Snowy Spring Saturday

Happy Spring, Northeast Ohio! Isn't it lovely that we woke up to a delicate blanket of SNOW this morning? Lol...

It is actually quite beautiful, with the only real hitch being the annual Easter Egg Hunt at church! Despite the white, the egg hunt went on as planned (mostly) with kiddos clamoring for their eggs indoors, rather than in the grass...and everyone had fun. Super yay!

And knitters everywhere in Northeast Ohio are taking up their needles for some cozy stitching to pass the time without getting muddy and cold. Add in a lovely cup of tea, and this weekend will not turn out half bad!

For me, there is also an upcoming birthday, with some grand toy-knitting planned, which makes for a cozy, knitting weekend indeed! Can you guess what I've got up my knitting sleeve? 

Also, it's just one week until we celebrate Easter, so this week will be busy at work. therefore, I'm going to take whatever down-time I can get this weekend...still relishing in a recently-finished project that will make Taylor Swift fans everywhere smile.

This tiny, cabled, baby cardigan is based on my favorite sweater pattern (available as a pattern generator at knittingfool.com), with the cable and twist elements added in. It took about 4 days to knit in fingering-weight cotton, and it's taking about 2 days to dry after its spa treatment (soak and block). Oh, cotton. You love water so...

So, there are socks on the needles, and surprises for the soon-to-be Birthday Boy (our youngest grandson turns TWO next month), and the weekend has provided the perfect weather for knitting. Are the planets aligned, or what?!? 

Tell me something that is going RIGHT for you today! I hope there's more than one thing, but even if things don't seem to be going your way, I hope you can find one good thing to celebrate on this cozy Saturday.

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health!

January Goals

Yes, goals. Not resolutions. More specifically, this post is about my January knitting goals, which will be met, yay! My goals were to knit a pair of Christmas socks, which are finished, yay... 

...and a January sweater, which will be done by month-end! Again, YAY!

I'm also planning to cast on another sweater, mittens and a pair of socks for me. I'm not sure I'll get those done as quickly, but I am excited to be doing a little selfish knitting before I get back to the roots and kid-knits. After all, the Rainbow Yoshi pattern needs some revision, in my opinion...

...it seems to have an odd shape and the parts seem disproportionate to me, so the plan is a little modification. Or maybe a LOT of modification! In any case, not until after the current projects are done. 

Sometimes the planning is as much fun as the knitting, you know. I mean, Easter is coming, so there should be bunnies of some sort... And there's a crochet pattern out there for marshmallows with dino costumes...ummm, super cute! And it is snowy and cold outside, which is proper winter/knitting-inside weather. So. Many. Plans! 

What are your plans for the weekend? For winter (summer, if you're Down Under)? Whatever you're plans are, I hope you can sprinkle in some joy! 

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health! 

Oh! And we did a puzzle! 

Saturday Status

My Saturday status is slightly snowy sweater weather.

There hasn't been much snow in my "yard," 

but I don't live in the "snow belt," so there wasn't much expected...

Still, sweater weather means that it's also time to start thinking about swapping spring for winter in the storage area...and I am hopeful that my indoor, winter tree will soon make it's appearance in the front window!

I've even started prepping the cookies and candy, but I haven't gotten very far. 

After all, I have four whole days until Thanksgiving, when we will deck everything out...but look at the colorful foil wrappers I found for the caramel this year!

My Saturday status still includes knitting as well! Some of it is secret, but this hat came out of hiding for its tiny head yesterday...because this kid needs a couple warm hats!

What's your Saturday Status? Does it include holiday prep? Are you planning a big dinner anytime soon? Whatever your plan, I hope that you are planning to enjoy the "hustle and bustle" that are right around the corner!

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health!

PS - Please enjoy these gratuitous shots of our OG (Original Granddaughter) last Saturday, when she was in her first musical, Beauty and the Beast! She had fun, and I'm so glad we got to see the show!