Project Name: Gentleman's Sock with Lozenge Pattern
Designer: Nancy Bush
Pattern Source: Knitting Vintage Socks
Yarn: Socks That Rock
Yarn Source: Blue Moon Fiber Arts
Date Started: 8/30/06
Date Completed: 11/2/06

Comments: These were knit in the Lagoon colorway. I knit them on size 0 needles in the hope that the tighter gauge would fit my foot. They fit coming off the needles, but once I blocked them, the texture spread out a bit and they're a little too big now - I'd say they'd fit a large woman's foot or a small man's foot. I am going to donate them to the Pine Ridge Reservation. Knitting on size 0 needles really hurt my hands, so I won't knit STR at that gauge again.

Project Name: Wooly Pumpkin
Designer: Marie Mayhew
Pattern Source: Leaflet
Yarn: Cascade 220
Yarn Source: Sheepy Yarn Shoppe
Date Started: 10/26/06
Date Completed: 11/11/06

Comments: This was one of my purchases during the Yarn Store Treasure Hunt. I really thought the shop model was so cute, so I bought the pattern and the yarn at Sheepy Shoppe. I originally intended to needle felt a jack-o-lantern face and make it a Halloween decoration, but I obviously finished it up too late, so it's a Thanksgiving decoration, at least for now. I can still do the jack-o-lantern after Thanksgiving. It was an easy project and as always, I love how Cascade 220 felts. Stuffing it was a little harder because there's only a small hole on the bottom after you finish felting it. Maybe I should have put more stuffing in.

Project Name: Slide On Slippers
Designer: Kathleen Taylor
Pattern Source: Knit One, Felt Too!
Yarn: Araucania Nature Wool (blue) and Cascade 220 (yellow)
Yarn Source: Project Colorswap - Elizabeth Lemler
Date Started: 11/5/06
Date Completed: 11/10/06

Comments: I made these slippers for the Pine Ridge Reservation. I used the Araucania Nature Wool that Elizabeth sent me from the Project Colorswap. This yarn is a little bit thinner than the Cascade 220, but it felts very nicely. It was a bit hairy, so I shaved it and it looks great. I love the color variations. 

Here's another pair of these slippers in an adult size. I made them with Mango Moon wool, which I didn't care for. There were A LOT of knots in the skeins. They didn't felt down totally evenly and are still too big for my feet - I'd say they're for a size 9 or 10 ladies foot.

Project Name: Spirals
Designer: Pick Up Sticks!
Pattern Source: Leaflet
Yarn: Araucania Nature Wool (blue) and Cascade 220 (orange)
Yarn Source: Project Colorswap - Elizabeth Lemler
Date Started: 11/12/06
Date Completed: 11/15/06

Comments: I am very disappointed in how this hat came out. I used the rest of the Araucania Nature Wool for the main body of the hat and leftovers from my felted pumpkin for the brim. The Araucania is a thinner yarn than the 220 and the difference was much more evident in this hat than in the slippers - the brim is too big for the rest of the hat. I am amazed by how much this hat felted - it started out big enough for me to wear and ended up being baby-size. The other disappointment is that most of the french knots I tied ended up felting inside of the hat, so they disappeared. I could tie new knots on the already felted hat, but I don't want to have all that yarn inside the hat, so I'm just going to leave it as is.

Project Name: Garter Stitch Scarf
Yarn: Lana Grossa Pep
Yarn Source: Connie Lepro
Date Started: 11/15/06
Date Completed: 11/19/06

Comments: Connie won this yarn as a door prize during the Yarn Store Treasure Hunt, but gave it to me. I knit it using the glass needles that Rebecca won in the grand prize of the Treasure Hunt.

Project Name: Bell Hat
Designer: Pick Up Sticks!
Pattern Source: Leaflet
Yarn: Cascade 220
Yarn Source: Project Colorswap - Marisol (pink) and Sheepy Shoppe (green)
Date Started: 11/22/06
Date Completed: 11/26/06

Comments: This time I used the same type of yarn for the whole hat.