I feel like I am behind on life. Traveling for my day job 3 days a week is taking a toll on me. Finding the time to manage doing pottery, home life, etc. has just been really difficult. I do more shows in the last 4 months of the year than any other time and it's just been a lot.

I spent the whole weekend glazing and this is the first of likely 3 kiln openings coming. This one has a lot of mugs, some holiday stuff, and a few other things that have been on the shelves for a while. I'm really excited by my little snowmen on the top.

Speaking of shows - the Howard County Craft Spectacular is this Friday October 31st, Saturday November 1st, and Sunday November 2nd at the Howard County Fairgrounds. Hope to see you there if you're local.

Apparently I'm in the book for triangle shawls. This is a yarn I had used for another project a while back that I just never wore. So I unraveled it and decided to try something new. I love it in this triangle scarf. This is a slightly different pattern than the last one, but same overall design.


I did realize that the way to make the neck flatter is to not to try to reduce stitches for the first few rows when you go in the round.




Hat in a similar pattern.




With a pony tail hole!

I finished the shawl at a show and had yarn left over so I kept going.


This hat has a pony tail holder in the top with a hole to make it easier to wear when you have your hair up (which I always do).




I've never made mittens before, but it actually wasn't all that hard. They fit perfect. Next time I think I want to try the kind that fold back so you can get to your fingers.

It's fall and that means it's time for scarves again. I made a triangle shawl a while ago and I felt like I needed another one in a different color. This yarn is APple Season in Killington by Miss Babs. It fits fall nicely. I made this pattern up as I went. Took me a bit to bring in the neck and figure out how to still make it lay flat.


I like to make these so that I can bring my arms in if I'm cold.




It's basically just a triangle shawl with a neck added to it.

This sweater worked up pretty quickly. I used just over 3 skeins of Venice Twilight Fingering Tweed from American Ewe Yarn. Each skein is 440 yards. I love this yarn, its light, but really warm.


This stitch is called Crow's foot lattice.
Stitches:
ch - chain
sk st - skip stitch
sc - single crochet
dc - double crochet
tr - triple crochet

Cast on in multiples of 4 + 4. You're going to make one back panel and 2 side panels. The two side panels should be however many multiples of 4s you have divided by 2.

Row 1: dc in the 4th chain from the stitch, *ch 1, sk 2 st, sc, ch 1, sk 2 st, in the same stitch (dc, ch 1, tr, ch 1, dc). Repeat from *, end on the tr.
Row 2: ch 1, sc in the tr, *ch 1, in the sc (tr, ch 1, dc), ch 1, sc. Repeat from *,
Row 3: ch 1, sc in the sc, *ch 1, in the ch 1 between the tr and the dc (dc, ch 1, tr, ch 1, dc), ch 1, sc in the sc. Repeat from *.
Row 4: ch 4 (tr + ch), dc in the same stitch, *ch 1, sc in the tr, ch 1, in the sc (tr, ch 1, dc). Repeat from *.
Row 5: ch 5 (tr + ch), dc in the same stitch, * ch 1, sc in the tr, ch 1, in the ch 1 between the tr and the dc (dc, ch 1, tr, ch 1, dc). Repeat from *, end with the tr.
Repeat rows 2-5 until you get your desired length.
Use the same pattern for the sleeves, collar, and pockets.

Aiming to have these glazed and ready for the Howard County Craft Spectacular. Been a while since I worked with the Brown Bear clay. I always forget just what a mess it makes, but its soooooo nice to work with.