Hand Warmers

It is snowing.  I am doing what I love to do best.  KNITTING!  I am currently working on a pair of hand warmers with Louise Harding Kimono Angora yarn.  A matching hat is in the planning stage when the hand warmers are finished.

It has been a cold week here in Minnesota.  My dad came to visit Wednesday afternoon.  The temperature was ten below, with a wind chill that made the air feel like twenty-five below.  He walked into the house with no hat on his head or mittens on his hands.

"Dad," I said, "I know I knit you a nice pair of warm mittens for your hands, where are they?"

"In my drawer at home."

I just shook my head, some people's parents.

Another Pair of Socks

I had to go downtown yesterday morning and take care of some personal business.  In the waiting area I took my socks out of my bag to work on them, when my number was called.  I grabbed my things and rushed to the window.  I set my needles down on the counter in front of me.  The woman on the other side of the window looked at me and said, "are you knitting two socks on circulars?  I love knitting my socks that way."  We became instant friends, and all my business was taken care of in a matter of minutes.

These socks were knit with self-striping yarn from Sensations.  I purchased the yarn at Joann's.  It is a wool, bamboo blend which makes them machine washable.

I am giving this pair to my youngest sister, Lisa.

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The Mobius Experiment

The Mobius Experiment

The Mobius experiment was finished yesterday afternoon.  I really like the way it turned out.  It has a nice shape and a frilly drape.  It was knit up with an acrylic yarn I purchased from a thrift store.  And I love the colors.  I knit it on a size 5, 40" cable.  I don't know how many stitches I casted on, around three hundred, I estimate.  I worked several rounds around the spine, before casting on 10 stitches for the diamond lace edging.

I am still stitching the diamond edging on the mobius experiment.  Sharon finished this beautiful baby blanket on Saturday.  She was inspired by a pattern found in "animal Knits" 26 hand knits for children and toddlers.  The blanket is knit in squares and then sewn together.  Sharon picked up stitches along the edge to knit the border, and then she sew a piece of gold fleece to the back.

She selected the colors, and knit the blanket with Red Heart Super Saver, 100% acrylic yarn.