Return of the blog...

Sometime in early December Sage lost her hat (seen here) between her school and the day care - she thinks one of the other kids ended up with it, but inquiries and a wanted poster at the day care turned up nothing, nor is it at the school. So anyway, it vanished. Poof!

Not wanting her to freeze in this nasty weather we are having, I knew what needed to be done. So we went to the closest yarn shop that carries Malabrigo (in this case, it was Uncommon Threads in York, PA), and she picked out two skeins of Shocking Pink Malabrigo, because, you know, pink is the new blue.

The mittens were done several weeks ago, and the hat a few days ago, but I didn't have time to sew a string to the mittens to keep them together until Tuesday since I have been so busy with work (Oh yeah, I am working now, at Bass Pro Shops in Harrisburg. I love it there. Except fr the all country, all the time, but that isn't even all that bad.).



My first real attempt at crocheting, in the form of the half-double edge on the Thorpe. It came out pretty good considering I'd never done it before.

Sage loves her new hat and mittens, and she was nice and warm on yesterday's walk to school - that's good, considering it was something like 12°F outside when we walked over. Brrrrrr!



Ok, no more photos.

stats:

Mittens are mittens for children and adults
Hat is Thorpe - modified for a different yarn gauge, 96 stitches total on US7's. I didn't write down the changes for the earflaps, though.
Yarn is Malabrigo Worsted, in Shocking Pink.

Mmmmmmmmmmmalabrigo

Or maybe this should be titled "It was this big!"



I couldn't settle on just one photo from this afternoon's shoot with Sage in her new hat and mittens, so you get four. Trust me, it wasn't easy to narrow it down that much. Really.



I cannot for the life of me think of a good caption for the above photo.



So instead of a caption, Sage will show you how many years old she is... er, or maybe not.

Anyway, this hat and mitten set was my first (but certainly not last) experience working with Malabrigo. I. Love. This. Yarn. Seriously. If I was only allowed to use one brand of yarn again, it would be Malabrigo. This was their worsted weight merino, in Azul Bolita, which is such an amazing gradation of blues. I love those deep rich almost-but-not-quite-black blues, and this has them along with a smattering of lighter shades tossed in for a blend that keeps you entertained through every last stitch.

The patterns from both were found on Ravelry, which is such a positively wonderful resource for all things knitterly (or hoolerly, if you go that way). I forget which they are offhand, but they are linked on my projects page if you are really curious.

And now for the last photo... Sage, who has no inkling who Madonna is, doing her version of Vogue.