October loves (and a little enabling)...

 

Hello and happy Sunday to you!

 

 

What better way to kick of this month's loves than what is in my cup at the moment? Can you say Caramel apple tea? It is seriously rockin' my world and is very fitting for this wonderful Autumn month. A gift from my friend, Dag.

 

Sock pattern~ Pillars  Yarn~ MJ Yarns

This post will feature my monthly loves from around blogland, but it a wee bit heavy on enabling. Hope you don't mind. ;)

 

ZiaWoolz Sugarloaf in the colorway Zombie Bride.

A serious love this month is the fact that I discovered a new to me dyer and made a friend in the process.  Dagmar is the wonderfully kind and creative soul behind ZiaWoolz. This beautiful yarn is dyed in New Mexico, especially brilliant as I believe New Mexico to be magical. There is a reason it is called the Land of Enchantment.

 

 

In addition to the beautiful yarn, Dag and I did a little mini swap. Yes, I said little-heh! I am sure you can imagine my face upon opening the package and my eyes being greeted with all this goodness. 

 

Havirland sock yarn in colorway Cherry Blossom Festival

Another beauty arrived, this one via the brilliant Carol of Havirland. Her shop has been on my radar for a while as it contains many beautiful yarns, as well as projects bags that I must have ( Twin Peaks themed bags- oh yeah!). If yours still in need of some Autumn-themed yarns, she has them.

 

 

I won a giveaway from the brilliant Stacie of the Must Stash Podcast and yarns. A couple of months ago I listed bags from Freckled Whimsy as a love, lucky me I won this one! I knew in my heart Freckled Whimsy Bags and I were meant to be...fate.

 

 

A friend of the blog left me a message about her shop on Etsy. Lilia has a shop full of lovely knitting and crochet projects as well as patterns. What a lovely way to share your passion. Thank you Lilia for letting me know about your shop!

Now that I have sent you off for some possible shopping, how about if we get to some loves around blogland?

• Hannah's blog is a place where I really enjoy visiting. This post features many of my favorite things...pumpkins, reading, knitting and turkeys!
• I may need to correct the statement about the enabling stopping, as Dona's third Cerus is enabling my desire to cast it on.
• Nothing makes me happier than the fact that Kay and Ann are blogging again. This post about how to evenly space your button, is one example why.
• With the introduction of Instagram, some bloggers have found it more convenient to share the beauties there. Thankfully Camilla still shares her beautiful photos on her blog. 
• Roobeedoo's gorgeous sweater is making my heart soar. I really need to get into color work.
• Nicole's post make me happy because it is a tribute to my beautiful birth state Colorado, with fantastic knits.
• If ever there was a project to stand and salute it would be Claudia's throw. Wow over and over again.
• Is there a blogger and knitting friend, where you tend to follow their ideas and recommendations as if in a trance? Olivia is that sort of friend for me. Her blog post are sort of like Christmas every time I see them pop up.

 

Today will be filled with many loves, listening to The Nothing Girl on audio book thanks to Olivia. Some chicken stew in cooking away in the crock pot thanks to the beautiful weather we are having in Arizona. Then scrap blanket knitting thanks to it being Sunday. :)

Hope your month has been filled with all the things you love and then some.

Have the  best day today!

XO,

Andi

Comments

[cauchy09]

wonderful eye-candy. and thanks for all the links to explore.

Happy Sunday!

[Andrea @This Knitted Life]

Andi! How is it the end of October?! I always love your monthly favorite posts. Fun to find new blogs to add to my feed. Happy knitting today and all days, my dear.

[Linda]

Lovely yarn that you have there, so worth shoeing off! Thank you for the blog links, I am on the eye out for more places to visit so it is nice to have a recommendation.

[DIane]

you always make such perfect connections when you write your posts. No wonder everyone loves to come and visit.

[Dee]

Oh my gosh ....that alpaca project bag is just too adorable.

Have a wonderful Sunday filled with knitting, reading and TEA!

[Claudia Bugh]

There sure is a lot of inspiration in this post Andi!!! Love it when you highlight the indy dyers; speaking of which I saw that the phat fiber boxes are starting again and hope I can snag one. Thank you for including my throw in your loves :) It's always a post I look forward to because you have such an assortment of bloggers you read and they always are a pleasure to visit! Have a wonderful week :)

[Kiwiyarns]

I found ZiaWoolz on Instagram the other day and loved her colourways! Sooo pretty! You have chosen well!

[Tahnee]

I am not one to complain about a little enabling, so many wonderful yarns! I've also been eyeing the Havirland Etsy shop, maybe the time has come to place a little order and treat myself to one of these beautiful skeins.

[Tracey]

I smile every single time I come here Andi. Thank you so much for sharing your fiber love and all the inspiring links.
I do hope your week will be filled with beauty and happiness.

[jody]

oh my that zombie bride yarn is GORGEOUS! drop dead beautiful.

[karen]

Lovely links for me to visit, thank you. I get inspired each time I visit, and also a bit enabled :)

[stefanie]

I love the first sock yarn that's being knitted up with. And it's neat how your tea bags are circular, perfect for your cups.

[Bekah]

Thanks for the link love! Great choices, as always :)

[Hannah]

Andi! I'm so honored that you included me in the list. Thank you so much :) This is one of my favorite features that you do. You are very sweet.

All the yarn is so beautiful! I'm having such a hard time resisting buying some haha... I will admit I put a few skeins in my etsy shopping cart.
That Alpaca bag is just perfect. How wonderful!

I hope you are having a great week :)

[ellen]

So much good stuff. I've never seen that Pillars? pattern before. Lots of pretty colorways, and a new etsy yarn shop to keep track of... and now I have new bag. hehe. I'm excited though, reasonably priced and an interesting design. Thanks for all the shares :)

[lilia vanini]

Hello, thank you so much to include my shop on this lovely blog, hope your audience like my knitting and crochet work and enjoy the patterns, I will be back from vacation soon to continue working hard on my true passion, teaching knitting and crochet designs and projects!
Thank you and Happy Knitting!
Lilia / liliacraftparty

[Angela]

Beautiful yarns. The project bag is very pretty! Lovely links Andi.

[Marcie]

I've recently discovered Havirland's shop! I think her stuff is awesome and her Instagram feed is pretty fun.

[wendy]

So many lovely things here and I recently enjoyed a lovely rhubarb oolong tea which a friend from oregan usa sent me last year.....

[Andrea]

Thanks for the great new potential shopping!

[Julie]

such beautiful new yarns and treats, you must have the best time collecting your mail! And I love your round up from around other blogs, I have a lot of catching up to do on my blog reading this week!

[Roobeedoo]

Thank you so much for linking to my Epistrophy - what a lovely surprise! Most of it is plain stockinette - you could definitely make your own :)

[Meredith]

The alpaca bag is adorable! xo