And look... I finished the other ones too. Sunflower colourway:
Showing posts with label socks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label socks. Show all posts
Friday, July 20, 2012
Starry Nights
I recently bought two skeins of Opal Van Gogh sock yarn. The first in sunflowers and the other in starry nights.
Morgan decided the starry nights one was destined for him.
I took them away to France with us and finally finished them on the ferry, on the way home. I love how they have turned out and fit me really well ;)
And look... I finished the other ones too. Sunflower colourway:
And look... I finished the other ones too. Sunflower colourway:
Saturday, February 5, 2011
SIPs
SIPs = Socks in Progress
I have been sorting out my socks. Since starting the 12 pairs in 12 months challenge I have become rather fixated on socks. Planning what patterns and yarn to use. Casting them on, admiring them, having fun. The problem is that I have not always completed each month's challenge, the end of the month comes round and I have to start new ones for the new month.
This means I have lots (more) unfinsished socks. I have begged them all up to try and shame myself into finishing some. But - it's the beginning of the the month again and a new sock needed to be cast on - shame on me!
So - let the shaming begin (this has become quite a theme of my blog...)
Yarn: Opal
Pattern: Plain 2x2 rib
State: Approx 60% through Sock 1
Yarn: Regia (I think)
Pattern: Vanilla
State: One complete, one not started
Yarn: Not sure
Pattern: Vanilla
State: Sock one approx 40% done
Yarn: The Yarn Yard
Pattern: Vanilla
State: Sock one complete, approx 25% of sock two
Yarn: Schoppelwolle
Pattern: Vanilla with stocking stitch curl top
State: Sock one complete
Yarn: Colinette Jitterbug
Pattern: Vanilla
State: Sock one 50% complete
Yarn: Colinette Jitterbug
Pattern: Vanilla
State: Sock one complete, sock two - 30%
Yarn: Ermm - pink shiny stuff
Pattern: Baby
State: Sock one complete, sock two - 20%
Yarn: Remains of schoppelwolle flying saucer
Pattern: Baby
State: Sock one complete
Yarn: Colinette Jitterbug
Pattern: Vanilla
State: Sock one complete - but I think a small child has worked on it so need some darning
Yarn: Yarn Yard Clan in Daffodil
Pattern: Vanilla
State: Sock one complete
Yarn: Lorna's Lace
Pattern: Vanilla
State: Both socks complete but one toe has come undone - so need to fix it - not even worn them yet!
Yarn: Yarn Yard - Magic Carpet
Pattern: Vanilla
State: About 50% of feet done
Yarn: Schoppelwolle
Pattern: One vanilla with a frilly top, the other circle sock
State: Sock one complete, sock two - approx 30% - going to have to buy another ball or have mismatching socks - whoops.
Yarn: Sassy Stripes
Pattern: Vanilla
State: Sock one complete - sock two cast on - but may frog it and restart so it will count as a 12 in 12mths sock
Yarn: Yarn Yard - Cairn
Pattern: Toe up gansey sock
State: About 30% through sock one
Pretty shocking line-up huh? The awful thing is I have a few more somewhere and it does not include the first of this month's socks - a Leyburn in Regia Kaffe Fassett.
I have been sorting out my socks. Since starting the 12 pairs in 12 months challenge I have become rather fixated on socks. Planning what patterns and yarn to use. Casting them on, admiring them, having fun. The problem is that I have not always completed each month's challenge, the end of the month comes round and I have to start new ones for the new month.
This means I have lots (more) unfinsished socks. I have begged them all up to try and shame myself into finishing some. But - it's the beginning of the the month again and a new sock needed to be cast on - shame on me!
So - let the shaming begin (this has become quite a theme of my blog...)
Yarn: Opal
Pattern: Plain 2x2 rib
State: Approx 60% through Sock 1
Yarn: Regia (I think)
Pattern: Vanilla
State: One complete, one not started
Yarn: Not sure
Pattern: Vanilla
State: Sock one approx 40% done
Yarn: The Yarn Yard
Pattern: Vanilla
State: Sock one complete, approx 25% of sock two
Yarn: Schoppelwolle
Pattern: Vanilla with stocking stitch curl top
State: Sock one complete
Yarn: Colinette Jitterbug
Pattern: Vanilla
State: Sock one 50% complete
Yarn: Colinette Jitterbug
Pattern: Vanilla
State: Sock one complete, sock two - 30%
Yarn: Ermm - pink shiny stuff
Pattern: Baby
State: Sock one complete, sock two - 20%
Yarn: Remains of schoppelwolle flying saucer
Pattern: Baby
State: Sock one complete
Yarn: Colinette Jitterbug
Pattern: Vanilla
State: Sock one complete - but I think a small child has worked on it so need some darning
Yarn: Yarn Yard Clan in Daffodil
Pattern: Vanilla
State: Sock one complete
Yarn: Lorna's Lace
Pattern: Vanilla
State: Both socks complete but one toe has come undone - so need to fix it - not even worn them yet!
Yarn: Yarn Yard - Magic Carpet
Pattern: Vanilla
State: About 50% of feet done
Yarn: Schoppelwolle
Pattern: One vanilla with a frilly top, the other circle sock
State: Sock one complete, sock two - approx 30% - going to have to buy another ball or have mismatching socks - whoops.
Yarn: Sassy Stripes
Pattern: Vanilla
State: Sock one complete - sock two cast on - but may frog it and restart so it will count as a 12 in 12mths sock
Yarn: Yarn Yard - Cairn
Pattern: Toe up gansey sock
State: About 30% through sock one
Pretty shocking line-up huh? The awful thing is I have a few more somewhere and it does not include the first of this month's socks - a Leyburn in Regia Kaffe Fassett.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Flying Saucer Socks
I had a knitting weekend last week. It was rather nice. On the Saturday my lovely friend had a house-warming barbecue in Perth and Kinross which was a convenient 20 minute drive from Knit Camp in Stirling. So, after a slow start, I dropped off the kids and husband at the party and headed off to knitting-ville.I won't dwell on the negative sides of Knit Camp as, to be honest, I knew I couldn't make any of the classes with the summer holidays on, so I just concentrated on the Market Place ;-) Although - my one (small) issue was that I paid in advance and was supposed to get a Goody Bag. I arrived late and there were none left. A disappointing start.
So the Market Place was lovely and I loved looking round the stalls. I picked up a yummy parcel from Natalie at The Yarn Yard. I also got to squish her lovely new lace yarn - crannog. (Also discussed here.) Boy is it squishy! I am looking forward to getting my hands on some when she has dyed up some more.
Also at the Market Place was Shilasdair - The Skye Yarn Company. I have looked at their site so many times and love it - but have never bought anything so it was lovely to see it in real life and I couldn't help but buy a lovely skein of their aran yarn in a deep red.
The lovely Vicki from Wild Fire Fibres was there. I have bought from her in the past and love her yarn. When I got to her stall she only seemed to have lilac left (I was there very late) so I just bought a couple of packs of DPNs from her.
What else did I buy? Oh bother - struggling to remember - I finally subscribed to Yarn Forward Magazine. I also bought a whole heap of buttons.
Oh - I know what else I bought - I went to the Knit 'n' Caboodle stall. I didn't realise it has recently been taken over by new people - and good luck to them. I bought some DPN tubes for sock projects which has come in very handy with my flying saucer - also bought from them. What on earth is a flying saucer? Well - it is a new sock yarn from Schoppel Wolle that is dyed as two threads so you get *identical* socks. The two threads are wound onto a core which spins - like a flying saucer... Check out this video to see it being unwound.
I have it in a pink/red/purple colourway. But - I am not winding mine in two balls and knitting from them. I am knitting two pairs of socks at the same time. Remember those needles I bought from Wild Fire and the DPN tubes I got - well they are all coming in very handy. I am basically knitting on 9 needles at the moment with one spare. It's fun - unwind a bit, knit a lot, swap sets, knit more, unwind a bit and so on.... I am loving it - just a plain vanilla sock (well two.) This means I may get my August socks done after all...
Monday, July 12, 2010
Sock Knitting
Forcing myself to knit 12 pairs of socks in twelve months is doing my knitting skills some good. Not only am I completing projects (for a change) but I am also learning new skills and challenging myself at the same time.
The two Wendy Johnson books are superb for this. She takes the sock apart into four elements - the toe (the two books I have are toe-up socks - so the toe is always first), the pattern/body (which usually starts on the upper part of the foot once the toe has been completed and then carries on up the leg), the heel and the cast off. Each part can be done in a number of way and it is simply a pick and mix to put your sock together.
At the moment I am on holiday in France and my holiday knitting, of course, is mainly sock knitting. Well apart from the baktus I started on the way and the gift I finished too. (And I optimistically packed some lace yarn - but don't think I am getting near it.) I am getting quite a lot of time to knit. I'm not keen on the long-haul driving so Martin does a lot of it leaving me time to knit, also all three kids are in the kids' club for the first time which means two or three sessions a day with lots of time to knit.
I brought along a vanilla sock to knit on the way - nice and mindless - and I completed that today (16th July ) with just the ends to sew in. For once it is a toe-up vanilla and is in Sassy Stripe - blues - which I have had hanging around my stash for ages. I do need to find the second skein though for the second sock. This sock has been great for knitting on the go with my Nic's Knots Japanese Knot Bag hanging from my wrist.
Details:
Pattern: Plain toe up using 'Socks from the Toe Up' - Wendy Johnson
Yarn: Cascade Sassy Stripes in blues bought from Get Knitted ages ago (I got a free lollipop!)
Needles: 2.5mm addi lace circular - 100cm
Started: Beginning of July 2010
Completed: July 16th 2010
Cast On: Figure of 8
Heel: Short Row
Body: Vanilla (plain stocking stitch)
Top: 2x2 rib for approx. 1"
Cast off: Russian cast-off
My second sock for this month is also from the Wendy Johnson book - 'Socks from the Toe Up'. It is the Traditional Gansey Sock and is a lovely pattern. It uses a combination of knit and purl to give a textured effect as used on Fishing Sweaters particularly on the East Coast of Scotland and Northern England. The pattern I chose to do is a simple V which Wendy comments looks like waves or seagulls - I agree. It's an interesting way of knitting and is satisfying to do - but is oh so slow... I am using Yarn Yard Caber (in a lovely lavender/grey) with 2.25mm needles and it is taking forever... I fear this will not be knit in time....
... so.... I have started a third sock this month. But first - a shopping trip. I managed to get a list of knitting shop in the Tours area and got the chance yesterday to go out, on my own, and find them. (Martin's day out - he did vineyards.) I found two of the three open and bought a little wool ;-) (Martin look away now...)
Shop one - Phildar - mainly a clothes shop with a small wool section at the back - think John Lewis. I bought some plain wooden buttons for the aforementioned gift. I wasn't particularly struck by their wool selection. No sock yarn, nasty needles and lots of cotton and acrylic yarn. I did buy a few things from their bargain buckets though.
6 balls of Canasta by Phildar (50g) - 79% viscose and 21% acrylic. Going to give this to my SIL as a wee shiny present for having DS1 to stay for a week ;-)
2 balls of Phil Lin by Phildar 50g, 45% viscose, 40% cotton, 15% linen. Could possibly use this for socks - but does it have enough give?
Then I went to another shop 'Anny Blatt'. I know nothing about this chain. They produce their own wool as well as selling other local wool (Spanish and French from what I could see.) They again had big bargain buckets full of acrylic nastiness. But - they had shelves of yumminess. I was very tempted by some lovely (but expensive) alpaca yarn and intreagued by some yak yarn. I settled on some merino wool in the end.
2 balls of Katia Merino Baby (50g) 100% merino in the perfect red. (One of these is being made into sock number three for this month - see below)
2 balls of Katia Merino Baby (50g) 100% merino in a lovely orange.
2 balls of Anny Blatt - Baby Blatt in Montana (50g) -100% wool.
I have plans for one pair of the orange or purple and am hoping the other pair will make a pair of socks. It seems the French haven't really discovered sock yarn in the shops yet (not the British are that good at it either - maybe I had the wrong shops...).
So - back to the sock knitting - it looks like the Gansey sock is not going to be finished on time and I noticed that Wendy Johnson has a 'quick sock' section at the back of the book ;-) So - I have cast on the Van Dyke Socks - which seems apt - you do know my middle name is Dyke? That's a story for another time. So I fortunately have a range of needles with me and cast this sock on last night. It's a lovely, simple lace knit and is knitting up super-fast.
Details so far:
Pattern: Van Dyke Socks from 'Socks from the Toe Up' by Wendy Johnson
Wool: Katia Merino Baby in a lovely, deep red
Needles: 2.75mm DPNs
Started: 15th July 2010
Cast on: Turkish cast on - 12sts increasing to 52sts
It is interesting how I am now so comfortable with the different ways of knitting socks and currently have socks cast using each of the three main techniques - DPNs, 2 circulars and 1 long circular. I am also less tolerant of mistakes - ripping out rows to fix a wrong stitch instead of saying it will do. Although I spot mistakes much sooner now and can 'feel' when something isn't right. It is also really pleasing how quickly I am picking up patterns and can now do more and more away from the safety blanket of the pattern. I have yet to turn a heel on my own though - one step at a time.
That's enough typing for now - need to knit.
The two Wendy Johnson books are superb for this. She takes the sock apart into four elements - the toe (the two books I have are toe-up socks - so the toe is always first), the pattern/body (which usually starts on the upper part of the foot once the toe has been completed and then carries on up the leg), the heel and the cast off. Each part can be done in a number of way and it is simply a pick and mix to put your sock together.
At the moment I am on holiday in France and my holiday knitting, of course, is mainly sock knitting. Well apart from the baktus I started on the way and the gift I finished too. (And I optimistically packed some lace yarn - but don't think I am getting near it.) I am getting quite a lot of time to knit. I'm not keen on the long-haul driving so Martin does a lot of it leaving me time to knit, also all three kids are in the kids' club for the first time which means two or three sessions a day with lots of time to knit.
I brought along a vanilla sock to knit on the way - nice and mindless - and I completed that today (16th July ) with just the ends to sew in. For once it is a toe-up vanilla and is in Sassy Stripe - blues - which I have had hanging around my stash for ages. I do need to find the second skein though for the second sock. This sock has been great for knitting on the go with my Nic's Knots Japanese Knot Bag hanging from my wrist.
Details:
Pattern: Plain toe up using 'Socks from the Toe Up' - Wendy Johnson
Yarn: Cascade Sassy Stripes in blues bought from Get Knitted ages ago (I got a free lollipop!)
Needles: 2.5mm addi lace circular - 100cm
Started: Beginning of July 2010
Completed: July 16th 2010
Cast On: Figure of 8
Heel: Short Row
Body: Vanilla (plain stocking stitch)
Top: 2x2 rib for approx. 1"
Cast off: Russian cast-off
My second sock for this month is also from the Wendy Johnson book - 'Socks from the Toe Up'. It is the Traditional Gansey Sock and is a lovely pattern. It uses a combination of knit and purl to give a textured effect as used on Fishing Sweaters particularly on the East Coast of Scotland and Northern England. The pattern I chose to do is a simple V which Wendy comments looks like waves or seagulls - I agree. It's an interesting way of knitting and is satisfying to do - but is oh so slow... I am using Yarn Yard Caber (in a lovely lavender/grey) with 2.25mm needles and it is taking forever... I fear this will not be knit in time....
... so.... I have started a third sock this month. But first - a shopping trip. I managed to get a list of knitting shop in the Tours area and got the chance yesterday to go out, on my own, and find them. (Martin's day out - he did vineyards.) I found two of the three open and bought a little wool ;-) (Martin look away now...)
Shop one - Phildar - mainly a clothes shop with a small wool section at the back - think John Lewis. I bought some plain wooden buttons for the aforementioned gift. I wasn't particularly struck by their wool selection. No sock yarn, nasty needles and lots of cotton and acrylic yarn. I did buy a few things from their bargain buckets though.
6 balls of Canasta by Phildar (50g) - 79% viscose and 21% acrylic. Going to give this to my SIL as a wee shiny present for having DS1 to stay for a week ;-)
2 balls of Phil Lin by Phildar 50g, 45% viscose, 40% cotton, 15% linen. Could possibly use this for socks - but does it have enough give?
Then I went to another shop 'Anny Blatt'. I know nothing about this chain. They produce their own wool as well as selling other local wool (Spanish and French from what I could see.) They again had big bargain buckets full of acrylic nastiness. But - they had shelves of yumminess. I was very tempted by some lovely (but expensive) alpaca yarn and intreagued by some yak yarn. I settled on some merino wool in the end.
2 balls of Katia Merino Baby (50g) 100% merino in the perfect red. (One of these is being made into sock number three for this month - see below)
2 balls of Katia Merino Baby (50g) 100% merino in a lovely orange.
2 balls of Anny Blatt - Baby Blatt in Montana (50g) -100% wool.
I have plans for one pair of the orange or purple and am hoping the other pair will make a pair of socks. It seems the French haven't really discovered sock yarn in the shops yet (not the British are that good at it either - maybe I had the wrong shops...).
So - back to the sock knitting - it looks like the Gansey sock is not going to be finished on time and I noticed that Wendy Johnson has a 'quick sock' section at the back of the book ;-) So - I have cast on the Van Dyke Socks - which seems apt - you do know my middle name is Dyke? That's a story for another time. So I fortunately have a range of needles with me and cast this sock on last night. It's a lovely, simple lace knit and is knitting up super-fast.
Details so far:
Pattern: Van Dyke Socks from 'Socks from the Toe Up' by Wendy Johnson
Wool: Katia Merino Baby in a lovely, deep red
Needles: 2.75mm DPNs
Started: 15th July 2010
Cast on: Turkish cast on - 12sts increasing to 52sts
It is interesting how I am now so comfortable with the different ways of knitting socks and currently have socks cast using each of the three main techniques - DPNs, 2 circulars and 1 long circular. I am also less tolerant of mistakes - ripping out rows to fix a wrong stitch instead of saying it will do. Although I spot mistakes much sooner now and can 'feel' when something isn't right. It is also really pleasing how quickly I am picking up patterns and can now do more and more away from the safety blanket of the pattern. I have yet to turn a heel on my own though - one step at a time.
That's enough typing for now - need to knit.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Mojo Socks Completed
So, so pleased - I have finished my Mojo socks.
The basic information:
Pattern: Mojo by Donyale Grant
Yarn: Yarn Yard Clan in autumn colours (my name for it)
Needles: 2.5mm circular (knitted on two circulars)
Changes: I made the second sock a little shorter on the foot as I found the concertina-ing of the pattern was stretching the first one.
Next time: The pattern calls for an afterthought heel - I think I would try a different heel next time. Also I think I would make the next pair matching. Oh - and finally - one of the socks calls for the sock to be turned inside out after knitting the toe and I don't think it is as neat as the other one.
Satisfaction: Lots and lots - loves this pattern :)
Close ups of the two socks here and here - with notes.
The basic information:
Pattern: Mojo by Donyale Grant
Yarn: Yarn Yard Clan in autumn colours (my name for it)
Needles: 2.5mm circular (knitted on two circulars)
Changes: I made the second sock a little shorter on the foot as I found the concertina-ing of the pattern was stretching the first one.
Next time: The pattern calls for an afterthought heel - I think I would try a different heel next time. Also I think I would make the next pair matching. Oh - and finally - one of the socks calls for the sock to be turned inside out after knitting the toe and I don't think it is as neat as the other one.
Satisfaction: Lots and lots - loves this pattern :)
Close ups of the two socks here and here - with notes.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Sock Knitting - June 2010
I've been busy working through my socks and thought I'd take a few in progress shots.
Interestingly the three socks I am working on at the moment each use a different method of knitting and I am definitely coming round to magic loop as my new favourite.
Sock 1: Nutkin using Yarn Yard Clan in Tanzelope (February 2010 Club Yarn)
Knitted on DPNs.
Sock 2: Mojo in Autumn Colours - Yarn Yard Clan:
Sock 3: Playing with Lizard Ridge in Royal Mail (Yarn Yard Clan - June 2010 Club Yarn)
Knitted using magic loop on one circular.
Now here is where I need some help. The yarn used in that last picture has a really unusual dye. It is half black then white, red, white. So - it forms stripes of mostly black and white with bits of red. To begin with a did a 2x2 rib and you can see how the red pools around the sock - I like that. Then I moved onto lizard ridge - following the pattern. This gave big blobs of colour - always with black in and then sometimes white and occasionally red.
So then I thought about trying to use just the red for the short rows of the lizard ridge. I worked out I was knitting on average 23 stitches with each stretch of red and worked out a size of 'bubble' to fit that. This time when I get to the red I start a bubble regardless of where on the needle I am - fortunately they don't seem to be stacking up along the sock but I think my blobs weren't the right shape. So - I then tried again with flatter bubbles. Hmm - you can't really see them on the photos. Anyway - big random blobs? or small red blobs? Or another pattern altogether?
Oh and before you ask - it's a water-bottle I used to put the socks on for the photos :)
Interestingly the three socks I am working on at the moment each use a different method of knitting and I am definitely coming round to magic loop as my new favourite.
Sock 1: Nutkin using Yarn Yard Clan in Tanzelope (February 2010 Club Yarn)
Sock 2: Mojo in Autumn Colours - Yarn Yard Clan:
Knitted on two circulars. My husband thinks this looks like an elephant condom - shame on him!!
Sock 3: Playing with Lizard Ridge in Royal Mail (Yarn Yard Clan - June 2010 Club Yarn)
Now here is where I need some help. The yarn used in that last picture has a really unusual dye. It is half black then white, red, white. So - it forms stripes of mostly black and white with bits of red. To begin with a did a 2x2 rib and you can see how the red pools around the sock - I like that. Then I moved onto lizard ridge - following the pattern. This gave big blobs of colour - always with black in and then sometimes white and occasionally red.
So then I thought about trying to use just the red for the short rows of the lizard ridge. I worked out I was knitting on average 23 stitches with each stretch of red and worked out a size of 'bubble' to fit that. This time when I get to the red I start a bubble regardless of where on the needle I am - fortunately they don't seem to be stacking up along the sock but I think my blobs weren't the right shape. So - I then tried again with flatter bubbles. Hmm - you can't really see them on the photos. Anyway - big random blobs? or small red blobs? Or another pattern altogether?
Oh and before you ask - it's a water-bottle I used to put the socks on for the photos :)
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
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.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Clan Obsession
I'll skip past the usual apologies for not posting for a while and move on to some knitting.
What do you think of this?
What do you think of this?
It's the start of a fairisle sock using the wonderful Yarn Yard Clan in Soot and Saffron. Lovely to knit with and I am loving the contrast. Can you see the problem? Probably not as you have no sense of scale from that shot. Well - for some unknown reason I cast on the same number of stitches and used my normal size needle (2.5mm) and expected them to be a good fit - yeah - well that didn't work out at all well. The sock has been frogged and now been cast on again with lots more stitches (72 - but maybe it should be 80?) Re-thinking the pattern too. The one above was corrugated rib and then a pattern taken from Alice Starmore's Fairisle book. Now I am thinking of doing Stained Glass Window Socks which look lovely - but just with the two colours.
In other sock news I have finished ONE - a mojo sock. Do you like it? It was a fun knit - and I must cast on the second one soon before it gets added to the single sock jar of doom. Knitted using autumn-coloured Yarn Yard Clan.
Such a cool sock - looks great off the foot too - all wibbly wobbly.
Also on my needles are some Slip-Stitch Socks in yummy daffodil coloured yarn. This yarn was especially dyed for me by Natalie from The Yarn Yard on what was otherwise a very blue day. (Huge thanks to Judy who insisted that I got some new yarn - what a lovely lady - do check out her blog!) Natalie asked what I would like and I roamed away from my normal colour range and looked out of the window onto some flowering daffodils - and this is the yarn to match. Isn't it gorgeous? And isn't Natalie talented? Oh yes!!
Excuse the blurry shot:
Oh this one is in focus:
Do you think I have a small Yarn Yard Clan obsession? Maybe a little ;-)
Here's my secret Clan stash (with a little Natural Dye Studio hidden in there):
Friday, February 27, 2009
February '09 Update
I have a lot of projects on the go at the moment so thought I'd give you a but of a run-down.
First of all I rounded up all the socks I have on needles to shame myself into finishing a pair...
Yarn: Lorna's Lace - Sassy Stripe
Pattern: Simple sock from the label on Colinette's Jitterbug
Progress - 1 complete and 25% of sock 2
Yarn: Colinette Jitterbug - Berry Coulis
Pattern: Simple sock from the label on Colinette's Jitterbug
Progress - 1 complete and just cast on sock 2
Notes - no ribbing at top of sock - plain knitting so curls (love that!) First sock is too small so either need to frog back or gift
Yarn: Can't remember - I suspect it has bamboo in
Pattern: Simple sock from the label on Colinette's Jitterbug
Progress - 1 complete and need to start no. 2
Yarn: Colinette Jitterbug (?)
Pattern: Simple sock from the label on Colinette's Jitterbug
Progress - 80% through no.1
Notes: Simple curl top and 1 x 1 rib on heel flap
Next up is a jumper I have cast on for Martin. I am using New Lanark's chunky wool which I had to phone up to order as it is not on their site. It is gorgeous yarn - in a mushroom colour with flecks of colour through it. The pattern is called Cheesy Puffs on account of the bumps that are created. I really like the pattern - nice and simple but the texture looks good. The photo doesn't do it justice - but it is a lovely knit. I want to check my measurements before I go any further though.
Also on my needles is my first lace project. Aptly named A Beginner's Triangle it is still causing me problems. But I guess it will get easier - there are just a few odd stitches that I need to master. I haven't got very far with it yet.
I finally finished knitting the squirrel mittens but still need to block them. They were a good exercise in mitten knitting and I learned that I knit really, really tight - these are adult size (apparently) but fit my five year old son!
The practice on the squirrel mittens was useful when I started the Posh Winter Cottage Mittens. I love the pattern on these and the yarn is gorgeous to work with. I went up a size or two on the needles to help with my tight knitting but have still not got it right. This is where I got up to before frogging them back completely as they were still too small. Maybe I need to make man-size mittens to get the right size!!
I do have other things on the needles - a secret present for XXX, a jumper for me, a scarf for Orla and a jumper for Orla - all are either secret or stagnating - must sort them out....
First of all I rounded up all the socks I have on needles to shame myself into finishing a pair...
Yarn: Lorna's Lace - Sassy Stripe
Pattern: Simple sock from the label on Colinette's Jitterbug
Progress - 1 complete and 25% of sock 2
Yarn: Colinette Jitterbug - Berry Coulis
Pattern: Simple sock from the label on Colinette's Jitterbug
Progress - 1 complete and just cast on sock 2
Notes - no ribbing at top of sock - plain knitting so curls (love that!) First sock is too small so either need to frog back or gift
Yarn: Can't remember - I suspect it has bamboo in
Pattern: Simple sock from the label on Colinette's Jitterbug
Progress - 1 complete and need to start no. 2
Yarn: Colinette Jitterbug (?)
Pattern: Simple sock from the label on Colinette's Jitterbug
Progress - 80% through no.1
Notes: Simple curl top and 1 x 1 rib on heel flap
Next up is a jumper I have cast on for Martin. I am using New Lanark's chunky wool which I had to phone up to order as it is not on their site. It is gorgeous yarn - in a mushroom colour with flecks of colour through it. The pattern is called Cheesy Puffs on account of the bumps that are created. I really like the pattern - nice and simple but the texture looks good. The photo doesn't do it justice - but it is a lovely knit. I want to check my measurements before I go any further though.
Also on my needles is my first lace project. Aptly named A Beginner's Triangle it is still causing me problems. But I guess it will get easier - there are just a few odd stitches that I need to master. I haven't got very far with it yet.
I finally finished knitting the squirrel mittens but still need to block them. They were a good exercise in mitten knitting and I learned that I knit really, really tight - these are adult size (apparently) but fit my five year old son!
The practice on the squirrel mittens was useful when I started the Posh Winter Cottage Mittens. I love the pattern on these and the yarn is gorgeous to work with. I went up a size or two on the needles to help with my tight knitting but have still not got it right. This is where I got up to before frogging them back completely as they were still too small. Maybe I need to make man-size mittens to get the right size!!
I do have other things on the needles - a secret present for XXX, a jumper for me, a scarf for Orla and a jumper for Orla - all are either secret or stagnating - must sort them out....
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