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Maker post! I found a single hank of Hedgehog Fibres sock yarn on sale at Yarn Kandy that I needed something to do with, and Kandy suggested a Ranunculus (link goes to Ravelry). I held the sock with a strand of Shibui Knits Silk Cloud for the body, and I enjoyed both the process and the finished product of this, to the extent that I'd like to make another. I'm beginning to like knits designed for layering, and the higher hemlines.



It was a gratifying small wearable after spending a solid month working on this delicious monstrosity. I designed Affirmation for Needlehook Fibers, and you can find the pattern (with the yarn!) on her website. It's meant to feel like a big hug (who doesn't need one of those right now?) and the lace panel down the center is memorizably geometric.




Something I try to do is knit a Mother Bear Project bear anytime someone I know has a baby - but, there's a lot of seaming involved, so it usually takes me awhile to make one, once I factor in the time it spends in time out while I muster the will to do the fiddly finishing bits. This time I decided to modify the pattern to be done in the round (it looks like they have an official version, also, but I'm working with a pattern copy from an older book) and it made all the difference. After I finished Amos's bear, Tobin pointed out that I had never made him one (postpartum depression with two kids under two will do that to a person) and Juniper hugged it and bade it sadly goodbye, so I made them each one, as well.


I've got two more planned (coordinating sibling bears for another friend, with removable/interchangeable skirts) and I miiight have also gotten yarn for another Ranunculus...
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