Mesa View Pattern

I published the Mesa View pattern for sale in my Ravelry Pattern a couple weeks ago...  I can't believe I'm just now posting about it here on my blog! That's probably backwards. Anyway, I've been wearing my cowl quite a bit this spring - having the option to wear it longer and open or doubled up is so perfect for the changeable weather. Hooray for functional knits! 

The Mesa View Cowl features slipped-stitch selvedges and squishy garter borders that flow smoothly into the easily memorized garter chevron pattern. This versatile accessory makes a perfect showcase for your favorite solid and semi-solid yarns and special lightweight buttons. Can be worn as a long cowl, wrapped double for a cozy shorter cowl, or left unbuttoned and worn as a scarf.

You can see all the details, and purchase the pattern, on its Ravelry pattern page or right here on the Mesa View pattern page on this website. 

Thanks to Katherine Vaughan for your thorough tech editing, and to my sweetie Jacob for the photos. And thank you to everyone who has faved, queued, or bought the pattern on Ravelry so far! I want to make a second, in a pale solid yarn. Apricot-y perhaps? Something squishy that will make those garter chevrons pop... and give me a good excuse to use up more of my button stash! 

Craft-wise, I've been busy working on some goodies for my brother's wedding, which is this Saturday! I made matching plum-colored shrugs for the bride and flower girl, and am making a cute photo collage for the reception, with pictures of Michael and Julie from their childhoods till now. I'm so very excited for the trip, I can't even tell you, and will be back next week to share the wedding crafts and pictures of the vacation! I am going to hug a redwood or two and breathe in the Pacific air. New Mexico feels like home to me now, but there's really no place like the place you're from.

Let's catch up.

Finished the first Bosque Trails hat!

I love a good slouchy hat and an easy-to memorize stitch pattern. 

So I started another Bosque Trails hat! This one is on hold at the decreases; lately I've been focusing on projects for my brother's wedding (more soon). I also might have a fun and unusual project that I'll have to keep under wraps for a bit - figuring that out this week. Busy is good!

Went to Texas to meet with the rest of the Ravelry staff for some in-person goal setting and planning! It was fabulous. So inspired by the team I work with, all day every day.

And of course, Charlie is always nearby.

Jacob's Halo game on the TV in the background there is amusing me. It shows a typical scene around here when we're fortunate enough to get a lazy weekend morning. I'll knit, Jacob will play a game or put on an old movie (most likely a classic and/or a Western), and Charlie will supervise us both. 

Also, there are some really foul-mouthed little kids playing Halo and learning to cuss as they talk smack into their headsets. In case you weren't aware.

The weekend in wool.

I spent much of my crafty time over the three-day weekend working out the details of the upcoming hat pattern. Such a luxury to tinker with wool. Hats are so speedy and fun! Why don't I knit more hats? I'm going to knit more hats.

This stitch pattern is really fun to work, and in the Quince & Co Lark it looks and feels crisp and squishy at the same time. The second sample (in a larger size) will be knit in this pretty sky blue Dream in Color Classy.

I bought all this yarn years ago, so it's nice to finally knit them up! There's nothing better than using up some lovely-but-lingering stash. 

I got some planning work done on projects I'm doing for my brother's wedding in April, too - I'm not sure how much of those I'll be able to show on the blog beforehand, but I'll definitely have some crafty projects to share after they're married. I have a Dropbox folder for their wedding projects now, which is "shit just got real" territory for me. Ha.

Charlie supervised everything, of course. (Ah, the white hairs in his muzzle!)