handmade by stefanie

Earlier this week, I finished my robot mittens, so I'll be sharing those with you on Friday. In the mean time, I've been focusing my efforts on my two remaining WIPs, though I'm sure I'll start something new soon. It's inevitable! My Canopy Fingering sweater is now past the 30-day point, and alas, I'm not even close to being done. However, I'm happy with the progress, even if it is slow. I'm still a little nervous about the fit, but I've tried it on and I think it should be ok. My swatch grew a bit in size, so I'm sure that means it will be perfect once it's blocked, even though now it's a slightly close fit. Here's hoping these aren't famous last words, anyway! I've seen the most progress on my crocheted blanket in Berroco Vintage ; over the weekend, I passed the halfway point, not counting the border. There are a few shaky rows here and there, but I am confident that they'll block out just fine. Vintage is one of...

I'm still chugging away at my thrummed mittens , though over the weekend I started running perilously low on thrums. I probably should have seen that coming, but at least I have plenty of fiber to make more thrums....I just hope that I can get two mittens' worth out of them, since the first mitten is probably going to take over 200 thrums! I started a very simple hat last week which has been my primary on-the-go project. The pattern is a free pattern from Kelbourne Woolens called the Genmaicha Hat . I have to say that the name is really what did it for me, since it's my favorite kind of tea (though I am also in love with Canopy Fingering ). I happened to have some leftover yarn from my Color Affection Shawl - a full skein of Canopy Fingering in Sarsparilla and half-skein in Conifer; I did have a brief moment of insanity where I thought I should purchase one more skein to knit the teeny-tiny stripe before the ribbing, but then I realized I had enough Malabrigo Finito in...