Who Knew

Guess what - it takes a lot less time to knit a hat than to knit a pair of socks.  I guess I'm a slow learner.  Anyway I have been making hats lately, it's fun to see the finished product relatively quickly.  The first hat I knit was Jesse's Christmas Hat made from Malabrigo Rios, color Arco Iris.

The second hat is called BeeHive, a pattern I picked up in a yarn shop.  The yarn is Scrumptious Aran by Fyberpates in teal blue.  The fiber content is 45% silk and 55% merino and is sooooo soft.

My son made me a wooden yarn caddy for Mother's Day.  He only uses hand tools and it's beautiful. My yarn for Loopy Camp is wound and ready to go on it.  I'm planning on doing the 3S Shawl with Gold Rush in Bearfoot from Mountain Colors. 

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A scarf and the start of a hat - no socks!

I'm taking a break from socks, bigger needles, bigger yarn and even shorter time to finish a project.  The scarf is made from Florafill - American Wildflowers yarn that I got in Door County last summer.  It said it was a chunky yarn so I used the needle size recommended by the pattern for that yarn but I think it could have used a smaller needle.  It will be a nice summer weight scarf though.  The pattern is Cantaloop from Ravelry (needs to be blocked yet).

When I finished the scarf I started on a hat using Malabrigo, worsted weight, so soft to knit with.  The pattern is Jesse's Christmas Hat also from Ravelry.  I just finished the first rib part and the first two rows of the short cable section.  I put the top of sock in there for size reference, otherwise the photo just looked like the close up of a sock rib.  

We had a baby shower at work for a co-worker, I embroidered some baby bibs for the gift. 

And.... this snow would have been called beautiful in December.  Snow the first week of May, not so much!  Our trip into the ditch on the way to work also wasn't much fun ( no injuries to people or car!).  There have been some funny posts and pictures about it at least! 

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