Sunday, September 21, 2014

Yellowstone Mittens

  Three pairs of mittens, for my three little monkeys. We went camping in Yellowstone for Labor Day Weekend. Something my husband I liked to do before we had children, and we lived over this way. I remembered how cold it got at night, so I decided wool mittens were in order.
The pattern was a free one that you can find here. I wasn't crazy about the way it was written, but it has lot's of sizes. I love the longer cuffs, and overall I think they are great mittens. I used Ella Rae Classic Print for the girls and Ella Rae Extrafine Heathers for the boy. I knit his on the drive there, which was great, because it made it go by fast.
Sadly we got rained out of Yellowstone. We made it through one night, but we were very wet. We will just have to go back next year, because it's such an amazing place.

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Herbology Socks

 Last year I bought myself 'The Unofficial Harry Potter Knits' magazine from Interweave. This is the first of the projects from it I have completed. It won't be the last! I love all things Harry Potter, and the knits in this magazine are beautiful.


These socks were designed by Rachel Coopey. You can read her blog here. Her sock designs are amazing! There are two more of her sock patterns in the magazine that I will be trying out in the future. These are the 'Herbology Socks'. They have tiny, little, cables and lace. On the first sock I messed up a few of the cables and didn't realize until I was quite far along. At which point, I decided not to fix the mistakes. The second sock appears to be perfect, but don't look too close. The yarn I used came from a yarn swap, but didn't have a label. I believe it is 'Knit Picks Imagination', that has sadly been discontinued. I used this yarn for my 'Hermione's Everyday Socks', and I really like it.


 I love how they turned out. I'm sure they will get a lot of wear this winter. I've got a couple of other finished projects to share with you soon, I just haven't photographed them yet. See you soon.