Bits and Pieces
I’ve finished a few small projects recently, which is good because I have things to show you, but bad because there are a few things I’ve been working on since the beginning of last summer that i want to finish! And they’re both pretty close. I’m just hitting finals week, so I think they’ll have to wait until winter break.
On to the fanciness!
Socks! It’s amazing how quickly they go on size 2 needles.
Yarn: Green Mountain Spinnery Sock Art - Meadow
Pattern: Chain Melody by Nicole Hindes
Needles: Granton Fibers Darn Pretty Needles US2
Pattern and yarn both wonderful! This yarn is 50% mohair, which I think it great for socks yarns. The pattern is great, though as usual for socks I didn’t follow it very closely. I usually get lazy and stop looking at the pattern after I have the stitch pattern down. That means my heels and toes are always Janet’s Standard Heel and Toe instead of whatever’s in the pattern. Janet’s Standard Heel and Toe are slightly modified versions of the Sensational Knitted Socks Standard Flap Heel and Toe. I figure, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Since I finished a pair of socks, of I had to start another, which is almost half done. Really happy with how these are coming out.
These are inspired by Mim’s Simple Trekking Socks. I used her stitch pattern and made it sock-wide, and used my own heel, toe, and stitch count.
There have been things going on that are not about socks. For one thing, I cut most of my hair off and was shocked and pleased to discover that, for the first time in my life, I look cute in hats!
So of course I had to knit a new one.
Yarn: Handspun by me from Real Vermonter Roving from A Piece of Vermont. Sadly, I believe this roving is no longer being sold. Details on the yarn here
Pattern: Improvised. Cast on 88, knit k2p2 ribbing for a while, knit stockinette for a while, decrease every other row for a while, decrease every row for a while.
Needles: US8
This yarn mystifies me. Check this out:
How did I manage to spin yarn that is partially self-striping? All I did was spin the first half of the roving, spin the second half, and then ply them together. I can understand getting lucky and getting the colors to align just right to make stripes, but in only part of the yarn? How does that work? See how it starts out a random jumble of colors and turns into striping? Very strange.
And last but not least, just because:
Yarn: More of my handspun, from Abby’s Tiramisu batts. Details here.
Pattern: Modified Accidental Girly Mitts. I knit them in the round and added an afterthought thumb.
Needles: Grafton Fibers Darn Pretty Needles US3 (I love these needles - bought them in sizes 1 and 3 when they become available from the manufacturers online).
Soft! Pretty! I love fingerless mittens!
Now it’s time for Christmas knitting, I’ve-been-working-on-this-for-months-and-it-needs-to-be-done knitting, and I-lost-a-bet knitting.