Mr Poopers Day Out

This weekend was actually quite nice. Friday Chuck made some amazing baked cod and we all had such a nice family dinner.  I come from a family that doesn’t nessisarly enjoy each other’s company as much as my in laws. Yes we all love each other, but I think we are all a little bit more high strung and get a little annoyed by each other faster.  The Salyer’s just do things diffrently.  The love is always genuine and unconditional. The depth of the love in this family is a bit overwhelming sometimes but once it washes over you, and you are finally immersed you realize that family really is all that matters.

In knitting news I radomly cast on the  Norwegian Snail Mittens by Adrian Bizilia from The Knitters Book of Yarn. Yes, I cast these on, me, who said I would never do colorwork. The ladies at knitting laughed that this would finally slow down my psycho fast knitting. And in a way it did…a little.

Hello crazy cute snail mits.

Since I am using stash yarn I didn’t have the full 500yds of 2 ply (to be held double) for the mitts. I had 2 skiens of 108yds aran weight instead. So I made an excutive decision to make these fingerless mits.  Hey, I live in California, what do I need full on mittens for anyways?

I dropped the welted cuff for yardage concerns, adding instead a simple 1×1 rib for 1 inch.  I then knit in pattern until right after the first swirl, then added matching ribbing as for the cuff cast off. I did the thumb the same as in the pattern (I’m doing a gusset on the next one, the thumb hole wasn’t quite large enough for me, (it will be with some better blocking).

First one done saturday morning. Hello cute owl tea pot, I love you both.

Saturday morning staples. Since it takes time to brew the coffee I usually start with tea. Please ignore the un-woven thumb stings. O_O

I cast on these mitts friday knit & finished them sunday nithg

How cute is this texture?

Spiral Hat in Malabrigo (NUM!) hollyhock colorway. This hat has TIGHT fabric. I would deffinately check gage & even size up. It’s a hair swasher for sure, but so cute!