Supple Rib Stitch - Stitchy Saturday

Hello Friends,

I hope you are doing well and staying healthy. I knitted the supple rib stitch this morning. It is such a fun stitch to knit up and easy to catch on to the repetition in the pattern. After awhile you do not need to look at the pattern and can easily repeat the steps. I used a bright orange color yarn today that I have had in my stash for a long time. I used my wooden Brittany US 9 5.5 mm straight needles to knit up this swatch.

Pattern:

Cast On: Multiples of 3 + 1

• Row 1: K1,*k1 leaving stitch on main needle, then purl the same stitch with the next stitch together, k1; rep from * to end.
• Row 2: Purl all stitch.
Repeat rows 1 – 2 until you have reached your desired length.

Pattern from New Stitch a Day


I enjoyed knitting this stitch, it was a really simple stitch and the end result looks so nice. It can be used for a sweater or garment to add a nice simple texture. It is a fun stitch to knit and can be done with not too much attention and you can be doing other things. While knitting this stitch, I was catching up on watching YouTube videos.

I am enjoying getting back into learning new stitches for stitchy Saturday. It really gives me more of a challenge each week and I can work on my skills as a knitter. I would like to try a more challenging one for next week to share with you all.

Thank you for stopping by the blog today. I hope you give this one a try!

Knitted Second Merry Fair Isle Ornament and Reading On

Hello Friends,


I hope you are doing well. I finished knitting my second Merry Fair Isle ornament last night. They are really fun and quite quick to knit up. I have a lot of red and white yarn left and will be starting to knit a third ornament soon. The pattern I am using is from Patons on the Yarnspirations website. I orginally found these patterns on Ravelry. I love how there are 5 different charts of patterns for these ornaments, so you can knit up a collection of them for Christmas to hang up on your tree.

Notes about project:

Pattern: Patons Merry Fair Isle Knit Ornament
Yarn I used: Loops & Threads Joy DK

Needles I used: Takumi Double pointed needles size US 3, 3.25 mm.
Pattern notes: Ravelry

I finished reading Good Morning, Good Life by Amy Schmittauer Landino yesterday. I really enjoyed reading her book. I was gifted it from my sister for Christmas. My sister also has a morning routine and wakes up at 5 am to get things done. I learned a lot from the book and want to watch some of her YouTube videos to learn more about how she does calendar blocking. Now I will pick up Big Magic again by Elizabeth Gilbert. I started reading it last month and then decided to focus on the two I was already reading. My friend has said it is a good book so I am looking forward to reading it. I am still reading The Testaments by Margaret Atwood. I am still really enjoying this book and find it so interesting and want to keep reading on to see what happens next.


Joining along with Nicole for Crafting On, Kat for Unraveled Wednesday, and with Ginny for Yarn Along.

Thank you for visiting my blog. It has been a challenging time for all of us and I am hoping that soon we have more positive news. I feel like we are heading towards flattening the curve and hoping to kick this virus to the curb soon so we can continue on with our normal lives. With the weather getting nice and warm outside it is making me want to get back to normal life and enjoy the Summer like we always do. We can only hope at this point.

Have a great day!

Day 47 of Social Distancing

Hello Friends,


I hope you are doing well and are safe. I count it day 47 social distancing for me because it has been since March 16th that I started working from home full-time and practicing social distancing when going out. It is the weekend of my would-have-been wedding if not for the virus. We had to postpone the wedding to the Fall. I am hopeful that the pandemic will have died down a bit by then and my wedding venue will be reopened. Yesterday was raining in the afternoon, so that made me feel better about not having it that day. It would have affected taking photos outside. It has been a journey of acceptance and moving forward in our new plans. Yesterday my mom and dad stopped by for a visit and we were standing 6 feet apart and just catching up. I gave them some chocolates and also some for my sister and brother- in-law. They gave me flowers and wine. My fiancé's mom also had flowers delivered to us on Friday, so we have a lot of pretty flowers to look at to lift our spirits. The tall flowers are from my family in the vase and the shorter basket was from my fiancé's mom.

 I recently cleared the island/table in our kitchen and added the tulips the other day. Now I have added the flowers my family got us to the corner. I just love this corner now that there are fresh flowers and the sign that makes it an inviting space. The bon appétit sign was given to us from my sister and I love how it looks in the space and ties it all together nicely. The menu board also is fun addition I have had for some time, but really stands out now with the new arrangement. I think that working on this corner in the kitchen we have has made a big impact on me when walking into the kitchen, I enjoy it so much more with the added sign and flowers and fruit in baskets.

Today it was so beautiful outside, I went for a 20 minute walk this morning. I love the sun shining and blue skies. It makes me feel so much better and less holed up at home when I can still get out for a walk. I have been doing this so much more as the weather gets nicer and warmer outside. I have been keeping up with exercise while in quarantine and do workouts almost every morning during the week. It has been great to keep working out to feel good even while in quarantine.

I have been working on the Merry Fair Isle Knit ornament from Patons and very close to being done. I knitted more this past week and should be finishing it up soon. Maybe tomorrow because I have a day off work to just do things around here.

I am still reading Good Morning, Good Life by Ana Schmittauer Landino. It is such a good book, I like her tips on calendar blocking which is blocking out time for getting things done and scheduling time to work on your goals. I am still reading The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. It is an amazing book I love it!

I still don't know when I will be returning to the office, but so far working from home has been going well for me and I am enjoying it. I would be happy working from home full-time if that was an option or maybe go in once and awhile to see people. So I will continue on with social distancing until we hear when we should return to normal life. So far, I have been enjoying the extra time to work on my hobbies and catch up on some Spring cleaning.

Hope that you are doing well and thank you for visiting today! How was your weekend?