Rainbow!

Here is a little hat, knitted to teach beginners. (Noticing a theme, anyone?) It's Malabrigo something-or-other that I grabbed from our leftovers bin. I think it's destined for a young cousin of mine--the only person I know with the proper-sized head!

Quick and dirty

Complete: one hat, size enormous.

Aside from its use as a teaching tool, this hat went to our charity knitting bin to keep someone warm this winter.

(Someone with a large head. I have gauge issues.)

Pattern: Most Basic Hat from Hip To Knit.

Yarn: Cascade 220 (100% wool, 220 yds per 100g skein), colorway . . . green. 8893, probably. Needles: size 8/5mm.

And isn't the Irishman cute as a button?

Did you guess?

Did you guess what the teaser was?

If you guessed Anne Hanson's Tudor Grace, you're right!


This lace scarf is one of Anne's Little Nothings series, and I'm loving it. Super-simple pattern (I didn't bother to memorize it, but I think I have anyway) and crystal-clear instructions--as always with Anne.

I'm knitting it in Blue Ridge Yarns Bambi (65/35 superwash merino/bamboo, 400 yds/skein), colorway "Waterfall." The yarn is interesting--the bamboo makes it crunchy (for lack of a better word) and, I think, less floppy than superwash often is. I think it would make really good socks. And how gorgeous is this?


I can't wait to see it blocked.

The really exciting thing about this project is that, come November, I'll be teaching it as a class at my yarn store! My boss Doesn't Do Lace, so she invited me to teach this. *squee*