hat for Baby O

I knitted this hat Wednesday night for the new baby niece. The pattern is this one, but I used size 8 needles instead and it ended up newborn-ish size. Plain old Sugar & Cream cotton yarn in Strawberry Ombre.

There was enough left over to start the baby bolero in One Skein. I finished the left and right fronts and the bottom of the body. Now to grab one more skein and finish it off. I am thinking of adding ruffle around the edges to go with the hat.

third fetching: altered, finished and gifted

I finished my third pair of fetching this weekend in time for my sister's birthday. The main part is dark chocolate Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran. To add a little more length, I trimmed them with a little bit of moss stitch in pale blue Cashmerino Aran.


And on my sister's hands...


This afternoon is devoted to three checkups. Emma's nine year, Benny's four year and Lydia's nine month.

I could eat that picot edge with a spoon.

I am fairly certain this was my first short row heel. I'm not 100% sure because it seemed vaguely familiar as I knitted it, but I cannot actually remember a specific pair of socks with a heel like this. And a short row toe? Definitely the first. The ridge created by the zigzag bind off looks cute (moreso in person that the photo, I think), but seems like it could feel funny in a shoe. That won't be an issue with this pair, though. And who wants to cover up this cuteness, anyway?

I cast on for the second sock on the way home from the college yesterday but exhaustion won out and I ended up dozing the rest of the way home.

two in one

This evening's project fits in nicely with two kal's: Socktoberfest and Lonesome Skein.



This is from Ann Budd's Better-Than-Booties Baby Socks (Interweave online pattern for subscribers), the Chevron Lace version. Knit from my lonesome skein of hand dyed blue faced leicester fingering weight on #1 needles. I moved up from the size 0 needles called for in the pattern to make them slightly larger. I told you I'm feelin' the pink.

And the recipient? This girly, of course.



Fireball at eight months.

Do you think it will wake her up if I gingerly try the sock on her foot for length? (-;

Lonesome Skein KAL

The perfect knit along for this time of year...


Lonesome Skein KAL

From the group info:

We all have them -- single, sometimes wildly expensive, skeins of yarn that we bought on impulse.

We all need them -- quick-to-knit gifts for the holidays and charity projects.

This knitalong helps you use the former to complete the latter!

Join us for three months of knitting and decrease your stash.
The perfect knit along for this time of year...

* Choose any pattern and yarn you want, but the items you knit must be made made from 250 yards of yarn or less.
* Tell us about your project as you knit it. Other members can offer suggestions on how to alter patterns or substitute yarns.
* After you complete the item, upload a photo to the appropriate photo album and include pattern and yarn information in the photo description.
* Share links to tried-and-true patterns

You have until October 16 to sign up and play along.