The other week I was rummaging around in my stash looking for bulky yarn. I was going to make a cat bed. I soon realized that I had enough for a sweater for me and several cat beds. Well, I still haven’t gotten to the cat bed, but I have a new sweater. I used a pattern in an old Vogue Knitting magazine. It called for heavy worsted on size 11 needles. Since my yarn was really bulky, I used size 17 needles. I did a gauge swatch–Yes!! I always do a gauge swatch. I cast on half the number of stitches for size Large and only did about half the number of rows. I had to fudge some of the decreases at the armholes, but I am very happy with the end result.
Since Jenn did all the driving Monday, I was free to knit. I started on a pair of gloves for her. I used Paton’s SWS. It was pretty and felt very nice. I got most of one glove made. It went very quickly on size 5 needles. The yarn band said size 9, but I always go down a few sizes for gloves. I also gave her a pair of socks for Christmas. They were Lorna’s Laces in red, white and green with a mitered square design. I gave them to her now so that she can wear them when she is feeling Christmasy. Is that a word? I forgot to take a picture.
Here are Jenn’s gloves and some yarn I picked up over the weekend. My first thought was gloves, but there is enough for socks. I was also thinking about a scarf with the leftover yarn from Jenn’s gloves—something open with perhaps little flowers at the end.
