Fingerless gloves done!

On the yarn train to Portland this last Saturday I started my fingerless gloves.  My office in the house is freezing in the winter even with a space heater. Only one side of my body gets warm and my mouse hand aches.  SOOO, I decided to make these gloves. They are made from Cascade yarn Cloud 9, which is a angora/wool blend. The more I wear them the fuzzier they will get. I picked a pattern from a book and just added the rib, I stitched the sides together leaving a spot for my thumb. It was a 33 cast on since the pattern was an odd number and I just knitted the extra stitches and it came out perfect. The name of the pattern design is Fern Lace. Thanks for looking.

Knitted washcloths and pillow in the making

I finished the washcloths last weekend, but needed to tie off and add the shell edging on the tiny one. 

About 90% of the time I can't just follow the instructions, sooo on the green washcloth I added more stitches and it is large!! Which is great, since it is 100% cotton it will shrink dramatically but still be a very useful washcloth.  Now the little purple washcloth I decided to follow the instructions but use a slightly smaller weight yarn so the finish 7.5 x 7.5 size came out to more of a 6 x 6. Therefore the need to add the edging. I am betting the little one will be a small throw for Barbie after I wash it-LOL

Below is the cable knitted pillow covering, which is about done, it needed 9 more inches and 1 more skein of yarn ...because YES I didn't get the correct weight.  Guess what Michaels and Joanns are the only ones that carry this brand and it is no longer stocked or being made, so I will have to change the plan. I will post when this actually becomes something. Thanks for looking

Poor neglected blog...

Sorry, but work has taken over life and life has taken over work. I have projects in planning stages: Knitting some basic leggings for my DD, need to pick up pack of double ended needles.
I also have some cute 3-D cards I plan to make with new Darcies U Cuts.

I will probably not post for another week or two, I will be having a surgery this friday. So, when I am feeling up and get some head way on these projects I will post. Thanks for checking back.