Santa’s helper is bringing another hat to a very special someone.

These should be interesting.

OK I’m just gonna have to knit me a pair of these.

Those mittens just sing, don’t they?

Tuulia, you are amazing!  Those are some beautiful mittens.

Something verdant just in time. Nice pattern. This was a quick knit, though I had to add 1/2 patt repeat and an extra row of ribbing to make it fit properly using Manos. I knit size one.

The Manos really made the texture pop on this pattern.

Finished the cowl for a certain teacher yesterday. I ended up using 10.5 circs, 1 skein of Cascade Chunky Baby Alpaca and using a kitchener join for a seamless finish. It took two days; I’m pretty happy with the results.

I’m now on to swatching Manos for a hat.  Three swatches, on US 7, 8, and 9.

Now I just need to figure out which fabric I like best.  I think the fabric on size 7 needles is a bit too tight; it doesn’t allow the Manos to show off it’s thick and thinny goodness.   Probably the size 8 fabric will be best for a hat – Chicago winters get plenty cold.