Cora Creates

First of two hats for the kids for Christmas. If I have time, I’ll add mittens. And if there’s enough yarn and time, maybe scarves/cowls.

I think I tried to do that texture/colorswap combo once before! How are you carrying your second color?

Gift has been given, so I can post this now! I’m so happy with how it turned out! Bonus hats in the corner.

First of two hats for the kids for Christmas. If I have time, I’ll add mittens. And if there’s enough yarn and time, maybe scarves/cowls.

The second is Melanie’s Mandala Baby Blanket by Melanie Grobler and I’ve been working on it all year. Also way overestimated the yarn needed because I wasn’t changing colors every round like the pattern calls for, so I have three and a half skeins left to make something else lol

I haven’t picked an edge yet because I lost yarn chicken found reason to add in. A second color and am trying to decide number of repeats before edging for balance. So far it is a relatively easy pattern. The hardest part was determining which row the first repeat began on.

Rushing through making a couple dumpling kitties that I need done before Monday. Have all the little pieces made and one body. Started on the second a bit. Can’t find my safety eyes, so put in a rush order for more so I can finish in time.

All the pieces are done except the circles for the bases. Have to add the faces and put everything together before Monday, but I think that’s doable even with me being busy a lot with other stuff tomorrow.

I haven’t picked an edge yet because I lost yarn chicken found reason to add in. A second color and am trying to decide number of repeats before edging for balance. So far it is a relatively easy pattern. The hardest part was determining which row the first repeat began on.

Rushing through making a couple dumpling kitties that I need done before Monday. Have all the little pieces made and one body. Started on the second a bit. Can’t find my safety eyes, so put in a rush order for more so I can finish in time.

Back on this after finishing the dreaded short rows! Just seven or eight more rounds and then it’s done!

Finished a Christmas present and even got it blocked in time! Pattern is the Edlothia Shawl.

This is the portobello road shawl using sheepjes whirl in the minty black velvet colorway. It was a lot of fun, and really kept me on my toes to keep the stitch count right for the first couple repeats before I got really comfortable with the pattern.