I am working on two baby blankets right now, for friends who are going to be welcoming their first children in 2010.  For reasons I can no longer remember, I decided to go with Madeline Tosh Worsted yarn. I bought it from Webs. I used the colorways Fjord and Clematis. The Fjord came right away and the colors of the 4 skeins I received were pretty similar.  The Clematis skeins were backordered, and arrived after three and a half weeks. When I did get them, they weren’t at all consistent, and two of the skeins look nearly navy or black, while the other two are nicely variegated. This is an annoying but not impossible set of circumstances to fix. Still, I am shaking my fist at the losers at Webs who gave me four non-matching skeins of yarn. I understand that they’re hand-dyed, but I’m pretty sure that they’re matched by humans, and whoever put this order together probably could have done a better job at making sure my four skeins matched.

Fjord. Awesome.

Clematis. Less awesome.

I still haven’t blocked it, but here are pictures of the Bonnie hat that I made for myself.

You can't really see the hat, but aren't I adorable here?

I made two Bonnie hats, based on Kim Hargreaves’ pattern. I really really really liked this pattern, although I am anything but in love with how splitty this yarn is. I used Rowan RYC Bamboo Soft, and although it feels amazing, it was annoying to work with before I got my lace needles, and merely tedious after that.

Unworn Bonnie Hat

Person-filled hat

I haven’t bothered to block the second Bonnie hat that I made, because it’s for me, and I don’t care so much about things like that. But the brim looks funky unblocked, so maybe I’ll steam-block it tonight after The Skein Attraction‘s holiday party.

I actually finished two other items in the time between my Angee socks and the Secret Santa River Rapids pair I made! Two hats, both the Bonnie pattern, both insanely adorable. I will upload pictures soon, but I didn’t want you to think that I’d been slacking THAT much.

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I have not fallen off the face of the planet. I knit a bit in November when I traveled to South Carolina for a funeral, but mostly read in my spare time, hence the lack of posts here.

Pattern: River Rapids by Sockbug

I finished these babies in less than one week! Yeah, that’s right. I’m feeling pretty proud of myself right now. They’re super cute and the pattern was a breeze. I didn’t have to pay too much attention, and even decided to spice things up with a 4×4 ribbed heel (which came out SO nicely)!

The recipient seemed to really like them, so I hope she wasn’t just trying to spare my feelings. I love the way these came out, and am fairly sure that I will be making myself a pair!

Also, I am now a rockstar at kitchener stitch. I can do it in less than 10 minutes with no mistakes and without missing anything in Batman.