A Happy New Year to you all.
As you can see, I haven't blogged in a while. It's amazing how discouraging messing up a pattern can be; it's not something one generally wants to report on. I think that's the main reason why I didn't keep the updates coming on the mitts. (Not to mention the holidays consuming me).
Yes, the mittens did NOT quite work out. The error came with the shaping at the tips. I knitted, I looked, I tried them on, I frogged. I do plan to pick them up again and resume my efforts in design, but now is not the time. Jumping gung ho into the world of design - especially mitten design after not knitting any mittens for 2 years - is not a task to be taken lightly. I'll need to practice knitting a few pairs from established patterns before resuming the red mittens. I tucked the mitt aside, needles and all and moved on to other things.
Ah, the other things. I first knit a 'lacy hat' in Malabrigo worsted. I just love how the needles slide through the wool like a warm knife through butter. I find it so difficult to pass by the cubbies of Mal at my LYS without at least touching, squeezing, the hanks. I love the colourways, too. This little hat knit up quite easily and the pattern is the Lacy Hat from Classic Elite Quick Knits. Although the pattern suggests a plain, single coloured yarn, I used the variegated Plena and I think that it looks nice, though it does look much more pink knitted up, which is not so nice for me!
The photo (right) doesn't really do the colour any justice. I blame the camera phone.
I've also been working on a tea cosy and just finished a silk shawl last night, but I'll blog on those later.
Cheers.
