Lacey Top

This took forever to make, but was well worth it. A word of advice, however, don't start learning something new (a) with something complicated or (b) while studying. Which is part of why you're not getting a picture of the back - I messed up the lace pattern on that panel. I would have liked this to be a bit longer - I feel like I spend all my time pulling it down, but it may just be that I'm getting a bit plump now that I'm not walking over to Hiddingh every day. Lace is really easy, and I would happily make more lacey things. I really like the edging, even if it does require you to sew. I made the neck edging a little big, so it doesn't really sit flat and I put in a little lace detail because I could. I'm really pleased with how this turned out, but I'd knit an extra set and a half or so of the lace pattern at the beginning to make it longer, if I made it again.

The pattern is here.

Fibonacci Meret

A meret is a 'mystery beret'. I don't know why it's a mystery, that's something you should ask the woman who created the pattern, which is over here. It's not truly Fibonacci, though, as I ran out of the pale blue yarn and so finished the thing in purple. You probably can't see the different colours in the pictures, as it's hard enough to see them in real life and with the sun on the balcony, I'll be surprised if you can even tell that the hat isn't white!

This is ridiculously easy to make! I knit most of the thing on my circular US8s, because they're my shortest and I hate knitting across double pointed needles. I did eventually need to switch over to my US7 dpns, after I started decreasing to the crown. I should've done the ribbing on smaller needles as it's a little loose, but I really didn't want to ... mostly because I started off that way and had to restart about five times because I kept messing up the ribbing across the needles. I may make some more of these as gifts.

Booties

I like to knit. It's fairly mindless and keeps my hands busy while I'm watching tv or reading (or studying, which, for the record, is not the time to teach yourself lace). I like to knit baby things because they're easy, quick and absolutely adorable. I recently joined Ravelry, because it's got piles of patterns in one place and I can track what I'm making and so on (next on my list is a bag for all my knitting stuff).

I'm really good at the knitting part, I'm not so good at the finishing off part. This is just about the first thing I've finished properly, seamed and ends woven in and all. I'm very proud of these little booties! You can find the pattern here, if you're inclined towards them yourself. I haven't decided who these are for yet, but that doesn't matter. I can see piles of them in my future because they're so quick and easy!