cosmicpluto knits!

first snow!

It snowed a bit overnight! Not much, mind you – the road is just wet, but there’s about a cm or two on the rooftops and lawns. Snow is still falling, a little bit, with occasional bursts of wind carrying snow off the roof and making it look like it’s snowier than it is.

Suddenly it feels like it’s really winter, even though it isn’t October NOVEMBER (yikes) yet! The snow should all melt today or tomorrow when it warms up a bit, and it’s supposed to be warmer for Hallowe’en, but somehow the first snow is just so potent in conjuring up real winter.

So, cold-weather accessories are on and off the needles!

Some basic fingerless mitts, worked up in an Araucania yarn whose name escapes me at the moment. They’re too big for me, but that’s good – they’re a sample for the store and a basic pattern card for sale that I’ve worked up, and they’ll fit normal-sized medium/large hands!

And in the ever popular Misti Alpaca Chunky, I knit up a nice long mistake rib scarf to show off the yarn – and to have something to show customers when they say “how much does one of these make?” (the scarf is 2 skeins, but 80″ long).

Just off the needles and onto the blocking towels, a ruffled scarf out of oh-so-yummy Malabrigo worsted.

And these mittens that I’ve dubbed “Galileo Mittens” are done, worn, and the pattern is just being proofread. Soon, soon.

Why does time move faster in the morning when you need to get ready for work? It’s a time warp!

oh, that new project smell!

I think I was feeling really lost about my knitting projects because I was just so bored with doing the same ones for so long! Cast on for something new and it just speeds along – the 5.5 mm needles probably help, too.

Friday morning…

Saturday morning…

And this, well, afternoon since I got up so late…

It’s just a simple top-down cardigan – it’s going to be short, because I’m light on yarn, but I’ve got an idea for the shape that I’m hoping will work out. We’ll see – I wanted to do the sleeves first so I could use up every last scrap of yarn for the body! I’m now done that second sleeve and I’m moving on the body.

I love the yarn, too – it’s Sublime Cashmere Merino Silk Aran, and while I know it isn’t going to wear very well, it’s awfully soft! Mmmmm.

In other yarn news,

Socks that Rock lightweight in our very own “lettuce knit” colourway is in at the store! A pretty decent amount of yarn came, but it’s going fast – if you want one by mail order, give me a call (number’s on the website) and I’ll see what I can do!

come and get it!

Socks that Rock is back in stock at lettuce knit! *Lots* of Socks that Rock.

We also got a few other Blue Moon Yarns – Silkie, Silk Thread, Geisha and Laci, all in Raven clan colours.

Call (416)203-9970, email, or come in to order! We do lots of mail order (including to the U.S.) and it’s going to go fast!

Now that I’ve gotten that out, a bit of knitting progress? I’ve been working really crazily all week, so there hasn’t been that much knitting for me. But I’ve made a good dent in the first sleeve/yoke of Choco-belle:

But I’m not so sure about it. It seems really wide, for one – and the pattern increases the sleeve by 12 more stitches! I left those off, planning to just add them in when I cast on for the yoke sections. But it still seems so big and bulky. I don’t know, I suppose this is going to have to have a time-out for awhile.

Apropos of nothing, here’s a jaunty snow woman that my sister and I built in the driveway (mostly to use up snow from that last big storm, and therefore less shoveling).

Hee!