Peachy is on the way to having sleeves--Just one lace repeat’s worth of progress, but hey, progress is progress. (You'll have to trust me--I didn't take a photo!)

Penny still hasn’t been finished or blocked—but I am a bit happier with it—and will finish and block it—and find a pretty clasp for the neck band. Who knows, I might find some use for it—though not today or tomorrow!

As you might have noticed ,the same stitch pattern is used with the bronze gauntlets, the Penny caplet and the coppery subway socks. (which need a better name, since most of my socks these days are knit on the subway!)
Like many knitters, (or is it just so many of the knitters I know, channel their OCD tendencies into knitting) I tend to work the same pattern (or variations of a pattern) over and over again, till I finally get sick of it. Then I start over with another pattern!
Meanwhile, nudging its way to the top of queue is a Patons multicolor tam—(one version of tam includes the Water Chestnut and the current colors (along with a plumb-ee purple.. but I think I might sub the royal purple of my Lady February sweater—and have a hat that (sort of) matches both sweaters. Its currently being featured on the Patons blog (you have to sign up to see/read the blog--find links to it on Paton's web site or on Ravelry)
I haven’t knit a hat for a few months now—but hats are quick—even fair isle patterning won’t make this a big project.
Finally, 2 recognizable (but bandless) balls of sock yarn jumped into my stash yesterday—Red Heart’s Heart and Sole in (I had to look it up!) Blackjack color way— 1 ball is slightly damaged (and may be a few yarns short)—but I have several partial balls of Heart and Sole solid black—so if needs be, they will be completed with a solid black toe. The two balls (how had I missed this color way up till now?) were stuffed into a ziplock bag, in a clearance bin (for $1!). Great price for a pair of socks!
Black hearted person that I am, I will hold off till Valentines Day for these socks (they are mostly black with some red and white)—I have solid white (another brand!) and solid red, scraps too—so I have some options if needed to fill out the sock. (I’ll weight them first to see just how short the balls are—they might be 99% (or not) They certainly look and feel close to full.. but.. You get what you pay for—and I didn’t pay much for these!
Meanwhile, nudging its way to the top of queue is a Patons multicolor tam—(one version of tam includes the Water Chestnut and the current colors (along with a plumb-ee purple.. but I think I might sub the royal purple of my Lady February sweater—and have a hat that (sort of) matches both sweaters. Its currently being featured on the Patons blog (you have to sign up to see/read the blog--find links to it on Paton's web site or on Ravelry)
I haven’t knit a hat for a few months now—but hats are quick—even fair isle patterning won’t make this a big project.
Finally, 2 recognizable (but bandless) balls of sock yarn jumped into my stash yesterday—Red Heart’s Heart and Sole in (I had to look it up!) Blackjack color way— 1 ball is slightly damaged (and may be a few yarns short)—but I have several partial balls of Heart and Sole solid black—so if needs be, they will be completed with a solid black toe. The two balls (how had I missed this color way up till now?) were stuffed into a ziplock bag, in a clearance bin (for $1!). Great price for a pair of socks!
Black hearted person that I am, I will hold off till Valentines Day for these socks (they are mostly black with some red and white)—I have solid white (another brand!) and solid red, scraps too—so I have some options if needed to fill out the sock. (I’ll weight them first to see just how short the balls are—they might be 99% (or not) They certainly look and feel close to full.. but.. You get what you pay for—and I didn’t pay much for these!
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