As usual, this Indiana weather is confusing me. Although I have lived in this state my entire life, I still have yet to understand its weather patterns. A few weeks ago we had an ice storm; last week it was sunny and in the 60s; now it is rainy and in the 40s. This is leaving me unsure as to how to proceed in several areas.
I was considering making hats as gifts for two birthdays that are this week, but my yarn has not arrived, and it seems the weather may actually get too warm for them to make sense to be given at this time of year. What should I do for two male relatives that I always seem to be buying the same things for? Plus, I am trying not to spend much money but give quality gifts.
My other area of concern with the weather is how it will affect my gardening this year. Last year's abnormal precipitation patterns caused me all kinds of problems with fungus and slugs in my garden. I have been meaning to order some perennials from Breck's. Hopefully the sale that was supposed to end last week did not.

Baby Shower Gifts

There are three pregnant women at work, all due in March. There was a baby shower for them a few weeks ago. I knitted these items for their sons (all three are expecting boys!).

Set 1: Classic Pastels Spring Socks and Hat

socks, made with Sugar 'n Cream yarn
loom knit on blue Knifty Knitter loom
flat panel, e-wrap stitch on 12 pegs, 2 strands of yarn
rows 1-5 blue
rows 6-7 yellow
rows 8-20 blue
adapted from this pattern: http://www.provocraft.com/projects/projects.php?prdindex=kniftyknitter&dsp=project&idnum=8

hat, made with Sugar n' Creme Cool Breeze Ombre
loom knit on blue Knifty Knitter loom with 1 strand of yarn
stopped after about 6 1/2 inches
added pom pom to top

with cuff folded up

with brim

Set 2: Red, Green, and Blue

socks, made with Sugar 'n Cream yarn
loom knit on blue Knifty Knitter loom
flat panel e-wrap stitch on 12 pegs, 2 strands of yarn
rows 1-2 red
row 3 blue
row 4 red
row 5 blue
rows 6-18* main color red, see pattern below
rows 19-20 blue


*colored heel

	Peg
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Row 10	r	r	r	r	r	B	r	r	r	r
Row 11	r	r	r	r	B	B	B	r	r	r
Row 12	r	r	r	B	B	B	B	B	r	r
Row 13	r	r	r	r	B	B	B	r	r	r
Row 14	r	r	r	r	r	B	r	r	r	r

I used 12 pegs, but I only included the inside 10 pegs in the pattern. The other two pegs are still used for these rows, but it was easier not to list them in the pattern because making flat panels on round looms requires only wrapping the outside pegs for some rows.

adapted from this pattern: http://www.provocraft.com/projects/projects.php?prdindex=kniftyknitter&dsp=project&idnum=8

hat, made with Sugar 'n Cream Cottage Twists
loom knit on blue Knifty Knitter loom with 2 strands of yarn
stopped after about 7 inches
added pom pom to top

folded view

rolled view

Set 3: details to come...

Purpose

I want a way to share my interests with others and to organize the resources I use for my projects.