I seem to have three projects going all in green and it struck me the yesterday, how wildly different these greens were from each other. Isn’t it amazing the infinite shades that can be achieved in just one color? hee hee I guess I’m easily amazed.

I started another drop stitch scarf with a ball of Crystal Palace Kid Merino (they even have a color called “Frog Green”). The weight is so fine, the finest I have ever used, and even though this little ball has lived in the  bottom of my basket since I can remember, I finally feel confident enough to wrestle with it and the pattern (from Artfibers) was just the right fit. Everything clicked. The progress, which has been swift, is pictured in the lower right.

On the left is the drop stitch scarf in Malabrigo Lace which feels like worsted compared to the CPKM. It’s the project for SPYN which I promised to explain to y’all and I’ll blog about it soon – I promise! Completing the trio is my replicant tank in the background being knit in Artfibers Brioche.

Have a great holiday weekend – whatever you happen to be working on!

alice and her finger puppet, originally uploaded by alicethelma.

We had a break in the weather so I took the gang out to our old stomping grounds at Reed College for a photo shoot. The gang now includes a new member who is nameless – I guess I’ll call him Mr. Sweater. 

As you can see, my mini-sweater mania has not let up and I have actually found this recent mini-sweater pattern (it’s called Cheers!) a little easier and a little quicker than the one I showed you last week. I guess it helps to be using bigger needles (size 4US dpns) and a DK weight yarn. The little green guy knit up in about an hour.

In addition to the tiny sweaters (I’ve made six so far) I did get around to finishing another project, the fetching fingerless gloves which are now on their way to Indiana. Shhhhhh! Don’t they look lovely on Alice? She accessorized quite nicely with the friendship bracelet she made. I guess she is quite crafty after all.

The irony is that both projects have not only the same yarn (Lana Grossa Cool Wool Merino 2000) in common, they are both designed by the same person, Cheryl Niamath of Fetching Knits. Both patterns are free so go download fetching and cheers! today.

More FOs from the Reed College photo shoot are coming. Stay tuned!