Some Pics

Here's some pictures I mentioned I would post. Here is the Listado Cowl:



I'm trying to figure out where did all that white hair come from?



Here are my blocking projects from the weekend:

Weekend Knitting

I can't believe it took me until Christmas Eve to get into the full-blown knitting mode. Hours upon hours of blissful knitting. Other than going to church on Christmas Day, we spent a quiet time at home. More knitting and watching DVDs. This morning, we got up really late with no snow on the ground...yet. Sleepy-eyed, we ventured out for some breakfast.

Here's what I have on my needles, the Listado cowl/head cover in Renata Tebaldi colorway. I thought I was going to knit this in Julia Child, but at the last minute I changed my mind and went for the contrasting colors.




My beautiful hank of yarn went from this:



To this cake of yarn:



I spent time winding some yarn this weekend. Very therapeutic I must add:



When hubby asked what I wanted for Christmas, I should have mentioned a new Swift. For now, my homemade swift will do for another year. I've had to add a few cans of tomato sauce to my "swift box" to add stability when my swift is spinning so fast. Here's my last year's post of my Tilta Swift and a link on how to make your own.




I had a last minute knitting request from my hubby. He wanted me to knit him a hat. So, I've started to knit a watchman cap using Berroco Vintage in brown. This pattern is from the "Knits Men Want" book. I have to say this book is wonderful. There are classic style sweaters and projects for men and includes different gauges and yardages to complete a project. Here's the beginnings of the cap:



Here's the cover of the book:




I hope my fellow knitters are enjoying their holiday weekend. I know I am.

Colorful Eye Candies!

The mailman had arrived. What timing! Now I can really start to knit up a storm. Here's the Heather yarn I mentioned in the previous post:

Heather by Schaefer Yarns in Renata Tebaldi

I plan to use this Julia Child color to knit the lace neck warmer/head cover:

Heather by Schaefer Yarns in Julia Child

We spent only an hour in Uniquities and I managed to find a beautiful hand dyed yarn from Mountain Colors called Twizzle. I couldn't resist this color combination called Snapdragon:

Twizzle by Mountain Colors in Snapdragon


I finally bought the rest of this Zara Chine yarn. I bought a few balls of this yarn every time I stopped by Uniquities. Now after the 4th visit (over several months), I have enough to make a long sleeved sweater. Yes, by using this crazy shopping method, I took a chance that they would sell out of this yarn. I was lucky.

Zara Chine by Filatura di Crosa in Black/Gray

Here's a picture of another pair of Fetching Gloves. I knitted this lovely pair using Savoy by Tahki Yarns in a berry color:



And started another pair using Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran in a charcoal gray color:


That's all for now. Stay warm and keep on knitting!