Wayward Knitting

It only took a year...

but I finally finished the 2nd Twist sock.  Love it.  Definitely would knit a 3rd pair.

Stitches West

I only bought 3 skeins of yarn.  Seriously.  It was the Newton's cashmerino yarn to make a scarf for hubby.  At $8 a skein, it was a bargain.

I did however buy  6 oz of yummy fiber from Tactile Fiber Arts, the colorways are amazing and I couldn't get a good photo of this due to the shine from the bamboo:
It's Merino bamboo roving in Pomegranate.  I spun some up on the drop spindle tonight.  Yummy.  I'm thinking cowl.  Of course, it's freezing now so I'm always thinking cowl these days.

I also bought some of this beautiful sky blue. 

I must be on a natural dyes kick because I also picked up 4 oz of corriedale from A Verb for Keeping Warm.  The guy helping me out there had this totally familiar voice and I couldn't figure it out and then suddenly I realized, it was WonderMike from YKnits!.  I totally love that podcast.  How cool is that?

Merry Christmas!

I meant to knit socks...

really I did.  I even got pretty close to my June goal for a pair of blue socks:
but then I sort of lost steam.   (Claudia's Handpainted, twist pattern from HelloYarn, converted by Grumperina)

Especially when everyone started to have babies:
which meant I really needed to crank out a few baby genius burp cloths.

And for twins -- well, I had to do twin hats (Cotton Ease):

Of course, there was a graduation gift (Luxe Neckwarmer, Jo Sharp Silkroad DK Tweed):

wrapped:

opened and modeled:

 

and then I taught myself to crochet and had to give a wedding shower gift (Patons Grace):

Then I started a sweater.  A tank top (Aleita Shell, 2nd Time Ecologie Cotton):

I've been knitting socks--really...

but perhaps I am a little behind.  Pictures to follow soon.  What's the deal with Plurk anyway??

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Finished for May!

Fifth pair of socks for the year:

Monkey by Cookie A. in Fleece Artist Hercules colorway on size 1 circs.

I loved how the colorway is shown off by the pattern.  My first pair of Monkeys had chaotic pooling in the STR carbon dating colorway. 

Finding the Stash

My stash is not in one place.  I feel like I have failed to adhere to the primary tenet of organization.  Deciding to start with baby steps, I tried to put all the sock yarn in one place.  It was nice to visit with the sock yarn and take it out of the ziplocks.

I even had a big container for all my sock yarn.

Then as I continued with my spring cleaning, I found some more sock yarn in the office, then some in the living room...some in the guest room and so on. 

Turns out the container was not as big as I thought...or I had more sock yarn than I thought.

It's a good thing that I really like knitting socks. 

Here are the socks from Sock Madness 2.  Though benched with an injury, I did at least finish them within a month but not in time to qualify for Round 2.

They are Socks That Rock in Tiger Eye.  Once I added decreases, the sock yarn stopped pooling and started striping. 

 

I (heart) silk.

Socks That Rock Silkie that came in the 2007 sock club.  First time I've ever knit with a silk blend.  It's wonderful.  The skein was just enough for some chevron scarf action.

It was also the first time I had ever blocked using those lace T-pin things.  Fun!

Moon River Socks - Finished!

After using leap day to make my Feb. quota, I revved up the engine and finished a pair of socks for March with time to spare.

Pattern by Jeni  and yarn is Hazel Knits Artisan Sock in a custom colorway for Bobbin's Nest in Santa Clara, CA.

Not a wine bottle cosy.

I'm done with one of the Moon River socks.   Jeni's pattern is great and the Hazel Knits artisan sock yarn is delicious.

Also, it looks a lot less like a wine cosy if I pull the sock farther down the bottle!

I cast on for the second and am sailing through it.  Woo!