yoke design and your colors 🙂 Perfect for this time of year and welcoming in winter 🙂
Your sweater is beautiful. So inspiring to see it in person! Now, back to my own Sigla knitting. I have kept on track with daily blogging too – so far 🙂
BEAUTIFUL sweater!! Perfect fit, great color, and it’s certainly the right time of year!
Tied Knots and Candlewick… YUMMY!!
Your Sigla looks great! Congratulations on a beautiful sweater!
LOVE your sweater, which fits you perfectly! You finished at just the right time. She’ll be one you’ll enjoy wearing for years to come.
I was so delighted to see this sweater done. Being a very inexperienced knitter, I was eager to see it and now I understand its appeal! It is indeed lovely. Congratulations and wear it in good health!
Cheers~
Your Sigla turned out perfectly – I really do love that pop of green and it fits so well. Love the styling with the white blouse, too! I’m tempted about the KAL, keep us posted …
Your Sigla is perfect! I can’t picture a better color combination. You wear it well Kat! No temptation for the GG KAL but for Sigla…oh yeah!