I won something!

Really, I did!  And, even though everybody says they “never” win anything – I really never do.  So, imagine my surprise to read my name and my blog’s name over at ‘Yea, I knit” as I was trolling my favorite blog reads the other day.  I nearly fell off my chair. It’s a great blog, so if you’re looking for more knitting fodder – that’s a good place to put into your Bloglines.  She recently lost her beautiful dog to age/sickness.   So sad when we have to tell them good-bye even when it’s the right thing to do.  So, yeah, doubly sweet for a blog-owner to post a give-away, when life has gotten bumpy.

I’ve been keeping the knitting simple lately.  Mostly because I have only had time to knit when there are interruptions, so a lace project is best kept waiting under those conditions.  Not a problem though, I often find that having miles of garter-stitch or stockinette can soothe the troubled soul – and, as EZ would say – it doesn’t hurt an “untroubled soul” either.  (She always makes me smile.)

This little baby hat is in one of the Dalegarn (#152) books from a while back. It’s not difficult though.   It’s just your basic 2 x 2 ribbing, then stockinette for a bit, and then a few rows of evenly-spaced double decreases (k2tog k1 k2tog) until you get down to just a few stitches left, then you knit an I-cord, cast off and tie a little knot on the top.  Looks kind of like a starfish after all the decreases are done.

It’s made in Sirdar Snuggly DK – and it’s very soft.  MP brought a skein home from my LYS when he made a trip to Sonora and swung by the shop to see what was on the sale shelf.  How’s that for a well-trained husband?

Speaking of Elizabeth Zimmermann and garter stitch – next week starts a knit-along for the baby surprise jacket on the Yahoo Group called “Knitbabysurprise.”  Haven’t made one in a while, so I’m looking forward to making another one for the long-range planning bin.  Nice to have little items like that available for baby showers as they present themselves.

Related Links:

• Yea, I knit blog.
• By Hand Yarn blog.
• KnitBabySurprise YahooGroup