Thanksgiving Weekend

Good Morning!  I hope you all had a very Happy Thanksgiving!  Ours was very good (and very filling!)  I cooked, baked, and ate a lot. . . and unfortunately caught a head cold.  Blech.  I'm feeling a bit better today though.  Being sick is the worst, but unavoidable in the Winter it seems.

I didn't get a whole lot of needlework done this weekend, but I did manage to finish the band on my hat.  It's about 6 inches long, and I've started on the "sock" part of the hat.  I switched over to a simple stockinette stitch, and was (thankfully!) able to switch to one size 7 (4.5mm) 20 inch long circular needle.

I also managed to work a bit on the Irish Crochet Capelet.  I would say I am about half done with the border netting.  I haven't decided yet on an edging, but I do know that I am going to add seed beads, possibly crystal pearls.  Of course, I will share this progress with you.

 

Clones Knot Stitch in Progress

And. . . . my Reticello book arrived!  The text is in Italian, but I am able to understand a lot of it, since it is so close to Spanish, and whatever I don't understand, I use a translator app.  Plus, the pictures are so clear and concise that even without the text translation, it would be easy to follow along.  I haven't tried any of the techniques out yet.  I want to get my hat finished before starting any other projects.  I'll be working on my hat diligently because I honestly can not wait to learn more Reticello lace.  :-)

Well, I am still feeling a bit under the weather, so I am going to relax with a cup of herbal tea, and get a bit more knitting done.  I hope you all have a wonderful day and. . . 

'Til Tomorrow

Happy Stitches!