Having just finished my 2019 Advent socks, I have wound up the yarn for the 2020 version. The colors are very different in this particular year.
I still plan to do my basic 68 stitch vanilla toe up sock with an afterthought heel. I just need some knitting where I can autopilot. I will do the normal white toes and white heels. I haven’t decided how I will work the cuffs. I could mix it up and do the white?
Happy Knitting!!
I was digging through my stash of finished hats for some gifts for coworkers and I stumbled across a hat with some broken stitches! This is the Dream State Musselburgh Hat that needs a little repair.
I grabbed some scrap worsted weight yarn and tried to do my best to catch and close up all the live stitches
I did a better job on the patch on the left than I did for the one on the right. The red peaks through a little but the hat won’t unravel now. And it can go back into the bin for winter!
Happy Knitting!!
The 2019 Cozy Knitter Advent Socks are done and dusted!!
Pattern: My own 68 stitch toe up vanilla sock “recipe”
Needles: US 1s
Yarn: Cozy Knitter Advent Striping Sock Yarn – 2019 advent color
The finished socks weighed out to half the advent skein and 20 grams of the contrast white mini skein. I racked up 275 yards in this finished project. I am not sure this set of stripes is my most favorite from the Cozy Knitter. But they make wonderful socks for cold winter days.
Now I need to dig up the 2020 advent skein and start on the next pair! Happy Knitting!!
The decreases for the Juneau Woolies Hat have been sorted and I have a FO!
Pattern: My own 88 stitch basic beanie “recipe”
Yarn: Juneau Woolies Cozy Toes Sock Yarn in Chum colorway and Cascade Yarn Kid Seta mohair
Needles: US 8
I ended up using 37 grams of the sock yarn and 16 grams of the mohair. This resulted in a 356 yard hat that is light as a feather. I have a ton of the sock yarn leftover to make another decent sized project. I am still working on finishing my second Boreal Hat so I should shift my mojo to finishing that project instead of starting a new hat.
Happy Knitting!!
My 2019 Cozy Knitter Advent Socks are ready for heels to be added!
This is where I left off last night all cuddled up in my PJs. I decided that right before bed was not the time to do a ton of counting and working tiny stitches. I have spent the past few nights listening to my Miss Marple audio book and trying to power through these sock stripes. And it worked! I finished all 24 advent stripes.
I have wound up the remainder of the advent skein to use for later. I am still considering sending the second halves of many of my advent skeins to be made into sock snakes. That way I can just knit in heels, toes and cuffs much faster. But for now, I need to work on heels so I can score some more KAL points!
Happy Knitting!!
My book club had a really fun outing this month. We all managed to get tickets to an author event at the library.
There is a new Miss Marple book for the first time in 50 years! We had the great pleasure to listen to Lucy Foley talk about her book and how she writes.
And as a bonus, we all got copies of the book! Our book club is reading this for our next month meeting. I am doing a combination of reading and listening, switching back and forth as my schedule works. The book has four main suspects or character groups so it takes some brain space to keep up with the plot as the Agatha Christie style of writing is very complex and delicious.
Happy Reading!!
Fall sports are winding down and I am on my last few hours of sitting waiting for lessons to finish. My Juneau Woolies Hat is ready for decreases.
This hat has been delightful. The Kid Seta is so very soft knit up with the sock yarn. This hat feels almost weightless it is so light. The marbling and flecks in the sock yarn peak out nicely from from the halo of the mohair.
Now I just need golf to be over so I can go home and get my DPNs to start the decreases! Happy Knitting!!
Hello from the indoor trampoline park! The 2019 Cozy Knitter Advent Socks are getting some love while I watch cupcakes being inhaled.
I am just trying to work these in tandem and keep the socks even. No other reason than it makes my brain happy. I may need to put the yarn tails on the inside as they tickle my hands when I am knitting.
It has been a delightful afternoon listening to my audio book, watching Jellybean and his friends and make neat little stitches on this sock.
Happy Knitting!!
I had a second cast on this weekend from my snuggle puddle with Duke. This time I am casting on the Coorie In Poncho by Amy Palko.
Ironically, Coorie In is Scots for snuggling in. So I thought the cast on was aptly timed! This is bubblegum pink Merino Cashmere from Treasure Goddess I picked up last year. I want to make a poncho for PB. It will literally be the softest thing I have ever made for her.
Now I have two hats, one pair of socks and a poncho on the needles for the 2026 Pigskin Party KAL and just need more time to knit!!
Happy Knitting!!
My Juneau Woolies Hat now has a brim. I started to feel like the 2×2 ribbing would never end.
It really didn’t take that long as I am working on US 8 needles. I was just ready to be done with purling. Folded in half the brim is roughly 3 inches so a nice thick section over the ears for warmth. Now I can cruise and cruise through stockinette.
I will learn from my Boreal Hat and work to make a taller hat body than last time. Go for more of a slouch rather than a skull cap.
Happy Knitting!!
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