Hi again!
January was great, because I did some actual ‘me’ knitting for a change! I squeezed it in among my design submission call swatching and whatnot. And I finished a couple things, too!
First up: I had these socks on the needles, and had completely forgotten about them until I went looking for my needles to knit another pair of socks! lol! So – those got finished first (just the one sock was done to start).
Yarn: Great Adirondack Yarn Co. Silky Sock in color Beach House
Pattern: none: Generic plain socks. 72 sts and short row heels. Cuff down.
Needles: Size 0
Then, I knit up a second pair of socks. I used some of the oldest yarn in my stash (so that I could play along with the TKGA KAL prompts for the month – check it out on Ravelry if you want to play along too – there are new prompts each month!) These are just another pair of plain socks with short row heels. I did wrap and turn short rows and didn’t bother to hide the wraps at all – I love how they turned out!
I was knitting merrily along on the first sock and ran out of yarn before I got to the toe!! The skein was woefully short of yardage – ugh. (It’s in 50g put-ups, so you need one skein per sock.) So I rummaged and found some leftover blue to knit the toe. Then on the second sock I would have had enough yarn to finish, but of course I had to make it match, so I used the blue again at the toe. 🙂
Yarn: Claudia Handpaint Yarns Fingering yarn in color Toast
Pattern: none: Generic plain socks. 72 sts and short row heels. Cuff down.
Needles: Size 0
Anyway…. And wonder of wonders – I have casted on another ‘me’ project! This will be a lace shawl using some new yarn I got as an xmas present from my secret santa. She knows me well, and got me a very ‘Frozen’ looking yarn. <3 🙂 The yarn has silver sparkle running through it!
Yarn: CTW Hunter Yarns Sparkle Sock in color Frozen Icicles
Pattern: Sacre Coeur
Needles: Size 6
I’m knitting this to fit one of February’s TKGA KAL themes, but I really don’t know if I’ll get this done by the end of February. I’m busy swatching madly for a couple new calls that have deadlines mid-February, and I have to get working on two patterns (and samples) and an article as well. So, sadly my ‘me’ knitting time is going to dwindle again in February and into March. 🙁 Oh well. I do tend to love my design knitting as well, so it’s not that much of a hardship!
Happy Knitting!