A cloud hat, more or less. It's adult-size, however. It fits me. I'm sure there are cold-headed teenagers in Ulan Bator, so I'm not too remorseful--but I probably could have finished a lot sooner if I'd paid attention to the gauge and cast on fewer stitches. I spent most of our rainy Sunday on the couch in my pajamas, finishing this.
The yarn is the leftovers from the creamsicle sweater--Lion microfiber in mango, and Patons Diva. I actually had to find my swatch gauge and rip it to finish up; I thought surely I had enough mohair left for one hat. Again, attention to gauge might have helped. The whitish stripe is a bit of leftover Artfibers' Kyoto. I've got a bunch of bits of that from a big scarf I made, but I think I want to keep that for a scarf for myself--and I'm still trying to focus on the WIPs I've got now. (Although I really need a good project for a quick trip this weekend.)
And not that I'm looking for any new yarn, but in perusing elann.com, I see that they have Filatura di Crosa mohair (98 yards) for about $3 per ball. Perfect for cloud hats, I think.
The second watermelon-pink silk-alpaca sock is also progressing nicely; the heel is done, so now I just have to knit about four inches of leg. And I confess that the stockinette is a wee bit boring at this point.
I did fall off the "no new yarn, no new projects" wagon last week about this time, when I decided that I had to make a hat and socks for the almost-1-year-old who came for dinner on Saturday. So after a visit to Skein Lane I found myself with this:
Machine washable cotton/acrylic, fingering weight. Nice and smooth, but still not much give. I started a hat with it and ripped, because again, I ended up with something that was going to be huge, and the brim wasn't rolling. I think I'll have to cast on with size 5s or something to get the edge to be loose enough. Gosh, maybe a gauge swatch and a trip through the washing machine is in order. I ain't swatchin' for the socks, though. I'm using this pattern. I've also got a pair of these going for Dulaan in some stash yarn. I foresee that quite a bit of the stash could be used up this way.
Did you know that almost-1-year-olds aren't quite old enough to drink cow's milk? Or eat cupcakes or chicken hot dogs? Now I know...
