My #sockswithsarah progress has been slow but progressing. I finally finished my first plain rye sock.
I’m using Knit Picks Swish Worsted in Squirrel Heather using the Rye pattern by TinCanKnits.
And to avoid SSS or second sock syndrome I’ve already cast on the mate!
Are you following along with Socks With Sarah?
I haven’t exactly been a ball of fire lately but I’ve finally made some progress on a hat for Jellybean.
I’m making the smallest size of Barley by Tin Can Knits. The yarn is Knit Picks Brava worsted in Wine.
This had been a quick and easy knit so far. Excellent for pregnancy brain knitting, lol. I’m itching to make some sort of Minion hat for Jellybean too. I just need to get my needles free!!!
The birds finally accepted my offerings! Remember my cobbled together “yarn feeder” I put out last summer? Well it sat completely full all summer, fall and winter. I guess I missed prime best building season.
But spring has sprung and my yarn bits are quickly disappearing!
And they don’t appear to be picky. The cotton, wool, blends, and acrylic are all being used.
Now if only I could spot some nests with my bright bits sticking out!
Balancing my fatigue/all the time mornning sickness and desire to make adorable things for Jellybean is killing me! I have barely started my hexi-ghan. And by barely starting, I mean I have picked out two colors to alternate stripes in red-ish cotton and purple cotton.
Maybe I need something smaller and portable? After my success with Rye by Tin Can Knits, I thought about Barley by the same designer….
(All photo rights to Tin Can Knits and their Ravelry page)
A nice worsted weight project with some neat design elements without being too masculine or feminine. Maybe in some nice Knit Picks Brava Worsted in a nice deep wine color?
Happy Wednesday!
Hallelujah and Praise the fiber gods!! My happy hamlet of Topeka, KS has officially opened a LYS!
I introduce to you….Yak ‘n Yarn!
They are all about knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving, and so much more! I have been following their Facebook page and their Grand Opening at the end of March. They are going to even offer classes and Knit Nights! My inner knitting nerd is doing back flips! They have sort of odd hours right now so I sadly haven’t been able to get in there and explore the store. I am definitely going remedy that soon!
What is your favorite part of having a LYS near you?
I think I have found my next project and it’s perfect for my current knitting mood! I give you Hexi-ghan by verybusymonkey!
(Photo credit to @verybusymonkey and Hexi-ghan Rav page)
This afghan beauty is knit one hexagon at a time. After the first one you pick up some of the stitches from your finished hexagon to start the next one. So no seaming!!! This is the perfect project for my mood right now. Instant gratification when you complete a hexagon but it builds to a larger project.
I am planning to use up my stash of Bernat Cottontots cotton. Which is sadly discontinued now! (If anyone has any Cottontots hanging out in their stash they want to bargain/trade/donate PLEASE let me know. I seriously love this stuff!!)
I haven’t decided if I want to do colors by rows or just knit the colors randomly as I go. Do I want a patterned design or free form art….what would you do?
After my hiatus from blogging/knitting the past couple of months, I haven’t been able to generate much interest in any of the WIPs I had on the needles. And I can’t knit something I don’t love, so I did some organizing!
2014 Stashbustin’ #11: Henry’s Sweater – FROGGED
Undated/Unnamed Baby Girl cotton baby blanket – FROGGED
2014 Stashbustin’ #5: Antrose – HYBERNATING
Calorimetry Headband – FROGGED
2014 Stashbustin’ #13: A Plain Rye Sock – ACTIVE WIP
Call it a Spring Clean! I just couldn’t bring myself to work on any of these so I made a frog-it or stash-it decision. Only my Antrose and Plain Rye Socks made it safely out of the frog pond. Antrose is great but it’s a lot more project than I want right now, so it’s safely tucked away! I’m hoping to start my second Plain Rye sock soon!
But all this begs an important question, what to do next? Pardon me, I’m off to peruse my Ravelry queue!
I managed to get my mitts on a new book. And I’m beyond in love with it!
Knit to Flatter by Amy Herzog!! I’ve only had time to read the first few pages and flip through the designs. I did manage to snag my seamstress/genius mother to take my measurements and plug them into the measurements page.
I’ve already fallen in love with some of the projects. How amazing is this Flutter Pullover? I’m not ready to dive into a sweater project just yet. So I’m content to just drool for now.
Has anyone else out there knit a project from this book? I’d love to hear your experiences!
I finally have a FO to show!!! 2014 Stashbustin’ #12 is in the books!
Pattern: Assisted Hatchling by Elizabeth Ditchburn Dew
Size: 3 months
Yarn: Caron Simply Soft in Pagoda
Needles: US 8 circulars and US 8 DPNs
I used 217.7 yards of yarn or about 117 grams. This was just over half of one skein of yarn. The pattern is free and well written. I would definitely make this one again. My bind off at the hem went kind of wonky. Even blocking didn’t fix it all the way. Can’t decide if it bothers me enough to rip out and redo, lol. I do love the open neck detail that makes sure it fits over babies big noggin.
Now I just need to add buttons at the next. Nothing in my “button stash” fits the character of this garment. So I need to go shopping. Or….I’m seriously considering snaps. How easy would those be for a new mommy to fasten!? Any thoughts from the blogging world?
I have been woefully neglectfull of my #SockswithSarah KAL. My knitting mojo kind of went out the window during February and March. All I could manage was a few stitches here and there and only every so often.
But over time those stitches add up! At my last update on this sock I was halfway down the leg. Now I’ve turned the heel and I’m working down the foot.
This project is mindless and portable….and right up my alley at the moment. I’m not into committing to a huge WIP right now and I DEFINITELY don’t want to have to think too hard!
What is your go-to mindless knitting project?
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