Since I Last Wrote; MKAL Knitting Update and More

Since my last post I have made knitting progress on my Mystery MusiKAL and I have a few more updates.

Knitting MKAL

I am knitting exclusively on my Mystery MusiKAL, and I have completed almost half of clue 2.

This section is very relaxing to knit after the more fussy modular scallops in clue 1. The two final clues have been released by now. I admit that I was concerned by clue 3 when I first saw it. I initially thought that the geometrical shapes were jarring with the more curvy and organic look of the first two clues. Then clue 4 was revealed last Thursday and I was further dismayed.

Now, I need to explain that. I like how it tied together the whole design, so I am pleased with that. It is more the knitting of it that is bothering me. Clue 4 is three borders on the bottom edge in brioche. It looks great but I don’t particularly love doing it. It will take quite awhile but it will be lovely. I have liked the look of many of the finished samples I have seen.

Festival Updates

I did indeed knit on my MKAL in the booth at SAFF last weekend. Friday was the busiest day of the three, but overall it was a great weekend. So, I didn’t have a lot of time during the show to knit, but it was fun showing it off and sharing experiences with other knitters who are knitting it too. I do look forward to doing them each year, since they are never boring. :-)

I am at home this week and enjoying a slower pace for a little bit. Jerry is starting a new batch of Cherry Yarn Swifts, which I can help on at certain stages, but that’s mostly on him. I have been catching up on Elijah’s studies and just enjoying making meals and other homemaking tasks.

I will be leaving on Wednesday for our last festival of 2025. That is the NWA Fiber Festival in Fayatteville, Arkansas. This festival began a few years ago and takes place on Friday and Saturday, November 7-8, 2025. We won’t be back out on the road again until the Scenic Stitches Festival in Chattanooga, TN, February 28- March 1, 2026.

Reading

Here are my current reads, plus a few more that I am hoping to get into in the near future. I am most excited to start the new Joe Hill release, King Sorrow. I have heard nothing but rave reviews for it!

I am really enjoying The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai, so I picked up a copy of her previous Booker Prize winner, The Inheritance of Loss.

I am a big fan of Daphne Du Maurier, so I just had to get the new release After Midnight, which is a collection of thirteen short stories. I have already read a few of them, but I don’t mind reading those again. She never disappoints.

I came across How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix in a clearance sale and picked it up for October. I am not gonna make that, but I will read it anyway as soon as I can get to it.

Okay, that’s it for now. Thank s for reading! See you again next time.