Jon's Knit Blog

Because Someone's Gotta Post at 4:38am

Well I got to work on the hat for my dad's brother's ex-wife who has lost her hair to cancer. She's the grandmother of my dearly beloved nephew, as I said, the one for whom I knit the Elephant Waistcoat.

Anyhow, I picked French Weave from Barbara G. Walker's Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns, and got to work.

(Sorry the photo came out sorta blurry -- the camera, as you can see, decided to focus on the wrong-side stuff in the background rather than the right in the front...)

It's easier than messing with the SSP stitches I'm going to have to use for the next steps of the lace scarf, and the yarn (Feeling!) is among the softest I've ever used... so much nicer than the superwash Primo in the Blue Cable-y Goodness. So I'll finish this and then start the next piece of the cables... And I do want her to have it soon. And I'm thrilled by the yarn - it will be a great yarn for use next to bare skin. I can't imagine how it could be itchy. Quite honestly, I just keep wanting to touch it, and I'm this close to buying yarn to make myself a sweater. If I didn't have so many other projects on deck, I would be buying it on Monday.