those needles keep clacking

Did you know that you can study and knit?  I discovered that as the spring semester rolled into play last month and so while the books are cracked, it has only slightly dampened the knitting obsession…

I’m nearing the end of this Polar Opposites cowl, which I began on the eve of the Super Bowl and realized that the 12th man gene is clearly injected into all Seattle babies–look at those subconscious Seahawks colors!

These mitts marked by first colorwork project (hurray!) and I loved making them.  I knit them as part of the Swans Island February mitt-along and hopefully they’ll be lucky and win me two skeins of GORGEOUS Swans Island yarn!

This lovely tweed has been in my stash for a long time and I finally turned it into two hats (while watching chemistry videos on the structure of atoms), one for my sweet little boy.  It’s a very rustic yarn so I started to doubt whether my sweetie would actually WEAR the hat.  Before casting it off I called it over and asked him to try it on.  “Is it too scratchy?” I asked skeptically.  “No Mom–it’s WONDERFUL” he enthusiastically reassured me.  I don’t think a craft-loving mother could have been better issued a firstborn child.  This kid would wear a crown of thorns with a smile if I told him I made it.

From rough hats into the softest thing I’ve ever made–this Salty Dog hat for Nic for our Valentine’s Day 12-year-dating-anniversary from Plucky Traveller Aran yarn.  Oh. Em. Gee.  Softest most wonderful thing I’ve ever knit and I just adore the color (Jack of All Trades).  It’s a mix of merino, yak, and silk and is divine.  I can’t say enough about how crazy wonderful it was to knit with!