See, I still knit. In fact, I’ve finished up a few things recently and here they are.

First up is my new hat that I just finished today. The pattern is Wild is the Wind by Lee Meredith and I used some yarn leftover from the Morrison Cardigan, KnitPicks City Tweed DK. It took about a skein and I used size 6 needles. This is a neat pattern. It’s knit from the top down with a twisted stitch pattern and then you cast on stitches for the edging and knit the edging on as you go. It worked up quick and it looks really nice on. With my hair so short my head gets very cold so I need lots of hats. I’d like to knit another of these with some big chunky yarn.

This I finished up on Tuesday. It’s also a Lee Meredith pattern, Parallel Lines. I love her patterns. They’re always something creative that I could never think up on my own and most of them can be knit in any yarn, so they’re good to use up extras. I bought myself her book in progress, Remixed, for my birthday and I’ve already two of the three patterns, this scarf and the previous hat. There’s a shawl, too, and I’ll be knitting it soon. I might even cast on today. So this was again knit with the leftover City Tweed DK, I bought a lot more than I needed.

And my last FO, my Charvet Pullover. This was from the Fall 2010 Interweave Knits and I made it out of KnitPicks Wool of the Andes (and it only cost about $30). I really liked knitting this sweater, the construction was very cool. You knit each piece separate, the front and back and the sleeves, but you start at the bottom left corner and knit in garter stitch on the bias and all the shaping is built in. This was one of those patterns where you really have to watch what you’re doing and keep track of the stitch counts but it’s worth it. The sweater is warm and comfortable even if it is a little small for me and it feels bulky, but that’s the garter stitch.  And I’m sure it would feel less bulky in a drapier yarn, like the llama/silk the pattern calls for but I couldn’t afford that. Anyway, I really do like it how it is.

I have one other project on the needles, a big Shetland shawl and I’ll try to post something about it tomorrow.

I want to apologize first for the quality of my pictures. I’m camera-less right now and relying on my phone which doesn’t have the best camera in the world.

That said, I finished my Morrison Cardigan (from the Fall or Winter, can’t remember, 2011 Knitscene). This is knit in KnitPicks City Tweed worsted in Tahitian Pearl and Plum on size 8 needles. I finished all the knitting last weekend and blocked it this week, it’s been so cool and damp that it took two days to dry and it stunk. This is some smelly wool when it’s wet but it dries so soft.

I did all the seaming on Wednesday and wore it to school yesterday and I love it. It’s really warm and cozy and soft and it looks really nice. I just wish I had better pictures.

Here I’m wearing: the cardigan, my Habitat hat, a Threadless shirt that says “No Panic and Freak Out”, Avenue straight leg jeans, and ancient Chucks, there twelve or thirteen years old and still holding up just fine.

I’m very happy with this sweater. I almost went up one size and I’m glad I didn’t, the fit is perfect. The only thing I would change is that I might have made the sleeves about an inch longer but I can live with that.

Have a great weekend! Next week I have baby clothes (for one of my mom’s friends) to show off.