A day of inspiration...

A day of inspiration is always a gift, and today has been one of those days.  Do you find that it always pays to listen to your intuition, hunches, and that teenie voice urging you to go ahead and try something new... and it's always smooth sailing ahead from there?  I've spent my life doing this, and it's always worked well for me and not so well when I didn't pay attention to it.  Like many of you, I've been looking for a new pattern for a fall/winter bag.  The KnitPicks.com catalog arrived in the mail, and although I was working at the time, I felt urged to thumb through it quickly... landed immediately on page 20 and there it was, the Intwined Felted Bag Kit in blue green

and brown

and designed by Meghan Jones  The Pattern Dowload (alone) is $4.99. The kit is on sale for $25.99 (a 26% discount).

Follow your intuition, embrace your creativity, and knit like there's no tomorrow!

Margaret

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Happy and a Hat

 

 

 

 

Last week was my birthday...thanks for all the birthday wishes on FB and Twitter, by the way.  It was sweet of all of you to take time out to do that and your efforts were appreciated.  My husband, Dave took me for a 2 hour kayak tour at the Assateague State Park.  It couldn't have been a more perfect day to explore the natural habitat and the wild horses that live there.  We had a small group and the friendly staff of Super Fun Eco Tours gave a relaxing and educational tour.  It was a nice way to spend a beautiful
autumn day.

 

 

A little something I've been working on...this one will not have the pompom as pictured below from the original pattern.

Dull Roar Rooty Hat Knitting Pattern from Noble Knits and made with Manos del Uruguay Maxima Wool Yarn (or you can use similar worsted weight yarn).

     "No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace, as I have seen in one autumnal face." -  John Donne.

Happy Autumn Knitting,
Margaret 

Are You Belly Flopping into Fall Knitting?

©Autumn Wowza Scarf

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Autumn Wowza Scarf, free pattern from knit1fortheroad.com™


It may be sweltering hot outside, but we all know what's really on our minds.  Fall Knitting!  That's right my knitting friends, free and fabulous patterns are waiting for you.  Clean out that stash, dive into new skill levels and get started on the new knitting season.

BoogieKnits has a super duper lineup of sock patterns for you to knit. 

Patons Free Patterns are at your fingertips by category, skill level, project, used by and craft type making your pattern searches easy and quick.  You'll have to login to download the patterns, but that's no biggie.

Crystal Palace has a comprehensive collection for you to puruse.  There's even an Indie Designer Section coming soon to the web site.  Hooray!

Get going!  Jump into the inspiration pool and splash around.  No belly flops, please.  The colors of fall are just around the corner and they're waiting for you to create wonderful projects. 

Try a swan dive into fall knitting - ah, much prettier.

Marg (silly for sweater patterns and cowls)