First Day of the New Year

What a wonderful way to begin a new year! Today was fabulous! I spent most of the day relaxing with my husband and puppy. There was knitting, a walk, and a cute movie.

We are settling into the new house. It takes time to adjust - and unpack! I found my camera and the cord - YEAH! So I have new pictures of knitted items that were completed recently but that I had not had a chance to photograph until today. So, yes, there has been knitting. Since this is primarily a knitting blog and all, thought I would share....

(as always click on any pic to enlarge)

Forest green hat


Yarn: MJ handdyed KnitPicks Palette
Needles: Addi Turbo, size 3 and 5 16 inch
Pattern: Basic Tam Pattern from Knitted Tams by Mary Rowe
Modifications: increased needle size, body 6 inches before decrease clockwise swirl decrease


I finally made a helmetliner for myself
I love it - it is so soft and very warm!

MJ Helmetliner


Yarn: Brooks Farm Four Play, Nantucket
Needles: Addi Turbo 16" sizes 6 & 8
Pattern: here

Just finished this yesterday at knit group.
We had a bonus meet since alot of us were off for the holiday.

Noro hat


Yarn: Noro Kureyon #95 1 skein
Needles: Addi Turbo 16" sizes 6 & 8
Pattern: my own
Cast on 92 stitches size 6 needle
2X2 ribbing 1 1/2 inches
change to size 8 needle and stockinette
knit 5 inches
knit 11 K2tog
knit 1 row plain
knit 10 K2tog
knit 1 row plain
etc until 7 stitches
break yarn pull yarn thru remaining stitches

I am currently obsessed with knitting this:

Noro-ish striped scarf




Yarn: Plymouth Boku # 4,7,3,11
Needles: size 8 Brittany
Pattern: cast on 35 stitches
1X1 ribbing


I got this yarn from Christy:





Very cool "Art" yarn she spun up.
Her description "It has big glass beads in it, curlicues of locks trapped in the plied yarn (which was plied around a core of crochet cotton in green), and coils, where I let the spun yarn ply loosely around the core of crochet cotton and then smushed it together."

So that about catches me up on knitterly things from Nov/Dec when the craziness of moving started. I am looking forward to the new year with eager anticipation of good things to come! Hope yours is joyful and peaceful and full of knitting! Enjoy!