yarn along: a surprise (slightly blurry) finished project!

This project is my July knitting.  The legs and sleeves (and oh, goodness, who am I kidding?  The body, too) were a bit of a slog. You know that thing where your fingers aren't moving fast enough and then move even slower because you're frustrated they're not moving quickly?  That happened, too.  I fantasize about turning my crafting into a profession, but this project is a testament to me that obligation and deadlines drain the joy out of my work.  

That all sounds quite negative!  This was actually a very sweet and tiny project, knit for a joyous reason and with many prayers; it's for my nephew's son, who is due to arrive in early November.  I was under a time crunch because I wanted to ship it in time for the baby shower that we'll be unable to attend.  Mission accomplished!  It's winging its way to its destination and should arrive a whole week before the shower.  Whew!

The pattern is PetiteKnits's Anker's Onesie*, in the second smallest size.  I think that's 2-4 months?  The final result was impossibly tiny, which makes me question my gauge?  I didn't check it after the initial gauge swatch, except to compare the in-the-round sleeve knitting to the back-and-forth body knitting.  My gauge is slightly smaller in-the-round, so I hopped up a size of needles for the sleeves and legs.  I used a tubular cast on (which looks great), but the sewn tubular cast off is not as tidy as I would have liked.  I think I made it too loose.

For the yarn I chose Cloudborn Fibers Highland Superwash Sock Twist in the colorway Stormy Skies.  Since we'd also gotten my nephew and his wife something from their registry, I wanted yarn that was inexpensive and easy care. I really like the color, which is much darker than pictured above and more petrol than royal blue.  It's not as soft or squishy as I'd hoped, but for the price point I'm not going to complain.  I used 2.5 skeins or so.  I've yet to weigh the leftover nugget of yarn.

I'm still chugging away on some projects I began earlier in the summer, and I have another sweater to make for another nephew's daughter's first birthday in September.  I should probably wind yarn for that today...

My current book is The Intellectual Life.  In reading this little, but packed, volume, I have realized that I need to be reading St. Thomas Aquinas as well.  Maybe something like this should be in my cart next? I'll need to consult my classicist husband. One step at a time...

*I've knit Anker's Onsie before.  See here and here.