stocking cap

 

I finished this stocking cap just in time for the last snow of winter.  The yarn is Cascade Heritage Wave held double. In the skein the yarn looked very yellow but knitting with two yarns held together it turned gray.
I knit a cap for DD from the same yarn in orange with a bright orange pompom and forgot to take a picture of it.  I liked the yarn so much I knit myself one and I wanted an alpaca pompom.  It is so incredibly soft and what a deal that you attach with a snap so the cap can be easily washed.  I finished it last night and snow is in our forecast I thought it was coming yesterday but...... later this afternoon then a polar vortex is supposed to come through with single digit temps.  I'll get to wear my cap when I go for my walk.  Warm woolens make the exended winter tolerable.
Maybe next week will be spring.
--Ann--

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Wishing you a rainbow for the sunlight after showers
Miles and miles of Irish smiles for golden happy hours
Shamrocks at your doorway for luck and laughter too,
And a host of friends that never ends
Each day your whole life through.
An Irish Blessing
--Ann--

Design Wall

 This past week has been one step at a time getting these blocks together.  I'm not thrilled with the squiggly black line on the white fabric for the background but I had a couple yards of it to use.  The little dots with the diagonal line for the corner triangles brightens it up at lot.  I see two blocks where I turned the 4 patch the wrong way.  I don't think I'll fix it.  I need a humility block to check me back to reality especially when everything is falling into place to easily.  Hope you are staying safe as we social distance ourselves from everyone and everything.  --Ann--

more enchanted yarn or maybe its the bigger needles

 I saw this yarn over a year ago, the pattern is written for cuff down socks which I do not do.  I am strictly a toe up two at a time sock knitter but the yarn had the magic  sticker  SALE. So I thought for that price if the colors don't line up in dots thats ok I tried.  The directions explain how to get the right gauge so the colors in the yarn stack up to make spots.  Use needles 2.0-2.75mm  I started with 2.0 on the toes and used some of the yellow waste yarn because I will be knitting a gusset and might need the extra yarn.  The pink, turquoise, pink, and blue rows are to get the gauge right so I pulled out yarn to those colors and knit with 2.0 mm needles too tight so I changed to 2.5mm needles. Pretty close, the next size larger needle will leave a gap.  Each color should be 1 row.  That little stripe segment should be at the cuff. But then there is going to be a bright blue section for the gusset and maybe a yellow heel.  Then the turquoise and spots for the leg.  And they are turning out to be more spot than dot. They are knitting really fast on 2.5mm needles.
So much for enchanted yarn.......I goofed so had to rip.  They were too short in the foot, these are for DD who has slightly larger feet than I do and they were short on my foot.  I ripped half way back in the gusset then re knit with 2 rows between increase rows.   So far so good and when I am done with the second heel I should be able to get them back on the cable needle and knit 2 at a time again.  The snow is almost gone.  --Ann--

OTN

 Off the needles  blocked and dry!  A little soak, then the conditioner, a spin to remove the excess water, and lay flat to dry.  Selfies with the timer---none of them were in clear focus.  I like the way this pattern fits if I do it again I will do something more interesting on the sleeves than the seed stitch.  The yarn is KeNZie by HiKoo and is a blend of merino wool, nylon, alpaca, silk and angora not a super wash which is why I could use the conditioner on it oh so soft now.  --Ann--

Design wall

Another bright quilt much like an earlier quilt.  Some days when the sky is grey I just have to work on some sunny bright colors.  The snow is even looking tired of winter.  --Ann--

Socks

A couple finishes, these have only been on the needles since over a year ago.  I went for a walk outside because the sky was blue and the sun was shining, it felt soooooo good.  I heard a cardinal singing but I couldn't spot him, I could hear the snow melt dripping off the roofs,  I even saw a mourning dove,  I hope that means spring is on her way.  --Ann--