Lace Rib Panel - Saturday Stitch

Hello Friends,

I hope you are doing well. Today I tried out the lace rib panel found in the book 750 Knitting Stitches by Erika Knight. It is a really pretty and simple 7 stitch and 4 row repeat. I like how it turned out and love the detail of the pattern. I can see adding this pattern to garments as a nice detail or to bags or scarves. I decided that I will be making a bookmark out of today's stitch. I have make other bookmarks before and they are fun and quick projects to knit and they can make great gifts too.

Pattern for Lace rib panel:

7 sts on background of rev st st

Row 1 (RS): P1, yo, skpo, k1, k2tog, yo, p1

Row 2: K1,p5,k1

Row 3: P1,k1,yo,sk2po,yo,k1,p1

Row 4: K1,p5,k1

Rep these 4 rows

Pattern from 750 Knitting Stitches.

Thank you for visiting my blog today and let me know if you have tried out this pattern before.

Friday Favourites

Hello Friends,

I hope you are doing well. It has been a long week and I am so happy it is the weekend, so I am putting out a special post. I used to do these Friday favourites in the past on the blog and they were always quite fun to do.For these favourites, I used items from Etsy, Amazon, Indigo, and Wool and the Gang. I do not have any affiliate links with any of these companies. I have not shopped much at all during this time. This is like my window shopping and maybe I will buy some of these things myself eventually or can ask for them as gifts. I will let you know if I buy anything here and how I like them.

1. 52 lists for Happiness by Moorea Seal found on Amazon. These books have always been of interest to me. I think it would be fun to sit down and write out some of these lists and learn more about myself and what brings me more happiness.

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2. The Five Minute Journal by Intelligent change is another journal that I have always been interested in trying out. It would be a fun addition to my morning routine to fill out a page each morning to reflect and start the day off right. I also subscribed to intelligent change and receive emails each Tuesday with inspirational articles.

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3. Happy yarn happy soul mug from CluckCluckBoots found on Etsy. I originally saw this mug in an Instagram post, and I really loved the look of the mug. Yarn always makes me happy and feed my soul.

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4. The Knitting Planner by Jen Geigley found on Amazon. I originally saw this planner in an Instagram post by Jen Geigley. I think this would be a fun planner to check out! have any of you used this planner? I am curious about it.

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5. The More or Less Definitive Guide to Self-Care by Anna Borges, found online at Chapters/Indigo. Who else feels nostalgic about calling it Chapters? I miss those days. I think that self-care books are so helpful to read through to find reminders how to slow down, rest, and refresh. This book had a lot of good reviews on goodreads.

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6. Knitting 'Day and night' spinner enamel pin by Twill & Print. I first saw this pin on Instagram awhile ago and love the way the knitting looks with the coffee cup and the background scenery. A lot of work went into the design of this pin and it would be a great addition to my project bag.

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7. Cats in Hats by Sara Thomas on Amazon. I saw this yesterday on Yarnhoarder's Instagram. She had knitted a hat for a cat's one year birthday. It is so cute looking at all the cats and the different hats you can make for all occasions. My parents have two cats I could knit these for...

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This photo below cracks me up! The mohawk hat for the "edgier" cat.

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8. Wholesome Culture shirts, tank tops, and sweaters that promote a positive message to take care of the earth and each other. I have seen photos of their clothing on Instagram and love there stuff. I would love a tshirt or sweater from them. There are also other brands with good messages like these. I would like one that says be kind.

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9. Glory bag from The Wool and the Gang. I found this fun bag to knit on the Wool and the Gang website. It would be fun to get another one of their kits to knit up. I got a kit for a tank top from my sister quite awhile ago and enjoyed knitting it up.

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I hope that you liked my Friday favourites!  I discovered some of these things a long time ago on Instagram and while shopping, and some others I just discovered last night. It was fun putting together this list of things and thinking of all of those things that would be fun to get. They bring me joy just window shopping and scrolling through all these wonderful things. Have you bought any of these things and what are your favourite things right now?

Have a great day!

Knitting and Reading Updates

Hello Friends, 

I hope you are doing well. This is a slow week at work and feels like it should be the weekend by now now. Sometimes weeks seem to drag on.  We are halfway there! I am looking forward to the weekend and it is a long weekend because I took Monday off because it it my seven year anniversary with my fiancé Liam on Sunday. We plan to just relax and spend the day together. I am not sure what I am getting him yet but maybe I will try to be creative and get him something or make something.

I have been working on knitting the second sock of the Sunshine on My Feet sock pattern by The Kitchen Sink Shop. I am happy it looks so much like the other one and the yarn matches up so far in the self striping. 

I have been reading Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert. I have not read as much this week and will read more tonight. It has been quite interesting so far and I am learning a lot and really reflecting on creativity and also being authentic. I am still reading Average is the New Awesome by Samantha Matt. It is a fun read and also offers some insight and self-reflection.

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The virus continues on and we discussed it at a meeting at work today. It seems most of us are quite happy working from home. Come September, some people might return to the office and the rest will continue to work from home. Those that volunteer will be the ones to help our company test out the waters. I will happily continue to work from home. I would love to work from home permanently, that is something that might happen as well, we shall see. Only time will tell. I am doing okay at home through this pandemic both working and also in my free time. I just miss seeing our families and friends we have been doing video calls which help a lot. I might do a Father's day social distancing dinner  this weekend to visit. We just take it one step at a time that's all we can do. Pictured below is the personal protective equipment (PPE) I have been using throughout this time to protect myself and others.I also had some gloves, not sure where those ended up. 

Joining along with Frontier Dreams for Crafting On and As Kat Knits for Unraveled Wednesday.

Thank you for stopping by the blog today. What are you working on?

Have a great day!