Just Squeaked By…

I saw Fetching when Knitty came out this summer and they looked so cute and practical. They keep my office so cold in winter that my fingers freeze and don’t work well when I’m typing and these seem to be perfect for that sort of thing. These are a gift and I hope they are well loved. I used the yarn called for in the pattern, Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran. I got the gauge with the size 6 needles, but I strongly suspect that I knit a little looser in the round than flat since I ran short on yarn (the pattern said that I’d have one yard left over). I couldn’t see buying a new skein, so I tore back one row from the top of both to have enough to finish the second thumb. There is nothing left, well, nothing except this

the tail from my cast on. I think they turned out great. They are super soft and cozy.

Vacation Knitting

I’ve been on vacation, so I have some catching up to do.

My friend gave me Mason-Dixon Knitting for my birthday. It’s such a fun book! I’d looked through it and admired it long before I got it for my birthday. I especially liked the fun washcloths in it. I took it along to read on vacation and found some bright Sugar’n Cream along the way in York, Maine. I had a lot of fun making these as we drove. Now that I’m back home I’ve been enjoying using them in my kitchen, they are so bright and fun they make the cleaning a little bit more fun too.

The big project that I was working on the trip was a new pair of socks for an upcoming Christmas gift. I saw this ribbed pattern somewhere on the web and just knitted it up in these socks. They aren’t quite done yet, but they are knit top down with 72 stitches, short row heel and short row toes. The yarn is Regia strato

Along our adventures, we made it to several knitting shops including Webs where I got some great yarn for new projects. I got:

- 2 skeins of Regia in a purple color for Embossed Leaves Socks, Interweave Knits, Winter 2005

-5 skeins of Debbie Bliss Merino Aran in a deep forest green for Shawl-Collared Jacket, Baby Knits for Beginners

-6 skeins of Debbie Bliss Cotton DK in a brownish color for Raglan Cardigan with Fully Fashioned Shaping, also from Baby Knits for Beginners