It’s getting colder in Dallas as well, so time to knit a few items to keep me warm :)

Pattern: Handwarmers by Creative Yarn (free)
Stitch: moss stitch. I made one tiny mistake, but it’s not visible :).
Gauge: my first gauge swatch! I was a little impatient though… Instead of the suggested 34 stitches I cast on 38 stitches, as I never fit standard size fashion bracelets. Size seems right, but the 2nd warmer that I knit is slightly smaller than the 1st.
Yarn: Knitpicks’ Shine Sport in color Hydrangea. I really like this color! I actually wanted to use merino wool as suggested, but couldn’t find any at Michaels and didnt’ feel like driving anywhere else/ordering and waiting for it to arrive. I dug into my stash and found the Shine Sport which is made out of 60% Pima Cotton, 40% Modal natural beech wood fiber. They seem very warm :). If not I’ll make another pair.
Cost: used 3/4 of a $2.99 skein
Seaming: I was uncertain about the seaming. The warmers are slightly tight so I didn’t want to lose fabric by using the mattress stitch…Wish more people on Ravelry showed their seams!
Cats: these handwarmers will work well for me. Maarten got me a pair last year that had finger separation, but I’d like to be able to wash my fingers without taking them of. Also, gloves are a hair magnet when petting a cat -and Spike is demanding-, so I needed my fingers to be free.
Time spent: started on Tuesday, finished last night and seamed everything together this morning (Friday).

I’m a little behind on my Halloween decorations…sigh, planning not my strongest point :P. Now that I’m in the Halloween mood I feel like I should continue making things, so it’ll be done in time for next year’s for sure. But not for too long, because I still have a long idea list for Christmas as well.

This is Pudgdageist, a pattern from Camp&Co. I love all of Megan’s patterns! It seems like not many people have discovered her patterns yet, but I want to make all of them and become her testknitter ^v^.

I like Megan’s version a little better, it’s my own fault, I should have stuffed the head better. Too late :-/. The pattern uses a lot of M1′s (increases), which cause tiny wholes. I tried to patch them in the end, some are visible, wish I had thought about Googling the problem earlier on and coming to this solution, because it totally works!

Other than that, I love this pattern :).

I used to dislike knitting (jogless) stripes, but got the hang of it!

I love this bottom, it looks like a pie!

It was time for a family portrait :). More on the tiny little hats later…

Some fun with the eyeballs :).