Yarn Along

Joining Ginny for her Yarn Along. In her words:

~ Two of my favorite things are knitting and reading, and the evidence of this often shows up in my photographs. I love seeing what other people are knitting and reading as well. So, what are you knitting or crocheting right now? What are you reading? Take a single photo and share it either on your blog or on Flickr. Leave a link below to share your photo with the rest of us! ~

Last night I cast on this amazing little pouch. Knit on straight needles it is the stitch pattern that makes the pouch. Ingenious really. I am hoping to make three, one for each of the girls for a Valentines Day gift. I may felt them, not sure yet. And keeping with the knitting theme, I just started Casting Off by Nicole R. Dickson. I'm not far enough in to give an opinion yet, but the book is set in Ireland - one of my favorite places. So we will have to wait and see.

And after last weeks failure to find a sock pattern, I decided to bite the bullet and figure out this magic loop thing. Well, boy and I glad I did. Magic loop is another one of those ingenious methods. So above are my first pair of toe up socks knit magic loop style. The pattern: Lewis Creek Socks can be found on Ravelry for FREE!

Hannah has been bugging me for a pair of fingerless mitts. So when we were at the yarn shop getting me needles for my socks she picked out this lovely teal. Yes, this is the third project. Do I have too many going? I hope I get them finished.

I did manage to finish these little pants for Rebekah's doll Rosie. They were a quick and simple knit and Rebekah loves them. Of course now she wants me to knit Rosie a shirt. I'm thinking a vest or sweater. The girls and I have been readings selections from Winter. It is a wonderful collections of songs, poems and stories.

And last but definitely not least, I must send out a Big THANK YOU to Jen over at S/V Mari Hal-O-Jen. Jen and I "met" through this wonderful community created by Ginny and her Yarn Along. Jen is knitting the beautiful shawl and I simply asked her what pattern she was using. Jen was kind enough to search for the pattern and posted a few links are with a charge for the pattern. That was sweet enough, but here is the really amazing thing. She happened to have two copies of the pattern and send one off to me. How sweet! Now I am in search for the perfect yarn for this True Blue Friend shawl. Even the name fits. The kindness of this blogging community of ours never ceases to amaze me. You are all wonderful!

Ok, so I know this is way more than the typical yarn along post. Lots of pictures and projects, but I just couldn't help myself. This knitting things is becoming a slight addiction.