theraineysisters knitting and so much more

Lately, the simple things are my favorite to wear!  I do like knitting more complex projects, but I love the simpletons.

Case in point.  Surly came into town for a very quick visit.  I needed a really simple, dragalong project to have with me.  She was already planning on going to The Yarnery since she ordered yarn for pick up.  I found some BC Hamelton Tweed 1, color 002 for the simplest capelet ever, The Ponchetta by Elizabeth Smith.   It is a big rectangle with a cowl-like turtleneck.

My gauge was dead on with the suggested size 8, which is unheard of for me.  This quick project took a little over a week, but ended up being very cute and very wearable!!

I added the ribbed sections to the back and did a different 3-needle bind off.  I also lengthened it a tad.  I highly recommend the yarn and the pattern.  A+ from me!!

At the state fair last summer, my eldest DD asked me to knit her one of the hats on display: the Oregon Hat.  I knew I had the yarn because I had just made the Oregon Vest.  My plan was to knit it for Christmas, but opted to make it for her January birthday instead.  I presented it to her last night, and she said the words in the title of this post…or close to.  Oh, well!

My only picture and it’s right at the jog — which I didn’t bother to fix!

I charted the crown using trees and the colors of the vest.  The original hat did something else entirely.  At least from the pictures!  The hat is actually butter soft and fits her quite nicely.

PS to our Readers: the yarn I used was leftover bits from knitting my Alice Starmore Oregon Vest.  The yarn is her Hebridean 2-ply, available on-line at Virtual Yarns.  The Oregon Cardigan originally appeared in Vogue Knitting, Holiday 2007 and was knit in Jamieson & Smith Jumperweight.  Now she sells the pattern in kits with her own yarns only.  Her yarn is bigger and softer than Jamieson & Smith or Spindrift.

Happy New Year, everyone!!  I have good feelings about 2024.  But I also felt good about 2020…right before the pandemic and shut down.

My recent FO involves cashmere.  Beautiful cashmere!  I went to an event at BeWoolen a few months ago featuring Pascuali luxury yarns.  Britt-Marie Brehmer was there, wearing a classic capelet that she had just designed in Pascuali 6/28 100% Cashmere.  They had a sale and gave us a ball of yarn as part of the event.  It was a feeding frenzy!  I, of course, bought the most boring color of them all, Graphite, but also a classic.  The cowl/capelet had not been named so we suggested she name it after one of the BeWoolen owners.  That is where the name Angel comes from.

This was a very slow knit!!  There also seemed to be a problem with the stitch count so that the decreases weren’t symmetrical.  I made corrections and describe them on my project page.  This was incredibly soft while I was knitting, but bloomed and got even softer after blocking.  It is really gorgeous.