Happy Halloween and Dia de los Muertos to all! These are the Blackberry Ridge Pumpkin Patch socks in progress done in the Blackberry Ridge brown worsted yarn and some Nature Spun orange. I added the Boo! and changed the way the feet were done. These socks are now done and I'll be wearing them to make the day more festive.



Thanks to all for commenting on the Sanquhar gloves. I used size 00 dpns instead of the size 000 dpns called for in the pattern simply because I didn't own any size 000 dpns. Yes Lisa there are 33 stitches per finger plus the 9 on the three fingers that have the little gussets at the base. I enjoyed working with the yarn and the pattern and the needles quite a bit but I did find working on them at night was tiring for my eyes. I still have some J&S jumper weight yarn in black and white which I'll use for some Sanquhar socks. DH expressed interest in a pair of Sanquhar gloves for himself but I'm not taking the bait. He already has three pairs of gloves I made him, including some gorgeous Norwegian ones from Knitting in the Nordic Tradition, which he NEVER wears.











Snickerdoodle is planning to disguise himself as a rabbit with upright ears this year for Halloween. He urges everyone to send him raisins for looking so cute.

Sanquhar Gloves

SANQUHAR GLOVES

Here we have the back and the front of the gloves. The one on the left is still wet from blocking because I was in such a hurry to photograph them.



Inside out.



The famous finger gussets - look for the black triangle the needle is pointing to. The gussets are actually salt and pepper/lice but I'm amazed I managed a photo that shows them at all.



And on my hand.




These gloves were done using the Japanese online pattern HERE with a decorative cuff from a Sanquhar pattern from an old issue of Cast On magazine. They were knit in Jamieson & Smith laceweight yarn in size 00 dpns.

I lied about the Sanquhar glove photos being ready today. For some reason they still haven't been processed at Snapfish.Tomorrow maybe? Hope springs eternal.







Here's all I bought at Taos Wool Festival this year - a 20th anniversary commemorative t-shirt with a ram and some of my favorite whiter than white Cormo yarn from Elsa Sheep & Wool.



I completely agree with everything Geane said about the current issue of Interweave Knits. Look in the comments of her October 27 entry. Why would you knit gloves on size 7 dpns? I assume the yarn is worsted or heavier - I think I'd have trouble moving my fingers with such thick gloves. I was really straining to figure out what they were talking about for the design of the one adult colorwork sweater I noticed with the photography. I will keep the Priscilla Gibson-Roberts info on intarsia in the round though.



I started a new pair of gloves that may prove to be my favorite project of the year. I am doing the colorful Peruvian Patterned Gloves from the VK small mittens & glove book with the scalloped gauntlet cuffs. I am using Nature Spun sport weight in the same colors used in the book and am fortunately getting gauge on size 3 dpns. This project is going quite fast although I'm unsure if I will give them away or selfishly keep them for myself.