2016 has been quite the ride already. Lots more drama than I prefer and certainly more than I’m going to dwell on enough to write about here. In happier news, I have finished a few things. 🙂
The first FO of my year was a cowl, from handspun yarn, that I started back in August & had set aside. I like it, and I liked the pattern, but I got bored with the lace. I know – Shame on me! Part of the problem was that I was afraid that my slightly thick-and-thin yarn would obscure the pattern too much and all the lace would be for naught. Blocking really is magical!
I finished my holiday socks before Epiphany, so I call that a win!
I finished a pair of mittens, which I shipped to their intended recipient before I got a good picture of them. But they are keeping my SIL warm in Idaho, so that’s all that matters.
February brought more cold-ish weather. Winter was very all over the place this year, with normal winter interspersed with random 50- and 60-degree days. During our running around (which there has been a lot of this year, I carried along this awesome hat project, which is very mindless knitting and resulted in cute hat and an EPIC pompom.
I attempted another pair of patterned socks. It didn’t go well. I have finally accepted that patterned socks are /just/ not my thing. And that’s okay. Vanilla socks are just as good! (Especially when your yarn is a lovely color!)
I also had some freshly finished handspun yarn that was burning a hole in the stash. Well, not really burning a hole, but I know if I don’t knit it soon, I’ll go back later and only see the inconsistencies in the yarn & I won’t want to knit with it. So fresh off the bobbins = fresh on the needles!
First up was a nice bandana scarf called Clincher. I had had my eye on this pattern for a while and just needed a nice marriage of yarn and pattern. It turned out lovely & squishy & perfect. And it FLEW off of the needles!
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| Forgive the picture before it is blocked! |
Donita Westman 