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It’s that time of year – time to put regular crafting on hold and switch over to all Halloween all the time! One current project is a sweater started earlier this year, and I have also started a cross stitch project for the first time in many years. The sweater is the Half Moon tee that I set aside a few months ago. I’m most of the way through the colorwork and will be separating out the sleeves pretty shortly. Still really like this sweater and hoping I can get it done by Halloween! The other project is the Here Lyes the Body stitchalong, which I am doing along with Alissa of AlissaMakes . I haven’t done counted cross-stitch in decades, so I’m relearning somewhat. The designer sent the pattern for the frame to complete in September, then in October we will get one little motif to do each day. I’m pretty excited for this – it should be cool! And it’s fun to do a different craft every once in a while. How ab...

Earlier this week I finally finished my Mostly Ghostly sweater, which was started around this time last year and put on hold for quite a while. The pattern is Fall Favorites Collection by Meghan Regan and is the Mostly Ghostly pattern option. I have made this sweater 3 other times so far, twice for myself and once for my Mom. So if it looks kind of familiar, that is why. I normally steek it and make it a cardigan, as I do wear cardigans more often. However, this time I decided to try it as a pullover. It fits really well and is very comfortable! My only modifications this time were adding the pattern band to the bottom and shortening the sleeves. I always shove long sleeves up to my elbows anyway, unless it’s really cold, so that just made sense. The main yarn is Berroco Fiora, the orange is Knit Circus Greatest of Ease DK in the Safety Dance colorway, and Cascade 22 Sport in Jasmine. I used a combination of yarns for the ghosts, a sparkly white mohair, blue s...