Shiny, Pretty Yarn!!!

Just a quick pic of yarn porn so I can get back to my knitting. My lovely, lovely Colinette Giotto arrived a few weeks ago from across the pond. I'm so excited about this yarn it's crazy! It took awhile for me to choose which colourway I liked best, Colinette has so many to choose from! This one's called Florentina and I think it's perfect. I can't wait to start the Waterlily Top, I just need to practice the provisional cast-on for awhile first. The ribbon is so soft and shiny, it looks like velvet. Wish me luck in winding the yarn into balls without creating a huge tangled mess.

I'm bearing down on the end of the baby blanket. Only 3 skeins left now, with 1 reserved exclusively for the border. I tried to work on it for several hours each day last week, and after waiting in the ER for 9 hours with my mother and her broken ankle on Friday, I'm proud to say I accomplished a lot. The end is in sight! In other knitting news, there is another Ball-Band Dishcloth finished and another one about to fly sizzling off the needles.

A Dishcloth!

This is my first Ball Band Dishcloth from

Mason-Dixon Knitting

I took a much needed break from the *HUGE* baby blanket to whip up something fast & easy. I had plenty of Sugar 'n Creme left over from my marathon Christmas dishcloth/doily knitting, so it was fun to mix and match colors. I wanted the blue to be the slipped stitches, but of course I didn't read the pattern before I started, so there ya go. I really like the effect it created though, kind of like stained glass. This was really fun and I will certainly be making more of them. I just need to weave in the ends to start using it! The colors of Sugar 'n Creme are Delft Blue and Jewels. Knit on size 7s.

Baby Hat!

Here's the Umbilical Cord Hat from Stitch 'n Bitch. This is the second one I've made and they're a breeze to knit. I used Knit Picks Shine Worsted in Reef and US size 7 bamboo circs.

Baby Mitts!

I recently completed these mittens for my nephew-to-be. I don't want him to scratch his face with sharp little fingernails, (although if he's anything like me, my brother, or my niece, he will be biting those nails very soon) so I made these to protect his soft skin. I was pretty petrified to use size 1 and 2 double points, but it was really no problem save for the casting on and first couple of rows, but I always have a little trouble with that. So knitting the mittens was easy, but man is i-cord a pain! I really dislike it. I made the cord about 30 inches long 'cause I read somewhere that someone else did and I had no clue. I thought they turned out pretty precious. The pattern is from the Knitting Page-a-Day Calendar, which for the most part has really fugly projects. The yarn is Knit Picks Simple Stripes Sock Yarn in Storm.