Saltwater Taffy Ruffle Shorties

I love working with BFL (Blue Faced Leicester, for the uninitiated).  I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before.  It pretty much doesn’t even matter what the colorway is.  As long as I feel that silky soft yarn run through my fingers as I knit, watching the stitches define so neatly and shine with a luster that one wouldn’t expect from wool yarn, well… that’s all I need.

I got to work with some Rodeo BFL from Western Sky Knits in the “Saltwater Taffy” colorway recently and the love was very, very much there.  I was knitting a pair of ruffle cuffed shorties for a sweet mama, using a matching teal trim.  These were a large size, alarming after working on so many small sizes and came out just darling.

The cuff ruffle was a challenge.  There wasn’t a whole lot of trim yarn and I was unable to do either my standard “flat” ruffle or a nifty new “leaf” ruffle I’ve been wanting to try.  I went ahead with a “lettuce” ruffle but was unhappy with how it looked.  I asked my husband if he could do a single crochet around the edge.  I was hoping for a fancier crochet finish, but again, there wasn’t enough yarn.  Much to my pleasure though, the crochet caused the ruffle to lay flat, like my “flat” ruffle.  Whew!  Much better.

I’m finishing up the last of the three pairs of newborn longies I mentioned last week.  All this bitty sized fluff is just adorable and I love how quick it knits up.  I’ve been able to knock one pair every two days!

The knitting, it never ends!