Here are a couple of baby Swirl hats to finish up the Koigu yarn – I was hoping to finish off at least one more skein before the new year.

Pattern: Basic 4Ply Socks by Winwick MumYarn: Koigu Painter’s Palette Premium Merino (KPPPM) in 525P, and Ontheround Nimble Sock in the Barred Owl and Narwhal colorwaysNeedles: 2.5 DPNs Along with these socks, my scrappy socks for the Dads are done.    This is a great pattern – really adaptable, and most people above a complete beginner

Here’s the first set of socks for my Dads, using several different kinds of yarn. I’ll do an official end post once the second set is done. The second set is on the go – I switched up the yarn order slightly, since I’d used more of the white-based yarn in this pair.

This is the Rose Plank shawl, by Monika Sirna. I’m using Bare Naked Wools Targhee Tango Sport in the Apilado colorway, which I got in my foray with the Bare Naked Yarns Barnbox club earlier this year. (It was one of my spread the stimulus love to American small business purchases.) So far so good,

So I’ve frogged the In Dreams shawl for the moment. I restarted it five times, and something just isn’t clicking. I’ll be going along just fine, and then managed to totally screw something up so badly that tinking back (which is so damn hard with lace) just isn’t possible. I will say, I don’t love

This is the In Dreams Shawl, by Susan Pandorf. I’m using Shibui Knits Lunar in the Noire colorway, and because I am crazy, I’m beading it. (Miyuki 8/o beads in black opaque) So far so good. It’s definitely fiddly enough that I don’t work on it if I’m not feeling totally on the ball that

So these are some vanilla socks (using the Basic 4ply Socks by Winwick Mum pattern) I started to use up the Koigu Painter’s Palette Merino I’ve been trying to figure out how to use. I got some Ontheround Nimble Sock in the Barred Owl and Narwhal colorways to go with it – they’re the same

Pattern: Nain from Silk Road Socks, by Hunter Hammersen Yarn: Seven Sisters Arts Apex in the Aurora Borealis colorway Needles: Size 1.5 DPNs The Nain socks are done! I really enjoyed this pattern – it was plenty interesting, but not super difficult. I loved this yarn. The camera does not do this color justice –

Pattern: Seaspray by Andrea Rangel Yarn: JaggerSpun Zephyr Wool-Silk 2/18 in the Ruby Colorway Needles: Size 2.0 Circs Seaspray is blocked and done! I really enjoyed this pattern. It would probably be easy enough for a fairly beginner knitter that wants to get into lace. It is what’s going to make me finally invest in

The first Nain sock is done. I’m enjoying this so much more than my recent failed sock attempts. The picture is not adequately capturing how pretty this yarn is. The colorway is Aurora Borealis, and it’s the prettiest mix of blue, purple and green. It’s got enough silk to have a lovely sheen to it