You all know I have my favourite designers and I tend to frequent their patterns a lot because I love the way their patterns are written, the style of the knits and wanting to have one in my wardrobe as well. Sara Gresbach, known as Addiesma Designs has been on my radar for quite some time now. This sweet mama of two learned to knit from her mum, grammyjoan, who… Read More »Addiesma Designs | Celtic Cast On
Recently T and I had the chance to review some kids books. Sometimes its turkey, Sometimes its feathers by Lorna & Lecia Balian This is a mixed media book, the backgrounds are actual photographs of things while Mrs. Gumm etc are all drawings. At first I wasn’t sure I liked this idea but upon reading it a second time I decided that it was pretty neat. The story is of… Read More »Kids Book Reviews | Celtic Cast On
Joining Ginny for Yarn Along this week. I’m currently reading The Night Circus by Erin Morganstern along with folks in The PlayfulDay Podcast Group on Ravelry. I didn’t read the synapses before I dove into this one, much like with The Knife of Never Letting Go Le Cirque des Rêves, is only open at night. A circus that arrives without warning, one day its there the next day it isn’t. The black and… Read More »Yarn Along | Celtic Cast On
Someone had a birthday yesterday!! My goofy girl is offically 3! We had fun celebrating over the weekend with family. We thought the party was over until T received a special package in the mail today. I recently won a giveaway on Victoria’s blog which was perfect timing for T’s birthday.Victoria kindly wrapped it up in pretty paper and addressed it to the birthday girl herself. She even drew some… Read More »THREE! | Celtic Cast On
I made some good progress this week finishing the back and starting on the left front. With a little under 3 weeks left to go I figured I had better try to pick up the pace a bit. Did you make any progress this week? DANA ALICE LYNNE SARAH HEIDI MICHELLE HANNAH RONNIIE JESS EVELYN ANNABELLE2 ELIZABETH CHRISTINED LETE ALAINA SARA KELLY REBECCA JESSICA SHANNON GEORGIE LACEY TINA JEANNIE EMILY KATHERINE KATE MEGAN IGNASIOWA ROSE KATHY STACIE MINDY MARY We two finished cardigans this week!!… Read More »Aidez – Front | Celtic Cast On
I’ve got progress! I finished my second sleeve and am making my way up the back. The back is knitting up quickly along with one of my favourite sweet treats my parents brought back from the home land. How did everyone do this week?? DANA ALICE LYNNE SARAH HEIDI MICHELLE HANNAH RONNIIE JESS EVELYN ANNABELLE2 ELIZABETH CHRISTINED LETE ALAINA SARA KELLY REBECCA JESSICA SHANNON GEORGIE LACEY TINA JEANNIE EMILY KATHERINE KATE MEGAN IGNASIOWA ROSE KATHY STACIE MINDY MARY Justyna finished the seaming on her Aidez… Read More »Aidez – Back | Celtic Cast On
DANA and ALICE SARAH HEIDI MICHELLE HANNAH RONNIIE JESS EVELYN ANNABELLE2 ELIZABETH CHRISTINED LETE ALAINA SARA KELLY REBECCA JESSICA SHANNON GEORGIE LACEY TINA JEANNIE EMILY KATHERINE KATE MEGAN IGNASIOWA ROSE KATHY STACIE MINDY MARY How did you make out this week? Were you able to squeeze in any knitting time? Here’s an update from some of our Aidez Knitters! We have two more finished Aidez this week! Dana finished her Aidez in a beautiful sunshine yellow in Soft Wool. She did note that her yarn grew… Read More »Aidez – Progress and Prize Alert!! | Celtic Cast On
Goodness these weeks are flying by fast! We have two more people joining in the KAL this week DANA and ALICE SARAH HEIDI MICHELLE HANNAH RONNIIE JESS EVELYN ANNABELLE2 ELIZABETH CHRISTINED LETE ALAINA SARA KELLY REBECCA JESSICA SHANNON GEORGIE LACEY TINA JEANNIE EMILY KATHERINE KATE MEGAN IGNASIOWA ROSE KATHY STACIE MINDY MARY You have all been busy knitting up your Aidez’s and we have THREE more finishers this week! Before we get to their lovely shots I’ll show you the bit of progress I’ve made.… Read More »Aidez – Sleeve 2 | Celtic Cast On
It’s been a week already! We are now up to 32 participants I have linked them all below. SARAH HEIDI MICHELLE HANNAH RONNIIE JESS EVELYN ANNABELLE2 ELIZABETH CHRISTINED LETE ALAINA SARA KELLY REBECCA JESSICA SHANNON GEORGIE LACEY TINA JEANNIE EMILY KATHERINE KATE MEGAN IGNASIOWA ROSE KATHY STACIE MINDY MARY So how did you make out this week? Were you able to cast on? Did you make any progress? As you know I started off with a sleeve and amongst everything else… Read More »Aidez – One down | Celtic Cast On
We are just one week away from the cast on date! September 24th we will be casting on for this beautifully cabled and cozy cardigan. Image source: Cirilia Rose Aidez by Cirilia Rose People have been asking about my yarn choice…. well here it is. This is Cascade Eco in colour 8061, a light beige. I wanted to be able to wear this cardigan with absolutely anything and not have… Read More »Aidez KAL – Gathering | Celtic Cast On