Enough with the Socks Already

It's time to work on something other than socks. I should finish the Baltic Sea stole this weekend so it's time to think about what to work on next. I have some good summer projects in the queue.

These are for the spectrum scarf from Winter 2008 Interweave Knits and a pair of gloves.The scarf is a two row chevron stitch pattern and is knit with two strands of Rowan Kidsilk Haze, changing one of the two colors every other row. The gloves will be knit with a strand of the Rowan Kidsilk Haze and a strand of the Rowan Felted Tweed. Chevron patterns are fun to knit and Kidsilk Haze is a gorgeous yarn, which makes me wonder why it took me so long to find the time to make this.

This is for Alice Starmore's Hat Trick, which is a set of three Fair Isle hats. I don't need three Fair Isle hats, so I'm going to make two hats and a pair of mittens instead.

This is Jamieson & Smith 1 ply cobweb. It's for a modified version of Mediterranean Lace by Maureen Egan Emlet from "A Gathering of Lace." The plan is to omit the center square and just make a rectangular shawl. This will not be a summer project; this will be a many years, and probably a many tears, project but I'm okay with that.

This is Alpaca with a Twist Fino and it's for the Maikell Shawl from "Knitted Lace of Estonia" by Nancy Bush. It's for my mother, who wants a scarf and not a shawl, so I have to modify the pattern. I started this once before and wasn't happy with the way it was coming out so ripped it and put it away but I think it's time to give it another shot.