Braided Pulse Warmers

Finished Pulse Warmers

Well it has been a long time and so it should come as no surprise that I completed my Braided Pulse Warmers.    In fact I finished them on the 16th of last month so a while ago.  Today I found a spot of sun and had my kid take pictures.  As you may be able to tell the pulse warmer goes up a good bit on my forearm.  The Braid is just at my wrist juncture.  It was a fun easy knit taking only a few days to complete although I spread this out.  I actually was worried about running out of my main color since I was using remnants.  I ended up with loads of yarn.  Okay not really:

Yarn Chicken…

I am currently working on a pair of socks for myself.  I came across a singleton while unpacking boxes so decided to finish up the pair.  As usual I left no notes for myself about what I was doing in regards to cast on, gusset stitches picked up and other niceties.  Thankfully, I had my handy dandy pins there counting rows and my needles were stuck in ball of yarn.  As long as my tension didn’t go too off since last winter we should be fine.  Lichen Ribbed Socks from Knitting Vintage Socks.  I have made this particular pattern at least twice that I can recall.  This version is being made in gray alpaca blend which means silky and super warm.  I hope to be finished with those this weekend so am mulling over knitting options.

yarny days and knitterly evenings to you all

~Elka

Midnight Sun Tam

Still Luminous After All These Years

 

 

this one is a bit of a cheat. I cast on Aug 10, 2004 and was finished by Aug 30, 2014. It remains my favorite knit thing ever.

Every fall I pull out all my knitted things and wash them… just as I do every spring before putting them away. The tam served as a backdrop for the lovely mitts I knit as a gift.

But woe! A hole!

 

 

my finger peeking through a hole ;-(

my finger peeking through a hole ;-(

 

But YaY! Repaired:

 

mended column of golden stitches

mended column of golden stitches

 

I pulled out the pictures from my old blog posts.

 

In progress...

In progress…

 

 

Tam finished

Tam finished

I purchased the kit from Two Swans Yarns which is defunct. I used the original Autumn that was called for in the pattern and it was very hard to find at the time since Alice Starmore had severed ties with Jamiesons and Unicorn both which made that particular shade, one of her custom colors, obsolete. I believe it has now been replaced by Autumn Mix and the pattern still survives.

It was glorious fun to knit and produces a stunning finished project. I always keep my eyes peeled for more of Sandy Blue’s work.  Unfortunately for me she only did two fair isle pieces that I am familiar with and the other is all golden warm sunny colors for a tam.  I might just purchase the pattern for that one since I really do love me a tam.

Bonus: I believe mending is part of Wovember.

yarny days and knitterly evenings, Elka