Twinknit

Recently, D and I decided to merge our households– namely, I will be moving in to his (now almost totally renovated) house (Stella, I totally owe you pictures!). There are many things I do not like about moving, especially when I have to do it twice in one year. I don’t like packing. I don’t like hauling all of my stuff elsewhere. Although I think unpacking into the new house will be a lot of fun, esp. since D and I are moving in together, I really don’t like the unsettledness that comes with living out of boxes. This move, however, had a sweet surprise bonus.

Stash. Yep — the nicest thing about dating (and moving in with) a fellow knitter is having access to an augmented stash. In this case, I actually acquired stash. When we went to D’s family-home for Thanksgiving, his mom gave to him a bag of yarn that he left at the house years ago. I immediately claimed it (merger of households means merger of stashes, right?).

So it should come as no surprise that I immediately cast on for a new project. These are my Thanksgiving weekend knit:

Pattern: My own

Yarn: ?

Needles: US 5, 3.75 mm dpns

Thoughts: Well… I have no idea what the yarn is. It is definitely 100% wool. The bulk of the boy’s knitting is felted, so I had a pretty good feeling this would be wool. My suspicions were confirmed when I easily spit-felted the join between two balls of yarn (most of the yarn from the stash-merger looks like leftovers from other projects. Perfect for things like fairisle hats, fingerless gloves, mittens, etc). They are cozy, warm, quickly knit, and the favorite color of D’s brother’s girlfriend Jen, who has repeatedly hinted that she would looove a pair of fingerless mitts.

Jennie: 1, Christmas: Nothing.