Look what I found in the WIP bin in the basement…
I pulled my Mother’s Day cast on project from hibernation. This is the Old Man Of Storr shawlette. I’m still in the garter section trying to get to 52 garter ridges. I’m around 38 last I counted. The yarn is heavenly to touch and the garter is soothing. But as is the case with most center out shawls….the rows are getting longer and longer. This shall be a test of my patience!
Happy Knitting!!
The Memory Blanket is still growing!
I’m not sure why I have such a drive to work on this. I know in my knitterly brain that this is a long haul project and it will likely take months or years to finish to a decent size. But the square are just so satisfying!
Enough of this blather as I’m sure you are tired of it. Just enjoy the picture of the pretty precious!
Happy Knitting!
The Roller Rink Disco socks have felt the love lately!
I’ve completed the foot and turned the gusset heel. I’m really becoming fond of this yarn and the color. The short color sections really blend oranges, pinks, and purples into something eye pleasing. And the fabric has a lovely hand to it.
I’m now torn as to how to finish the leg. I’m leaning towards a 2×2 rib instead of my normal stockinette leg with ribbed cuff. Just thinking about it to switch things up. With the added bonus that these might be a smidge small and the ribbing will forgive a lot of sins!
Happy Knitting!!
I fell down the Etsy rabbit hole and found more mini skeins….
These are more minis from AndreaInBlue on Esty. I needed some solid colors to break up my stripey and variegated blocks. That’s totally logical right? Just don’t tell my husband….
Happy Knitting!
Did you read the title in your best gollum voice? I did 😊
My memory blanket grows again! I’m seriously and thoroughly addicted to this. And I’m running low on scraps!!
Time to break into some full skeins…
These socks are on the home stretch!
I’ve turned the heel and started up the leg. These are for a size 13 men’s foot and have 72 stitches. I feel like these have a weird time warp where I knit and knit but don’t get anywhere, Harrumph! I think this means I’m ready to be done with these socks….
I was lucky to secure some Twist Fiber Studio Montford Fingering in the Roller Rink Disco color way as part of my 2016 sock yarn experiment. I grew up in too rural of an area to have access to a roller rink but as a child of the 80s/90s I felt drawn to it…
My brain space is still at a minimum so I’m once again working toe up vanilla socks over 68 stitches. Probably with a gusset heel but I haven’t decided completely. I go these started at the Royals game last weekend so they would count for #batterupkal2016!
I was surrender by Muggles but only a couple people noticed and commented. They were very nice comments, I was pleased!
Happy Knitting!!
The hubby and I stole some special time to celebrate our forthcoming 9th wedding anniversary. We live close enough to Kansas City that we made a BBQ and baseball date!
The rain held off and the Royals even won!
I snuck in the obligatory “knitting” at the ballpark…
I’ll catch you up on this new project later this week. Happy Knitting!!
My Camo Vanilla socks got some unexpected love this past weekend. We had a last minute babysitter and the husband and I snuck off to a movie at the $2 theater. The movie was terrible but I got 2+ hours of knitting!
I’m an inch away from startingthe heel gusset. Fingers crossed I can get these done in June for the Down Cellar Studio’s 12 months to Christmas KAL!
I also got a little knitting snuck in on Fathers Day as I watched my almost two year old try to cope with the physics of a spinning sprinkler 😃
Happy Knitting!
“The Blanket” is growing again!
I’m at 31 and a 1/2 squares. I’m officially breaking in to some full skeins to add more to this blanket. It’s just so dang soothing and gratifying to work on I can’t stop!
I still don’t love picking up the stitches but sharp tipped needles help quite a bit. And I’ve fallen behind on my weaving in of ends (I’ve hidden them cleverly under the blanket). Perhaps I’ll catch that up during lunch today?
Happy Knitting!
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