WIPs: A Sweater; A Sock; A Plan

  

First off, thank you for your kind words and well-wishes on our house news! It been so wonderful to read your lovely comments, especially after long days of scrubbing, painting, and moving. You guys are the best. <3

But back to knitting! In between everything else going on, I've been trying to focus on just a few knitting projects at a time: sneaking in a few gusset decreases on a plain but sprinkle-tastic pair of socks in Knitted Wit Victory Sock here; knocking out a few rows of my long-suffering Custom Fit blouse there.

Last, I've been scheming a new project to get on my needles: a Robin shawl by Lee Meredith, using butter yellow, soft grey, and neon pink stash yarns - Shibui Sock, Baah! La Jolla, and Tosh Sock, to be precise. I think the weight and twist on these yarns will play very nicely together, and I've already sketched out a few different color variations and hit upon one I really like.

Now, I just need to finish something...! With a studio to finish painting and a whole house to move, I'll have plenty of time for that, right?

Happy Friday, friends!
<3
Cory

We Bought a House!

Two days ago, Blake and I turned the key to our very first home.

In all of my notes from the last two months, I call it the pretty blue house: a petite Craftsman from 1925, carefully remodeled over the years into a small but beautifully detailed modern home. It is the reason for all of our duck-wrangling and stuff-sorting, and it has been a long and stressful journey to get here.

But in the end, it's all been worth it. Because this house? This house is special.

  

In each room, there is a moment of magic: in the color of tangerine paint slanted with afternoon sun; in the parallel grains of wood floor and ceiling that catch your breath as you walk into the kitchen. In the oft-forgotten, tucked away places, too: in hidden closets, and bright, small tiles, and windows whose very presence is carved into the walls. The heart and care of this house is everywhere.

In our two years of looking, this was the first house that we walked into and felt immediately at home. At the end of the open house - completely unprepared for the possibility of making an offer, in every way but enthusiasm - I had begun to feel a deep pull to the place, so much that I almost ached at the thought of leaving. And now, months after the initial sparkle has rubbed off, even as I scrub away crayon from the walls and wipe down cabinets and vacuum away layers of dust, I can feel the life of the house humming through my feet - and it is just as warm and inviting as it was the first time I set foot there.

So the weeks and months to come are going to be an uphill journey, as we continue to sort and clean and move from our house of two years into the home we'll share for years and years to come. But the promise of this house - our house - is just wonderful enough to make it all seem achievable.

Happy Wednesday, friends.

<3

Cory

(Free!) Pattern Release: Camas

My contribution to the 2015 Puget Sound LYS Tour, the Camas hat, is now available to everybody - and this one's a freebie!

I had an awesome time on the yarn tour - thank you so much to all of you who came to say hello, and to everyone who shared their positive feedback about my hat. It was really exciting to have my design so well-received!

I had such a fun time designing this pattern, so much that I knit up a second version for myself in Jam Session, another gorgeous colorway from Hazel Knits. This was one of those designs that just sort of fell in my lap, creatively - it was easy and fun from start to finish, and I think the result is quite fetching! It's also a pretty simple knit, with just a touch of lace to keep you occupied in between bands of garter stitch.

  

The pattern is available as a free download through Ravelry, and local folks can still mosey over to Fiber Gallery for the free print version.

Happy Tuesday, and happy knitting!

<3

Cory

A Quick Update!

 

I'm working the LYS Tour again today, so no full post - just a quick update  & sneak peek for the Camas hat pattern release next week. You may have noticed in my recent photos: I cut my hair off a few weeks ago, and I love it. So light and easy and laziness-friendly - and so, so fun to wear hats!

Happy Friday, friends.

<3

Cory