The Cat and the Hat, no.....

It is MrB and the Hat!  He made a hat from what we call our deranged yarn which is left overs of left overs from cranking our one of the kind sock pairs.  He wanted a hat that showed some colour and character and a hat he did create.
MrB wore the hat at the market not to advertise but to keep his head warm.  He could have sold it right off of his head though.  He had inquiries if he had made on the CSM.  Not sure if he will go in the direction to crank-out more, but it was very interesting to get the positive feedback. I do have a picture of the "hat" to share, but it is on my little substitute model,

and he does not give the hat as much justice as MrB does! Here is my old Little Buddy Doll wearing MrB's New Hat! Oh I must mention too that the hat is knit in a tube and is reversible.  Double layered means extra warmth also!
Perhaps I should go take a picture of the tube.  Good idea, that will be my next blog entry, see you then....bye for now MsB! 

And all that is BRIGHT!

More Left-Overs just off the Erl!
Available for sale at the market Saturday, the last few days before Christmas!

Can you get any brighter than this?

On the Fence

This picture was taken at the market yesterday.
On the Fence were these Men's Left-over socks, but our customers were certainly not on the fence, they were very eager to purchase sock pairs.  We had a fantastic market yesterday.  Thanks to all our customers, returning and new!

Christmas is a coming...

MrB is steadily knitting away each day!  Not because he has to, but because he wants to, and his passion of cranking is continuous! You may see him knitting for the market, or you may see him knitting Christmas gifts for our family.  We have three more markets before Christmas and we are ready!  He will only knit now what he wants to replace for what we sell each time now.  He has been knitting, stock piling all summer for this time of year.  That seemed to work well for us, and we have organized our not only our time, but our other duties well.  Every so often we sit down and have mini-meeting to make sure we are both on the same track, sometimes not, but after the meeting we are going the same direction.  MrB of course handles all cranking.  I try to direct him in which yarn to knit when and what colourways .  When it comes to making Left-Over pairs now I set out bags of six balls and then he can go to town creating.  I wonder what he is up to today?  I think I will venture down to the Cranking Cave Studio and see if I can capture an Erl-moment!  This is what I found.

 

No matter what way you put them or turn them ...

MrB is very proud of this particular pair of socks!  And they just happen to be his!  They were time consuming, trying new techniques that were successful, and he will be sporting them some day soon.  Personally they are one of my most favourite pair of Left-Overs that he has created.  I did give him some influence though with the bag of left-over yarn I left for him to do his magic.

Our little Hat model

Hunter, my little two month old grandson, modeling the grey hat I posted previously, that MrB made for him!  Who is the most adorable... the baby or the hat?  Together they make a good pair all set ready to take his evening walk, harbourside in the fresh air.  But Hunter will be toasty warm. Thanks MrB,

our little model wears the hat well.

My Newest Good Karma Socks

MrB finally got my yarn cranked out that I dyed at Good Karma in June.  I think he thought since its 100% wool I didn't need the socks till now.  I am very happy with the colour they turned out to be.  Good timing too as I just blew heels out of two pairs this week.  Jim said they should last a year and they have been a year and half for lots of wear, so they did good by me.  MrB tried his hand at darning one pair for me so I will have to see how that stands up. That pair has not been completely lost.  I wore my new Good Karma's yesterday and they always feel so good on the feet!  MrB loves his Good Karma socks as well.  They are soon becoming our winter favourites.

These look like they will serve me well while out camping in the summer.  Heavy for some warmth but light coloured to welcome the spring and summer colours of my wardrobe.  I match what I wear to my socks!