May 2026 Stitching/Crafting Update

Another month, and a bit, has passed us by. It's been a little busy (understatement) and things have been a little off the rails. Everyone in my family is healthy, but a co-worker's spouse was in a terrible car accident and things have been a lot recently. Also DD played at a local baseball team's game with their band and they did a great job with the National Anthem. That took out one day of stitching, although I did get a lot of knitting done at the game. 

Without further ado, my knitting over this past month:

First, a finish!

Fair Winds hat by Celeste Knitwear

knit with 3.5m needles after 3.25mm for ribbing

in Malabrigo Rios Purple Majesty

This was a fairly quick one and I'm not sure if I love the decreases for the crown, but it's complete and I used up about half a ball of DK Rios, so I can make another hat with this really nice colour. 

Next, I managed to almost finish one ball of yarn on the scarf for my mom:

Cold Snap by Angeline Webb 

knit with 3.5mm needles 

using Great Adirondack Yarn Co Cotton DK in Hydrangea

You can see the colour a little more accurately in this photo than the one from last month. I don't know if you can tell, but the edges still curl a bit, so this will need to be blocked, although I think it's more difficult to block cotton yarn maybe? 

Speaking of blocking, I managed that for 2 other projects once I got my blocking pins back from a friend. I'm going to put the unblocked and blocked photo for the first project, so you can see what a difference it can make:

Very Merry KAL by Claire Slade

knit with Fiberstash superwash sock yarn

Please ignore the colour differences, and it's subtle, but the top and bottom edges of the cowl especially needed work, so they're much straighter. The pattern is also easier to see compared to the unblocked version. Possibly it's easier to see in person too. 

I also blocked another project that's been waiting and waiting for blocking so I could finally wear it:

Farpoint by Vanessa Smith Designs

knit with FiberStash fingering weight yarns

Just in time for summer here! So it will wait, but I am looking forward to wearing it. It was a very different project for me with lots of stitch differences, etc. Plus bobbles!

And that's the month. Not too much accomplished, but a lot of time went into the massive cross stitch projects, plus, it felt like the month disappeared fairly quickly. 

I hope you all had a good May and have a good stitching weekend!

Happy Stitching, 

Tiffstitch