FOs and succumbing to yarn

I finished the Boy’s fingerless mitts and beanie hat set last night, he’s rather pleased with them:

Sirdar Crofter 'Fair Isle Effect' DK mitts and hat

I had great fun with the hat because I’d started it on my 24″ circular needle that I bought for my lace shawl so I had to move onto DPNs when I did the decreases at the top. I should have taken a photo of it on umpteen different

needles at the same time, I was rather proud of myself but I’m not sure I’d have managed if I didn’t already have the fabric well underway! Either way, he decided he wanted a cross-shaped top seam so I only did a few sets of decreases and then bound it off and sewed it together instead.

The other thing I have to show off is my first skein of hand-dyed yarn. I succumbed to this beautiful 4ply merino from The Yarn Yard. It goes from yellow green through various shades of green into sky blue and is gorgeous in colour and feel. I can’t wait to knit something lovely out of it… after I conquer the lace shawl in my lovely magenta merino, that is!

Yarn Yard Stanley Merino

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