Big City Knitty

So, here's a couple knits from Wenlan Chia's Twinkle's Big City Knits... I had been putting off knitting from this book because of sizing issues (I won't be staying this size for long, read more below), but I had heard they stretch quite a bit, so I gave the Balthazar vest a try as a test.

Lion Wool Ease Thick & Quick: Pumpkin

Maybe not so great on a big girl, but it did turn out super stretchy,
so it will definitely fit when I'm smaller.

And you can't go wrong with a hat:

Lion Wool Ease Thick & Quick: Raspberry

I'd love to use Twinkle yarns, but even cheapy Lion gets expensive fast for the larger projects in the book (there are also a couple Twinkle patterns in Interweave I've had on my list of to-do's for quite a while now). The Thick & Quick works well for gauge, though, and comes in some pretty rad colors if you shop around.