Things have gotten done!

All hail the Queen!

This queen dishcloth was too good not to do for one of my friends.  The project took less than a day.   My favorite dishcloth yarn is Willow Yarns Sudsy.   Sudsy has several versions.   This would have been much better in a solid color, but I did not have a color I liked at home when I wanted to knit this.   I will likely restock as dishcloths are a nice gift and quick to do.  During the summer this is a great project as it is small, easy to carry, and even in the heat, easy to handle.

Knitpicks Felici is a very nice sock yarn.   Felici comes and goes off the site.  The colorways also come and go.   The last time I was buying something from Knitpicks, Felici was available in a worsted weight.   Goth Kitty is the colorway I chose partly because I loved the name and partly because I really liked the color combination.  This was a soft yarn to knit.  Handling this yarn was as nice as handling fancier, luxury blends.  The yarn is a bit softer than the German-made workhorse blends that I like to use for socks.   While it is really luscious to wear, I am concerned that it will pill and develop holes sooner than the hardier yarns.  Time will tell!

My friend really wanted this hat for a trip that is upcoming faster than he would be able to produce it.   Kind soul that I am, I stepped up and knit this.   As I was ill and not up to doing much but knit, this took a week.   The small stitches in black were not bad until the shaping.   That had to be done twice and sworn over a lot.   Now that it is done, I am pleased with it.  I also realize that I need much more light for small black stitches.....I had to lean into the sunlight to work the shaping.   All is well that ends well as Rick loves it and wears it often. 

After doing this hat in the fingering weight, I decided to give myself a break and do the next hat in DK.   That is a stealthy project that is in the design process.   Details to come.

A month or so ago, I saw a yarn in the Willow catalogue that I really wanted to try. As a baby girl who could wear it was about to be born, why not?   The lovely soft shade of pink in the Peter Pan Petite Fleur begged to become the Aida Top Down Cardigan.  While I think I might have liked the cardigan a bit better in a non-fuzzy yarn, it turned out well and the baby's grandmother liked it.  That is what is important.

Would I use this yarn again.  I don't think so.  While the yarn is pretty, it had no elasticity and was not that much fun to knit.  The girly-ness of the color kept me at it.   It can go through the washer and dryer which is a plus.   The down side is that laundering it gave it a static which needed to be toned done.   Glad to have done it and gladder to be done.

Sock yarn comes out in new and interesting offerings.   Regia has a colorway that is called Pairfect

Pair.   The idea is to start at the end of a yellow stretch of yarn.....and each sock will be the same...or that perfect pair of striped socks than are the dream of many and difficulty to achieve. The colors drew me in and I began.  

The first sock is partially done and the colors are rolling out.  I love the way it is knitting up.  Time will tell if I make the match!