It only took about a week to knit up these socks for Gabriel. They are pretty stretchy, so hopefully they will fit him before it's too warm for him to want socks on his feet this summer. The yarn is Kona Superwash in the kelp colorway. The colorway matches nicely the teal of the recent cardigan I finished. I found this yarn in a sale bin at the Elegant Ewe back in June. So the skein didn't marinate in the stash all that long. I still have plenty of this yarn to try to make a matching hat also.
I finished Gabriel's cardigan tonight while watching the Talledaga race we recorded earlier today. I started this cardigan in August and have slowly been working on it. The pattern is Debbie Bliss' Jacket With Moss Stitch Bands and I used Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino in a pretty dark teal. I figure a girl could wear this too if she had a feminine shirt underneath it. I got the little Mother of Pearl star buttons at The Elegant Ewe. There was a lot of sewing together of pieces. I need to do a final blocking, but otherwise I am quite happy with the finished project. Can't wait to start the next project for little G. I think it will be a hat to match this cardigan. Or maybe socks.
I went to The Elegant Ewe today to buy a little button for the back closure on the Debbie Bliss baby vest I just finished. That's all I needed and all I wanted. I found a 70 cent square button that would be perfect. But when I got to the check out counter, I had two skeins of Kona Superwash yarn in my basket as well. How'd that happen!? Apparently they came from the sale bin at the front of the store that was full of Seacoast Handpainted Yarns. They were only $10 a skein, and I really liked the colorway. It went from blue, to sea green, to brown and the colorway is called Kelp. The two skeins just seemed so desperate to go home that I didn't have the heart to put them back at that point. So they came home with me and have joined my stash.
