Busy, Busy, Busy

Holy Cow, I have been BUSY!! Knitting that is. I have been on a finishing streak! Just this month I have made 2 hats, 1 neck gaiter, 1 chunky head band, a sample hat for the shop & 1 sample mitten. I have finished my fabu red vest and my felted slippers. I have started a Christmas sweater for the boy. Sophia is going to help by knitting the hood & pocket. All this and we are only halfway through the month!

The set of white & blue hat & coordinating neck collar are a birthday present for my freezing SIL. Poor woman, used to the tropics and now facing a Canadian winter. Don't anyone tell her about this!! It is going in the mail, so my guess is it will get to her before the masses read this post. The yarn used is a beautiful mystery white bulky yarn. I love it and the halo it produced upon felting. The blue/turq is my very own hand spun. It is from an Ugly Batt. I spun it as a thick n thin bulky weight yarn with a metallic thread throughout. It also was MUCH softer after felting. The neck gaiter is a cute little accessory to complement the hat...same yarns.

The Green Chunky Newsboy Cap is a 2hr knit. Really! Start to finish, including the many 4yr old interruptions. It turned out bigger than I thought, but I really like it. The picture is before blocking. We will see what the magic art of blocking brings to this cap.

As you can tell, I have been trying to use up my hand spun stash. The Bodacious Red Headscarf is inspired by Calorimetry at Knitty.com. I only spin Very Chunky yarns so I changed just about everything except the general look of the finished product and got what you see here. I really like it and would love it if the wool weren't so very itchy & scratchy.
In center stage is my Awesome Red Vest! Tadaaaaa!! I love it. The pattern is Green Day by Mari Muinonen. (I love everything she designs. I dream of just working my way through all her designs.) The vest is snug, so it will still fit when I finish my weightloss journey and it is soooo soft. I made it from frogged Andean Silk yarn from Knitpicks. The first project was a total failure and so I frogged, reconditioned and recreated the yarn into this very lovely vest.

Whew, that was a mouthful of projects. I didn't even get to my slippers, but they are best saved for another day.

Spinning Update? I have not been spinning...at all. It is like I look at the wheel and sigh, too big of a job. No dyeing either.


Humorous quote of the day: Setting...we are at the hockey rink and the lady in front of us has her scarf on the bench. Sophia, "Look at her fiber, Mom!" Yes, I have a fiber diva on my hands.