First, my Dashing gloves in Malabrigo for Eli's temporary cello teacher, with which I am inordinately happy (the gloves, not the teacher. I am very happy with her too - hence the gloves - but I believe that is happiness of the ordinate sort:). I need to make more fingerless gloves. They're fast! They're funky! I am not quite clear on the usefulness, and they are very long, but I love them anyway. And I love the Malabrigo, the Malabrigo colorway (Paris Nights) and the way they feel ... I just hope they don't disappear into pills on the first wearing.
Pattern: Dashing, from Knitty
Yarn: Malabrigo worsted in Paris Nights
Needles: DPN US6
Modifications: I knit 20 rows instead of 24 after the third cable to shorten the wrists slightly. I also decreased five stitches before the castoff so they wouldn't flare, and I used the EZ sewn bind-off. (Is there ever a reason not to use that? I am quite addicted to it, and it matched my cable cast-on quite well.)
Second, the Diagonal Ridges scarf for Nada:
I still need to block it, but I'm very happy with how it turned out. It is a very pretty pattern (thanks Kathy!) and the wrong side looks just as good as the right:
Pattern: Diagonal Ridges scarf from Ann Norling, Six Lace Scarfs
Yarn: Times Remembered Prime Alpaca, sportweight, color Musk
Needles: Knitpicks Options US4
Modifications: Cast on 33 stitches. I used the EZ sewn bindoff for this, too.
