Lovely

Daybreak

I am so happy with this! There is something extra magical about finishing a project using handspun yarn. The pattern is Daybreak, and the fiber came from Tactile Fiber Arts. I used 2 oz. each of the Pomegranate and Concord Grape colorways, and spun them to about fingering weight. I love the way the colors worked together, and I expect to get a lot of wear out of this one.

Insanity

I have fallen completely down the rabbit hole. Luckily my sock leftovers stash is pretty deep, and so is the random unlabeled wool in the spinning stash. I should be fine, but this may take a while.

Ready To Roll!

I am so happy that these are done! I'll be wearing them on Saturday at Sock Summit.

Double Heelix

As soon as I saw this pattern, I knew I had to knit these socks! I was intrigued by the heel out construction. The beginning is a bit fiddly, but fun. I added some extra decreases to fit my foot, and substituted my usual toe.

Another Baby = Another Blankie

I think I started this back in late February or early March. I then set it aside to work on other things because I had plenty of time before the baby was due. That is no longer true, so now I'm working on this and only this until it is finished. By my calculations I have 35 rounds left to go. It sounds like a walk in the park doesn't it? I'm currently working on 576 stitches and it continues to grow. I'm sure I'll finish before the baby is born... I hope!

When Life Hands You Lemons...

Frog a sweater. There are some things going on right now over which I have no control, but which are causing a fair amount of stress. Naturally I turned to knitting, but was having a hard time settling on anything. I want something new and shiny, but nothing suits. Then today I realized that what I really need is to have total control of something. I need to boss around my knitting! There's only so much bossing needed for socks, a hat or scarf, they aren't very satisfying that way. Then I remembered the sweater I've been ignoring for several years.

I knit all the pieces, but once seamed, it didn't fit. As an extra bonus it looked like crap on me. This is the perfect project to boss around. I've started taking out the seams in order to rip this bad boy out, reclaim the lovely yarn and knit this sucker into a sweater that doesn't suck! Wish me luck.

Thankful

Itty Bitty Hats

I save the left overs from socks. In the back of my mind I thought that some day I would turn all those tiny balls of sock yarn into a blanket or something. Not long ago that thought came to the front of my mind and got bitch slapped by my common sense. Long ago I swore off projects made up of little squares due to the mind numbing number of ends that leaves to weave in.

About this same time, some dear friends had their second child arrive almost 4 weeks early. A new purpose was born, and bit by bit my sock remnants are becoming sweet wee hats.

New Socks

I've been pretty consistent with the sock knitting, both for myself and the hubby. Evidently I've been less consistent about blogging the results. This pair has taken a while to finish as I was distracted by shawls and baby blankies and other shiny things. I have already cast on my next pair, and hopefully will do a netter job of posting pics when I finish them.