A little knitting and the view of my lap

It's been a long time since I blogged last. The deep snow, the cold weather and the lack of sunshine has put me in the winter doldrums.

The sun is out today but that only means that I can see the snow piled everywhere just that much better! I know...get over it Marilyn! I'm working on it....

This is the second start on a scarf for DH. I was using the pattern Cerus but it just wasn't moving along very fast and I just wasn't feeling it, so that got frogged.

This past Sunday, I decided on a simple K2P2. I cast on 30 stitches with size 7 needles and it's just been flying along. What a relief. I've been wanting to get this finished for a month or more now and couldn't make myself work on it with the old pattern.

The yarn is the mink/cashmere like I used for 1st DDIL's scarf only her's was red.





The Pansy socks are coming along. I am so wanting to finish these and the scarf. It feels like something hanging over my head and I don't think that is the intention of knitting!














And this is the view of my lap. Teddy, the kitty that can't stand to be held and won't sit on your lap unless it is HIS idea was really trying to help me knit on DH's scarf this morning. Oh-so-much-help.

The non-pair pair of socks

I knit DH a pair of socks. I bought the yarn (Colinette Jitterbug) long ago when I was first starting knitting again and had only done a pair or so of socks before.



Here are the yarn labels*. To me they still look the same. And all that time ago I thought same name, same numbers, good to go.

I knit this sock. Looks okay. A little tired of knitting ribbing but that's alright.

Started on the second sock. Hum, looks different. Less purply, more green, less black. Kept on going. Came to the conclusion that yes they are different.

Showed DH and he said no problem. He'd wear them anyway. Just going to be house socks.

I thought phew! Don't have to undo all that ribbing to make them look alike.

So I give you the non-pair pair of socks.

*I didn't read the fine print under the staple that said the lots might not be the same and to make your knitting turn out the same you might need to alternate skeins every couple rows.

experiment

How do I make IntenseDebate comment work?? Augh!

A sweet little shrug

This sweet little thing is for 3rd DGrandbaby. She is going to be baptised on Sunday and has a wonderful dress but it is sleeveless and this is February in ND! So I volunteered to knit a little sweater....well this is even better because it doesn't hide any of the front of the dress. Perfect.

The pattern is Confection Baby Shrug (Ravelry link). It was super easy to do and I was just tickled to find the pattern in a search around Ravelry. I even got the yarn that the pattern called for, Blue Sky Alpacas Dyed Cotton. It is very soft and unlike most cottons it didn't make my hands ache. Nice. I used the 3 month size pattern and it looks like it will fit exactly right.



The detail on the back is from Baby Bolero. I just thought that it would add a nice little touch and it goes so nicely with the eyelet on the sleeves.

I didn't wash it or block it at all. I didn't want to lose that softness. It can be washed after if it needs to be.

Well as you can tell, I'm super happy with how this turned out and I hope it looks as good as I anticipate.

Oh and BTW....DH & I and the other Gramma are the godparents for this sweet little girl....that makes it even more special! :)