Tag: <span>Socks</span>

Tag: Socks

2009 Knitting, Finished Objects, Resolutions, Socks, Spinning

Project updates

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January end-of-month update:
The knitting resolutions  haven’t all been met (already, I know!).
1.  Clear the WIP queue from last year by the end of the month.
Didn’t happen!  I did clear out a bunch of things, but there are still two open WIPs from last year.  Not bad though..

3. Knit one pair of socks per month
Got that one!  One pair of socks per month is definitely manageable and I still have time to knit other things.
Pattern:  Little Child’s Sock
Designer:  Nancy Bush
Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
Yarn:  Knit Picks Imagination  in colorway “Wicked Witch”
–Ravelry Project Link–  
 
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Nancy Bush can write a pattern like nobody’s business.  It was so well written out, line by line, you just can’t but help be in awe of the time that must’ve been spent writing it out.  The book, Knitting Vintage Socks,  is becoming a fast favorite.  The yarn is super soft and fun to knit with although the variegation obscures the pattern mostly.  And see all that color pooling?  I know it’s something knitters strive to fight against, but I just love it.  It almost looks like tye dye on the stockinette part of the leg.

4.  Spin four ounces of roving per month.
Didn’t quite make this one either.  I got about an ounce of this superwash merion from Crown Mountain Farms (colorway “Sunshine of your Love”) done for the spin and knit along at Ply by Night on Ravelry.  I’ve really gotta spend more time with the wheel in the evenings and maybe alternate nights between knitting and spinning.  Plus, there’s a fun project coming up for next month with roving from dkKnits that I’m pretty antsy to get started on!
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Finished Objects, Socks

Socks!

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The first two finished objects for the new year!

First, meet a test knit that I was working on for knottygnome.   The pattern is called “Coin Toss“.   This was my first test knit and I am really proud to have been part of testing out such a great pattern – it’s just enough to keep me engaged without being too complicated and was super fun to knit.   The yarn is a new favorite and is delightfully squishy, and that colorway!   It’s like purple chocolate.   Gorgeous.   Specs:
Pattern: Coin Toss
Designer: Knottygnome  – Sara Peterson
Needles: US 2.5 (3.0mm)
Yarn: dkKnits technicolor dream toes  in colorway “Wilder Wonka”
–Ravelry Project Link–
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Next project!   Handspun socks.   This is the first project that I dyed the roving, spun the yarn and then knit the yarn.   I wasn’t entirely happy with how the colors came out, but it’s a learning process I suppose and maybe next time everything will comply with my will.   Specs for you..
Pattern: Generic top-down sock, from my head
Designer:  none
Needles: US 1 (2.25mm)
Yarn: Handspun superwash merino
–Ravelry Project Link–

I suppose I should say here that I’ve been bitten by the Noro Striped Scarf bug having seen it all over the blogosphere including the Yarn Harlot‘s blog.   I had seen it a while ago in a yarn store and bought the supplies right then and there to make it.   They’ve been sitting in the stash quietly, but decided to go off and get noisy on me this week.   I know I said I wasn’t going to start any new projects until I cleared out the UFO queue a bit, but two finished socks counts as cleaning house, right?!   Besides, it’s winter and winter means scarves.   Yep.   This is me, hunting for justification to cast on a new project  when I already have  a bunch of UFOs.   🙂