I haven't had a lot of time to knit in the last week or so but I do have several finished objects to report. Below are two baby hats (I had three to make this month and all were for boys) which are gifts for coworkers from the book "Knit Baby: Head and Toes!" edited by Gwen Steege. This pattern is "Simply Chenille" and I made one in chenille that I didn't love and the other one in cotton turned out better, I thought. The flip flops (I know that we no longer call them thongs...) were also for a coworker who saw an embellished pair at the yarn shop last weekend. She thought they were darling and they are so easy that I made her a pair Sunday night. I had fun fur that I bought for a dollar at an after Christmas sale and I used that double stranded and just did a single crochet, chain one around the strap.



I visited a yarn store last weekend when I was in Spokane, Washington. "A Grand Yarn" was an absolutely lovely store. They had many many class samples which would absolutely have enticed me to classes if I lived closer. The proprietor (I assume she was the proprietor; I did not ask) was very helpful but not at all cloying. I found a couple little things. The card has a tiny bit of knitting (on toothpicks!) and says "Got Yarn?" The white is Blue Sky Alpaca (www.blueskyalpacas.com) brushed suri (67% baby suri, 22% merino and 1% bamboo). It is subtitled "A halo of irresistible indulgence" and the second I put my hand on it I knew it had to be mine. The lavender/blue skein (NOT normally my colors but I was drawn to it) is Kaalund Yarns (www.kaalundyarns.com.au). It is a lace weight mohair in the color Jacaranda. Jacaranda, Google tells me, is a flowering plant from South and Central America.




Sorry about the continued lack of links. The average four year old could figure that out and I can't. This weekend, that is on my to do list.

Off to knit.