I follow Hunter Hamerson’s blog (such pretty pictures!), and when she released her pattern Palpitation, I knew I had to have some seasonal knitting. I’m making two hearts as Valentines for deserving friends, and two for me. Perhaps next year I’ll add some different sized ones, but four is about all I can manage (and get dried!) right now. The beginning is super fiddly, but once you get the point big enough it is smooth sailing. I love Hunter’s patterns, and I love this whimsical use for leftovers. Here are some hearts pre-stuffing,
And this is what they look like afterwards. I poured a little lavender from an extra sachet I had in with the stuffing to give them a nice smell as well. It was a tad fine for the job I was giving it, but it’s what I have at the moment. Next year!
Though it’s not much to see, here is the Sockhead hat I’ve been working on in the mornings while I soak my foot and read my bible. The colors are not knitting up at all like I expected from the skein—not a bad thing, just not what I was expecting.
I also started a brioche baby hat with the leftovers from the last vertebra I knit. I’m really enjoying it, and doing a cable cast on in the round was way less of a deal than I was thinking it would be. I actually restarted this hat because it was turning out way too big and I only have a little bit of yarn left over. I’m liking the firmer gauge a lot.
Oh, speaking of said vertebra? It’s done and blocked!
As well as knitting tiny hearts, I put up a few Valentine’s decorations in my house and classroom. I will be defiant until the end in the face of my non-celebrator WPAs! (Workplace proximity associates—Parks n’ Rec). I was going to make my kids Valentines, but then realized that Past-me was *brilliant* and bought Valentines when they were on sale. Since I was in a super long and tedious staff meeting till late, it was a double bonus. Looking forward to being Stateside next year!
Hopefully tonight I can cast on my Chinese New Year project--I'm mulling over a super crazy version, but right now I'm going with only the kind of crazy already provided version. Hint--double knitting!
I apparently am going to be on the sock kick for awhile longer; I found a pattern I’m dying to cast on, but I’m making myself finish one of my other three hats first. It’s a 3 color stash buster; I might be able to salvage some weird yarn I dyed with sunflowers a few years back to fill things out. It’s kind of frustrating right now trying to knit what excites me while also making sure that none of the ‘good stuff’ gets left at school when I leave at the end of the year. I found my Coraline sock that I started in the fall; I have a feeling once another hat or two is out of my system I’ll be ready to get back to footwear.
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