striped hat

This is the second thing I made this weekend from Erika Knight's new book Men's Knits. It was very easy and looks really good, especially on Craig. It done on 4.5mm with artesano alpaca/wool aran.

gorgeous.

The next two pictures, of Craig and myself, are taken with us wearing the gifts from Erika. Craig is in a huge Blue Sky Alpaca jumper and as you can see he is excited and looking forward to winter! I love my cardigan, it's hemp and it fits so well I think Erika made it especially for me! Thanks again, Erika, we love them both.
Even more gorgeous!
I don't think it's the cardigan that makes me camp, unfortunately. I am booking in to de-camp school.

Thanks to Jane for the pictures.

Gxx

The Cable Guy

Only a few hours after Erika left us, Gerard had cast-on his first project from her Men's Knits book - the chunky Cable Scarf. This is what happens when you have a bit of inspiration. He cast-on to Strictly Come Dancing, and he cast off this morning at about 9 o'clock. There was a post in the Men Who Knit Ravelry group recently about whether cables are 'girly' - I don't think there's anything more stereotypically 'manly' than this scarf! The massive winding cable wends it's way along the entire length of this 2 metre long creation. The superchunky yarn is Lang's baby alpaca Andina, which is supersoft, but the colour and the cable are both megabutch! Gerard's chosen the dark charcoal colour which looks supersexy at the point where it meets his white beard.


I think this book is going to be a whole new project in itself - G has already started to cast-on his second project from it so expect us both, finally, to be wearing some of our own knitwear this winter!


Craig
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