Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Yarn Along: Poppy Blue







Nestled against the mountains about two hours from home, there is a little Bavarian town designed for tourists called Leavenworth.  We always love a chance to stroll the little streets as we did this weekend.  Since we were sharing and visiting at a church nearby on Sunday morning, we decided to go up a day early and stay overnight in a hotel.  The last hotel stay we had was when Millie was about 6 months old and it was a nightmare complete with all-night hall-walking, the only place she would be quiet.  We approached this stay with some trepidation since we have three children now but it was really easy-peasy.  I was so thankful that we were able to squeeze a bit of fun family time in with work. 

There was a lot of knitting time in the car and I am almost done with Lyddie's Poppy blue.  I haven't quite figured this pattern out even this third time knitting it.  My second one (for Millie) was too loose in the ribbing so I probably should have dropped even one more needle size.  I think I will just do the cast-off for this one with one extra needle size down since it's also a bit loose.  Does that sound crazy? I hope not. 

I'm still reading The Magicians but haven't picked it up much this week.  I am thinking about putting together a simple plan for working through some of the Family Math book as part of Lyddie's (gentle) kindergarten year next year.  She and I are still loving The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.  Another favorite library picture book with my girls this week is Extra Yarn, a darling story about a little girl who finds a magical box of endless yarn. The color-less town is soon transformed by her yarn, knit into sweaters for every person, every house, every mailbox, every tree.  When an evil count hears about the box, he tries to buy it from her but she refuses, so he steals it, but the box makes its way back to her across the sea.  My dream come true: a never-ending supply of yarn. 

Won't you join in with us over at Ginny's Yarn Along? Leave a comment so I know you stopped by and can pop over to see what you're working on!







12 comments:

  1. That is a cute little hat! Well, I'm about to cast off this cowl i'm working on and I'm wondering if I should use a smaller needle because mine seems kind of loose... this is only my 3rd real knitting project! :) Thanks for the hint.

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  2. Oh an overnight sounds like fun. We used to do that when we lived in the UP of MI and head to Green Bay :) Good times, unless the children were crying then it was not so good. Love that messy smile! Gorgeous knitting :)

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  3. That looks like such a nice place. I can not even imagine walking the halls at night. So glad this trip worked out for you!

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  4. I really like the picture of you reading to your daughters, so sweet! I feel like I have drove through the town of Leavenworth. Is it in WA? :) It's so pretty in Washington!

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    1. Yep, it's just on the eastern side of the Cascade mountains in Washington! We do have a really beautiful state here, I must agree!

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  5. oh that's a lovely hat! and colours! what fun, that place you found! :) and love that smiling chocolate covered face! :)

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  6. It is so much fun reading to kids. I love the book Extra Yarn. I want to buy it for my grandkids one day. I think it is so cute.

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  7. That extra yarn book looks so cute! Love the colors in your current project.

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  8. Oh my, Extra Yarn is the best! Love it so much! Our country town had our first (now to be annual) Wool Festival last year. It is a wool festival based around a childrens' book. Last year it was Where Is The Green Sheep? by Mem Fox. It was so much fun to be part of!
    You should have a look at the website - http://www.woollywestfest.com
    I worked on the brown sheep, the orange sheep, the wool craft walk (that took a while, sewing on all those covers!) and a design for my little town. Can't wait for this year!

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  9. what a treat... an over night with lots of knitting time... my favourite type of get-a-way !!!

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  10. Love Extra Yarn, too! And Poppy is such a sweet little hat. Little Girlie is going to look adorable in it! So happy that you were able to get away for a couple of days and that the hotel stay went well. It's is so unpredictable traveling with little ones, isn't it?! *big hugs* :)

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  11. I love the colours of your knitting, and that story does sound great! Endless yarn, yippee!

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