This cute scarf pattern was great fun. Again, it’s a pretty simple pattern, but there are great details for not just visual interest, but to keep your attention. There are little spikes knit along the edge to imitate a croc tail. I used a Schoppel-Wolle Zauberball for this, as the pattern calls for fingering weight. I knit until I was pretty much out of yarn. This pattern is fantastic for that. You can just keep knitting away until you are about to fun out and then bind off. A lot less waste that way. So many times I end up with balls of fingering weight hanging around because the pattern didn’t use it all.

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This cute hat can be whipped up in no time at all. I think I did it in an evening. It has a great design running up to the top, to give it some great interest. The pattern uses a sport weight yarn, which makes it warm, but not overly so. It’s great if you live in a more temperate climate where it gets cold, but not frigid. I used Ornaghi Filati Camel Hair yarn. It was a bit too fuzzy for this project, but it still feels nice.

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These socks were so much fun to knit. They are really a simple vanilla type sock that is great for a quick knit, and if you are just starting out. The fun arises in the construction. Instead of finishing at the cuff of the sock and then getting second sock syndrome, these socks keep going. You work a couple rows with a scrap yarn, and then go right into sock two. But, this time you work from the cuff to the toe. It’s great. They will work great with any yarn, since there is no patterning in the sock. I chose a yarn with a great stripe in it. The yarn is Continuum Self Striping from String Theory Colorworks in the Carbon colorway. I love their sock yarns. Their stripes are magic. Well, not really magic. They work really hard with their measurements and things to get the stripes to be perfect.

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I have just completed another test knit for YarnOverNewYork. This hat is absolutely adorable. It makes use of the Brioche style to give definition to the ribbing and the heart. It has child and adult sizes, so if you are looking for a cute hat for a little girl, this one will be fantastic. It’s also great with Valentines day coming up.

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