Artisans' Tour Coming Up Soon.

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IT'S COMING, SOON!!!!

The 18th Annual Christmas Artisans' Tour, in Oro Medonte is coming up fast --- November 18 & 19.  I have to get my stock ready.  I knit right up to the night before and even during the show.  I just finished another Huggy Bear Cardigan, one of many in my stock, and am working on the matching hat.  I still have a lot of buttons to sew on and then I will haul out my projects growing since last year's show and get them ready to go.  A lot of work but I love it.

The colour doesn't show well in the Photo, but it is a nice Cherry Tweed, size 3 Months.
Cabin Fever Cotton Tweed DK

Matching hat almost finished.

Well, the KAL started as planned.  Then I got distracted by a back problem that affected my Daughter Dawn in Ottawa.  I started the KAL and then drove to Ottawa (5 1/2 hr drive from home) and spent a few days with her as she was in a lot of pain.  I arrived back Monday, finished up my KAL project.  There are others in my group still working on Bernardo and we are back on line with the comments and progress pictures.



Size 1 year - Bernardo and Hat
Cabin Fever Cotton Tweed



Callum in the Fall Coloured Leaves

Today I received a picture of Callum enjoying the fall coloured leaves, wearing Bernardo cardigan and hat.

He is soooooooo cute, Luv him:

Words Cannot match the pictures, he is handsome

In this case the pictures really are worth a 1,000,000 words.

KAL on Ravelry

On Tuesday October 11 I will begin a Bernardo KAL on Ravelry.  Members of my Ravelry Group ``Knitting for Babies`` are participating.  If you are interested in participating as well, I will post the progress here and will be available for help.   I have my yarn and needles ready to go.  Count down to October 11 has begun.

Denim Blue, my fav.

MommaBearKnits and she KAL's too.

Callum's Cardigan Progress Report

I guess a picture is worth a thousand words.  How many words are three pictures worth. 

Yoke is complete, Front View

Back view of yoke

This is my plan, Callum's Moose Cardigan

It will be in a one year old size, Callum is a big baby so hopefully it will fit him with the sleeve cuffs rolled up by late November and in the spring.  

I am ready to start the body pattern now.  This is not really my style of knitting, but once in a while I go off in another direction.  I guess I said that before-------  MommaBearKnits and she watches out for Moose as well as Bears when she is walking the Ruster Cruster after all there was a Moose spotted, tranquilized and relocated just this past week in the City of Orillia, I live outside of the city soooooooo it could happen.  This design is in honour of my handsome model and his dad Marty.

-- MBK

Progress, this will never be a pattern

No this will never be one of my patterns, fairly easy to knit, very difficult to write, not sure if the pattern would be easy to read:

Step 1.  There will be evergreen trees in the yoke.

I am using Eucalan Easy Bobs.  I purchased them many years ago, never used them until now.  They work well but this is not my usual style.  The yoke pattern will be a circle of evergreen trees.  Not totally sure what the body will be yet, keep in touch.   MommaBearKnits.

New Project

As always I am knitting and designing.  I have the Toddler, Hoodie ready to go, just need to get some good photos and it will be posted on Patternfish.

I decided to publish a Basic Newborn - 3 Yrs Cardigan.  I have worked out short rows to make the neckline a better shape while still knitting top down and no sew.  It is a plain basic cardigan.  I expect that some experienced knitters will add their own border pattern or even a logo.

Basic Cardigan, lots of options to be creative, still need buttons

I have started a Cardigan that will be a gift to my Prize Model Callum.  It will be a one of a kind and will be in honour of our Canadian Great Outdoors.  I will post the progress as it develops, I am still planning it as I go. 

So far I have the yarn, basic pattern & stitch numbers, logos on spreadsheets, etc.  I even have the buttons selected, Green Trees.

It will be Oatmeal, Walnut & Emerald

Who knows, as I progress there may be more colours, I have lots to choose from in my stash.

Keep on Knitting!

I recently started a group on Ravelry called Knitting for Babies, it is growing and I have had the oportunity to meet knitters who knit for babies from all over the world.  We recently completed a KAL on my pattern "Billy & Bobby".  Another sample finished.  The feedback was awesome and the ideas and questions will help me with my next project.

Cabin Fever Cotton Tweed DK yarn

Tonight is the first meeting of the year for the local Knitter's Guild, Severn/Muskoka Knitting Guild.  We meet from September through June and take the summer off.  I don't take any time off from knitting as you know, MommaBearKnits on into the future.

Next the group will tackle "Bernardo".  Perhaps I will post the progress here as well.  I am going to suggest that we do a KAL of another member's pattern.  Keep in touch, MommaBearKnits

Circular Stash

                                

Today, I decided to sort through my Needles, oh my Gawd!!!!

And, this is not all of them as I have quite a few UFO's in knitting bags around the house, if I finished them the stack of needles would be even bigger.  I have my Mom's needles from way back, my needles from the last, I guess, almost 60 years of knitting, and recently I was gifted the needle stash from my Sister-in-Law's mom, Florence,  who is moving into a long term care facility.  Of course my mom didn't even know that there would be circular needles.  Florence did, she had some in her stash.  I willingly accepted them, and will care for them, they will have a safe haven.  I doubt that my Baby Bear (Daughter) will have any need for them, she doesn't even have a needle and thread to sew on a button, let alone knitting needles.  She is a Computer Whiz.  She lovingly calls me a Knitting Kook.

All Sorted as for size, and labelled


Oh, I cannot even remember what the long needles with only one pointed end are called. I have not used them in decades but they are still precious in my memory even if I cannot identify them by name.  Well, I guess this is a Senior's Moment.  No matter, I will keep them and MommaBearKnits on into the future.  And she designs too.

Bernardo - Ready to Go on Patternfish.

Yes, I have finally gotten Bernardo finished.  Deb and I met today and she helped tremendously with the final check.  Hope I fixed everthing.   

My name is Butterscotch and I approve Bernardo
 I am MommaBear's Office Manager and her Newborn Size Model
I love the green grass!


I still have to convert the pattern to a PDF and I think I will gather together pictures for Patternfish, read it once more, and let my Bernardo go. 

MommaBearKnits and she Designs

QUESTION FOR MY VISITORS

Lately I have been having difficulty posting Comments on other blogs.  I cannot get them to work when I choose my Google Account, it won't work at all and when I choose Anonymous it sometimes works but not always.  I don't like the Anonymous choice anyway because I am not Anonymous I am a Knitter and I blog and display my projects.  I appreciate comments and lately I hardly get any.  I am setting up a poll.  Please take the time to vote.  It will ask questiong re: Posting Comments in the Poll.  Please Participate.

When I visited Callum and his Mom, she told me that she visited my blog and tried to comment on her son Callum's pictures.  It didn't work for her, she does not have a google account but why couldn't she post as Anonymous?  I sometime just give up because I get frustrated.

I cannot resist posting Callum in the Bernardo. 
MommaBearKnits