Keeping on

I'm still knitting hope you all are doing what you can to stay safe. I do love a striping yarn. I took some Urth Uneek Sock yarn and turned it into socks for the hubby. Because who doesn't love stripy socks? Hubby sure does.

Are those not some beautiful socks? I pulled from the outside of the ball to reverse the color progression. I prefered the darker colors to not be hidden in the shoe.

I started these Sept 6, 2020 an finished them Dec. 5, 2020. Urth Uneek Sock Yarn in color 52. My standard plain 80 stitch formula for the hubby. I think these will be excellent antidote socks for blah days. I mean with that kind of color on your feet plus hand knit, come on!

I am finally making some progress on these fantastic socks for me. Speaking of color, shazam! Socks with a pattern always take me so much longer. I can't just blissfully go round and round, I have to actually pay a bit of attention. I do feel like I should make a few pairs of fancy socks every once in awhile. You know to keep up the old Knitter cred. But this conflicts with my goal of twelve pairs a year. Compromise is essential. The first one was knit mostly in 2020, which gives me an advantage on this year.

I will claim some spinning success this year too. I finally started a spinning notebook too. I always think I will remember what I do but that sure is hard when you're spinning natural colored fibers and you don't have a lot of breed knowledge. I'd like to think I could tell some long wool breed from merino but how good would I be at identifying merino from rambouillet? Not very good I can tell you.

 Not to fear in this case I spun Greenwood Fibers Polworth in the Hawaii colorway. It has even been plyed. This time I learned I have to measure out the lengths separately if I want three singles to ply. Spinning is a bit like socks for me. I'll keep on going till a sock is done or a bobbin is filled. No stopping. 

I also learned that I prefer to strip the braid vertically into three smaller portions rather than working a whole fat bundle to work my way across before progressing to the next color. I don't know if that makes any sense to you but hopefully I'll remember for my next project. 

Fingers Gotta Knit

I wanted to post on the anniversary of my ankle break, but sometimes it is best to leave sleeping cats lie. I will say I've been healing for a year now and am happy with my progress.

Now back to the knitting, shall we? I finally decided I have the brain power to learn something new. I'm knitting my first cardigan. I picked Mr Greenjeans since I admired it then and I have not used a Knitty pattern in a while. i have dubbed my ferion Teatime Cardigan, because it is a lovely dark brown and I will feel fancy wearing it.

I'm diving a wee bit back into the stash for some Valley Yarns Northampton yarn. Although my car is older than the yarn so it was not too deep stash, only from 2017. Hmm now I wonder how much of my stash is older than my car...

I just love the look of cables but I don't really love knitting them. I don't hate it but I guess I'm a stockinette girl at heart. This will be my first time knitting a button band and I will admit being a bit intimidated. The fear of incorrectly picking up stitches is strong in this one. I know it is fine I can always rip back but I can see the shark fin of fear circling me. Naa Na Naa Na.

Have no fear Momma I will protect you from, uhm... getting cold or getting up for a toilet break? I don't really have a job here and that's OK.

I did manage to finish a pair of socks for Hubby. I really liked the subtle coloring of these Hula Hut socks. Hey this yarn is the same vintage as the sweater yarn. How did I manage that?

For my own project management. Hula Hut Yarns Sock in Winkle. Bought at Oregon Flock and Fiber 2017. Cast on Dec. 11 2020 and Bound off Jan. 24 2021. My standard 80 stitch sock pattern. The first pair of the year.

I've been knitting on the next pair for quite a while. they are finally finished but alas without photos to show them off. Heck Hubby has not even tried them on yet. Maybe the next post. 

I of course cast on more socks because I am me and I still have a goal of knitting 12 pairs a year. So far I've got January and February pairs done but my fingers gotta knit!! 

 Happy knitting Y'all!