I’m seeing 2007 out with an FO.
woot!

This is the cabled newsboy cap from Stitch n Bitch Nation.

D#1 does not often request knitted items so when she said she would like this cap, I jumped right on it. I knit it in one day. It was an entire day of knitting where I did absolutely nothing else, stayed in the pj’s, had food delivered to my chair. Not a pretty sight, but still – one day!

Anyway, I love the pattern, and adore the yarn! seriously, I am in love with the yarn. It is the hand dyed worsted from Blue Sky – so soft and the colors are gorgeous! I am planning on making another one of these for D#2. I will be knitting her a brown one as well – the pattern calls for two skeins and in fact it took just over one, so I am trying to be economical and use up all my leftover yarn.

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Another year has come and gone and we are all left wondering where the time went. It certainly passes too quickly, but I suppose that’s better than the alternative ;) I wish you all a very happy New Year!

I was hoping that pictures I had ordered would arrive today and that these could go out. That way at least they would arrive before New Year’s. There is still a chance that they could, but …….

so, how late is too late?

At long last I can unveil a bit of Christmas knitting. These are the Squirrel and Oak mittens from Hello Yarn.

It was my first true attempt at this type of knitting. In the past I would simply pick up each color as needed. This time however, Sue gave me a lesson in holding a strand in each hand.

I ended up knitting three of these. I was not completely satisfied with the first mitten that came off my needles – the yarn was not holding up well and I also felt that my stitches were a bit wonky.

I gifted them to my SiL who is thrilled with them!