Pretty!

I just could not resist..... I've been reading about the flower-shaped washcloth knit in Crystal Palace Cotton Chenille, and I kept wondering about how a washcloth made in hand-wash yarn will hold up to machine washing. So, last week, I made a trip to Great Yarns in Raleigh, and bought a skein of this yarn. My first impression of it was ahhhhh.... feels just like a cotton ball! I just finished up the project this morning, and I'll run it through the wash later today. Stayed tuned for the results!

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Pics As Promised!

Here's the green monster... ur, sweater!!

Here are the slipper socks:

And here is the hat:

A Quick Update

I think I've actually caught up on some of my UFOs!

I finished the green sweater this past weekend. It's very boxy and bulky (as I expected), so it will be my casual sweatshirt sweater.

In preparation for teaching a class on DPNs, I knit up the "Dizzy" hat from Berocco, and "Cozy" slipper socks from Lion Brand. Both turned out very nice. The slippers came out a little short for my big ol size 10's, but very soft and cozy. My daughter loves Dizzy, but wants me to knit up another one in a lighter color (I used black) for her. I've added pics for both projects on ravelry, and I'll upload the pics here in the next couple of days (I'm creating this post on my lunch break at work - bad me!!). Oh, and I'll get the links to the patterns in here too....