cashmere anyone???

i stumbled upon this lovely dimple hat pattern....made with lovely cashmere

it was published over at purl bee where they have lovely patterns. and i think i have mentioned before how lovely the purl soho store is in nyc.....haven't i??? and ironically enough i worked on and completed most of this hat during our flight to and from nyc. didn't knit much when i was there, only if rob was asleep before me....or taking a nap. (i can't nap in nyc)

gotta love a free pattern....too bad cashmere wasn't free. it's so soft....dreamy really!!!!!

april showers...bring may flowers

visiting purl soho in nyc certainly gave me a lot of inspiration....and a lot of yarn. according to google the average purchase of the store is approx. $55. yeah right!!!! i have no idea how anyone could walk out of there with only $55. worth of yarn. i would have taken the whole store with me if i could.....and i didn't even get to the fabric. :(

my goal when i went in was to buy a few skeins of "different" yarns that i hadn't seen around here. the lovely girl pointed me in the direction of this skein of silken straw. she began to describe to me how once it was worked with and blocked that it would soften

so i ventured into knitting with this lovely lace with the april showers pattern from purl soho's blog (and trust me when i say that the blog is equally as lovely as the web page).

the pattern called for 3 repeats across the scarf, but i was wanting this one to be a little more narrow and longer so i only did 2 (since i only purchased one skein....and i'm regretting that decision) and kept knitting until i ran out. i think there is about 6 inches of it left.....i got my money's worth!!!!!

when it was all finished it was pretty, but it didn't become absolutely beautiful until it was blocked....and let me tell you....this silken straw is gorgeous!!!!!! i want more more more

finished project is 4.5" wide and 68" long

thanks for stopping by, i'm going to have an update on my first sweater soon!!!

and i have a pair of socks to share

look what i started.....

here it is!!!!!

and i'm going to use this.....

and yes i am going with the red....really i couldn't imagine it in any other color....plus i have always wanted a red hooded coat!!!!

hat for rob

nothing makes a better hat than cascade 200 wool!!!! it is what i've been using the past couple of hats.....not having much luck getting the hang of knitting stripes in the round....but by the time i got to the end of this hat i think i got it now.....

do you like the gray and navy? i think it is a nice change from going with my first instinct of black and gray....

fingerless mittens

you may remember this post about my first scarf....the short version to the story is that when i started the scarf....it didn't go so well, so i ended up frogging it and starting over. but i didn't want to have all that work go to waste, so i turned it into a fingerless mitten

well tonight i finished the second to the set....only problem is....i think i will remake the original mitt now to match this one a bit better. should have known better and made it identical to the first. oh well....another project to work on i guess.

regardless, they will keep me warm!!!!

another hat???

yes it's another hat....but with 6 heads to keep warm i have a lot of work to do. this one is for rob's youngest daughter, she requested skulls with bones. there weren't any patterns that i truly loved, so i came up with this one on my own.

it even slouches a bit in the back which i just love!!!!

here it is standing up, i didn't have a model when I took the picture. the yarn is cascade 200 wool and the grey knit up so nice!!!! might have to knit myself a little something grey so i get to use it again.

my next project is to give another pair of socks a try with the zauberball starke 6 yarn in the pink and lime green....these will be for me!!!

hope you all had a great weekend! we are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel on our upstairs renovations (ps, i hate crackfill dust!!!). only problem is now i have the itch to do more parts of the house. one room at a time i guess.

thanks for stopping by, and have a great night

penguin hat

well my boy sure loves his penguin hat. he was happy to finally get it on and model it for me. the nose was the trickiest part for me, but in the end it turned out ok. the stripped ear flaps are my favorite.....and i even gave pompoms a try

as detailed in a previous post, this hat was made from cascade 200 wool and heathers!

i still have yet to block it and let him wear it, but it will be done this weekend for sure so monday morning he can wear it to school.

next a hat for one of rob's girls, it will again be made from cascade 220 wool. this one will have skulls on it, which was a lot of fun to design.....must get at it.

have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by