Oops, new grey purse

Well here is a picture of my new grey purse next to the blue stripped purse it was supposed to look like. Not quite sure how I screwed that one up, either miss counted for the length or sewed up the wrong sides. Anyway, it was very much longer than it was wide so I refelt it and just got a smaller longer purse! Just thought I would share that with you all. See Margaret you and I made the same mistake when it came to refelting. What a hoot!

for those of us with children...or men...

Socks

I finally finished the socks for my brother. The cuff is a 2x2 rib, and shrinks up like crazy so it ended up looking like this long tube. I did some ribbing on the instep, something I hadn't done before. The clarity and color on the pic isn't great, but the yarn is a 100% merino superwash (he can throw it in the washing machine) hand-dyed in plum, green, and a little orange. I started my second pair, for myself, and will post those when I am done. This pair (below) is on size 3 needles, and mine are on size 0 and I can already see the difference (same yarn though).

Matching Set

Here it is, the hat and scarf combo.....