New Knits

Finally found the camera cord last night. Ryan offered to help me look in my room, and found it after about 2 seconds of looking. Somehow I missed it, oh well. Now some knits:

Simple Mittens
Yarn: Lion Brand Wool in Ocean Blues
Needles: US7 and US5
Time: A couple days
These didn't take very long to make and were easier than I expected. The very top is more pointy than I would have liked, but looks better once they are on.

Shake Your Pompoms Ski Hat
Yarn: Red Heart Designer Sport in Pistachio and Cocoa
Needles: US7 and US8
Time: A week or so
To make the hat warmer I really should have made it with something other than acrylic yarn. The cheapo yarn also makes it too stretchy and annoying to wear with curly hair. It stretches out too much and makes my head look kind of huge. I'm trying to buy better yarn from here on out, so hopefully this will be the last of the Red Heart for a while.


In a Twist Wrist Warmers
Yarn: Don't remember, it was from a million year old crochet project
Needles: US6
Time: 2 days
I love the cable knit on these, it was really fun to make. The cables don't show up very well on the photos though. The yarn worked better than I expected considering that I only made these to fill time until I can start my sweater. If only I wore wrist warmers...
All patterns from The Knitter's Bible:Knitted Accessories by Claire Crompton.

Now I'm just waiting until the yarn I ordered comes in the mail. Once it's here I can start work on my sweater pattern. Exciting!