Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Finishing up isn't hard to do

I bought this yarn with my friend Dot as a gift for her. The pattern was simple and this was my take along default project for 3 months.It took that long because it wasn’t blue! But finished in time for Dot’s birthday. I hope she likes it!


Pattern:  2 skeins Misit Alpaca  chunky, size 11 needles.Cast on 19. K3,P2to end, slipping last stitch wyif. Bind off. Done.
Next UFO finished:



A couple of years ago, I started this as a lace circular shrug, but ran out of yarn. It languished in the yarn closet for a while, until I got the idea to make it into a hat, after I discovered a lone skein of this yarn in the LYS stash of discontinued yarns. I had knitted about 15 inches in diameter of lace, but ran out of yarn. Now I had a bit more, so I  then I gathered it into an inch of ribbing on a smaller needle so it would snug my head. It is a very warm and fun hat! So nice to finish a UFO.Yarn: Misti Alpaca Chunky, size 10.5 and size 9 needles, one and  a bit more skeins ( 106 gm of yarn!) .

3 comments:

Sue Dennis said...

Lovely match to the gloves Jeri. Bob has gone to Siberia where it is -30 C brrrr....

Dot said...

Thank you for the scarf! It looks beautiful. Every time it hugs my neck I will think of you and our time together in Northampton. I'm sorry you had to spend so much time carrying around a non-blue object. How can I make it up to you? I will wear blue the next time I see you.

Susan Schrott, Artist said...

Jeri..this is soooo pretty and you look pretty in it.