Blue is the color

It seems to be the color my eye is drawn to. It started back in October at the Rhinebeck Sheep & Wool Festival. The first project I started when I returned was the Guilford Guernsey from Yankee Knitter Designs (pattern #17 by Melinda Goodfellow). We had just moved into a new house and I was already layering with wool, so I thought a big ole Drafty House Sweater was just what I needed.

I loved working on this sweater. The yarn that I wanted to use, Wild Apple Wool in Midnight from Wild Apple Hill Farm, would not knit down to the gauge the pattern required. Luckily I had been reading plenty of Elizabeth Zimmerman's thoughts on knitting and figured I could figure my way out of this. I was able to knit in the comfortable gauge of four stitches per inch instead of five, I followed the smallest adult size, and kept an eye on it. Like magic, it came out in exactly my size.

While Christmas shopping at Trumpet Hill in Albany, NY, the next project jumped right into my hands. Regia 4-ply in Petrol. Perfect for a pair of leisure socks for Socks for Soldiers, Inc.

Much like efforts made by knitters during the Civil War or World War II, a group of knitters has gathered together to provide love, support and fine wool socks to US soldiers serving overseas.

I began my first pair of leisure socks while waiting for the yarn in a regulation color to arrive.

And the final blue project is Emilie's Hooded Scarf knit with Mountain Mohair in Maritime, all from the Green Mountain Spinnery.

I finished this cozy one yesterday, just in time for the latest snowstorm. I was walking around during the storm thinking that I had way overdressed and the conditions weren't as bad as they looked, until I realized that I was completely wrapped in wool and down. I highly recommend this project if it drops below freezing where you live and you plan on leaving your house during the winter months.