What has Abby made in the last five months? All sorts of stuff!
A baby sweater:
Boy Oh Boy, by Carol Scott, in Dream in Color Classy. This is the In Vino Veritas colorway, leftover from my Central Park Hoodie. The pattern calls for one skein of Classy, and when I weighed my FO, it was exactly 114 grams. Be careful if you decide to size it up any. Wooden buttons from Jo-Ann’s Fabric, cheap but they look good.
Socks for Dan:
Lonnie’s Sports Socks, by Rebecca Mercier, in TOFUtsies. This yarn wears like iron, but I really don’t enjoy working with it. (I have another pair of socks for D languishing due to this factor…) The pattern is great, makes sorta a waffle-weave texture, but the colors were perhaps a bit much for it.
Socks for me:
Jaywalkers, by Grumperina, in Socks That Rock Mediumweight. This Monsoon colorway was the first sock club colorway of 2007. It didn’t want to be the club pattern, nor at least one other thing that I tried. It finally decided to just follow the crowd and be jaywalkers. Love the way it striped on the legs, less the way it striped on the foot, but hey, handpaints, that’s what happens.
Baby booties:
Stay-On Baby Booties, by Kristen Nicholas and Melanie Falick, in Lisa Souza Sock!. Leftovers from the first socks I ever made for Dan. For baby Liam (who was nameless at the time).
A mesh bag:
Elisa’s Nest Tote, in a mysterious blue-and-white tweedy cotton yarn that I think I got as a Christmas present from Dan’s parents a few years ago. This pattern is (as many people have noted) very, very, very stretchy. Make with care.
A lace scarf:
Lace Ribbon Scarf, by Veronik Avery, in Knitting Notions Merino Laceweight, a lovely heavy-laceweight kettle-dyed yarn. Love this scarf, love this pattern, love this yarn. Love.
Fingerless mitts:
Pulsewarmers with Falling Leaves, by Alexandra Brinck, in Berocco Ultra Alpaca. I went back and forth for a while on whether this yarn wanted to be this pattern or not. I was concerned about the fluff factor of the alpaca covering up the pattern too much. Final verdict was that it was a good pair, and since they’re knit to a tighter gauge than recommended for the alpaca, they’re warm warm warm.
A squooshy hat:
I more-or-less improvised this pattern. It’s a simple cable rib, done in squooshy pink yarn. Auracania Limari is way too warm to photograph in July (in case you were wondering). I have plans to make a matching set of wristwarmers with the other skein of this that I have (part of the great WEBS excursion of April 2008).
Rustic-feeling mittens:
The mittens from Chunky Winter Set, by Amy King. Made in handpsun wool/silk/alpaca that I got at NH Sheep and Wool. I adore the texture of these, and this is a really functional basic mitten pattern.