Little Things

(Excuse the mess, if this looks messy. First time blogging on my iPad: I got a new app I'm trying out!)

 

 

My collection of this year's "mindless knitting" that I completed while playing with Conrad and between chores (what I recently coined "upstairs knitting," a term that stuck with me, since all complicated knitting happens in the family room, located in the basement. [And just to satisfy my inner perfectionist who calls for an additional explanation: "Upstairs" really isn't upstairs at all, but the main level of our two-level home]).

 

"Useful little things to keep your neck warm," was the alternative title for this post. Most recently I finished Susan Lawrence's Tuesday Night Cowl, made of Berroco's Flicker, a yarn that has a very subtle sparkle to it (too subtle to show up in the pictures).

 

 

The yarn is soft and very light; the cowl a simple cable pattern that makes for an easy knit with stunning results. My mom likes it so much she's making two herself, one for each of her daughters-in-law (my fabulous sisters-in-law). One mod I should mention: I did one extra pattern repeat to make the cowl slightly bigger. I wanted it to be snug but not too snug.

 

 

Next is the Mohair Bias Loop, a cowl that many of my LYS knitters have made over and over again... the record stands at 17, I think, and I gave in under group pressure, so to speak, and grabbed my favorite color of Alchemy Haiku to cast on for smaller version of the cowl (smaller because fewer yards: I simply cast on 10 fewer stitches).

 

I know it: this is going to be a favorite fall accessory!

 

And lastly, something for DH! Many moons ago I made him a World War II Watch Cap (a manly hat with quite some history), and he requested, ever so kindly, for a scarf to go with it. I started it... well, two years ago? I'm happy to report that I finished it just in time for Father's Day. DH is pleased.

 

It's too bad that in the meantime my husband has lost his hat... :/ (Naturally, he wants a new one. I predict it will take me two years to get around to it, at which time he will have lost the scarf. Or something like that. Or I could make him one this fall, along with the Watch Cap my father-in-law asked for two years ago...)

 

(That's two skeins of Berroco Ultra Alpaca. I didn't use a pattern.)

I'm going to punch "publish" and hope for the best.... (Update: app works fine, but the Tuesday Night Cowl photos show up poorly even though they look just fine on Rav.)

Happy 4th of July!!

 

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