Dennis' hat is Basic Cable from Stitch n Bitch Nation in Kureyon. Mine is a variation that I came up with because I really wanted to use that particular cable. It's 2 strands of elann.com's Baby Cashmere.
And here is the other project I finished last week. It's a sweater for Dennis. Who isn't wearing it because it doesn't actually fit him.
Shown here unblocked, because there isn't time to do that before the trip and I'm just a rebel and I'm no good and I'm wearing it anyway.
Yeah. I originally knit this Kureyon yarn back in November/December, into a Dennis sweater which turned out to be entirely too big for him (Hello, I'm Correct Gauge, and I'll be kicking your ass on this project) so I unraveled it and reclaimed it (skipping really boring part here about making hanks and soaking them and drying them) and started knitting a different pattern, thinking that a cardigan would be fun. And I kept a very close eye on the body circumference, to be sure it wasn't growing out of control. Should have paid attention to the shoulders, though. Dennis has big shoulders. The sweater doesn't.
Guess I've knit myself a sweater now after all. I do really like it, and it's going to be great for Amsterdam. I especially like the two-way zipper. I tied red and black beads to the top zipper pull.
See, but why should I make stuff for myself when other people make it look sooo cute? That's a 10-day-old Nathan in a blanket I knit for him. It's a really simple bias blanket, but he knows how to work it.
Gracie was obsessed with my sweater as I was knitting it, and would make sweet sweet love to it whenever I let her, so I used some of the leftover yarn to make a little Kureyon mini-blankie that she can knead and suck on as much as she wants to. Whch is apparently a lot, although now that I have actual batteries in the camera, she doesn't want to do it.
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