Some pretty things

So, I finished up the Snow on Cedars mitts. The yarn is maybe a bit darker than is ideal, but I think the lace pattern will show up all right when the mitts are being worn.



I will eventually make a pair for myself, I think. I have some lighter green Auraucania sockweight that should work nicely.

I also started the Maine Morning Mitts, to be a gift for a friend of the family:



The yarn looks more greenish in that photo than it actually is. This is one of the Auraucania yarns, a worsted-weight singles yarn (Aysen, maybe?). It is very soft so it should make nice mitts. (It's also nice to be making this pair of worsted-weight; they will go faster.

I plan to work on these this weekend; I AM taking Saturday off from work and such. Because darn it, I'm tired.

I also bought myself a small treat.

This is from See Jayne Knits on Etsy. She does hand-dyed yarn and also stitch markers. One of the lines of yarn she makes is colorways inspired by characters on NCIS.

The "Ducky" yarn was very attractive. And also, "Ducky" is my favorite character on the show (Abby is a close second, and she has an "Abby" yarn - hot pink and black, naturally - but I already have a sockyarn with hot pink and black (and also acid green) in it, and it's a stripey yarn, which seems like it would give an even more Abbyized sort of sock). But anyway. I bought the yarn inspired by "Ducky."



Very pretty, no? She says the teal reflects the color of the scrubs; the chestnut brown is from the suits he often wears, and the red is from the bright spot of color of his bowties.

I'm going to have to think of a good pattern to use it with. I think it will be one of the ones made specially for hand-painted yarn so the colors don't pool or muddy too much. Maybe a slipped-stitch pattern.