Knitting Content Ahead

So I've been knitting - lots. But I am so caught up in doing it that I haven't been posting much. That and getting back into routine with school and such.

So here's what is going on aronud here: First I finished B's socks and hat.



Socks FO Report:

Pattern: my own very basic sock pattern. Top is a 2x2 rib and the bottom is stockinette

Yarn: Lorna's Laces sock yarn watercolor colorway

Needles: crystal palace bamboo dpns size 2

Kind of BTDT since I just finished Z's, but these took forever because I could not get motivated to finish #2. Once I buckled down to get through the ribbing and turned the heel, I got the last one done in an evening. They fit beautifullly though.

Hat FO Report:

Pattern: Kind of my own pattern for this too. But it is a basic watch cap style hat without the foldover brim because I wanted to get 2 hats out of the ball of yarn. Also knit in 2x2 rib.

Yarn: Lorna's Laces worsted in Watercolor colorway

needles: Skacel DPN's size 7

Cute as a button on him, (I'll try to pin him down for photos later) but it won't last long as it *just* fits him now. I haven't decided if I will rip it once he outgrows it (in a month or two) or give it away and knit another larger one for next year. Z decided he does not want a hat from this yarn.

Here's the next big project on needles - a sweater for B from Lucinda Guy's Handknits for Kids



And here's the progress I've made so far:



I have about 6 1/2 inches in (mostly) stockinette for the back and I'm coming up on the striping around the top in another 3 inches. My goal is to have this done for Bs birthday in March but it will be too big for him since I chose to make the size larger so he could grow into it. This is a cotton sweater, so it will work for most seasons around here in SoCal. I am quite nervous about the intarsia on the front, but also pretty excited as this is my very 1st sweater after more then 5 years as a knitter.

One negative is that the sweater in the picture appears to have an orange truck, but the two yarns offered for that color are both reds. I ended up choosing the 1st color listed (poppy) because it seemed for appropriate then the 2nd (whose name I can't recall) as is was a much more maroonish color and darker and poppy was at least bright although nowhere near orange. And the only orange I could find in cotton glace was more of a cantaloupe color. Not at all in keeping with the other colors.