What I made, by Sharon

I'm obsessed with Lululemon.  I wear their workout clothes to ride, run, Crossfit and yoga. They also occasionally release other clothes, I've got dresses I wear to work and casual shorts. So, when I saw they had released a bamboo/cashmere onsie just in time for winter, I knew I had to buy it. And I love it, but, coming on to winter, I knew it wasn't going to be quite warm enough. What to do? Knit a shawl. So I knit a GIANT shawl in alpaca. Mainly the Adiago Yarns I kickstarted last year . I knit until I ran out of yarn, and I'm so happy with it. It's huge, and wraps around and is so warm. it's basically a giant wearing blanket. So come at me winter, bring your worst, I've got it covered.

I finished my Hottie Tottie and as per the instructions, I steamed blocked it. I've never steam blocked anything before, being a big fan of the wet blocking, but it worked well. Another thing that was different about this project was that I didn't have a chance to print it out, so I had the instructions on my tablet. While I quite liked doing that, carrying around a ten inch tablet is heavier and more cumbersome that I want, so I'll leave that as an emergency option. I'm super happy with this project, it's just so cute and perfect, and most of all warm for winter. I followed the directions pretty much exactly, just extending the neck a little bit and skipping the pompoms, because I thought they might be annoying on the finished project, although they certainly are cute.   I love this so much that I actually ordered another mini hot water bottle, so that I can make a second one. I'm going to have one at home and one at work and keep myself warm all win...