Penguin finally finished

It didn't take me long to knit the individual pieces for this penguin, but then it sat in my closet for about 2 weeks before I talked myself into actually sewing them all together. I think I'm done with small knitted toys for awhile because the assembly is too labor intensive. But I hope that Zachary, my youngest son, will enjoy his new toy when he wakes up in the morning.

Cable stitch scarf

I get bored if I don't try new things with my knitting. I have never done a cable stitch, so I thought I would try it with a simple scarf for my first time. It turns out doing a cable stitch is not hard at all. I just started yesterday, which is why it's still so short, but I thought I'd share anyway since you can see the cable pattern already. Btw, I opted for the narrow version of the scarf because I only have two skeins of Taos yarn.

Monkey for Benji

Benji didn't want a boring old brown monkey so he chose his own yarns. He also was very definite that he didn't want eyes on his monkey. Yes, he is a strong willed child (as most seem to be, from my observation!). Here's the pattern. It was easy to knit but took quite awhile to sew up. I guess I prefer knitting to sewing things up.