No I’m not cooking something exotic in the kitchen (even though it sounds rather intriguing and delicioius, perhaps a tea?) but rather this post is all about knitting!
The acorns refer to my current WIP, a kimono sweater for my darling daughter in the Acorn colorway.
The pattern is the Seamless Kimono by Sweet Mama Small Sugar and its working up so nicely so far. Well written and very cute. I wasn’t sure about the colors at first, but its starting to grow on me – very autumnal.
The oranges, refers to my absolutely gorgeous new sock yarn purchase!
Its from a LYS (Creative Yarns) here in Toronto and its Cadenza by Estelle in the Cinnamon although it looks a lot more like Sweet Potato to me 
. I love it – everything about it -the color, the squishy soft feel and even the reasonable price. What am I going to do with this Cinnamony, Orangey goodness you might ask? Well, as much as I wanted to start knitting with it as soon as I got it home, alas I have to wait until September 1 because it will be used for the September Sockdown ‘08/09 challlenge at the Sock Knitters Anonymous group on Ravelry. For September the Challenge is to knit any sock in the colour orange OR knit any Cookie A pattern OR knit a mystery sock pattern in orange yarn. I love a good mystery, so for my very first time participating in this fun KAL, I’ll be using the Cadenza to knit the mystery sock. I can’t wait!
Most importantly though, the Hibiscus in the title refers to the AMAZING new pattern I just got this morning – Hibiscus for Hope. Isn’t it beautiful?
Best of all, this pattern supports a wonderful cause. This September here in Toronto we’ll be having a 60km 2 day walk called the Weekend to End Breast Cancer which raises money for Breast Cancer Research at the Princess Margaret Hospital. If you want your very own copy of this wonderful pattern and you want to support an amazing cause then all you have to do is visit Knitters for Knockers and sponsor MezzoDiva for the Weekend to End Breast Cancer.
So many exciting things will be happening in September! I really can’t wait!
The magic looping wasn’t all that bad in the end, although I think I knit quicker and more evenly using my 12″ addis. I probably just need some practice. Anyway, I think I was so flustered by the whole thing that I mis-measured and they fit for just right now (they were meant to be big so that little A could wear them through the whole winter, oh well, I just don’t feel like re-doing them).
I’m so pleased with them 
