Summer's Farewell

Why must summer leave so quickly??

Not that I'll really miss the heat but rather the extra free time I get to work on projects. Actually I will be glad for the cooling that comes with fall, maybe I will actually be able to wear some of the cold weather things I have been making. That brings me to my latest finished project another shawl! I used the pattern 198 Yards of Heaven by Christy Verity, but I used four balls of yarn to make it bigger. It was made with Noro Chirimen in the green colorway.

I love the way it turned out.

Plus I had a little bit left-over, which is always nice,and guess what I made?

Ta-Da!!!
A headband!
It is from another free pattern called Tangled by Emily McLaughlin.
Click here to visit her blog, EmmyBear, and get the pattern.

I finished it in only two days, working on it on and off, yesterday and today.

This is Sheila "helping" me finish the headband, as she often does.

I love how peacful and sweet she looks like this :)

Then wam-oh!!

Oh no, watch out yarn!

You are her prey!!!!

I spent this afternoon cooking up some little treatsies for Jessica, so first up I made some chocolate covered strawberries. One of her favorites, of course.

Then I made some meltaway cookies, which she also loves but really we all love them.

I have been working on sewing up some pot-holders and other bits as well, trying but failing to forget today is the last day of summer...

Oh well, here's to a grand fall of new beginnings, new classes, and new-found friends!

XOXO, Callie

Kolenya Fingerless Mitts

I made some mittens.

Yep.

I sure did.

I made them from the pattern Kolenya by Sheep and No City. Really enjoyed it, very easy, quick, and plus it only took one ball of yarn! Also it's a free pattern :)

I used Noro Chirimen in the blue colorway. I love how they turned out and seem almost to be made from two different balls of yarn but that's what I like about them. I ended up making them much longer than the pattern calls for since I have larger hands than most and they fit peerrrrfect :).

They were very relaxing to knit even if I did sweat quite a bit knitting them in the heat of the summer............ why is it sooooo hot?
Anyways, I forgot to photograph it but they have these nice little crocheted finger placements to fit like little cubby holes which I really like. They keep my hands nice and warm and I can't wait to really be able to use them in the cold.

Another finished project!! I'm really staying on track and it makes me so happy. I feel really relieved that my project pile is actually diminishing. So good.

XOXO, Callie

the magical bean

(P.S. In case you couldn't tell that's my sister Kaitlyn of My Baloney, modeling for me. Thanks beauty.)