Hello visitors to mini's knits and purls. It's been quite awhile since I've been here. I've taken on a long-term substituting job at ECHS teaching English four periods a day. No one applied for the open position last fall so I was asked to take over until June. Fortunately, a new full time teacher has been hired for the 2022-2023 school year. I've tried keeping up with my knitting, but a two hour commute back and forth has cut into my knitting time. However, I have a couple of knitting projects completed recently to show you.
These ear warmers were commissioned by my niece, Dina's golfing friend. The mornings on the way to the golf course in Arizona can be cool enough to require some head warmth. So I knit two for the friend and two for Dina. These patterns are easy to knit, however, I struggled with the flowers which were knit, also. Crochet flowers are prettier, but I need to practice my crochet before attempting one.
Wool Scarf - The Goodwill store in my town is one of my haunts to find yarn. Sometimes I'm surprised by the good selection of enough to make a scarf or hat. The yarn for this scarf is Lion Brand Fisherman's Wool. Two skeins -Maple Tweed and Oak Tweed #4. I used size 9 needles. The pattern is the basic boyfriends scarf: row 1 - Knit, row 2 - knit, row 3 - knit 2, purl 2, row 4 - knit 2, purl 2. Sometimes I start and end a scarf with ribbing. On this scarf it's about two inches. I cast on 30 stitches. I knit the light tweed for 21 inches, then added the dark tweed to make a stripe pattern for 26 inches, and finished with the dark tweed for 14 inches. This scarf will surely keep someone's neck warm this winter.
And so will this hat knit in bulky yarn.
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/big-chunky-comfy-hat I used Lion Brand Home Town USA yarn - color: San Antonio Spar. The hat went together quickly, knit in the round on size 11 needles.
It's definitely not cool weather now here in Northern California. Here are some results of sunshine on our backyard.
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