Charity's Headband

Pattern: Nordic Headband

Yarn: Alpaca with a Twist Socrates

12/18/10 Cast on. Using the thumb chart from Brella's Norwegian Totoro Mittens.

12/19/10 Finished!!

Loved this so much, and since I had enough yarn left over, I made myself one!

Fire Bender Shawl

Pattern: Triangle Shawl

Yarn: Patons Lace

12/7/10 Cast on.

12/18/10 Finished!!!

Charity's Hat

Pattern: Sockhead Hat

Yarn: Socrates by Alpaca with a Twist

12/8/10 Cast on. I've got yarn left over from the mittens and might as well make a hat to match. This is so cute!!

12/13/10 Finished! Easy pattern! Great for using up left over yarn.

MY Totoro's

Pattern: Norwegian Totoro Mittens/fingerless

Yarn: Alpaca with a Twist - Socrates

12/1/10 Cast on for MEEEE!!

12/5/10 Finished!!!

Charity's Totoro

Pattern: Norwegian Totoro Mittens

Yarn: Alpaca with a Twist - Socrates

11/9/10 Cast on

11/30/10 had too many things interfering with my knitting ... hate when that happens, all dones except the thumbs. These are SOOOO COOL!! And she's gonna love them!

12/5/10 Finished!!

Jewel Fair Isle Socks

Pattern & Yarn in a kit from Jewel Fair Isle Socks by Tina Whitmore

9/17/10 Bought this kit ages ago (sign) this is work, a tangle mess of work! They’ve been sitting with all my sock yarn since this pattern intimidates me.

10/5/10 Rip it, rip it, rip it!! Got to the heel and couldn’t pull them on over my foot, tooooo tight! Starting over on size 5 needles. This is sitting in timeout! Bad, bad knitting.

10/20/10 cast on again…. we’ll see how she behaves this time.

11/22/10 Not loving this pattern, thinking I should have stuck with the gussett heel shown in the pattern (but I love my shortrow heels -she whined!) Anyway, now the heel does fit but sock is loose everywhere else, pooh! I’m NOT ripping this out again, just going to push on through and finish the darn thing!

11/27/10 They are finished! Thank GOD!

Rainbow

Pattern: 28's Cousin

Yarn: Alpaca with a Twist Socrates 1 skeins = 400.0 yards

11/6/10 Just got back from Sophie’s Knitting Retreat, had a BLAST!!!! The wonderful owner of Alpaca with a Twist was there with us and taught us about dyeing sock yarn. Jennifer was great!! I will do this again!

11/21/10 Finished! Thinking about over dyeing this, I’m not a pastel and it’s all pink & blue.

Rocky

10/22/10 batts of fiber fresh off the drumcarder

11/26/10 Finished spinning 2ply got 1755 yards from Rocky, bless his little bare alpaca hide ;>)

Purple Green Shawl

Pattern: Triangle Shawl

Yarn: Patons Lace 1 skeins = 498.0 yards Colorway Sachet

10/19/10 Cast on. Love this pattern, and old favorite.

11/16/10 Finished! Great colors!