More FO’s to report!

I’ve finished the Red Hat that I started for the Afghans for Afghans campaign and I decided to make one out of some of my handpainted stash for Mimmo. I finished that this morning while we were in the waiting room at the Doctors (routine, he’s fine) except that I promised him I’d put a Pom pom on top. I put one on the red hat and he nearly twitched out of his skin he wanted it so badly so I told him I’d make a great big one for his hat.

I’ve also cast on for another hat which will go in the hat box for later, the first addition to the now empty box to begin filling it for next winter.

I also have a confession. I bought yarn. Not a lot, not for stash but still I bought yarn. Elann recently ran a special with “just the right yarn” for the sweater I’ve been wanting to make for myself for a couple of years now. Its a Starmore; Fern from the Stillwater for those familar. I didn’ t have any Aran weight yarn to use for this and I really wanted to take a try at doing just one Starmore this year so I went ahead and bought the yarn. It didn’t hurt that I loved the color or that it cost about $100 less than Ms. Starmore’s yarn would have cost for the same sweater.

I knit the swatch for it on Saturday night and I’m getting it pretty much on gauge, at least with the swatch very lightly blocked, so I’m going to go for it. I cast on the front and back together yesterday. I’m planning to work both at the same time since they are identical until you get to the neck shaping. That way they might actually turn out identical instead of it just being a theory. I tend to do the same thing with the sleeves. Always a nice thing when those match, know what I mean?

I’ve also been trying to work on the website. I’m about 2/3 done with the redesign and hope to finish it in the next couple of days. May have to grab Nonna for some toddler time and just crank it out. I got the kit in the mail today from Yankee Knitter Designs. I’m going to be carrying her patterns from now on and so I ordered the intro kit with copies of all the patterns. Some fun stuff, esp. for the little ones and I’m already picturing a reindeer sweater for the little guy for next Christmas, and if I feel really into it I might do one for each of my brother’s girls as well. Wouldn’t that be a cute Christmas picture, all three kids in matching sweaters? Perhaps red for the girls and green for him? We’ll see.

Okay, his “puppy movie” just ended (Lady and the Tramp) so I’d better go entertain again. Photos of every thing soon, possibly tomorrow if things go well.