update – two projects

I spent very little time on my knitting and photography this past week. But with good reason. I’ve spent the past week living in a surreal world where I lost a close friend. Between mourning, healing and giving my support and sympathy to her family, I haven’t had time or the energy for much else. Now that things have calmed down, I’ve picked up my knitting and my camera and it feels good. I finally updated my ravelry with pictures of these two projects:

I knitted this hat about a month ago. It started with a simple ribbed brim

and it turned into this soft and warm wool hat.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE how the colorway worked out with this yarn. It is simply divine.

And then I have this project:

This was my first time knitting with Malabrigo yarn. I was warned I would get addicted. I was told it is a knitter’s crack yarn. I didn’t believe the warnings but alas, I am ADDICTED. But I’m going to be good and I’m going to just indulge when I need a soft yarn fix. Or I’m going to avoid buying it at all costs until I get through the stash of yarn I currently have. Whichever comes first
Anyways….
I wanted to knit a newborn stocking cap with the malabrigo yarn. This is how the hat started out.

I was semi happy with how the colorway was working out. I was informed of the weird pooling that can come about while knitting with the yarn, so I was relieved to see that it was working out pretty well for this hat.
And this is how the finished hat looks.

I still can’t get over how soft the yarn knits up and I like how the hat turned out. It was a stocking hat that was kicking and screaming for a tassel instead of a pom-pom.

Now I need a new project. And I have no idea what I want to knit up….