The first Gordes sock is done. I did have to frog and start over the first time through the cuff, but that turned out to be a good thing. I took the opportunity to go up a couple needle sizes when I did that. This yarn is light fingering weight, and it definitely benefited from […]

Next in my series of small projects: Gordes Socks from Silk Road Socks by Hunter Hammersen.    The yarn is Swans Island Ikat Collection Watercolor yarn in the Indigo Beetroot colorway.    I think I’m going to make this Christmas knitting for my mother.    It’s practically September, so it can be too soon for that,

Pattern: Everglade by Woolly WormheadYarn: Pasture Prime Farm Worsted WoolNeedles: Size 6 Circs and DPNs This is a nice hat pattern.   For the 22″ size, you only do one full pattern repeat, with partials on either side, and it comes out looking way more complicated than that. I liked this yarn – had a nice

This is Everglade by Woolly Wormhead.   My sister and niece might be visiting us for Thanksgiving, so I figured some warm head gear would be in order.    I’m using the Pasture Prime Farm Worsted yarn I picked up in Martha’s Vineyard.    It’s a nice, natural yarn – noticeable lanolin still.     The pattern

Pattern: Villa by Bristol Ivy (Quince Quarterly Spring 2020 Level 1)Yarn: Quince Sparrow in the Fundi colorwayNeedles: Size 6 circs My Villa cowl is done!    This definitely broke my brain at the beginning, but once I got the hang of the squares, and how it would fit together, I really enjoyed this knit. This

Here’s the rest of the Blue Moon Silky Sock yarn used up in hexipuffs.    On a side note, wool is hilariously soft when you take a quick detour from working with linen instead.    Which is probably inconceivable to many people since wool = scratchy in most people’s heads.   But it’s totally true!

Here’s Villa.    I’ll admit, doing the first row, I had no idea what the heck was going to happen.   Now that I’m in the second row of blocks, it’s making sense. I am cheating and using stitch holders on the other sections I’ve gone through already.   You should theoretically be able to keep them

This is the Villa Cowl, by Bristol Ivy.   It’s the Quince Quarterly Spring 2020 Level 1 pattern.    The yarn is Quince and Co Sparrow in the Fundi colorway. This is a modular knit, which is breaking my brain a little bit so far, but in a good way.   It’s also a linen yarn –

Pattern: Pamina by Caoua CoffeeYarn: Blue Moon Yarn Silky SockNeedles: Size 2 DPNs I’ve finished the Pamina socks.    Liked this pattern way more than the first one I tried with this yarn.   It’s really well plotted out – she’s actually counted out all the row counts (something I can do, but appreciate not having

In other knitting news, I’m done with the first Pamina sock.     Enjoying this way more than the first pattern I tried with this yarn.     I don’t necessarily need to be babysat through a pattern, but I do enjoy not having to keep track of too many things at once.    This pattern fits