There have been a lot of little projects getting knit lately. I finished Toad's socks, which he absolutely loved and was so happy about when I presented them to him.
My next project was to, of course, make a pair of socks for his sister. K3's socks were of much lighter blue, and the pattern is Mock Turtle from the Artful Arches pattern book put out by Knit Picks. I made the smallest size.
close up for detail
color is more blue than what the photo shows
After the socks came two hats, for the grandkids, but to keep here at my house so that they always have a warm hat to wear when they come visit this winter (last winter so many hats and gloves and scarves went home or to school with them and never made it back to this little place here).
River Rush slouch hat for K3
dark blue for goofy boy Toad,
who pulled his hat down to "see out the holes like a ninja"
(pattern is DROPS child's hat)
Then I cast on a new sock pattern to make a pair for myself out of hand dyed yarn I bought last year while on vacation in Alaska. The yarn is Sheep Shades in the colorway Forget-Me-Not, and the pattern I am working it in is Glacial.
Since the holiday gift making season is upon us, while I knit my socks, I'm taking a break every few days to whip up a dish cloth to add to the gift pile. So far I've completed two Slant dishcloths using up leftover cotton yarn from my stash and am making good progress on a third. It's been fun to pick through my (larger than I thought) collection of leftovers and choose two (or three) colors that go together.
I haven't been reading much lately, mostly slowly working my way through an interesting but somewhat architecturally dry book about the connected farm building style in New England in the 1800's titled Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn by Thomas C. Hubka.
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