Helena's sweater, Morgan's hat

This is a swatch for a skirt I'm designing in Sanguine Gryphon's Skinny Bugga. The actual skirt will be a different color, yet to be determined, but I'm looking forward to finishing this pattern. It is so much fun to knit, and the yarn is just scrumptious.
Helena's sweater. My own design, knit in Malabrigo worsted in Black Forest.
A lovely yarn to work with, and I do love designing things myself. It's fun to see how they come out, if a bit nervewracking. I hope this will fit. I used several techniques that were new to me for this project: a lovely new way to work a beautiful selvedge, a sewn cast-off, and short-row set-in sleeves worked from the top down.

I crocheted a black "cloche" hat for another friend, who wanted a big bright flower for decoration. She specifically asked for purple, so there is a purple flower represented, but when I took out my Leisure Arts "Crocheted Embellishments" book, there were too many fun designs and too much lovely leftover yarn to choose just one, so here is the hat with several flowers. I actually only made two of the flowers. My daughter made the rest. She is fearless. And she loves yarn.