Malabrigo March: FO #5

One more Malabrigo March project finished!  I love these little mitts.  These are Susie's Reading Mitts by Janelle Masters, knit using Malabrigo Silky Merino in the Atardecer colorway.  The great thing about these mitts is that it takes just over 100 yards for the small size.  These are also nice because though these are colors I would not typically wear...they suit me just fine for an accessory item.

Seamus was kind enough to model the mitts for me, even without coercion.  :-)

Believe it or not, I have another Shalom Cardigan on the needles!  This one will be for me.  I'm modifying this one for worsted weight yarn.  I'll post FOs when it's all done.  And...I have some exciting news but I'll have to write about that later.  Maybe when those are done, too.  ;-)

Winter Warmth

It's my sister-in-laws birthday this weekend so I knitted her a few things to help keep her warm this winter. She is always complaining about her neck being cold so I thought a neck warmer would be a quick, easy gift.

FOURTEEN - when I saw this pattern I fell in love with it. But I couldn't figure out how to do the 'knit 1 below'. I knit the first one (green) using a brioche stitch I found on the web. I didn't like the result - it looked like a rib (before it was blocked). So I set out to try and figure out the k1b again and finally came across video instructions on knittinghelp.com (which is abbreviated k-b). After figuring out the k1b I knitted another neck warmer in periwinkle. I LOVE IT! It came out much closer to the pattern picture.

I also knit these fingerless hand warmers for her.