Kiss My Knits!

By now everybody reading this knows that I sell Jayne hats at wearwithstyle.com. Part of the packaging is the note that Jayne’s mom wrote to him, which he read when he received his hat. Sometimes people are delightedly surprised at how non-computer-generated the note looks and ask if their note is handwritten.

Yes. Yes it is. Every single time. Nothing but the best for my “Jaynes.”

I missed the post office on Monday by about five seconds, it was closed on Tuesday, I had jury duty on Wednesday, so today I literally have more packages than I can carry that need to go out. I apologize in advance to any poor schmoe who gets stuck behind me in line at the post office. And now, I’m out the door!

Crazy Groove Legwarmers
Yarn: 1/2 ball Schachenmayr nomotta Regia Stretch Crazy Color, Colorway “Crazy Groove” 119.
Needles: Size 2 needles for body, size 1 for ribbing.
Gauge: 7.5 sts per inch.
Comments: 40 st caston over a size 3 needle for looseness, approx 1 inch of ribbing on size 1 needles, switching to size 2’s for the body. These were made to fit little legs 6.5″ around to a length of 9.5″. I realized this morning that someone had sent me a mailing tube 6.75 inches around, which was handy for checking size.

They match! It’s a minor miracle! Both came from one ball. I got lucky that the color repeat started over at that point without me having to cut a lot of yarn out.

This yarn was a little scratchy off the ball, but after a wash and machine dry it softened up some. It’s a stretch yarn, so I wasn’t expecting gauge to grow, and thankfully it didn’t! I don’t want the recipient to have to follow elaborate care instructions, so it’s great that it stood up to the machine so well. The fiber content is 70% superwash wool, 23% nylon, 7% polyester so it ought to stand up to a lot of punishment.

If you’re on Ravelry, the Ravelry project page is here although there’s not really any info there that isn’t already in this post.

I owe my friend two more sets of legwarmers in different colors, but this is a start. I feel better having gotten something out this year, at least!