Joyful handfuls of Klee

This is the most exciting yarn purchase I have ever made!! I purchased the Klee Scarf Kit in handpainted cashmere by A.L. de Sauveterre. I actually got the DK weight yarn which has a different name and pattern - I started it last night - had to drop everything to get my hands on this! It was my first time knitting with 100% cashmere, which is truly a delight. And the colorways are amazing. Fun fun fun!!! And this is something I can really see wearing a lot!

You get 8 small (wound) balls of different handpainted colorways to knit as you please, any number of rows in a simple rib pattern. One challenge that concerns me is weaving in all those ends. At first I started a fibonacci sequence, and then I realized - I didn't want to many ends so I am doing larger numbers of rows. I also have been playing with the Random Stripe Generator for some inspiration in the striping which is very cool.

Hipster Hats

I have been enjoying knitting from

Cathy Carron's "Hip Knit Hats"

and have made several hats for holiday giving. My four year old son graciously models the hats, even though two out of three are meant for girls. I will have to burn these when he is a teenager!!!

One was made with malabrigo - some leftovers I had from the blanket I'm making. This taught me how beautiful this yarn knits up - with a smaller needle - I used size 7. Am thinking of redoing the blanket squares - though I could just make the big ones into pillows and then do other squares with the smaller needle.

The pink was done with Debbie Bliss Alpaca Silk and Cashmerino Astrakhan. And the third was with some leftovers from an afghan kit. That one (with the tassels) is my favorite pattern and I plan to make more!!!