Yay, they’re done!

The pattern was tricky to write up, but I got it in the end. It’s currently residing here.
Yarn: Peru DK Luxury Alpaca (80% Merino, 20% Alpaca, 10% Silk), 2 50g balls, 200 yards
Needles: US 4 dpns (3.5mm), set of four OR long circ for the magic loop
Gauge: 3 inches=20 sts
Notes: It took [...]

Well, the first wrist warmer is done. I’m rather pleased with it!

This one was done on 4 dpns. It worked out fine, but it was a lot of needles to handle when the cable needle was in play, and a bit hard on my hands. The second one has been cast on [...]

I came upon some Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino. It’s sooo soft and I just thought, “This would make a great pair of gloves.” It was crying out for something simple but beautiful, and sadly, none of the patterns out there could please me. So what do we do in this instance? [...]

Well, I’m a little disillusioned. This is the yarn I ordered from Knipicks - Elegance in the Wild Rose colourway (70% baby alpaca, 30% silk).
Now, that looks beautiful, but here we have the picture with the flash, which is mostly what it looks like:

This is a picture in the natural light - much different:

I [...]

I am so pleased…I have figured out the pattern for that wrist warmer!
It’s a much fatter gauge here than it will be for the real thing, but it’s just a test swatch! I need to get some DK…an order from Knitpicks will take care of that. The cable was different than any cable [...]

The angle makes my feet look gigantic! Anyway, I can’t believe I did the entire foot part of the sock in two evenings. I’m thrilled that they’re done, and I love how they turned out. They don’t match, but I’m not anal enough to care.
So this opens doors for a few [...]

I really put my mind to it and made a fantastic dent in that Opal sock today. I was just at the beginning of the gusset decreases and now I’m half-way up the foot. One or two more evenings’ hard work and they will be done and dusted. Then I can do [...]

Well, I did go on holiday for a week, so that is a good reason not to have posted…but the rest of the time it’s been a combination of business and laziness. So here goes…I made two shining star hats for my friends’ kids. Both little girls, but one of them is not [...]