Starlight Wishes and Dreams: Knit items I have made recently

About Knitting.... I started a knitting club at work and when I went to book the boardroom, the lady who books the rooms said: "Are you starting a knitting club?" I said "Yes". "Can I join?" she said. It is pretty popular.

As I told my cousin, Elaine, I have just made: 1 pair of green mittens, 5 hats and one scarf. Now I am working on a sweater - but knit, not crocheted, although I do that, too!

My cousin, Elaine, said on Facebook: "Wow!! That is great!! Are mittens hard to make? Do you use 4 needles. i remember my mom knitting all the time when we were little. Can you post pics?? Have you knitted a sweater before??"

So... in answer to your questions, Elaine:

Mittens are fun to make! I just made a pair of green ones that do not call for 4 needles, but I have made them using my mother's pattern for 4 needles and it was easy and fun. I am kind of disappointed with the pattern I used for the 2 needle mittens because it is a little larger than expected. Lucky my daughter, Beth, has large hands.

Yes, I have made a sweater before. Several, but I don't have the photo available right now.

I will look for some pictures. Below are some of the other things I have made recently and long ago.

There is a blue twin-sized blanket for Beth (I made a pink one as well - crocheted). There is a yellow cotton blankie that I made for Alicia when she was going into the hospital (for heart surgery at Sick Kids in 2006 - she's fine). There is a Harry Potter scarf made for Alicia (Griffendor). I also made two other Harry Potter scarves - one in RavenClaw for Renee (my eldest) and one for Kelly's daughter, Alex.

Also below are: 3 hats and one black scarf with a basketweave pattern on it.

Here is a closeup of Alicia's hat. Too bad I got the seam side! LOL! I would retake it, but ... maybe later.

Here is Beth in her scarf that I made in the colours of "The Bay" - The Hudson Bay company here in Toronto made a special scarf available for the Olympics one year using the colours that they use in their marketing material. Beth wanted one, so I made one.