My Frankensocks have done a lot of traveling but not received a lot of progress.
I have slogged my way through the first two colors of yarn and into the third. All while starting the gusset heel on the first sock. I have the second sock set up to do it’s heel right after this one.
I just need a few more gymnastics lessons and a boost of dopamine to get my butt in gear on my knitting!!
Happy Crafting!!
I have been MIA for a bit with low MOJO and high work stress. I did take my In The Light Blues Take Two to a work retreat and manage to complete all the way to the third fade.
This was like a solid 8 hour day and then a second half day of 3 hours. Not too shabby of progress in my opinion. I am worried that I will come up short. Basically for the first two colors I worked until I literally ran out of yarn and then moved on. So I have no scraps, at all!
But this means I didn’t always get to the stitch count the pattern indicated to have when working the transitions. I fear I may be playing yarn chicken later. I am in the last color and just need to get to the total count for the lace portion.
Happy Knitting and Wish Me Luck!
I have been a little low energy lately and my crafting has been….intermittent. I did however finally force myself to finish spinning the dang orange singles on my advent spin.
I am not sure this next bag is any better as it is full of stellina. The wool fiber mixed in is nice but I am getting glitter everywhere. This is spinning finer and faster than the orange. It’s kinda weird to not know/remember what fiber this was supposed to be.
This spin is just a “let go and it will be something” kind of project. Definitely one where done is better than perfect!
Happy Spinning!!
The In The Lights Blues is DONE!
Pattern: In The Light by Casey Day-Crossier (Rav Link)
Needles: US 7s
Yarn: Random single skeins of sock yarn, see my Ravelry page.
Mods: I didn’t follow the fade pattern and this ended up using five colors instead of three
This finished shawl weighs approximately 220 grams of yarn or roughly 972 yards of yarn. This would have been a great stash buster if I had mathed differently the the beginning. Hence my In the Light Blues, Take Two shawl…..
The last color I added ended up being a VERY dark transition. I am not sure how I feel about it but it is what I completed. Still a very wearable shawl but the fade had some lines in several areas. It did, however, block and relax beautifully and I can never be mad at that.
Happy Friday and Happy Knitting!!
I have completed the first color transition of the In The Lights Blues Take Two shawl.
I was able to get almost the full (as written in the pattern) fade done and use up every last bit of the first skein of yarn. This fully used up the Chromatic Yarns Sturdy sock in True Sight and I could move that stash to All Used Up. The best feeling!
I am just now having to adjust this next section with using my middle color. I just just work in pattern until I get to the next number of total stitches before the the third and final fade. I have a ton of this yarn so I am hoping it will be okay, lol.
Happy Knitting!!!
I started watching Veronica Mars as a evening binge watch. And turns out that is not good counting knitting….my Bibliophile 2 has a sleeve that needs ripped back.
Not only did I not use the correct pattern instructions, I didn’t even count correctly in an attempt to do the wrong set of instructions. It is meaningful enough and soon enough in the sleeve to just rip back. It would be WAY worse to try and repeat this hodge podge of mistakes on the second sleeve.
Sigh, I guess I get to enjoy this yarn a little while longer! I think I will roll back to that first locking teal stitch marker.
Happy Frogging!!
My Frankensocks are finally getting some new love. And I am using my sock ruler 🙂
The first sock (left) are almost all out of green and right at 7 inches. The second sock still needs another inch of foot to get to my 7 inches. Then I should be able to attach my next yarn and start the gusset heel.
The first one went so fast and the second one is the same amount of stitches and taking approximately 1,999 years. Isn’t that how knitting goes?
Happy Sock Knitting!!
My TBR hasn’t moved much in the last several months. At least when it comes to physical books. It’s hard for me to knit and read a physical book so here lately I have been leaning towards audio books.
And I took Jellybean to Barnes and Noble to replace a book he had lost (or gotten stolen) and I fell victim to some good covers and great synopsis. I picked up these two books to add to my shelf. They are fiction and both have great Goodreads ratings so I have high hopes.
Maybe these will go on summer vacation with me!!
I am still working a little on my In The Light Blues Take Two while the In The Light Blues is on the home stretch.
This shawl is reversing the order and going dark to light so I can maximize the use of the leftover yarn. I used less of the light colors in the first version so I have more left. This first one is the Chromatic Yarns Sturdy Sock in True Sight.
I am following the actual pattern verbatim this time. So I don’t have any math to do this time, just counting. And so far so good this time, just rhythmic stitches forming on needles. I think that is a big reason I keep going back to this pattern for shawls. It consumes A TON of one off skeins of sock yarn and it is an easy brain hug pattern.
Happy Knitting!!
A very dear work colleague has turned 50. And the work team is celebrating her. She has done a lot of work to help me so I decided to meet her where she is. She is a basket giving lady so I made her a basket!
The party theme is Taylor Swift’s Opalite. So I went to Home Goods and found some coordinating paper, basket, candle, beads (she makes bracelets), frame, chocolate and I added the two Swiftie Hats I made.
I can’t wait for her to see this basket! I am pretty proud of myself!!
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