More Hugs and Kisses

I'm in GST deferral mode. I should be completing my financial account for the month, but decided to take a brief rav/blog break. I'm still trying to decide what big project to work on next. Christmas present? Baby gift? Not sure, so in the interim I decided to knit another hugs and kisses cap for charity. I'm having fun with the bits of mostly no-name wool in my TV stash basket - still working on the boy colours, browns, greys, etc. Here's number 2.

Decided to knit another one (they are addictive). Here's number 3, in process, that I started last night in soft grey and brown. Now I love the effect, but I must say, the grey yarn (who knows what it is...) is quite soft and keeps breaking - which will mean some ends to sew in. Now, I wasn't sure if I would have enough yarn for a double band, so I did a provisional cast on and then will knit the band at the end. I'm picking up stitches for the band now.

Here's a picture of the first Hugs and Kisses cap, finished with the double tassel. one of things I've been playing with is the tassel, or shall we say tassels. My first had a double tassel, second a single tassel - now I think this time a multi-coloured tassel is in order! I'm going to make it up and attach it before I proceed with the band, so that I don't run out of yarn.

Hugs and Kisses

My first finger workout. This past weekend I decided to work on a quick charity project - the Hugs and Kisses Cap design donated by Mags Kandis for afghans for Afghans. I'll be donating this to the Warm Hands Network.
This knit up quite quickly. As my last two hats were pink ones, for girls, I decided to knit up a male version, and I used a DK weight 100% wool yarn in my stash in dark grey with teal green for the accent.

I knit the seed stitch band, but didn't like it, as I found it was a bit loose, so I cut and removed the band.

I now needed to knit a conventional K1 P1 ribbing band from the picked up stitches. I also added a turn up row, and doubled the band as it would make a much warmer hat. Even when charity knitting, it is easy to go back and make modifications in order to be 100% pleased with the final product.

Just waiting to finish the tassel at the top and sew in the ends.

Ready, set, knit

I'm ready to get back into knitting again after a two week holiday. The stitches on my left index finger were removed this week, and it's actually healing quite well. The fingernail does not look pretty, but if you look at my hand with palm facing it actually looks quite normal. So that's what I'll show you!

While watching the Canadian English debate on Thursday night I did a little swatch to see if I was ready, but I decided that another few days rest were needed. Today, things look good and I'm without either a band-aid or splint. I'm actually keyboarding using the finger now, so this is a good progress. The initial estimate was no knitting for six weeks.......so I'm very relieved to be ahead of this estimate by a month.

I guess I'll sew up my BSJ (Baby Surprise Jacket) and then start another BSJ, this time one that will fit an infant rather than my bunny! I must say that I didn't know why so many people talked about this jacket until I made it myself. It is fairly straightforward, fun to knit, and each knitter produces a different version, through the yarn weight and colours selected. I really enjoyed seeing the pictures of the BSJ's that other knitters made, plus all the little extras, such as collars, tabs, etc., and will paw through my stash for inspiration.