Not for Lack of Desire... or maybe it is.

Knitting
Written By Talena Winters

I want to post. Honest. There just seems to be so much else to do right now. Like knit. And sew. (One of the things I want to post about, actually.) And recover from the nasty cold that Jude so generously shared with me. (Almost gone now. Yay!)

So, I will be posting a "real one" soon. But now, after a night of catching up on a back-log of school tracking and prep, I'm tired of sitting in front of this computer... and let's face it: it's 10:30 p.m., and I'm just tired.

However, I did finish Jude's gloves. (He opted to not do a "flip-top" after all, so no glittens this time.)

Jude’s green camouflage knitted gloves with cables up the back.

Jude’s green camouflage knitted gloves with cables up the back.

Jude peeking through his fingers while wearing his new gloves.

Peek-a-boo!

And he wants to keep the liners separate instead of sewn-in, so as to have more versatility with warmth vs. weather:

Heathered olive-green liner gloves made from fingering yarn on stacked hands.

Plus, I made a hat for a friend:

And I'm also almost finished some gloves for Noah, and a second hat for Jabin.

See? I toldja I'd been busy! :-)

More updates coming soon!

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