February Is For Finishing

I haven't posted in a while but at last I have some photos to show as February was a good month for completing projects.

First, photos of a hat finished in January. As usual the delay is because I wait for the recipient to receive the item.



The pattern is Little Knight, Newborn Purple Hat that I knitted with some Vanna's Choice that was in my stash. It used just 23 grams of yarn and is very stretchy so will fit for a while.

My first finished item in February was this.



I started it in June last year and all the knitting was finished by July; it's just the sewing of the different pieces to the body that took the time. My aim this year is to finish projects that have stalled mostly for finishing reasons. That's not going quite as fast as I aimed as the pig was my January project.

The pattern is from Knitted Farm Animals by Sara Keen, a book I got from the library and as I had pink yarn in my stash, decided to cast on. The brown was also in my stash. All together I used 50 grams of DK weight yarn plus fiber fill for stuffing.

Another of my aims is to knit something with sock yarn every month. And in February I finished this project started in January.



The pattern is from Sock Yarn One-Skein Wonders another book I got from the library and I used two balls of Patons Kroy Socks.

And as usual there is an item for charity. I decided to make the crochet pattern suggested in February.



The pattern is Mint Chocolate Beanie (Crochet) currently available on Ravelry. I used Red Heart Soft that I bought last year when it was on sale.

Also off the needles was a shawl I knitted from yarn left over from a different shawl that also hasn't been photographed. And I undid an item. It was close to being finished and I could not think of an edging so I just frogged the whole thing but I cast on a new project immediately as I knew if the yarn went in the stash it was likely not to be touched for a long time. I started a pair of socks but didn't quite manage to finish them in February.

I have updated yarn in/out and knitted/crocheted as at the end of February; it is looking good so far.