Cable Tuque Two

I'm FINALLY finishing the copyhat of this tuque I made for Neil in August. Mine is made with a beautiful, soft white Warani yarn (50% Suri Alpaca, 50% Merino Wool) that I bought at the Loop Cafe in Halifax. Natalie made the same one, and she finished WAY before I did. (sometimes I get lost in other things people!)

Anyway, Neil loves it, and I'm jealous.

So here was mine in November:




















And here it is now, MUCH closer to completion.


Considering the recent temperatures, I need to finish this VERY quickly.

Socks

Nat will surely be pleased to hear this:
I'm starting a pair of SOCKS!

I bought a ball of sock yarn, and I'm attempting the "two at a time, two circular needles" method.
Wish me luck!

Calorimetry

I saw Calorimetry in Knitty, and the girl in the pictures reminded me of my friend Nina. So I knit one for her. As I was showing the headband for Nina to my boss, Caryn, she looked like she was coveting it, so I made her one as well. I gave Nina's away without taking pictures (bad blogger, bad!) but I got pics of Caryn's knit in Paton's Classic Merino wool in a soft charcoal grey, and added a feminine touch with a few dashes of a dark pink hand-spun wool from Plimoth Plantation, which had been sitting in my stash for ages.










For the second headband, I sewed a second button onto the inside of the band, so that if the large button were closed far up (for a smaller head, for instance), the end wouldn't flop around.




Left:
the flap is unbuttoned.


At left here, the flap has been secured with the small button on the inside, so the flap does not hang down. You can see the small button on the inside of the flap in the first picture (side view, above.)