Twists of Fate

No, seriously! There’s a few FOs to document.

First up, something for me. Though after wearing these, I think I should’ve knit them much tighter. These are the Jacoby Mitts, pattern from the Berroco website, chosen because it was the playoffs and my favorite Red Sox player was having a great post season at the time. I used STR mediumweight in what may be Bella Coola, and I don’t know what I was thinking. My hands aren’t that fat…after one wear they are stretched out to the point where wearing them is weird. I’d totally use the pattern again, and may do so to make some gift mitts for the holidays.

Not the best picture, but I did darn in the ends on the second mitt after washing.

Next is a hat for my father. His 70th birthday was yesterday, but I haven’t spoken to him for like six years. The hat will be sent via my sister, and I’m working on a scarf to go with. The pattern is brooklyn tweed’s Turn a Square pattern, which was great. I think I screwed up the “jogless join” part, but it’s wearable. I used Noro Silk Garden in a colorway I can’t remember, and Berroco’s Ultra Alpaca in a nice green for the main color.

Last but not least is a scarf for my nephew. This is Baby Alligator kit from Morehouse Merino, which I got a while ago but just got around to making. I love the finished product, but I really did not enjoy knitting with the very firmly spun yarn. It really made my hands hurt, but it’s soft enough to encourage a little kid to wear it, and durable enough to last while a little kid is wearing it.

I will probably make the alligator again for my niece, but in a yarn that’s a little easier on my hands.

On the needles – a pair of Faceted Rib Socks, another pair of mitts in a different pattern, socks for me and a couple of hats.

Unemployment denied my initial claim based on some calculations that fell a whopping five hours short of the requirement, and efforts to get through to the claims office result in an automated recording telling me to try back later and then it hangs up. All of the agencies I work through have nothing available for what I do, and I keep haunting the various job listing sources like a ghost. I’m actually looking for loose change at this point. Good times. :( But I’m still here, at least for now.