I managed to complete 22 knitting projects in 2009 (there are two duplicates in the above collage). They leaned heavily towards socks, but I managed a couple of scarves, and two complete full sized sweaters in the mix as well. 2010 has me starting out with two pair of socks and a scarf on the […]
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We had my family Christmas on Monday, and since this about half a knitting blog, I’ve got to share the gift that warmed my knitterly soul. My father and C got me a sampler of handspun wool from Darthia Farm. Not only is it handspun, it’s also naturally dyed. They specialize in indigo dying, and
I’ve run into a bit of an issue with C’s socks. You see that incomplete toe? You see the tiny little thread hanging off of it? Yes, I’ve run out of yarn. In hindsight, I really should have realized that this pattern eats yarn like crazy, but I was denial until the very end. I’ve
Pattern: Paul Atwell socks by Emily JohnsonYarn: Knitpicks Stroll in the Midnight Heather colorwayNeedles: 1.5 DPNs Half of my holiday knitting is done! I’ve decided that these socks are going to my father. The pattern is quite easy to work with, and I like the Knitpicks yarn. It’s a little on the splitty side, but
Paul Atwell sock #1 is done, which means I’m a quarter of the way through my Christmas knitting. I’m now going to make what to many would be a startling announcement: I like doing the second sock better than the first. Yes, that means I don’t have second sock syndrome. The second sock always seems
The first Tilting Cables sock is done. I’ve definitely been enjoying this pattern. It’s got a really, really long pattern repeat (like I think three total in the whole sock), which I definitely enjoy. The cables also got a lot easier the further I got into the sock. The Happy Feet yarn isn’t bad, but
And so the holiday knitting begins. These are Paul Atwell socks, by Emily Johnson, in Knit Picks Stroll in the Midnight Heather colorway. They’ll be either for Dad or C (probably Dad, as the other colorway I bought is Merlot Heather, and C is the wine drinker, so it just seems to fit). I actually
I cast on my November Sockdown socks today. The pattern is Chrissy Gardner’s Tilting Cable Socks from the Winter 2007 Interweave Knits. I’m using some Plymouth Happy Feet in a tealy green colorway. I can already tell these are going to take a little while, because of the cables. I tend to grasp my work
This was meant to be a post about two new projects, but only one that I cast on this weekend decided to stick. I’d cast on some socks for either my father or C’s Christmas present (fortunately, they’re the same shoe size, so I can decide after I’ve made them who gets what), using some
Pattern: Traveling Woman Shawl by Liz AbinanteYarn: Claudia’s Handpainted 55 Fingering Silk, in the Marooned colorwayNeedles: size 6 When I cast this little shawl on on Sunday, I certainly didn’t think I’d be done with it in under a week. Granted, I did have the week off, but I didn’t work on it every much