Fingerless Mitts

As an antedote to working on two baby blankets at once, I had to have a little change of pace and make these little wristwarmers from Weekend Knitting.


I used leftover Brown Sheep Nature Spun Sport from my Ravenclaw scarf. I had a little less than one full ball of blue, and still had several yards left when the mitts were done.

These are so toasty warm. They're just what my wrists wanted this cold, windy February. Now I have no more gap between the cuff of my sleeve and the cuff of my glove.

Started February 20, finished February 22, 2007.

Log Cabin Blanket

This blanket, from Mason-Dixon Knitting, was the first project I ever knit that used so many different colors. I used a ten colors in a cotton yarn called "Butterfly." I started out with #5 Addi Turbo 16" circulars, but the stitches started to get too crowded as the blanket grew, so I switched to #5 Options. Then I found I was getting a significantly looser gauge on the Options. Luckily, going down to #4s did the trick. I finished it with a purple border in half double crochet.

This blanket will be for the soon-to-be arriving baby girl of Andy's cousin Aaron and his wife Mandy.

I started this in August of 2006 and finished it on February 20, 2007.