Space Hat

Actually, it's a Wurm for my sister here in Calgary. But I knit it while watching documentaries about space, things like the How the Universe Works and The Inexplicable Universe with Neil deGrasse Tyson. And it's black, so I decided to name it the Space Wurm. Held two strands of fingering weight yarn together to get the gauge, seems to have worked out well, other than that it was knit as written.

Pattern: Wurm
Yarn: Knit Picks Stroll Solids, Heathers & Twists in Black
Needle: 3.0mm and 4.0mm
Gauge: 24 stitches and 34 rows = 10 cm in stockinette stitch

Current Weather
-11C and partly cloudy. Back in the deep freeze.

And then there was knitting

Lots and lots of knitting! Woo hoo!

Let's start with a hat, it looked like this:

Then I realized it was going to be too small, so now it looks like this:

My sister laughed when I texted her the pictures. Back to the drawing board on that one. Clearly, I need a larger needle. Funny thing is I was sure I got gauge, maybe even a smidgen looser than it called for.

But in the good news category my Wee Niece's new Wallaby is progressing nicely. There are sleeves and the pouch is finished. Will hopefully join the pouch to the body this weekend. That will probably depend on how much knitting is done on the hat featured above.

And progress was made on a random pair of socks. Definitely got my sock mojo back. What a relief. No idea who these will be for, maybe even me, but it's nice to have a pair in reserve in case something comes up and you need an emergency sock gift.

Current Weather
9C and mostly cloudy. Another Chinook has blown in and warmed everything up.

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It's Deja Vu All Over Again

I was hit by the urge to make my Wee Niece another sweater. In mauve again. Another Wallaby. A bit larger this time as the first one just barely fit her. In fact, I suspect she's outgrown it by now and she got it at Christmas.

The sleeves are well begun.

I floated the idea of new sweaters for my Niece and Nephew to my sister but she's pretty sure they won't wear them. In that case I'm not going to waste precious knitting time unless they ask.

And I started more socks in John Deere colours. I think these will be for a friend who will be house sitting while I'm away later this year. No pics yet.

In other knitting news....

My sister (mother of my Niece and Nephew) asked me for a Wurm in grey or black. How can one refuse?

Current Weather
4C and partly cloudy. Everything is refreezing as the Chinook blows out of town and I nearly wrenched my knee on some ice while walking the dogs. I was even wearing a hat with a light in it and still didn't see the ice. Of course, the dogs barely noticed the ice. Must be nice to be a quadruped, or tri-pawed in Ahab's case.

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Sleeves

Socks For Me

Finished up a pair of socks for myself. I think I have my sock knitting mojo back. Hooray! For a while there it was looking pretty bleak on the sock knitting front. Guess it was just a bump on the road not a complete derailment. Yes, that's totally a mixed metaphor.

These are just a basic pair of socks, although I did make the top wider to accommodate my fat calves. This yarn came with a spool of yarn to reinforce the heels and toes with, of course I totally forgot to use it. I guess we'll just have to see how it goes.

Pattern: Improvised
Yarn: Lang Yarns Jawoll Color Superwash
Needle: 2.5mm
Gauge: 41 stitches / 4 inches

I think I'll try to work on more than just socks now as I've knitted four pairs in the past month, which is quite a sock marathon as far as I'm concerned.

Maybe I'll go back to knitting for my Wee Niece...... it's not like that can go badly after all. ;-)

Current Weather
6C and mostly cloudy. We are in the middle of a Chinook so temperatures have warmed up and the roads are a slushy mess.

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Tree out front