Stash enhancement, WIPs and weekly Hexipuff check in!

I have a couple of topics for one post today --- stash enhancement, WIPs and my HexiPuff check in.

I'll start with the weekly HexiPuff count up for my Beekeeper Quilt (pattern by Tiny Owl Knits). Week 7 and I'm up to 83 puffs! That's 12 done this past week. That's also ALOT considering I also feel like I slowed down on my puff knitting and ramped up on alot of other knitting. Not bad, eh!

I only took photos of the new puffs ---- no 'group' photo this time. The past week's puff theme was Blue Moon Fiber Arts' yarn in Chestnut, True Blood and River Rocked.

I have no idea what this upcoming week's puff theme will be yet. I have a multi coloured skein of Araucania Ranco I picked up in Black's Harbour, New Brunswick a few years ago and made one puff out of it so far. Maybe I'll just see how many of those I can make this week.

I also did a little stash enhancing this past week ---- like I really needed it.  I DID! yes, I did so!

The next installment of the Dancing Dog Dyeworks' Monster Mania 2 club arrived. I think this may be the last installment for this round. Michelle is looking at MM3 for the new year. Yay! I love, love, love her worsted yarns. They are fantastic for all those monsters I love to make.

This shipment was a dual pack. A regular sized skein in the "Summer Sugar" colourway, together with a mini skein of "Pretty Pink".

I've only ever tried DDD's worsted yarn but totally fell in love with the Tropical Twist colourway that Michelle put out with a sock club during the summer. It's a great blend of yellow and blue and looks fabulous in a pair of socks! Michelle had a 'second' leftover skein and sent it with my Monster Mania pack. Big Love and ♥♥♥ to Michelle for the yarn! I can't wait for Xmas knitting to get through so I can make myself a pair of great socks with this. There's also enough on that skein to fit in a few hexipuffs, too!

Been working on a pair of Veyla, fingerless mittens (pattern by Ysolda Teague). They are made of Elann Peruvian Baby Cashmere (Alpaca, Merino, Cashmere) in the Tapestry Blue colourway. These will probably be a part of my Xmas swap package for the Tiny Owl Knits group on ravelry.

I'm waffling between the Veyla's or a set of White Rabbit Wristees for the swap but my partner has some wool issues so I'm not sure I should make her something made of mohair --- since alot of people can't wear that.

 

(This photo copyright to Tiny Owl Knits)

Yarn arrived this week for these!

(This photo copyright to Tiny Owl Knits)

They are the Hopsalot bunny slipper super adorable pattern, also by Tiny Owl Knits. I really really really want a pair of these for myself but for now, these will also be for my Tiny Owl Knits Xmas swap partner. I'll finish them this week for sure.

I picked Blue Sky Alpaca yarn in a light grey for this. It is so super soft and will felt very nicely.

Ok! Lastly for this monstrous post --- another work in progress for a fellow Raveler's babe. This is the Kira hooded vest by Yumiko Sakurai. It's really a cute vest good for a boy or a girl. I'm using Diamond Yarns' Luxury collection superwash merino in a lilac and white for this. The yarn is incredibly soft and nice to knit with. I'm almost finished. Just a couple more rows to go then bind off.

I've got alot of knitting going on right now plus I also have about 7 stuffies I started this summer that I am committed to finishing before the end of the year. I just need to have them done so I can start the new year fresh .... or relatively fresh, with a minimum of wips.

I dropped out of the DDD and Dangercrafts xmas swaps. It was alright since partners haven't been assigned yet. I just won't have time with the other commitments and well, we bought a new house too! Yeah, we did! So, packing and moving right before Xmas won't leave me too much time for other stuff.

Anyhow -- that's it from me for this week!

I'll leave you with a couple shots from the cabin this morning --- we took a drive and had a cup of tea on the hill.

Catch you next week! Happy knitting.

 (Holy MEGA post, batman! I promise to try brevity next week! )

♥

Sunset at the cabin

It's cool out now... definately not 'summer' cottage weather anymore. Fall isn't coming, it's here! When we are out at the lake, the leaves are changing colour and we wear our fleece sweaters and put a thermal blanket on the bed at night.

We didnt go out there this weekend. I needed a weekend at home to do some cleaning, laundry and catch up errands etc. I need to dig out all my cool weather clothes!

Hubby went out for the day with one of his friends to do a little yard work and winterize the cabin.

We'll go out again next weekend. I'm looking forward to a bonfire and hot cocoa by the water.

Photos from the cabin

We spent the weekend at camp again. We tried and were fairly successful at going out there every weekend this summer. We might have missed one or two but not many. I went to knit-night at the LYS on Friday night then on Saturday we headed to the cabin. I was really, really sick with a cold from Friday so the weekend wasn't the greatest. I got very little sleep since I've just been up coughing lots. I hope I sleep tonight!

It was cold this weekend out there too... at night, it went down to about 2 degrees! Daytimes were around 15. We did not go swimming!

A few pics:

Fall is coming

I took that photo at the cabin this past weekend. The first fall leaf.

When we drove out there on Thursday, all was green on the way there and around the property. By the time we left on Sunday there were at least a half dozen trees turning red and orange and on the drive home there were lots of trees turning yellow already.

Summer flew by so fast.

Nature, pics

Spent the weekend at the cabin and of course, there were a few interesting fungi to see in the forest.... LOOK how tiny these little guys are!

I have so so so many mushroom photos now, from the past few years, I should put out a calendar, or two!!

On another note, we're pretty set now to make up our Dream Catchers soon. We've been collecting feathers for a few years now and drying out our red willow frames. The willow was cut from the the property near the shore.