I forgot – there is another reason I’m not a fan of toe up socks. The short row heels. I ran into that hard with these socks. I got my way through it (first sock was finished last night), but apparently my new found liking of toe up socks is false – I really hate

Pattern:  Rose Plank by Monika Sirna Yarn: Bare Naked Wools Targhee Tango Sport in the Apilado colorway Needles: Size 2 circs The Rose Plank shawl is done and blocked.      The blocking doesn’t do a ton, but if you compare the pictures of before and after, it does firm things up a bit.   

Next project is started! These are the Palanen kauneinta (Piece of The Most Beautiful) socks by Tiina Kuu. I picked them out because I wanted to do some colorwork and get rid of the fair amounts of OntheRound Nimble sock I had left. I also liked the look of the heel. I was not paying

The Rose Plank shawl is done. I am going to block it – it won’t open up as much as a lace shawl, but it’ll definitely benefit from a bit of a stretch.

I think it’s safe to say I won’t be finishing any more knitting projects this year, so here’s this past year’s completed collage. It feels a bit low in count, but better than 2020, at least. Part of this is that I’ve been doing more cross stitch, but I feel like my mojo for a

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