Look! It's only been a week and I posted again!!

Think the major thing that I accomplished this week is that I made it to The Cat and Crow this week.  I had made it there only for quick stops since the opening ceremonies for the Olympics so it was very nice to stay and knit.   While I was at The Cat and Crow, I figured out what was stumping me for the bind-off on the left Pine Tree Mitten and all that remains for this mitten is picking up the stitches for the thumb.  Will get that done this week and want to get the right mitten cast on before next Sunday.  The Pine Tree is a double knit and thought it would be nice to show you the two different sides of the mitten.

The other project I worked on at The Cat & Crow was my top down swing sweater that hadn't been worked on since early summer.  Took me a bit but I eventually figured out where I was on my top down swing sweater and hope to finish the body this week as.

I was very happy to have completed the blue cable hat that a friend from work commissioned.  Hopefully it will fit the intended recipient as the sample hat has been stretched out from numerous people trying it on.

Once the hat was finished, my reward was to cast on Clue #1 of Mystery 220 January KAL.  Had a few mis-starts on this project but think I have it now and can't wait for Clue #2 to come out tomorrow.

Think it was last year that I made the below hat for my Dad which was way too large for him. The ribbing is rather loose and the remainder of the hat is stockinette which doesn't really suite how my Dad likes to wear his knit caps.  

I cast on a new hat for him but I wasn't liking the needles that I was using as they were too short and a size too large.  So yesterday while running errands with my brother, I bought size 4 needles that were a bit longer and recast the hat (below).  As you can see, I'm getting a totally different look for the second hat than before.   Hopefully I will be able to maintain this as I use up the small balls of the yarn left from hat #1.  I'm certain that hat #1 is going to be frogged but I'm reluctant to do until I know for certain that I need to.