Year-end round-up

Just a December catch-up since I haven't been posting much:

Finally finished the dreaded stripey linen sweater! Decades-old yarn that was thrifted, decoloured, dyed, tangled, unravelled, knit, frogged, reknit:

Striped linen sweater done at last!

And of course xmas pyjamas (only got the kid's done, mine are still on the machine):

Pattern matching too ditsy to notice 

And currently working on a sweater I fell in love with about a year ago, and got the yarn for last spring:

Starting the Montmartre sweater 

Plus the usual xmas baking:

Pecan coffee cake 

Happy new year, let's hope it's a good one 

I’m in love!

How did I not know that Mary Maxim has a ton of vintage knitting patterns currently on sale for $2.99! 

I can’t resist the capes. Especially when I’ve been on a houndstooth kick lately, after falling down an Alexander McQueen rabbit hole and landing in the Horn of Plenty. Who could resist this houndstooth cape:

I already have too many things on the needles but this is definitely going to happen soon...

Funny enough, before I got on my A McQ kick, I had stumbled upon a Reddit post about a cape pattern... which someone made in houndstooth... and I completely forgot until just now, when I saved photos of this vintage pattern (Simplicity 9669) to my computer for reference, and found I had already saved the exact same pic last January ago...

Simplicity 9669 cape pattern with diagram

I mean I guess it’s the universe telling me I will never outgrow the desire for a houndstooth cape, so I need to make one by hook or by crook...