The Birthday Box

Thanks to all the comments on the lace camisole, it's great encouragement to have other (seasoned) knitters compliment on my efforts! Annie, thanks for your perspective (hee hee) on the climbing pictures! You had the same reaction as my mom and a few other non-climbing friends!

I finished the 3-cable hat and the circular scrubbies/spiral dishrags. They were both super quick knits and took just 2 days total to finish all. Here they are all nicely packaged for the trip to Nuremberg:

Patterns: 2-Cable Hat and Scrubbies
Yarns: Lion Brand Wool-Ease in #233 Autumn Print; Red Heart Super Saver in #318 Watercolor

I got the scrubbies pattern (this links to a PDF) through Mariko's site. The original Japanese instructions were then kindly translated by Gwen of Knitability (scroll down to her May 8th and 9th entries). I knit the small scrubbie using her directions, then did some calculation to make the bigger scrubbies. I used leftover Red Heart Super Saver in #318 Watercolor which I hope is rrrrrough enough; it's really neat-o how the variegation makes its own stripes. Red Heart acrylic is useful for some things! For the hat, I used Lion Brand Wool-Ease in #223 Autumn Print and modified this pattern to have 3 cables instead of 2.

Okay, what to knit next? I'm in the mood for C A N D Y colors right now...

Lastly, joined Annie's Anna Karenina Read-Along. Care to join? My book comes in at 840 heartstopping pages of 9 pt. Garamond (not small, but your heart does skip a beat), but hey, the Russians know how to do stories.