"I stand correctly." one of my current favorite sayings from my DearSon. ( It's right up there with, "What the huh?".  )  I think, in his 6 year old brain, that he has heard, "I stand corrected." but that doesn't really make sense whereas, "I stand correctly." makes considerably more non-euphemistic sense.  In any case, he uses this phrase correctly as it pops out when he has been proven to be right.  Too cute.

There has been knitting as well and I think I've been craving a bit of color this winter.  Granted "winter" is a bit of a misnomer as we have had very little snow and the temperatures are absurdly warm for February.  But, it's wester NY, so we have got the winter grays. 



See?  Bright! Bright! Bright!  (You know, the more you type "bright" the weirder it looks.)

Details:
Yarn: Chroma in Lollipop and Brava in white from Knitpicks.
Pattern:  Peace-out hat by Marinda Maritz also from Knitpicks
Mods:  Instead of using the backwards loop cast-on I used a knitted cast on to provide a more stable edge.  I also twisted the tassels a bit differently than instructed. A tassel that was made up of 12 pieces of yarn, I made two bunches of 6. Both of these bunches I twisted the same direction, then twisted them together going the opposite direction. Then tied the tassel off. Tassels stay twisted this way.

Future Mods: If I were to knit it again, I think I may do the ear flaps and brim in garter stitch as the edges have a tendency to roll.

Both Chroma and Brava are very soft and didn't receive any comments from DD#2 about itchiness.

One more picture just for good measure.


This skirt, also knit in a near rainbow, I knit the bulk of it during the summer but, as it wasn't the right season to wear it, didn't feel the need to finish it until recently.



Thank you DH for taking the pictures and following my amazing directions like, "Hold the camera the other way." and "Does it look good on me?"  (Because, the first one isn't specific and the second really only has one right answer. Ever.



Details:
Pattern: Lanesplitter by Tina Whitmore from Knitty.com
Yarn: Noro Kureyon in color 185
Mods: Shortened the skirt to knee length.

I love the colors that Noro puts out.  I wish it was a tiny bit softer -- it has some serious wool prickle.   I would love to use it for knits for gifts but it's just too risky.  (Risky?  Not usually a word associated with knitting.  But, if you spend 10 hours of your life knitting a gift that isn't used because of itch, then there's some risk involved.)  Luckily, I'm quite immune to wool prickle and can wear everything from Noro to Lopi (all 100% high prickle factor wool.).