Socks, lace, and spinning
After a weekend of much knitting, I have the following to show for my efforts:
My first skein of handspun, washed and hanging up to dry. I made yarn! How freakin' cool is that?
The KPPPM sock now has a heel, or at least most of one, and the lace scarf (modeled by my computer) looks much better on these needles, so I think it's a go.
I swear I only went in to buy needles. I was just looking at the yarn. Oliver looked too. And then somehow I came out of the store with the materials for mermaid socks! I can't explain it.
The gorgeous Rock Creek is wound and a swatch of 2x2 rib has been knit on #2 DPNs. I'm trying to save it so that I only have one pair of socks on the needles at a time, but I suspect it's hopeless. Watch this space for updates on my sock-knitting self-restraint, or lack thereof.
My first skein of handspun, washed and hanging up to dry. I made yarn! How freakin' cool is that? The KPPPM sock now has a heel, or at least most of one, and the lace scarf (modeled by my computer) looks much better on these needles, so I think it's a go.
I swear I only went in to buy needles. I was just looking at the yarn. Oliver looked too. And then somehow I came out of the store with the materials for mermaid socks! I can't explain it.The gorgeous Rock Creek is wound and a swatch of 2x2 rib has been knit on #2 DPNs. I'm trying to save it so that I only have one pair of socks on the needles at a time, but I suspect it's hopeless. Watch this space for updates on my sock-knitting self-restraint, or lack thereof.
posted by Alex at 9:31 PM
4 Comments:
Nice handspun yarn! I'm very impressed. What's it destined to become?
Thanks! I'm not sure what it'll become - there isn't very much of it (yet), but maybe I can manage enough for a hat or a small scarf.
Mermaid socks, hmmm! Sounds promising. And that Rock Creek is to die for. SO pretty!
Do you mean Lucy Neatby's Mermaid Sock Pattern? I've been working on those for quite some time. If that's the pattern, leave me a comment on my blog and I'll tell you the problems I've had so you can avoid them.
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