This is as far as I got with the Josaqan socks. I actually got a little further into the toe, and definitely didn’t have enough yarn. I briefly considered doing a totally different colored toe, but I also did not love how huge these socks were looking, so ultimately, I decided I need to go […]

The knitting of the Seaspray shawl is done. (Blocking still to come, when I can get the guest bed cleared off.) A lovely Raveler gifted me a partial skein of the yarn I needed to finish it off, and even sent some more yarn to fill up the box. What a wonderful community!

Trying it again – these are Joshaqan socks by Hunter Hammersen, in Koigu Painter’s Premium Palette. Which it turns out I had tried with this exact pattern and yarn last Fall when trying to make socks for my MIL. Now, I’m working on socks for the Dads, and oddly, making these for one of them

I have lost at yarn chicken. Grrr. That’s like six repeats of the border to go? Fortunately, a kind soul on Ravelry responded to my ISO plea for a partial skein, so I have more on the way without having to pay for an entire extra skein I’ll have to figure out what to do

This is the Seaspray shawl, by Andrea Rangel. I’m using JaggerSpun Zephyr Wool-Silk yarn in the Ruby colorway. This is for a dear friend – might be a wedding shawl, or might be just a shawl, because I know she’ll love it either way. (The wedding is delayed enough with Covid that no colors have

Pattern: Qana hat by Sara Setters Yarn: Quince and Co Owl and Owl Tweet in the Abyssinian, Allagash, and Steppe colorways (the Abyssinian is the Tweet). Needles: Size 7 circs and DPNs I got this yarn through Quince Quarterly, and wasn’t in love with the included pattern, so went out and found one I liked

These are the hexipuffs I got out of the Knitpicks Palette yarn – I am now officially depleted of those extras. (Don’t have a problem with the yarn, I just had a lot of it in incomplete amounts. My stash page in Ravelry looks noticeably shorter now.) In the spirit of using more stash –

Pattern: Leftovers Cowl by Wendy D. Johnson Yarn: Knitpicks Palette in the Ash, Ciel, Clarity, Kumquat Heather, Limeade Heather, Macaw, Marina, Pool, Semolina, Seraphim, Serrano, Silver and Sky colorways Needles: Size 4 circs I have used up most of my Palette yarn! What cracks me up is that by the end, I was down to

Pattern: Icy Seas by Hunter Hammersen Yarn: KnitPicks Palette in the Clarity, Kumquat Heather, Macaw, Pool, Semolina, Seraphim, and Serrano colorways Needles: Size 3 DPNs More leftover Palette used up! Love this pattern set – they’re quick and fun to make.