August loves...

 

Happy Sunday, love!

 

 

Hello there! Hopefully, for those of you in the U.S. you are celebrating Labor day with a long weekend- which means more knit time, right? Or maybe time with your family. ;)  This weekend has been very lovely quite a bit of knitting happened. Jesse (oocha) is hosting a Monstersockkal on Instagram and for some reason it became an obsession yesterday.

 

 

While I should have been doing chores around the home, instead I was knitting away on my scrappy socks with vigor. Get this- I am even weaving in my ends as I go. I know, "Who is this woman?". I was surprised to see how my color palette turned out to be quite mellow. I just grabbed some of my sock yarn remnants and put them in a large bowl. Pulling them out with no purpose.

 

 

My week was equally as wonderful as my weekend. Making it all the better, being able to sneak in a few rows on a sock WIP at my desk. :)

How about if we visit some loves from blogland?

• Love Cortney's take of being typecast into a certain type of knitting project.
• I ever I decided to knit another sweater for myself, I would only visit Patricia's blog. Despite not needing the additional warmth even in Arizona's winter, I am so inspired by Patricia's images.
• Since I don't travel much, I adore seeing all the travel pics. Despite Deborah thinking they are not all that, I could never see to many gorgeous pics of places around the world.
• Texture in knitting is bliss. I loved reading Steph's post.
• One of my favorite episodes from Michelle aka My So-Called Handmade Life is on how we connect. I watched it twice!
• Susanne fills me need to add new wooly travel plans to my bucket list. This post is so wonderful!
• Really enjoyed this post about coming back to blogging from Dances With Wool.
• A Stash Busting KAL? Oh boy, it is tempting because heaven knows I need to work through my stash.
• Knotions has had a makeover and it is amazing.  Talk about making a knitter's life easier. Go visit, you will see what I mean.
• I learn a lot whenever I watch one of Sari's Youtube videos. Love the sweater chronicles.
• I received an email from CDM Princeton about knitting for preemies. If you are looking for a place to create for a good cause you can visit Little Lungs.

 

Hope you are enjoying a long weekend! Please enjoy a lovely video and have the best day today!

 

 

xo,

andi

 

Comments

[Wendy]

Loving the scrappy socks. I want to go make some now. Also love the video, that was nice to see.

[Diane]

I love your project bag and that lovely quilted yarn bag. I'm loving homemade bags so much that I'm going to attempt to see if I have all the parts to my sewing machine so I can make a couple more for myself. Otherwise, I guess I'll simply have to keep giving Etsy sellers my business ;-).
Btw, thanks for all these links: Knotions is new to me and I spent way too much time on their site :-D plus, being that I love knitting sweaters, I adored Patricia's newest sweater.
Have a grand week.

[Dee]

Your blog postings are always SO pretty (and inspiring). I might have to join up on that monster sock along. I sure do have enough scraps. LOL

Do you know how long it lasts? I have a few things to finish up before I start on a KAL.

[Karen]

That video clip was lovely!! Thank you for sharing it!!

[Jane]

I love all the soft colors in your knitting basket and socks. I think when we knit the colors we love, the scraps have a way of joining hands and looking great together. The video clip is wonderful.

[kathy b]

I will go look at KNOTIONS!!!

[Kat]

Oh, I love those monster socks, hopefully someday I'll actually get around to making a pair! It's such a great idea for a KAL.

[Tien]

Your scrappy socks are looking so pretty! Love the soft colors and I wish I was disciplined enough to weave in the ends as I go like you are. Thank you as always for the lovely links. It's so hard lately to find the time to surf the interwebs so your monthly links are wonderful.

[Stefanie]

You have such a knack for pairing colors for your monster sock. I was tempted to join in but I want to start a Cozy Memories blanket first. Maybe next year.

[Amber]

I love your bunting bag! Where did you get it?

Also, the scrappy socks are turning out beautifully! At first glance, I thought it was self-striping yarn. The colors go together really well!

[ellen]

Andi, I love those remnant socks. It says something about your beautiful sock yarn choices that you can whip up at random combination something so beautiful.

[Lisa]

Love how your sock is looking! So colorful. It's a good idea to weave in the ends as you go! Hope you had a great weekend

[Gail]

Loved that video, what an amazing program - thanks for sharing.