#Andrea Mowry

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This very long pause in handspun content brought to you by the nightshift shawl that I am making with some of my previous handspun skeins.

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Current WIPs and Reads | January 2023

Hello and welcome to a midmonth check-in where I am sharing the things I am currently reading and my works in progress and share how I am feeling about each of them. I am happy to report I am finally reading a bit. Not nearly as much as I have in the past, but I am making some progress in that regard. Due to this, I am reading a few books that I am going to be talking about. On top of that I have…

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It's steek cutting time - wish me luck aaaa

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This took an outrageously long time to make (4 months!) but it's perfect and I love it

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The Green Hornet (1991) #10: "The Huntsmen (Part 1)"

Writers: Chuck Dixon & Clint McElroy

Pencils: Tod Smith

Inks: David Mowry

Colors: Suzanne Dechnik

Letters: Andrea Albert

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Time to block this baby.

The Shift, by Andrea Mowry. Yarns are either handspun or my own handyed. Odd bits and bobs from sample spins ect.

Now I wanna spin more fractals and play with gradients. Maybe I'll have to do that. Maybe there'll be more Shifts in my future. It's such a fun and quick knit too.

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If you get this, answer w/ three random facts about yourself and send it to the last seven blogs in your notifs. anon or not, doesn’t matter, let’s get to know the person behind the blog! 💖

*squishee hugs* Lyn! 🤗 Let me see...

I took ballet as a child because I was super clumsy and not very graceful. Don't give me a drink in a glass, because I'm going to knock it over. Or walking into things was the norm. Always had bruises. My legs always looked like someone hit me with a stick. Turns out because I've always had poor eyesight, that my depth perception was the issue. But you know, you don't figure these things out until you're an adult.

This a 2 for 1. lol I can't stand swimming but I was made to learn to swim at the YMCA when I was 9. I'm also terrified of heights. So diving off the small dive board in the deep end was just nightmare fuel for me. Reason: maybe this is a 3 for 1. Ha! I have sinus issues so being under water always made me feel like I was drowning. Then there's the whole 'I can't see' issue because, can't wear glasses at the pool. Oh and don't get me started on "why don't you wear contacts?". Erm, did I mention I have sinus issues? aka dry eyes. Yeah, it's that bad. Ok moving on...

I'm knitting the Vellichor top by Andrea Mowry at the moment and crocheting the fruit garden blanket by Jane Crowfoot. Just about to finish a granny square sweater by YOKOTA CO,.LTD. (DARUMA). I just need to seam it up and add the bindings. 🧶

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It's still Wednesday here for a few more hours, so I thought I'd sneak this in under the wire! Thank you @thewholelemon & @that-disabled-princess for the tags.

I very much wanted to show off my completed cardigan!!! I realized that I had started this project in May and something inside of me felt that I've spent entirely too long on this. This led to a weekend of furious knitting in the middle of a heatwave. It's so squishy and lovely, but I could only stand to wear it for a few seconds. I can't wait for it to start getting colder!

Naturally, I've already cast on my next project! I'm making the Traveler Shell by Andrea Mowry and I hope this will be a much faster project

I had originally planned on starting the Princess Diana sheep sweater, but I needed a break from red

Considering the time, tags and hellos for Sunday!

@talentpiper11 @messofthejess @blackberrysummerblog @valeffelees @artsyunderstudy @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @youarenevertooold @bookish-bogwitch @facewithoutheart @larkral @run-for-chamo-miles @roomwithanopenfire @fiend-for-culture @cosmicalart @mooncello @cutestkilla @noblecorgi @iamamythologicalcreature @best--dress @emeryhall @ileadacharmedlife @drowninginships @supercutedinosaurs @whatevertheweather @rbkzz @ebbpettier @cccloudsss @theimpossibledemon @katatsumuli @thehoneyedhufflepuff @theearlgreymage @theotherhufflepuff @onepintobean @orange-peony @hushed-chorus @fatalfangirl @ic3-que3n @bazzybelle @palimpsessed @martsonmars @aristocratic-otter @shrekgogurt @monbons @alexalexinii @prettygoododds @ivelovedhimthroughworse @raenestee @skeedelvee

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please do say some more about your favorite sweater patterns i recently learned how to do cables and boy am i excited for the possibilities that the future holds now

Ooooh! So many possibilities! Cables are so satisfying, especially the patterns that look impossible to follow that really are much simpler than they look.

Okay, so! I got a bit carried away looking through patterns, as I always do, but! Here's a whole bunch of pretty patterns I've either made myself or have had my eye on for ages. I'll start with the sweaters, because that is what you actually asked, and then move to the honourable mentions that aren't actually sweaters.

So for your classic aran sweater, the Moby Sweater Man by PetiteKnits is delightful; it's a dk weight pattern, so it's a little thinner and lighter weight than a true aran sweater, but the cable pattern is fantastic.

The Handsome Chris Pullover by Caryn Shaffer was reverse engineered from the sweater Chris Evans wears in Knives Out, and I'm so glad someone beat me to figuring out this pattern so I didn't have to.

Now, if you're just learning or wrapping your mind around cables, I recommend the Antler by TinCanKnits. (I can never recommend their stuff enough) Their patterns are fantastic, always, and very beginner friendly. There's also a free hat version, so that you can see how you like your yarn with the cable pattern, or see if you like the cable pattern at all before you lock yourself into buying sweater quantities of yarn.

Also by Tin Can Knits, and we're diverging from the classic aran sweater fully by now, but Hush is a really interesting design.

Quick aside to say that the pattern that got me loving cables is the Travelling Cables Handwarmers by Purl Soho, and if you're looking for a sort of one-step-past-beginner pattern, those are fun. They also are a good example of how cables really tighten a garment up, not dissimilar to how ribbing does.

The Seaway Pullover by Ozetta is a really good example of using cabling for texturing, which gives it a really interesting look.

I've been wanting to make the Wool + Honey by Andrea Mowry for ages now... it's not really what you think of when you think cables but look at it...... it's so pretty......

The Field Sweater by Camilla Vad is another one I've been eyeing for ages, same as the Wool + Honey. I just need to make it for someone sweaterworthy someday.

Honourable mentions time because I can't help myself:

The Ranger Cowl by Michael Vloedman is so very perfect for renfaire or DnD vibes.

Glimfeather by Sunidesus Knits is a shawl that I just know is the warmest thing in the world, and one day I will own twenty of them.

All of these are ravelry links purely because that's the database I use primarily, but most of these designers have their own sites as well if you prefer that. I do love ravelry though, and using the filters in the advanced pattern search can be so very useful and also so very tempting due to how many pretty patterns there are.

Best of luck on your cabling journeys!

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My finished & blocked cardigan!

This was such a fun project and I got to try a new technique. It grew about an inch in the chest, half an inch in length, and two inches on sleeves from blocking with no stretching or pinning. It also got a lot softer. I still need to buy and attach buttons, then I will weave in the last few ends and it will be officially done.

I can't wait for the weather to be cool enough for me to wear it! :)

Pattern: Douglas cardi by andrea mowry

Yarn: berocco vintage dk in Yukon green

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My current WIPs - I'm switching between knitting cubes and working on a new WIP of Andrea Mowry's Wool & Honey.

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Shifty cowl by Andrea Mowry coming along nicely 😎 yarn is Spincycle Dyed in the Wool

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Monthly Intent | October 2022

Hello and welcome to another Monthly Intent post where I share my reading plans and other goals I have for the month ahead. We are now officially in fall and I have already had my experiences with chilly mornings. Due to this I am in the mood for horror, knitting sweaters, and other fall activities to keep warm and get in the spirit of the season. Without some more ramblings, here are my plans…

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Three mini skeins left on this beast, feat. cat for scale

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Finally this thing is done! Can it be fall yet, so I can wear it?

Pattern: Find Your Fade shawl by Andrea Mowry

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For Pride (or it’s just the next project I’m excited about), I finally started my Rainbow Noir shawl.  Pattern is Rose Gold by  Andrea Mowry, a big brioche shawl, designed for two gradient sets of fingering yarn.  

My main yarn is a fingering merino silk, spun out of two braids of a lovely rainbow gradient merino/silk top from Friends in Fiber (colorway Rainbow Noir).  The silk in the top was black, giving the rainbow gradient a nice rich base.  Since I had two braids, I just spun each ply end to end, with a plying bracelet to match up the final ends.  I started with the purple, because that’s my favorite.  

The contrast yarn is black with rainbow sparkles.  One ply is a black merino/silk blend, while the other is Glitzy Black, a blend of merino and trilobal rainbow nylon.  

Both yarns are fingering two plies, spun worsted.  Each is about 8 ounces, and 675 yards.