Quick update and Progress Widgets

Well I didn't get very far with the knitting and crocheting week did I?

I have had a bit of a play with my widgets - ook missus. I've added two different progress systems.

The first is a simple bar chart affair - nice and clear but not very gadgety. Also - this one will need me to manually updated by me.

The second one is a bit niftier and feeds directly from Ravelry. I really like it. It takes all the projects I have in progress listed on Ravelry which is kind of embarrassing as I have a lot... So - although this one is, at the moment a little revealing, I think this will work better. It does mean I need to make sure that I have all my Ravelry projects up to date - which is a good thing.

What do you think of them?

12 Pairs in 12 Months - June

As I mentioned in my last blog I have decided to do 12 pairs of socks in 12 months in the Shed. I know I've planned to do things like this before - but I really, really will try this time - honest ;-)

So - it started on June 1st and I cast on my second sock in my Mojo pair.

Here - a week later it looks like this:

So probably about half way there - not too bad but I think I do need to pick up pace. I do keep getting distracted with other projects.

I am still trying to decide on the second sock for the month. I could do a second nutkin but I quite like the idea of casting on something new.

This arrived yesterday and I love it:

It is the May 2010 Yarn Yard Club Yarn. Natalie felt inspired by the Royal Mail - probably linked to the amount of time she spends at the Post Office ;-)

When it is opened up you can see that half of each round is black with the red and white taking up the other half.

It's really unusual and typically for me I wanted to cast it on straight away - so I wound one of the skeins tonight and have just cast it on. I have a few ideas for socks and may just play a bit and see what works. I was thinking of the Diversion Socks but the lovely Eskimimi was having problems with speed on hers - so now I'm not too sure. They did look super pretty when she was under full steam though.

I'm also considering a lizard ridge sock. The original lizard ridge is a blanket published on Knitty and I have done a couple of squares of the blanket and love the idea. The sock version is here.

Lots of thoughts and lots of playing ahead - but I have to finish another sock by the end of June - so must press on.