Another day, more couch rotting with coughing and drinking warm tea. We are starting to feel better but the fatigue and coughing are lingering! It’s good news for my Boreal Hat which now has a finished brim and ready to start the main body.
This hat sheds like a son of a gun and the mohair gets everywhere. But the fabric is going to be ever so warm and cozy. And now I can catch up on Ted Lasso Season 4 today and see how much hat body I can create.
Happy Knitting!!
We are really suffering with a lingering upper respiratory bug in this house. It’s all I can do but to just sit on the couch. It has meant that I have made some pretty good progress on my Boreal Hat.
This hat is coming out more marbled that I had imagined. I was hoping for a softer green but the grey is sticking out more as a contrast. I am several inches into the brim, but I think another inch before I do the brim turn. Surely the book, diet coke and knitting will make the germs go away faster!
I have my first cast on for the 2026 Pigskin Party KAL. These are some self striping socks from the Cozy Knitter. I am still working on the backlog of previous advent calendars. This newest pair is the 2019 colorway.
I used the contrast color (white) to cast on the toes and then after some school events and sitting at sports practices….I have several rows of color added! This is my “recipe” for my own toe up vanilla sock with an afterthought heel. It’s 68 stitches on US 1 needles. And I’ll work the afterthought heel with some added depth for my high instep.
Happy KAL and Happy Knitting!!
The 2018 Advent Socks are extremely close to being done.
I cut the heels in last week and got the live stitches on the needles. I have just been avoiding knitting the actual heels. I do a modified afterthought heel where I add extra plain rows when I start the heel and methodically work down to the alternating decrease row/plain row pattern. This creates a deeper heel that fits my specific foot better. The fabric doesn’t slip down into the foot portion nearly as badly.
Both of these are ready for Kitchener and I’m feeling the task avoidance….
Happy Knitting!!
The tubes are done for the 2018 Advent Vanilla Socks!
I measured and cut in for where my heels need to go. It’s so hot here in Kansas that I plan to skip the wool and do some reading in the basement where the air doesn’t hurt my face. But I think another evening of swim lessons or indoor gymnastics and I will have finished heels. And therefore finished socks!
I will have half a skein of the self striping left. I am formulating an idea where I save the second halves of all my advent skeins and send them off to be machine knit into snakes….stay tuned….
Happy Knitting!!
It just finished storming here in the Midwest and is forecasted to start to reach temperatures close to the surface of the sun. So why not finish a DK weight sweater? The Bibliophile 2 is almost done!
I have in fact used my measuring tape to figure out when to stop instead of just using up all the rest of my skein that is attached to the work. I don’t need a knitted dress.
This thing is cast off and I did a quick bath in the sink. Bright side to the heat? This thing is drying quickly in the constant flow of A/C from the floor vent. Plus I popped it outside in the sun for a couple of hours to speed up the process.
Next up, I just need to weave in the rest of my ends and take FO photos. In 100 plus degree heat…..Sigh
Happy Knitting!!
The 2×2 hem is growing on my Bibliophile 2. I’m on the home stretch, I think? I have over an inch thus far on these tiny needles.
PB has passed level three swim and I got to enjoy an only sort of hot Saturday morning in the shade. My ball of yarn is shrinking but I’m also making growing progress on the hem. It’s just a race now!
Happy Knitting!!
Okay, I honestly have slogged through the rest of the stockinette body of my Bibliophile 2. By It wasn’t that much in reality but I was ready to be done.
I have gone down needle sizes. One more even than the sleeves. Why? I couldn’t find my 5s so I used 4s. This Berroco Vintage DK really relaxes anyway so I don’t think the difference will be noticeable. (Fingers crossed)
Now I just have inches and inches of 2×2 rib to do. I have a pretty good chunk of skein left. My plan might be to knit the rest of this skein and not crack into the last skein unless I absolutely have to.
I’ll see how much this skein makes in fabric.
Happy Knitting!!
I pulled my 2018 Cozy Knitter Advent socks from my work bag the other evening for a night meeting and the project bag was SOAKED.
Honestly it was both wet and stained a pink/orange color. I have NO idea what could have happened. It didn’t smell bad and I don’t remember putting any liquids inside my work back pack. It was bizarre
Luckily, the bag seems to have held the damage. I couldn’t inspect the socks in the moment and I kept knitting because they felt dry to the touch. But I pulled them out at home and I don’t sees any discoloration. I have since put them in a new bag and I am putting the project bag through the wash. And now I will always wonder how to solve this mystery….
Happy Knitting!
Okay, the Bibliophile 2 needed some tweaking. I let the sweater fully block and dry before I tried it on. And it was….interesting.
The sleeves were WAY too long and the body was not long enough. Which is fine, as all hte stitches were still live. So I ripped back 2 inches of each sleeve and cast off. I can still cuff each sleeve or let them go past the wrist to my knuckles unfolded.
And then I need to keep knitting on the body. I think at least another inch to two inches on the body before I start the 2×2 ribbing for the hem. I don’t want to be tugging at the lenght but I also don’t want to be swimming in length either. This will surely test my math skills with the blocked versus unblocked gauge.
Happy Knitting!!
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