Two for One

Per usual, blogger screwed up when I posted some socks a week ago. So now you get socks AND a hat.

I just finished my second Maltese Fisherman Hat in Cascade 220 and finished it with "the tassel of my dreams". The hat is ingenious.





And the socks. The sock pattern is a modified version of the Swirl Socks. I worked them cuff down instead of toe up and used EZ's afterthought heel as an experiment. For the "toe" I used in the afterthought heel, it was the wide toe from Nancy Bush's _Knitting Vintage Socks_. Picking out the stitches for the heel is a bit nitpicky and aggravating. But the heel fits fantastically.

Two for One

Per usual, blogger screwed up when I posted some socks a week ago. So now you get socks AND a hat.

I just finished my second Maltese Fisherman Hat in Cascade 220 and finished it with "the tassel of my dreams". The hat is ingenious.





And the socks. The sock pattern is a modified version of the Swirl Socks. I worked them cuff down instead of toe up and used EZ's afterthought heel as an experiment. For the "toe" I used in the afterthought heel, it was the wide toe from Nancy Bush's _Knitting Vintage Socks_. Picking out the stitches for the heel is a bit nitpicky and aggravating. But the heel fits fantastically.

A modified Feb Baby Sweater

I just love this pattern-- there's so much potential for modification and it goes so quickly. And it gives me an excuse to buy more Dream in color Smooshy yarn!



This is my second FBS. This time, I had to work the sweater up super fast for a baby shower. I worked up the body in stockinette and used the gull pattern as a motif just below the yoke, above the bottom and above the cuffs. I also shortened the sleeves by an inch to keep them from dragging. I made a hat to match, but don't have a picture of it, unfortunately.

In February Baby Sweater mode

Yikes - Blogger is playing up and this is my second attempt at showing me the result of my first attempt at creating the fabulous February Baby Sweater. I absolutely love the pattern and the result!

This is knitted for a wee surprise baby that suddenly made an entry into the world without its father's colleagues knowing it was expected!

The minute I finished my first attempt I swiftly moved onto my second. I can't wait to see this one finished, as I think it will look really cute and Christmassy and maybe it'll go to my new niece, who is due at Christmas, unless off course she turns out a nephew. :)

More pictures and details can be found on my blog and on Ravelry, where I'm known as teeweewonders.

Norwegian Mittens

This is the Norwegian Mitten from Knitting Around though EZ also talks about it in the Knitters Almanac and has more instruction for the top of the mitten there. Of course I didn't find that until I had this finished. This is the first of the pair and I have the second one started.

The lighter blue is Brown Sheep Nature Spun yarn and the teal is Lion Wool. I started the cuff with size 4 needles but found that the hand of the mitten was going to be too small. I frogged back to the cuff and used size 5 from there up.

I am still working on keeping the tension right so the stitches lay smoothly but aren't sloppy loose. There are more progress pictures and information on my blog.