The cowl is done! I actually finished it a few weeks ago and it just took me awhile to stitch it together and get it photographed. {Thank you Emily for the awesome idea of making it an infinity cowl!} Goofy selfies just for you. I don't really love taking photos of myself. Am I supposed to smile? Look serious? I really don't know what to do….. Anyhow, it turned out lovely. Beautiful squishy deliciously soft yarn. Perfect to wear around the house & tucked into my jacket, especially because we just got another four inches of snow and it looks like winter is doing her best to hold on as long as she can. I'll take snow over sleet anyday though. Joe & I spent hours shoveling the gigantic driveway, clearing the slush last weekend. We actually built a trough to get the water off the driveway to avoid having our own ice skating rink. It was one heck of a workout for sure.
Speaking of Joe….. he suprised me with a swift & ball winder for Christmas. I was so excited. Truthfully I think everyone in the house was so excited. No more helping mama to wind balls of yarn. I love being able to make these perfect little center pull cones. I swoon over the whole process…. my little guy does too. He's always first in line to operate the ball winder……
Isn't that orange the best ever? I adore it. It's Spice by Luna Grey Fiber Arts in her bulky weight. It's totally perfect for this sweater which is getting so close to being done!! (Ravelry details on the cowl & sweater.) What are you knitting these days? Leave me a link so I can come visit and see….
xo,
s
ps ~ yarning along with Ginny today….
Sweetbrier Farms Journal 
Burnt orange is a favorite color of mine. That sweater is going to be awesome! Can’t wait to see it finished.
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Beautiful cowl and selfie!
I received a swift and ball winder for Christmas a few years ago and it has made life so much easier. My guy’s like to turn the swift and so does my g-daughter Emerson; it’s a great way to keep a five year old entertained.
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That pattern IS great as a cowl! I think it turned out great. That rusty orange color is my favorite color in the whole wide world.
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I love the cowl. I hate taking pics of myself too! Ball winder and swift are the greatest gifts every. Very nice yarn you are winding on it too!
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hey it’s you! i love it!! and the cowl! gorgeous colors, and lucky you on the gifts 🙂
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I haven’t got photos but I’m currently working on a trail blanket for my boy. It’s at least a year in the making and I’m finally in the home stretch which is very exciting. I’m also making myself a lacy blanket and a set of boxes which I will felt. No photos of those either I’m afraid. I’m crocheting all these btw, I have yet to learn how to knit….I really love how crocheting feels a little like sculpting. I just do it freeform, I’m not much of a pattern follower.
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My first time commenting here, but I had to because I love your cowl as well as that color orange. Spice is the perfect name. You know you could sell those cowls!
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Oh I adore that cowl! And it is so nice to see your face. Selfie’s are weird aren’t they. I figure as long as you aren’t blinking or showing the full few of your nostrils it’s all good.
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Love the cowl, everyone seems to be making them, I think I may need one too! I just finished my first baby surprise jacket and started a toy for my son that I’m very excited to plop into his easter basket!
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What lovely colors!
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Me too. It’s such a lovely orange. I love how it is softly variegated too. It’s getting so close! I’m so excited to see it finished and on my boy 🙂
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It’s amazing, right? I am so in love with it. My yarn bag is so much more organized….. those center pull cones are the best! (thank you for the compliments…. I have such a hard time photographing myself! lol)
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I think it might be my favorite too. Jackie has a green in her shop that is my next favorite. I must knit something up with it next…….
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You’d never know that I deleted at least six photos before I got one I was okay with sharing here. So silly!
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awww….. thanks. not a selfie girl, I guess. wait until you see my other holiday gift. it was an appliance. but one i’ve been swooning over for *ages*. i really got spoiled this year 🙂
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I would *love* to see the pattern! I have several afghans my grandmother knit & they are all so very dear to me. Such sturdy good blankets to haul around the house.
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Thanks for saying hello~~ Isn’t the cowl lovely! I’m always hoping to add handknits to my shop, perhaps one day 🙂
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Yes! Weird! That was the word I was looking for. They go against every introvert thread in my make-up. Of course….. I also want you all to know I’m a real person every now and then. With unwashed hair pulled into a bun, sweatshirt, and crows feet 🙂
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This one is especially quick & easy to knit! Visiting you to check out the baby surprise jacket….. I so wished I’d have learned to knit when I had babies! Aw, well….. someday there will be grandchildren. A long, long way from now….. but someday…..
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Aren’t they!? I seemed to have a color theme going on…….
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That’s true! My mom loves knitting for the grand babies!
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🙂
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