Good morning! In today's post I have another finished sweater, a little giveaway, and some awesome book recommendations, so let's get started! The sweater was inspired by Erika Knight's gorgeous Plateau Striped Cardigan. Like most Rowan patterns, it is knit bottom up in pieces. With so many ends to weave in and so many stripes to match up, I thought it best to knit it in one piece, meaning, no seaming and zero stripes to match up and perhaps the best, 2/3 less ends to weave in. I loosely followed the stitch counts from Hannah Fettig's Kaye's Cardigan, all the while trying to follow the stripes and color inspiration from Erika. I'm very happy with it and it is fun to wear, but the yarn--the yarn is a stand out! Let me tell you about it....

As you know, I've been deep cleaning all month. I've finished our bedroom and bath but still have the closets to finish. Not much decluttering to do in there but it's still slow going. Since then I've jumped around the house, cleaning this or that as I feel like it. My kitchen is mostly finished with just the cupboard doors to wash down. I didn't have much to declutter in the kitchen either because I was so thorough last year, but the knitting room? Well, there was a lot to declutter there and that is how I spent my morning--making a mess so I could make it tidy. See that picture above? That's not even all my yarn. I keep all my yarn in this Ikea cabinet pictured below, and this is what it looks like after I decluttered. This morning it was stuffed to the gills and looked very untidy. 

Hi folks! Thank you all so much for your enthusiasm for this giveaway, and also many thanks to Mollie Ollie for offering this generous giveaway. This has been so fun and heartwarming to be able to offer such a lovely giveaway at this time of year. We have two winners today!