Cables!

I have FOs for November! [I'll work on the FO sidebar later.] A year ago or so, DD2 and I stopped at a yarn shop on our return trip from taking the grandsons to their dad's aunt for the weekend. DD2 expressed interest in learning to knit. I was so excited - I bought her yarn, a magazine with pattern she wanted, needles and assorted other knitter necessities. But, alas, DD2 probably will never be a knitter. She has a phobia about "sharp things" near her eyes.

So this April I started one of her projects and then set it aside, promising to finish before she really needed them. And, during the past week I finished:

1. Scarf for DD2

It's narrow, with a 4 stitch garter-stitch edge. But, even after steam blocking, the edge still rolled. I looked through several of my pattern books and read that adding a single crochet row on the edge would help. One row helped, but I ended up adding a second row.

2. A hat for DD2

got the pattern off the internet - but can't find my print out now.

3. Urban Necessity Gloves/mitts for DD2

Pattern from Magknits

And there's a little yarn left over. Cross your fingers - there just might be enough to get a pair of little kids socks for CIC out of it.

Yarn for all three projects:

Plymouth Yarn Encore color #153. It's called gray. But, it has a lot of lavender/purple tweedy bits in it.