A couple of years ago I started a pair of socks. They were meant to be a birthday gift but I missed the deadline. And then I realized they were too small for the recipient anyway. I set them aside. And, you know how this story goes, right? I forgot all about them.

A few weeks ago I was straightening up my craft room (not well, mind you, because at the moment that room is a disaster) but in the midst of moving things around I found the socks. One was completed and one was about 25% done. And I thought, geeez, I really should finish these but they are so small and they won’t fit me and . . . who can I give them to . . . and then I thought . . .  Jessica has small feet!

I had her try the finished one on that night when they came for dinner and it fit like a charm.

I haven’t finished the second one yet but I’m getting closer. Maybe by next Wednesday?

I can only hope!

I finished the cutest little pair of baby socks for Jackie a week or so ago.

I followed the Cozy Little Toes pattern and made them a wee bit big so that they will see him through until spring.

The yarn is a bit of leftover Woolen Rabbit Opal in the color Daddy Steelbucks. It’s the perfect grey for all of his little outfits because grey is the new blue when it comes to baby boys.

I have to admit, they took longer than they should have given how small they are. I pictured myself cranking out 3 or 4 pair of these for him in the last few weeks. Ummmm. No. But still, one pair is better than no pair.

That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

Believe it or not, I have another finished hand knit to show you today, Peace Cowl No. 2.

According to my very sketchy details on Ravelry, I started it some time in February 2017 and I finished it some time in June 2017. Yes, that’s a super long time for a pretty simple knit. It languished and I’m not sure why – especially when you consider that I finished Peace Cowl No. 1 in less than a month.

The yarn is Sophie’s Toes Magic Ball in the color The Globe. It’s the most stunning jewel tones and I love the way they look together. Bonus – it goes with so much and provides a real pop of color when worn with black.

The stitch definition is lovely and even though those eleventy million stitches took for-ev-er it’s totally worth it now that it’s blocked and I can wear it.

Speaking of wearing it, I did yesterday and I got several compliments and two people even offered to hire me to knit one for them.

Do you think they’d mind waiting until June? Heh.

Continuing with my commitment to document and share my finished projects, today I have these pretty new fingerless mitts to show you.

There isn’t a pattern, I just cast on 52 stitches, knit K2P2 for a while to make a cuff, and then just went round and round.

When I got bored I’d do a few rows or purling or a row of K2tog YO just to liven things up. The biggest struggle for me? Not making them match!

 

I didn’t bother with thumb gussets, I just stopped knitting in the round when I got to where I thought the thumb opening should be. Then, when I thought that opening was big enough, I joined up again and started going round and round like before. I finished with some ribbing at the top and then went back and picked up stitches around the thumb opening. They stick out kind of funny because there’s no gusset but they look just fine on my hand. Also, I didn’t want to poke my eyes out because the thumb part was fussy.

I call them Cranberry Country Mitts because the yarn is the color of cranberries (It’s Woolen Rabbit Opal in the color Oh Ruby, leftover from my Cactus Flower shawl of 2014) and because, well, I work in cranberry country.

Simple and easy, they are just what I pictured when I decided to make them. I can’t ask for more than that when I decide to wing it with a knitting project.