Hat

Another hat for Mom to wear during her cancer treatment. I've made three Wurms so far, two for winter wear and this cotton one. I struggled with the gauge on this one, it took three tries to get the right number of stitches in the right size. Adventure awaits even those who check their gauge.....

Pattern: Wurm by katushika
Yarn: Cascade Yarns ® Paradigm Shift in 3
Needle: 3.5mm & 4.0mm
Gauge: 24 stitches and 34 rows = 10 cm in stockinette stitch

Current Weather
11C and mostly cloudy. Don't let the temperature fool you there's no signs of Spring yet and we're supposed to get snow later this week.

Socks

More socks fresh off the needles. Just my usual basic sock pattern done with a neat colourway.

Pattern: basic sock
Yarn: Rico Design Superba susu in 005
Needle: 2.5mm
Gauge: 41 stitches and 46 rows = 10 cm

Pandemic
Currently working from home and leaving as infrequently as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic. Outlook seems grimmer everyday; health, economy all grim.

Current Weather
-3C and mostly cloudy.

Chemo Cap

It felt like a wild ride to finish another Chemo Cap for my Mom. Even though I only lost a game of yarn chicken once:

Well, that sucks

And I had the right amount of yarn after frogging back a few rows, it still felt like an adventure. That's what passes for one around here.

Pattern: mostly the Sockhead Slouch Hat  by Kelly McClure - I massaged the numbers a little since my gauge was different
Yarn: Lang Yarns Denim Cotton Recycled in 802
Needle: 3.0mm
Gauge: 23 stitches in 10cm

Trying to be artistic....

Current Weather

-19C and cloudy.

Socks

More socks have dripped from the needles. Love it when that happens, I didn't seem to have much sock mojo last year* but so far this year seems better; these didn't even take a full month to finish. Andy they came out a lot more identical than I was really trying for. Very odd.

Keeping these for myself, it's hard to see in the picture but there's a sparkly thread spun through the yarn. I deliberately made these a little shorter than normal because I'm a little worried that the sparkly thread will be itchy.

Pattern: improvised basic sock
Yarn: Zwerger Garn Opal Lucky Sparkle in 9484
Needle: 2.5mm
Gauge: 41 stitches and 46 rows = 10 cm

Current Weather
-1C and clear. It's just a tease, no real signs of Spring yet; the groundhog lied. Again. It happens most years. Not sure why we keep letting the little liar keep prognosticating.

* I looked back through my records and it looks like my sock production last year was bang-on average. No idea why it feels like I hardly finished any.

Weekly WIP Update

Yeah, so; these aren't exactly happening every week but there's only so many times you can repeat, "not much has changed so I didn't bother to take a picture" without being boring to the point of tears.

First up this week are some socks, sort of spring like colours but still mostly wool since this is Canada after all.

Next up are a couple of cancer caps for my Mom, I'd like her to have a few to choose from. Hopefully she doesn't get so sick from the chemo that she doesn't care what hat she's wearing.

 

And my gray vest and blue sparkly sweater have come out of sleep mode and gotten a little longer.

 

And a new, very dark brown, cardigan has been cast on. This one is worsted weight and feels like it's just flying along.

In frustrating news, I had to buy new 4.0mm needle tips this week because one of mine has disappeared. I still have one tip but it's kinda useless without the mate to go with it. Then, when I tried to use the new tips I discovered that the cable I was planning to use needs gluing and I don't have any other cables long enough for this project that aren't already in use. I was planning to cast on a cancer cap so I just cast on the grey one above instead so all is not lost.

That is the one downside I have found to Knit Picks interchangeable needles, at least the old ones that I have, this may not be an issue with a newer cable; the end join occasionally works loose. I just use some strong glue and put it back together and it's good to go, but it does mean the cable is out of commission for a day while the glue cures. This kind of glue takes 24 hours to completely cure.

Current Weather
-13C and partly cloudy. Winter came back again.