Knitting in Guelph

Hilarious weekend of climbing and knitting in Guelph. Melissa said she wanted to learn to knit, but really she just wanted a refresher, so we started small. Very small. Small and very, very cute:

Even Clint got in on the action for his very first attempt at knitting. Successfully accomplished casting on 14 stitches and knitting three rows. This involved a great deal of practice with casting on, as you might imagine, what with the stitches falling off the needles and all, which of course resulted in knit stitches that were verytightontheneedles.

Then I finished the modified halfdome hat:

and made a pair of bootees (sewn up by Melissa) for their nephew, Reece, who was just born 5 weeks preemie, from yarn leftover in the skein. Warning: the next pictures are totally off the cute scale:

I think I finally understand how knitting for babies can be addictive.