With many sick days beginning before Thanksgiving and continuing still, I have been doing a fair amount of knitting amidst the administering to the convalescing. Here's a few things I have been doing:
A Hat for me. I discovered a delightful little knitting shop near my new home and found this delicious yarn and thought I'd try a hat for me, although I rarely wear hats, so we'll see, maybe it'll be for Violet (shh, don't tell her)! Yarn is Curious Creek Fibers "Omo in colorway Birches of Norway". I'm knitting on a US #3 for some lovely small stitches :)
My first attempt at cables. This handbag was featured in Holiday 2007 issue of Knit Simple magazine and it was very fun and quick to knit up even with the cables! The yarn I chose for this project is delightful - Rowan "all seasons cotton" in LOT20J5. I really liked how this knit up, very soft. I plan to line it with some of the leftover sage cotton fabric we used to back and finish Violet's quilt. Should be cute and I'll actually get to use it :)
Here's a little closer look at the cables, they were actually quite fun to do and the strap is a quick seed stitch!
This next piece probably won't be finished until next year as I may have to set it aside while I work on Christmas presents, but it's a beautiful wrap I just had to try! Featured in the same issue of Knit Simple as the cable bag, I chose some luxurious Alpaca/Wool yarn in cream, sage, camel and chocolate, YUM!
And the other half...
It is a beautiful stockinette stitch with either side being edged with a seed stitch so it does tend to knit fairly quickly. I'd love to have at least half of it done before the weekend, but at 64 inches it may take me a little longer!
Hope your knitting has been enjoyable and creative, I am so happy to have even just a few minutes each day to unwind with my needles. Now if I can just fire up that sewing machine again we'll be in good shape!
Blessings!