(Must post February knitting before April rolls in, arrrrghhh...)
This sweet little hat reminds me of a beloved children's book, Two Hoots in the Snow, in which two somewhat daft owls "corrected" each others' misunderstanding of that white stuff falling from the sky. (My favorite theory: the big white owl up in the sky was shedding.) I hope to meet this book again someday in a box from my parents' house...
And because 9 cabled owls weren't enough for one month, here are 5 more:
This was my Vestuary project, and for a while it lived next to the glider in John's room and I would knit on it while he snoozed in my arms. The pattern is the Owl Baby Vest by Jodi Haraldson. I did have to tweak it a bit (the pattern seems to be off-center, changes are in my project notes on Ravelry. It does seem to correspond well to a "standard" 6-9 month baby sweater, so that's good. (Mind, most babies wear these around age 3 months... John is no exception.)
The hat uses an almost identical cable pattern for the owls; it's written up as Who? by Sarah Amoroso. It is now (I hope) warming the head of a coworker's little boy, Collin.
As soon as the vest was done I cast on for a little blue sweater, also for John, for my March project. I don't think that will get done by tomorrow evening as there are two sleeves and a few more rows on the body to do. (Those few rows are bona fide "black hole" knitting as I knit on the body all evening yesterday and every time I measure it there is half an inch to go.) It's a tidy little sweater though, all logic and smooth sailing, and I'm looking forward to posting (and using!) it.
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