Cashmerino

Doesn't it look yummy?

Fingerless Gifts

I hope the recipient likes these. Who could they be for???

Sccenic Lookout!!!!!

It's here! It's all mine!!Oh man! I want socks NOW.

Cashmerino: Where you been all my life?

So... I've long heard about the magic of knitting with Debbie Bliss Cashmerino, more specifically the Baby Cashmerino. The problem is that you don't work with baby yarn until you know a baby or a soon-to-be baby. I've been knitting for a couple years and haven't known any babies in that time. So I've been on the prowl lately, trying to find a potential recipient of a hat, sweater or booties.

It turns out, my favorite barista is pregnant and due in February! YES! This morning I started a baby hat in colorway in 002 (a lovely green). This is the best yarn ever. RUN! Go get some and knit!

Scenic Lookout

Hey. Remember that Christmas List that was very adequately fulfilled?

Well... late Saturday night after 1/2 a martini, I remembered that Scenic Lookout was still abandoned on Spunky and begging to be bought. My thoughts at that time: "It's after Christmas!!! I can buy it! I should buy it! I should give that poor superwash wool a home." And so I did.

On Monday, it was very satisfying to see "SOLD" next to the Scenic Lookout sock yarn. Unfortunately & fortunately Amy updated the site today... so I can't share that satisfying image with you for it no longer remains.

BUT....
"O-ho the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin' down the street..."

Look Mom! No Cable Needle!!

I'm working on another pair of Cabled Fingerless Gloves. While doing the rounds of my usual knit blogs, I ran across a tutorial for cabling without a cable needle. WHAT?!?! You can do that??

Yes, you can and I'm living proof. I have been cabling sans awkward cable needle at home, on the commuter rail AND on the shaky green line! It can be done. Fabulous. Just fabulous.

I've also starting modifing patterns to meet my needs (I guess this is like moving to an orange belt in karate). For my first pair of Cabled Fingerless Gloves I followed the pattern exactly and I got two right handed gloves. From the pic on the pattern I don't think they cared... and I didn't really either. But after some consideration, I realized I could put the cable straight up the thumb, not to the right, making both gloves work for either hand.

I also realized that I do a M1 (make one) wrong. Whatever did I do before Knitty Gritty? My knitting knowledge would be vastly lacking.

Maybe I'll post a pic of the gloves in production later.