Tony was on a fishing trip for part of last week and that was all the excuse I needed to cast on a few projects. It was my reward after putting kids in bed for the night. Not that I needed any rewards but…I told myself I did so I didn’t feel bad about knitting. 🙂
The first is a gorgeous shawl {don’t judge me. it’s cooler than it sounds.} called Aestlight Shawl. The purple yarn is Malabrigo sock yarn in Eggplant. And the mustardy/gold is…well I don’t know. I can’t find the dang label. I bought it from Color Crossing in Roberts WI.  I think this shawl will be gorgeous when it is done! I would be tempted to give it to my mom for her birthday, but she is allergic to wool. So I’ll probably just have to keep it.

Second cast on, is a new pair of socks in Sweet Georgia’s sock yarn called River. One of my favorite knitting shops, Darn Knit Anyway in Stillwater MN, sent a picture of the St. Croix River to Sweet Georgia and this is the yarn she dyed up. I mean, how cool is that?! I couldn’t walk away from something like that. I’m nostalgic when it comes to home and the St. Croix River Valley is where we live.  The pattern is The Knitmore Girls “Vanilla Socks.” I use two sixteen inch circulars, size 1.

The boys and I also picked up this little fellow when Tony was away. 🙂 What will I bring home next?? Tony better not leave again or he might come home to a pig. No joking. Actually, I was a good girl and did get his permission first. I claimed mice in the garage roof as the “need” for him. Which is true. The boys and I went to visit some local farm friends where we had to make a tough choice. I didn’t plan on getting a boy, but he was orange. Orange. How can you say no to an orange kitten? Obviously you can’t. Elias and Espen are in glory to have a new friend. We named him Garbe after the farm where we got him. He’s sweet. I don’t even mind getting up at 5 in the morning to snuggle with him.