Scrappy Christmas socks are coming together! I have a little more to go until the heel turn, then just the legs. They fit really well so far, and it is nice to be using up some of these miniskein sets! Are you doing any Christmas in July things – crafty or otherwise?
I had started working on Niazuma (Ravelry link) much earlier this year, and then put it aside to work on Arachne and a couple other projects. When I picked it back up a little while ago, there was just the front to finish. Originally I was hoping to get done by the end of the… Continue reading Niazuma Done!
I’m a little late with this post, but close enough to halfway 🙂 At the start of the year I set myself some goals to get accomplished this year. Specifically, I planned to knit:– 6 pairs of socks, and – 6 sweatersSo how is it going? Close to on plan, surprisingly! I have done 3… Continue reading 2020 – Halfway Through (Thank God!)
Slow but steady progress on my scrappy stripey Christmas socks – hopefully there will be more stripe to show by next week! Are you doing Christmas in July socks? How are they going?
A couple weeks ago, I tried unsuccessfully to use a pretty wildly variegated yarn with a cowl pattern that used lace and texture stitches, which did not work. Both parts of the project were great individually, but not great together – this left me with a pattern and some yarn that I needed to do… Continue reading Bat Cowl!
After poking around in my stash, I found some lovely charcoal gray sock yarn that I had actually just unraveled from a shawl I wasn’t wearing to use in my Christmas scrappy stripe socks. So here’s what I’ve got: Please excuse the terrible indoor nighttime photo – will get a better one as things progress.… Continue reading Stash to the Rescue!
I’ve been poking around my stash trying to figure out what to make Christmas socks out of, and came up with this: They are Christmas mini sets from Gnome Acres that I’ve had for a couple years, and have not been able to figure out what to do with them. So I think I’m going… Continue reading Christmas In July Socks
It’s blocking right now, and then I have a few ends to weave in, but basically it’s done! I promise I will write about something else tomorrow 🙂
and knitting and knitting and knitting… I was very much hoping to be done with this today, and was on track to finish, but then some events happened and I’m here. Halfway through the ribbing. So. 8 more rows of ribbing, and the bind off. Here’s hoping for no more distractions tomorrow!
Quite A Yarn 