2024 knitting projects

I’ve been mostly knitting from the stash this year, while still taking it easy because I didn’t want to make matters worse with my carpal tunnel. I started with a skein of Malabrigo Sock Yarn in Disfraz and made the Bedford hat with it. The pattern reminds me of small bricks, and I really like the horizontal braided line to break it up! It was easy to memorize the pattern once I got started, and I like the result! The resulting fabric is thin enough that I could wear this in Texas. It’s a bit more colorful than it looks in the photos.

Then I bought some yarn because the Actor and his Leading Lady had their fourth baby last summer. I got some Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light in Translation because it seemed gender-neutral enough, and it was lovely to knit with! I made the French Macaroon sweater (with a single plastic star button from my stash in the back) and matching Tiny Tot hat.

I also used some scrap yarn to make another hat with a wave pattern, this time for the Fox’s teacher who had a baby over the summer.

I had two skeins of Handmaiden Mini Maiden Yarn that I bought forever ago (as in, I still lived in Montreal). It’s a lovely shade of green that is now discontinued, and is 50% wool and 50% silk. I had planned to make some sort of baby cardigan with them, I had even bought buttons for it, but never found the right pattern. So I used one of those skeins to make the Honey Cowl. The pattern creates a waffle-like fabric that is really pleasant! The first go-around, I made a few mistakes, like having one row out of sync, and I felt like it was a little too long and not quite wide enough. So I remade it at a better length, and without mistakes this time! I put it in my shop, and if it sells, I’ll make another one with the last skein.

Finally, I used up most of what I had left of the Nirvana 5 Ply in Charcoal to make another Brioche Hood Hat. I didn’t leave a keyhole opening this time, because I remember how hard that was to style… But anyway, it came out nice, and is now in my shop as well, along with a dark teal lace scarf that I ended up never wearing and decided to part with as well.