What I made, by Sharon

I did reknit the mittens , because I just wasn't happy with them, and it was going to bother me. I'm going to knitters convention, and I don't want to embarrass myself! I decided to use the Stasis motif, and transpose it onto Kate Davies' Ursula mittens . The two patterns have the same stitch count, so that kept everything very simple.  I'm really happy with them. I think I might have gone a leeeetle bit overboard with the set, but, well, go matchy, matchy, matchy, matchy or go home, as the saying goes.

  I've never made myself a winter set, as such. I've knit myself plenty of hats, scarves and gloves, but never a set. After seeing Ursula's wonderful yellow Hawthorne shawl , I decided to make the Hawthorne set, by Susanna IC, who also designed Annis, which I knit a couple of years ago and love wearing. Brilliant designer. I started it this weekend, because I'm still waiting for my yarn club package, and I thought if I start with the hat  won't be tied up with a big project when the package does arrive. The hat was pretty quick, and a really fun knit. I haven't knit any lace since December, and this was a real pleasure..  I failed to change needle sizes between the ribbing and the body, (I was at the pub, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it) so it's a beanie rather than a beret, but I like it. I'm blocking it now to see how it comes out, a lot of people says theirs grew, so only time will tell how it will look in the end. I'll get s...