Known, Loved, and Knit

I had enough yarn left over from last month's rainbow jumper commission to make a kid sized sweater, and an eager kid who ravenously watched me make the adult sized version and kept asking for one, so my first finished project was a mini Rainbow Sunshine Jumper. She is absolutely delighted (as you may be able to tell from the photo) and has very thoughtfully worn it as much as possible, but taken it off during meals and potentially messy tasks to avoid ruining it, which I honestly really appreciate.

We then had a cold snap and my youngest had outgrown his sweatshirts from last year, so I gathered some leftover yarns in his favorite colors and ad libbed a little pullover for him. He is quite pleased and when I put it on him he immediately ran off to show everyone his new "fweater." It's just a top down raglan in DK yarn, with stripes to make the yarn run out gracefully. I found him a pair of black furry sweatpants so when he wears them together he looks like a Sesame Street Muppet, and he insists on having lots of hugs because he's so fuzzy and snuggly.

Someone I care for deeply asked me to make a black baby hat, and it is a marker of how much I love them that I not only agreed, but also knit the hat twice because after I finished it the first time I felt like it looked too small and reknit it bigger (my intuition was correct). The ribbed design isn't very visible what with the light-consuming nature of the color, but it is very effective and adorable in person.

Not something I made (although I did support the Kickstarter and I'm going to make something fabulous with that rainbow yarn soon!) but I have really been enjoying this Knitter's Oracle deck by Wild Hunt Design (one of the cards is also in the hat photo above). I absolutely adore knitting and I've immersed myself in every aspect of it (as both a hobby and as an industry), so it's delightful to have a deck that feels extremely intuitive. I've been using it for my weekly reviews and it's spoken to me on a deeper level than any other deck I've found so far - I connect with both the meanings provided with the cards, but also intuitively. (As as example, last week I pulled The Moth for my energetic ally for the coming week, which I correctly took as proactive choices to prevent heartache). Ennyhoo, if that's something you're into (or you know someone who is!), now you know it exists.

Still in progress but approaching the end, the Exchange Wrap I started several months ago. I did not finish it in time for the camping trip that I originally planned to have it for, but it was big enough to make a nice lap cover while I worked on it fireside, so I still got to use it, if in a slightly different way than I initially planned. Hoping to for really real finish it next month!

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