WIP & a new LYS!

So, just as I said I would, I went to the spinning group last week, and knit with the ladies there, and it was fun! I can't wait another week to go back. Although, I didn't bring a snack. My attempt at curried chicken was pretty unsuccessful and the suggestion to bring oreos was given hefty thought.
One of the ladies at the group, Vicky, told me the REAL location of a new lys, Knit Pickings. I don't have their addy handy if they indeed have a website up. If I find it, I will post it. They are located in Plaistow, NH and I'm thrilled out of my stockings to dump major portions of my paycheck there from now on.
I bought some beautiful Cherry Tree Hill Supersock yarn in Dusk, which is a beautiful purple, blue, and green colorway. I also bought the Cherry Tree easy sock pattern, and I'm on my way to my very first pair of socks. I am told that they're addictive. We'll see...

New Spinning Group

I'm really excited to join Island Pond Spinners, a knitting and spinning group near where I live. My first meeting will be this weekend. I can't wait to see spinning. A friend's mother taught me how to spin using a drop spindle a few years ago, but I'm hoping someone will have a wheel I can learn on. Wish me luck!
Also, I need to bring a snack food: any ideas? I was thinking of bringing some curried chicken with rice and veggies. Recipes wil be greatly appreciated.

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.)

Cable TV Tuque

It's been a while folks, I know. I finished the first cable tuque, and I'm on to my next one. The green one is the one that was on display at the Loop Cafe. That's me knitting one in a red-green yarn blend on the left.

Here's another pic of the details.

Neil hasn't let me take a photo yet of him in the finished one, but it came out awesome, and he wears it all the time. I'm making one for myself now in a soft cream color.

The Loop Cafe: Knitting in Canadia II

Today I went to visit the Loop Cafe on Barrington Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia on my annual trip to Canada.
Neil (the bf) saw a hat that he loved, so I bought one skein of Cascade 220 in a red/green blend that looks brown from far away, and two skeins of Warani alpaca/merino blend in a cream color.

The pattern is a test one, so I get to be the guinea pig and try it out for Mimi, the woman at Loop who wrote the pattern.

Mimi: I'm going for it already!