Today's treat, DONUTS!

The Chicks started the afternoon looking very serious as they concentrated on their projects and...

discussed the disrespectful comment about Albany that was made by a certain commentator at the NCAA women's basketball tournament which was held in downtown Albany this weekend. 

Then we tasted Barbara B's delicious sourdough donuts, chocolate and vanilla. 

Suddenly the mood was lightened!

Those smiles were genuinely on a sugar high. LOL!

But we had to get to work again. Dorah's baby cardigan, the Knit Baby Jacket Set, is coming along nicely after a second start.

 The yarn is an acrylic and nylon blend that is machine wash and dry and self striping.

 

Annika's baby blanket, the Eyelet Stripe Baby Blanket, is much longer than last week's progress. 

It's a good pattern for social knitting too.

Jan's baby sweater is showing her skills off nicely. She is learning new techniques and doing a great job. It's the Top Down Raglan Child's Sweater and comes in multiple sizes.

Cinzia started the same sweater the Dorah and Carole are making, the Knit Baby Jacket Set.

I completed the Tincanknits Beloved bonnet and used the same yarn to make...

the Avery's Happy Cap which was designed by a knitting friend of mine, Iryth Ferrandino. The store where I purchased the pattern is no longer in business so I'm not sure where you can get the pattern but it's a darling bonnet. I wanted to use up this yarn but I would suggest not using a short color change yarn as it eats up the lace pattern in the crown. This hat is better suited for a solid or tonal color yarn.

Carole added buttons to her Knit Baby Jacket Set cardigan.

She has one of those tins, as do many of us, which contains hundreds of stray buttons. She was lucky enough to find just what she needed to complete this adorable sweater.

And her Helix hat from last week is finished too.

Now she is working on an acrylic and cotton blend yarn that has a beautiful drape to make a circular yoke sweater in the softest mint green.

Barbara K is still plugging away on her pleated scarf with the gradient yarn of pretty colors.

Barbara B used a cable from her interchangeable needles to make a provisional cast on for the brim/cuff of this baby hat so it can be folded up and the stitches from both needles can be knitted together as one to make a double thick fabric.

It's the Grandma's Baby Hat pattern and is free on Ravelry.

Nancy is working on what I affectionately call the potato chip hat, you can't make just one! ;) She is using up odds and ends of yarn to make the Helix Hat.

Now that my knitting needles are empty I'll have to hunt through the stacks of patterns and stash of yarn to find my next inspiration. Have a great week and keep those needles clicking!