happy birthday (for yesterday)

did the host raise a toast to the day your life began?

I was two months behind with these legwarmers for Caroline's birthday. Only because I ran out of one of the yarns and it took me a trip back to Toronto to find it again. But here they are:





Novella Socks from Knit 2 Together. I knit them with a strand of each Berroco Softwist (41% wool, 59% rayon, colour: 9427 dijon, 3 skeins) and Katia Ingenua (78% mohair, 13% nylon, 9% wool, colour: 16 yellow, 2 skeins) on size US6 needles. I think if I had obeyed the instructions and used the yarn specified in the pattern (Rowan Cashsoft DK) the socks would have had a bit more give. It's a good thing that girl is so skinny!

I was only a month behind with her hubbie's gift because I was smart enough to buy the yarn in New York. (Actually, I had Caroline's legwarmers ready a month ago but I couldn't very well show up to Jack's birthday brunch with only a gift for his wife!) I knit him a pair of Broad Street Mittens from Knitty. This pattern had several mistakes in it resulting in a very frustrating experience and my having to frog the first mitt twice! And then it was difficult to judge the sizing because my hands are relatively smaller and so I was never really quite sure about them. But I'm happy with the way they turned out, and he says they fit. Hoorah!


These were knit with Blue Sky Alpacas (sport weight, 100% alpaca, colour: 523 grape, 1 skein, and colour: 308 navy blue, 2 skeins) on size US2 and US3 dpns.