I have no idea what is happening this winter. Maybe it’s because my son keeps bringing various bugs from kindergarten and the infections spread pretty fast to his little sis and us. During Christams my Hubby got knocked down with pneumonia, not it’s my turn. Last few days were terrible – I had a high fever and was really sore all over. Thankfully my GP gave me some antibiotics and now all is coming back to normal.
That time was also pretty unlucky when it comes to knitting. I guess I did a lot more ripping than knitting. At the beginning of this month my mailman brought me a skein of fabulous Lioness Arts BFL Sock in probably the most amazing green I’ve seen. The moment I saw it I knew it would be a spring accessory using a stitch pattern I’ve been eyeing for some time now. The end result is really nice, something I definitelly needed in my spring wardrobe – a simple lacy shawlette!
Here’s a little sneak peek :-)

Oh, this one gave me a lot of headache as I had to start border three times. The last time I played yardage chicken I finally won with about 1 gram of yarn left. Thankfully the pattern will be very easy to customize so other knitters making it won’t have to rip as much as me.
The second design that paid a short visit to the frog pond is a cardigan I’m currently making (yet again it turns out green is my number one color!). I knew what I wanted the yarn to become so I got to body/sleeeves split really fast. As you probably know I like to make sleeves first and this time was no different. I made both in a day! Just to rip them the next day :-) I tried on the cardigan a couple of times to make sure I’d be doing the right thing. Ah well, thankfully ripping in a good cause is not that painful.

So yesterday I decided it’s time to make something fast to cheer me up. I cast on for a hat I designed last year – Sand Bank. I dove into my stash, found some lonesome skeins of Regia Silk 4-ply and made a hat for my boy. BTW, do your kids grow so fast too? All the hats I made last winter are too small for him now!

I CO as per pattern, just used one size smaller needles and DK yarn (I held Regia double). The hat is also 0.5 repeat shallower. It resulted in a nice amount of slouch – the hat is covering Wojtek’s ears just like I wanted and hopefully it will not get too small too fast.


Now I just need to make a new hat for Aga :-)
***
hugs, J.