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As the number of knits that are made with JMF yarn grow and grow in the Ravelry database, there are weeks that when looking for projects to favorite I can’t decide on a theme at all and just start clicking on all the projects that catch my interest! Here’s what I’m falling in love with this week. Click through the picture to be taken to the Ravelry project page for all the details!

Beautiful scarf! Mixing three colors makes it quite elegant.

I can’t resist cables and a beret is a great instant gratification project. Plus then you can talk in a fake french accent when you put it on!

Spring is on its way, although it seems to be struggling a bit. A cozy sweater like this one would definitely help for those days when spring is just not apparent.

This is gorgeous! Really, is there anything else to say other than *swoon*?

Another warm cozy sweater – nay – poncho! A poncho that I could see myself wearing, actually!

I can never get enough of admiring lacy shawls, even though lace often seems like more than I can concentrate on.

A sweetly cabled hat! Look how happy she is!

Another shawl blocking! I love seeing blocking photos so you can get a real understanding of the size and shape of a shawl, but I also love modeled shots!

I am completely smitten with this cowl!

What’s knocking your socks off in the knitting world this week?

This week’s Yarned by You honors the dedicated knitters who worked throughout the games supporting their athletes while knitting their fingers off. Here’s what was finished during the Olympic games and was entered in the Ravellenic Games, interspersed with what the Olympics was like in my household. As always, click on the pictures to learn more about the projects featured.

For most of the world, the Olympics are done. The torch was snuffed out on Sunday and with it hopes and dreams were fulfilled or dashed and there were many tears shed. In my house, however, the Olympics are still going strong. What you say? How can the Olympics continue? Well, my husband is an Olympic junkie. I’m fortunately not a football or golf widow, but the Olympics take over our TV during the games.

Every single scrap of Olympics coverage is either watched live or recorded – not just the events, but the all the news and the Today show and anything else that might have Olympic info. I’m grateful that we don’t have a fancy cable package with all the variations of NBC so there’s only one channel to keep up with, but it still left my husband with over 130 hours of recorded television at the end of the games.

Now, a lot will be fast forwarded – mostly old news stories and commercials, but there is still a lot of Olympics happening. From my office I keep hearing snippets coming from the TV in the other room and getting confused – hearing news segments talking about Valentine’s day or Shirley Temple dying leaves me wondering why I’m hearing old news. And if I have to hear “Get Lucky” sung by that Russian choir one more time or hear about the bobsledder crash through his bathroom door I’m going to lose my mind.

Yesterday, I heard the first piece of non-Olympics TV in two weeks. It was a great relief to hear. I’ve been very patient; only once inquiring when the Olympics were going to be over. I have watched some events with my husband – some figure skating, bobsled, super G, ski-athalon, but I didn’t do any knitting while watching the Olympics, unlike these amazing knitters.

I did do some knitting on my Sabine sweater while holed up in the bedroom either listening to an audiobook or watching Netflix. Netflix has completely changed my Olympic experience. I used to watch a lot more of Olympics and do more knitting. But I also used to work outside the home, so I wasn’t surrounded by it and was excited to watch the events. So I felt completely free to watch whatever I wanted on Netflix, particularly something I didn’t think my husband would want to watch. Cue cheesy romantic movie that has the ending spelled out before the first scene is over.

But on Sunday, the closing ceremony aired and so on Monday night we had a quiet evening and played Othello. We had both missed spending time with each other and it was a great way to reconnect and to have the TV off for for awhile.

So even though there are 130 hours of the Olympics left, it’s not quite ALL-Olympics-all-the-time anymore. We can take breaks to watch our usual shows and do other things. Though our marathon watching does seem epic, it is nothing to what the athletes have been through. I bet there are some knitters out there that would have loved the extra time to finish their knits.

To all the knitters that did finish, congratulations on the fine work! To those who didn’t finish, there are many athletes in your shoes, so take pride in your attempt! One two more years until the Summer Olympics! Is it too early to start planning projects?

As Valentine’s day is on Friday (Am I the only one stunned by how fast the months are flying by? It feels crazy how quickly time is passing!), I thought I’d dig up some patterns that would either be good Valentine’s day gifts or that would be cute to wear on Valentine’s day or that just made my heart flutter.

Wouldn’t this sweater be charming to wear on Valentine’s day?

This heart garland would cheer up the office!

Valentine’s Day makes me think of The Red Scarf Project and this scarf would be a perfect choice!

The heart border on this shawl is perfect for Valentine’s Day, don’t you think?

This pattern is called Fragile Heart, and it it’s name and the lace seem perfectly suited to each other. And don’t we all have fragile hearts that need to be treated with kindness and an occasional GEAP day?

This would be super fast to whip up and would be perfect for that 9 year old in your life.

These slippers could be in a Halloween-themed post too, but they’re super fast to make and would be a great, fast present!

These mug huggers would also make a great fast gift to give away!

As always, click through the pictures to be taken to the Ravelry page of the knitter and to learn more about which yarn and patterns they used!

Helloooo blog readers! Sarah here – you may remember me from my previous posts on knitting a share yarn sweater or the share yarn pattern inspiration posts. I’m bringing you today’s Yarned by You!

Today’s theme is projects made with share yarn OR with the special edition Shepherd & Shearer yarn. I’ve been knitting away on my Shepherd Hoodie, one of the two patterns created especially for Juniper Moon’s The Shepherd and The Shearer project (in case you’re just hearing about the project now, there are kits available HERE!), and I’ve been thinking about what I’ll make with my 2013 Cormo wool yarn share, too.

All of that led me to browse what others have made with the Shepherd & Shearer yarn and the cormo wool share yarn. There is some GORGEOUS stuff! As always, click on the images to find out more about the crafter, pattern, and project.

Let’s start with the Shepherd & Shearer yarn projects, shall we?

CanadianEh has finished her Shearer pullover – I LOVE this photo, it makes me want to knit cables forever and ever (and take pretty arty photos of them!)

Check out this finished Shepherd hoodie, made by Spar, and modified to omit the hood and add a ribbed collar, and with ribbing at the bottom instead of seed stitch. I love seeing modifications!

Other knitters are using the AMAZING Shepherd & Shearer yarn for totally different patterns. Michellehihi used it to make an Aidez sweater, adorably named “Aidez les moutons” (“Help the Sheep”)!!

Even cuter, mswnola’s dog coat is too sweet for words, and really shows off how well the yarn cables.

What about some share yarn projects?

blendab1 made ingenious use of both undyed cormo share yarn AND Juniper Moon’s colored yarn share in this Émilien cardigan. The stripes are perfect!

It’s definitely blanket season – how great would it be to snuggle up under jamiedean’s Two Lights Blanket in cormo share yarn?

cbseitz used cormo share yarn to make this lovely Trillium sweater – I think I spy a few bobbles!

How about some bright dyed share yarn projects to round everything out? bkroll’s Market Jacket in the Ojai colourway feels distinctly springy to me!

And suszek’s Vivian cardigan, knit with Juniper Moon’s Wool/Mohair Fall Share yarn, is right up my alley. Cables, bright happy green, cardigan – fantastic!

Looking at all of these amazing projects has really made me feel inspired to cast on something in Juniper Moon yarn! What are you casting on these days?

It looks like this year in Massachusetts we’ll have a white Christmas. Of course at the farm, all the snow will be melted, as it’s going to be nearly 80 degrees this weekend! (Too bad we’re not doing our spring/summer photo shoot this weekend, hmm?) But back to a white Christmas. All this white must have seeped into my brain, because when I started to look for things to show you for today’s Yarned by You, I was drawn to white knits. So, here’s a look at our white yarn and what’s been knit with it recently!

First is this Winter Solstice Wrap, a free pattern that Snaplo knit in Sabine. This looks super comfy and cozy and perfect for these chilly days in my office!

I’ve been a fan of these drapey front cardigans (although I’m afraid that it might not work with my body type), but they’re all knit in laceweight yarns and it seems like it would take me YEARS to finish one based on my current knitting rate of no knitting / day. But, this one is made from Moonshine, a worsted-weight yarn. BobbyCB made it as a shop sample for Hank, which is in Cincinnati, Ohio, so if you’re from that area, you can visit it in person.

This infinity scarf looks so snug and I know that it’s soft, being knit out of Herriot. It’s called New Caanan and was knit by knitswithdoxies.

Sherib29 knit these adorable fingerless mitts out of Herriot. They’re called Poulsbo Mitts and were designed by our friend (and yarn shop owner) Sarah Parker.

There are many great knits in Coastal Knits, and one of them is the Rocky Coast Cardigan. chiaochun knit this one using Herriot. I bet it’s like wearing a hug all day long. Definitely my kind of cardigan!

MissMatty knit this Reversible Cable-Rib Shawl using Findley. This is her first laceweight project AND her first cabled project. Didn’t it come out so beautifully? This is so elegant and would look great over a dress or bunched up and worn as a scarf.

This cowl-necked pullover was knit by perrinandcompany using Sabine. The pattern is The Purl Soho Sweater. Comfy, cozy, and relaxed.

violetdalhlia knit this shale baby blanket. Old Shale is such a classic pattern, you can’t go wrong knitting a baby blanket using that pattern! And using Herriot is sure to guarantee an heirloom blanket that would comfort any baby.

This stole is knit out of Findley. Although nupps are not usually my thing, in a simple stole like Sweet Embrace, they look great. CapeCodeKnitWit did a beautiful job!

That wraps up this week’s Yarned by You! What are you working on? I should have some kind of Christmas knitting on my needles, but I just haven’t felt motivated. What am I waiting for! Christmas is only 6 days away!