Oh, February. For such a short month, you certainly kept me busy — busy enough that I didn’t even blog about some of the things I knit. Let’s go through the list of Finished Objects, shall we?
MOM’S LOCH NESS GLOVES
Pattern: Basic Glove Pattern from Ann Budd’s excellent Knitter’s Handy Book of Patterns
Yarn: BMFA Socks that Rock Lightweight in Loch Ness
Needles: US1/2.25mm bamboos
Notes: I wrote all about these beauties here, although the picture here is a new one, demonstrating the gloves’ snowball-making capabilities.
MOM’S HOODIE SCARF
Pattern: Mimi Hooded Scarf from verypink.com (pattern found thru Ravelry)
Yarn: Knitpicks Wool of the Andes in Amber Heather, with edging in Lion Brand Polarspun, understandably discontinued
Needles: US7/4.5 mm circular (used my KP Harmony interchangables) and an H (5.0) crochet hook for the edging
Notes: Again, this was discussed previously.
LAWYER BABIES III
Pattern: Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Baby Surprise Jacket; Christine’s Stay-On Baby Booties by Christine Bourquin
Yarn: Koigu PPPM, colorway P511L, picked up from a Rav destash
Needles: US 4 (3.5mm) and US 1 (2.25mm)
Notes: Seems like I was actually pretty good about keeping track of things this month! The Lawer Babies are exactly what they sound like — the newly arrived babies of lawyers I worked with at my last job. I have a personal philosophy that every baby should start life with at least one hand-knit thing to their name, so I do my best to make sure that happens. This layette was written up here. Due date is any day now and I am eagerly awaiting word.
LILAC HAT
Pattern: Basic Hat Pattern from Ann Budd’s Knitter’s Handy Book of Patterns
Yarn: Louet Gems Sportweight in Lilac and Charcoal leftover from my Endpaper Mitts. Picked up from a sale basket at Loop in Philly.
Needles: US 3/3.25 KP Harmony DPNs.
Notes: This was a quick throwaway project, both to use up my leftover Louet, and to have a hat that would match my Endpapers. Feeling a little contrary, I decided that I would knit it in regular stockinette and then turn it inside out and wear it with the purl side showing. So I did. I threw a single row of purl stitches after the ribbing, so that the switch from the charcoal to the lilac would be clean — it’s not a trick I’ve used before but it turned out very well, and I’ll be keeping it in mind for the future.
I am not sure that I’ll use the hat pattern as much as the others in Budd book. The decreases are stacked pretty close together and make a folded effect that worked in this instance — but sometimes you want your decreases to lay flat, and this pattern doesn’t work as well for that. For this project, though, it worked out well and was very handy to have during that lion-like snowstorm that blew in with March.
I am in the middle of test-knitting some impressively complex cabled socks by Glenna C at the moment, as well as some Selbu gloves for my dad, some socks, and restarting my February Lady Sweater. It was ripped out on account of my gauge being a lying liar who lied, and the yarn has been Thinking About What It Did. I think we’re about ready to start working together again.