A weekend of resting and knitting....

Jace's hat got finished.   Grandma Sharon will receive it and give it to Jace at her leisure.   This is one of the rewarding aspects of having a stash.   This hat was made with yarn that was on hand.    I didn't

Jace's Hat....New Size for a Growing Boy

even have to look long or hard for the colors required.

The Simply Spring Beanie really is a great pattern.  I really love the range of sizes....and that I have a lot of the right in the top layer of the stash.   This is a hat that can be done again and again.   The hat goes so quickly there is no time to get bored.

Shaggy, who rocked his Packer sweater, is also getting a black and orange sweater for Halloween.   This yarn also came right out of the stash.   As I had kept good notes, this sweater went quickly also.  

Both projects will go out in the mail this week.

  Another project I have been wanting to do is also on the needles.  Helen and I decided that Owen should have an alligator for reasons that shall not be revealed.

The yarn I choose is Willow's Fawn.  Fawn comes in a couple weights.  The alligator needed green DK.  While Fawn's green was more lime than gator, I chose it.   The color is "quite lively."   The yarn is okay to knit.   I would rather have been able to get this color in Burrow or Wash, but the weight and the colors just were not available.   The pattern is actually a crocodile, but let's not be picky.