Anyway, I promised some knitting updates. And some secret knitting can finally be revealed. So in the last post you saw the Scurvy Pirate Mittens. Here's the close ups.
These were so cute and fun to make. I used Smooshy "Midnight Derby" again, held single this time, with more of the Swish DK in white. And despite all my worries, they fit!Next up was my birthday present to my brother - a Notre Dame hat.
Sadly, I didn't get any "action" shots of this hat, but it fit - not as well as I would have liked (which probably means that sometime in the future I will make another version of this to satisfy myself). This was my first attempt at designing my own pattern. Just a basic hat with some colorwork thrown in, so it's not like I attempted to climb Everest the first go-round. But I'm pretty pleased with it.And now we move onto the pink hat. That's right, I made a pink hat for my little brother. I figured since he's been in warm climates for the last few winters (South Carolina, Okinawa and now North Carolina), he might like to have a hat to wear around home while visiting.
It's the Turn a Squarae hat pattern from brooklyntweed. Love the pattern. And it's amazingly quick and easy. An action shot.
I won't show the first picture I took - it's not nice, and this is a family blog.
Both the Scurvy Pirate hat and the Pink Hat in action. What you don't see pink? Neither do I, but Tommy does. (PS - all he wants is a jolly roger hat - why can't he have a jolly roger hat like C4?)I did manage to finish my Thanksgiving socks in time to wear on Thanksgiving. I don't have photos, because I forgot to take some while they were in use, but maybe next post. And then after those were done, I had a whirlwind of a weekend of selfish knitting. Yep, instead of working on Christmas knitting, I knit for myself instead.
I cranked out these Iro Mittens in like 24 hours - so fast and easy. And more than one person has mentioned how much they like them.... hmmmm....
And then in a little over 24 hours, I managed to make another Turn a Square.
This one's for me, to match my Noro Vacation Scarf. Love it. It's so pretty. Might go back and rip out a couple stripes to make it shorter - haven't decided yet. Right now it's a bit long, but it fits over my ponytail easily. We'll see, I may just leave it due to the amount of knitting I still have to get done in the next 21 days!!!Pretty presents to show and then I'm done. My second shipment of the spindle and fiber club came. It's amazing, again.
That's 3 oz of mohair in a colorway that perfectly matches the merino I got in the first shipment, some silk in "Bright Peacock", and the class whorl spindle. So pretty.
Now I just have to get my gift knitting done, and finish at least one of my spinning projects so that I can play with my new stuff. There just aren't enough hours in the day!
