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I finished the purple mittens I was making for my niece Katy. Pattern:  Classic Mittens No. 615 by Bernhard Ulmann Co. Size: Childrens 6-8 Yarn: Knit Picks Mighty Stitch Content: 80% Wool/20% Acrylic Color: Eggplant Needles: Circular size 5 Started: December 9, 2016 Finished: December 22,2016 Comments: I really like this pattern. It's easy and knits up fairly quickly. I don't know if I'll be seeing Katy this weekend or not. Her family was planning to come over to ski. They don't celebrate Christmas so it isn't a Christmas present. It's just a present from Auntie me to Katy who loves purple mittens. Now for some bad news. About 15 minutes ago I accidentally knocked my camera off the dining room table and it broke!   It will only take pink blurry pics. I hope I can get it repaired. I love my camera so much! We have got lots of snow at the Parkarosa. It's well over a foot deep now in the yard. We got 4 new inches just last night. I'm as ready

Well, it's amazing how nicely something goes when you're doing it right. I already got the first mukluk knitted, and I've started the second one. There are a lot of ends to weave in. Not looking forward to it. I have a pair of leather soles somewhere around here to sew on, but I can't remember where I put them (2 years is more than my memory can handle) so I've ordered some more. Zoey wanted her picture taken, so I obliged. We have about 8 inches of snow on the ground now. It's also very  cold. The high on Wednesdat was 15F. Yesterday it was 23F. Today it's 16F. When I got up this morning it was 8F. Brrrr. So I feel bad for the fence guys. Yes! They showed up on Wednesday and started building the fence. They dug post holes all day, and they managed to find the cable to our satellite dishes too. Chopped it right in two. Fortunately, Dish sent someone out later that day to fix it so I wouldn't miss the finale of Survivor. The fence guys returned Thursday a

This project went really fast. I started it on the 5th and finished it last night. A Christmas present for someone. I call it the bicycle hat. The Bicycle Hat Pattern : Bicycle Patterned Knit Hat by Heidi Arjes Size:  Adult Yarn : Cascade 220 Superwash Content : 100% Superwash Wool Color : 227 Bachelor Button Yarn : Cascade 220 Superwash Content : 100% Superwash Wool Color : 211 Cocoa Needles :  Size 9 circular Started : December 4, 2016 Finished : December 8/ 2016 Comments: I really modified the pattern because it's kind of plain and not well designed. First of all, I did a 2 color corrugated rib for the cuff just to fancify it. Then I did a lovely Latvian braid . (They're fun to knit.) After finishing the bike chart I continued in stockinette stitch until the hat was 5.5 inches from the cast on edge (rather than just 3 rounds as the pattern instructed). The decreases on the crown are not correct in the pattern. They decrease down much too fast. I added one round of knit bet

I can't believe I have finished the socks. Hurray! This has been one of the most challenging things I've knit in a long long time. I learned so much doing them. I feel like I could take on any fairisle/stranded color work project now. Fibonacci Socks Pattern : Fibonacci Socks from Op-Art Socks by Stephanie Van Der Linden Size : Mens size 8 shoe Yarn : Down Home Art Yarns Sock by Knitivity (discontinued) Content : 75% Superwash Wool/25% Nylon Color : Blog Reader Special Dark Greens Yarn : Fearless Fibers Classic Merino Sock Yarn Content:  100% Superwash Merino Wool Color : Lime Kiwi Needles :  Circulars size 2 Started : October 8, 2016 Finished : December 4, 2016 Comments:   I can't believe how long it took me to make these. I had to unravel or just plain rip out so much before I got it right. I did not knit these exactly as the original pattern is written. I didn't think they would fit the person I've made these for (Christmas present), so I modified. I cast on 72