Grab-&-Go is finished!

I think it turned out really well! It's the first felted project I have done! I am very excited about felting, it was so cool!!!

Grab & Go....

So I'm mostly done with the DS cozy for Sara. I need to decide how to do the straps. I LOVE how the Noro worked with the Honeycomb stitch! It's gorgeous. When it's all done I'll surely post a picture. For WIP pics go see my Ravelry project gallery for it.

I started the Grab-&-Go Bag from the Nov issue of Creative Knitting. I really wanted to use the Cascade the pattern calls for, but got impatient for my scheduled trip to Webs on the 10th and dug through my stash, settling for some Elsebeth Chunky Al. I am a bit nervous for my first felting experience, but this yarn looks like it felts beautifully from looking at other projects on Ravelry, so we will see how this turns out.

I feel blessed that I have had enough time to knit lately.

New Plan

All morning I have been working on this DS case and it just isn't working with the Hurry Up Spring cable pattern. The pattern is written for knitting in the round, and I am certainly not skilled enough to turn this stitch into something I can use on straight needles.

So I've been looking through my Big Book of Knitting Stitch Patterns, and I have decided on a stitch in there. It called Honeycomb, and it's really nice. I think it will work well with this project.

If anyone who has the Hurry Up Spring cable pattern wants to become ambitious enough to rewrite it for not knitting in the round, please post a link to it here. It would be a really cool pattern to use on a scarf or something.

Hurry Up Spring....DS?

So I'm knitting a DS case for a good friend of mine, and I want it to be really cool. I'm working off a pattern I found in Ravelry, and I like the basics about this pattern. I'm thinking perhaps I could incorporate the Hurry Up Spring Cabling somehow up the middle of it.

This is the first time I have knit with Noro Kureyon yarn. It's gorgeous colors. When I get this pattern finalized, I will post it here or on my Ravelry page. Now I think I'll utilize this Sunday to go knit it!

Pink Ribbed Hat

My niece picked out some Debbie Bliss alpaca/silk when we went to the yarn store together, and requested a hat. I combined the pink with some Caron Simply Soft dark brown, and turned out this:



It's just a simple 2x2 rib knit on size 8 dpns, but I rather like how it came out!

Apple Hat

I made my nephew this Apple Hat! I couldn't resist...it's so adorable.





I followed the pattern exactly, using a size 6 needle and Reynold's Kids Bright Red for the hat and Bright Green for the leaves, and a bit of Caron Simply Soft Dark Brown for the stem.

And here he is in it!!!

Wavy Gravy

I completed a scarf and hat set for a good friend of mine. I have completed the scarf, which is Wavy Gravy from Stitch n' Bitch Nation.

Here's the halfway point:



I used Laines Du Nord Maxi in White and Neon Green. The pattern in the book was a bit skinny for my tastes, so I altered the waves a bit to make the scarf wider.

Here is the hat:



And me wearing it...hopefully she'll send me a pic of her in it and I'll edit that in: