52 Week Challenge - November

With the cold days coming I decided to knit a pair of Berties for me. My stash showed some cashmere in grey (yes, I love all shades of grey!) winking at me and so it was a joy to finally knit my old pattern once again after years. Here is the progress pic:

Now they are finished and it´s cold outside and cashmere definitely is a fiber that keeps your fingers warm. Just in time.

Another One Bites the Dust

Another project finished! Status Jan. 1 one mitt finished and one mitt about 1/3 knit.

The pattern is Stulpen by Petra. The pattern was written in German, but the English translation is lower on the page. The yarn is Regia 6 ply from my stash. I knit 2 pairs of these with my nieces in mind, but we didn't see them for the holiday, so they go in the gift basket for the future.

how does a pair of socks turn into two pairs and mittens?

Yes, these are supposed to be a pair of socks. What is that you say? They don't match, but it was the same colorway and everything . . . so, how does a pair of socks become two pairs of socks?

So I left the sock that I was working on for Zachariah at home. No big deal except that I was going to be gone for four days. Not to despair, I had brought the other skein and needles and started on the second sock. They don't match. So, he is going to end up with two socks.

But wait, there's more . . . I worked the election as a poll worker and took my "new sock" with me and got to where I needed to do the heel. Not bad. I will take it with me to my knit group gathering on Wednesday. Gee, do I want to be turning the heel and talking at the same time? Noooooo.

But wait, there's more . . . So I took Jelly Beans in Magic Stripes and am going to make Lindsey either mittens or gauntlets.

So, there you have it. That is how one pair of socks turns into two and a pair of gauntlets, or maybe mittens . . .

Fingerless Gloves finished

One progress photo from the Fingerless Gloves I was working on in Panda Soy Stained Glass. They came ready today, and Alexa took the pictures that were taken when I tried the Fingerless Gloves on. They feel wonderful.

I measured the yarn that was left: from the 171 meter on one skein I had 38 meter left.