Cabled Hat

I made my first cabled project!
Pattern: Basic Cable from Stitch and Bitch Nation
Yarn: Vanna's Choice, eggplant
Needles: size 8 16" circulars
I was really excited to try a new technique, and cables turned out to be easier than I thought (after I asked my friend/knitting mentor Pepper for some help).

Vanna's Choice (VC) is a good substitution for the required yarn, Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride Worsted. Since I have to get my yarn from Michael's and Hobby Lobby, I couldn't get the required yarn in a timely manner, so I used VC and was happy with the results. Plus, VC is machine washable, which is an added bonus.

The hat is actually a darker shade of purple, but my shitty camera phone couldn't capture the color well. But, I'll probably be getting a new camera for my b-day, so good pictures will come later.

A new niece!

On Sunday, our new niece was born.
Kirin and Adisyn:


We thought she'd be here before Valentine's Day, so the stuff I collected for big sister Adisyn is Valentine's themed--sorry Ryan and Ash, it will be late.

Here's a pic of the hat I made for little Kirin:


I found the graph online, and made up the rest of it. It's sort of big for a newborn, but I figure she'll grow into it. Besides, everyone always gives gifts sized for a newborn and the parents don't have stuff for when the baby's older.

Another hat for Adi

Here's a hat I knit for Adisyn. I used the graph from the "center square" hat on Knitty, and just sort of made up the rest as I went along. The earflaps are a modified version of the devil hat in Stitch and Bitch.

And it's lined in fleece, so it will be extra warm for her. I painstakingly handstitched the fleece in, because the only green thread I had was embroidery thread, so I couldn't use my machine. Next time, I'll definitely use the sewing machine.
This picture shows the color more accurately, and the i-cord and pom-pons: (FYI, it's a pet peeve of mine when people call them "pom-poms"--that is not correct)


As for the argyle scarf, it's becoming a big pain in my ass. I've screwed up several times, and I hope the mistakes aren't that visible. I have nine out of 23 pattern repeats done. I'm not even halfway. :|