Finished Projects

I know I haven't posted a lot in the past two months and part of the reason for that has been my knitting hobby.

Behold, three finished projects: a shrug for myself, a baby sweater, (for a baby whose parents do not read this blog), and a pair of Cavalry socks for Evan.



This was made with Noro's Cash Iroha which was a (generous) gift from my mother. I'm glad I could put it to good use.



Made from Koigu KPPPM.


knit with Louet Gems, which quickly became one of my alltime favorite sock yarns because of the fantastic stitch definition

I am most proud of the cavalry socks. The insignia is the First Cavalry shield which Evan wears on his shoulder. I was knitting them in public one day when an older man saw them and asked "Hey.. that looks like 1st Cav patch...." I beamed up at him, with the biggest possible smile on my face. I had been worried that the shield would not be recognizable to anyone but Evan and myself. I had opened my mouth to tell him how pleased I was that he had understood my artistic expression when he interrupted me, "... but why d'ya make it in Marine colors?" "They're NOT Marine colors!!!" I said, perhaps a touch too loudly. "Red is the color of the artillery and yellow is the color of the cavalry!"
He shrugged. "Ohh.. okay then." Obviously, some of my artistic intentions were misunderstood. I suppose I'll just have to live with it.

I designed these socks on my own, (with one or two knitting consults from Cara). I have not mailed them to Evan. I am too terrified that they will be lost in the mail or that he'll wear through them before I ever get to see them on his feet. I will have them in my pocket whenever he gets off the plane.

Today I walked up the street to my local yarn store and bought yarn to make a new project - the Central Park Hoodie, which is very popular among knitters. You can see Cara's version here. I bought eleven skeins of Queensland Collection's Kathmandu Aran. Look how pretty it is!