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2009 Knitting, Socks

March Wrap-up

By Sheetar 6 April 2009 6 April 2009

It’s time for another look at the knitting resolutions.

1. Clear the WIP queue from last year by the end of the month.
March down too, little to no progress. Maybe by the end of the year eh? I’ve re-started work on the lingering pair of socks that were struggling with second sock syndrome and should be done with those in a few days. As some kind of explanation, they’re toe up (NOT a fan of toe-up socks) and rather complicated – not something you can really take along with you to stitch n’ bitch. However, they are gorgeous and will be my first completed socks using the infamous Wollmeise. I managed to get a spot on the sock club for this year and haven’t been doing the yarn justice yet. I really hope to share those with you soon!

3. Knit one pair of socks per month
GOT IT!
Pattern: Lorna’s Laces basic socks
Designer: Kim Haesemeyer
Needles: US 2 (2.75 mm)
Yarn: Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock Multi
–Ravelry Project Link–

4. Spin four ounces of roving per month.
Got that too. Posted the results of that here.

8. Participate in another test knit.
See the socks above! When the pattern is available, I’ll put the link here.

2009 Knitting, Finished Objects, Resolutions, Socks, Spinning

Project updates

By Sheetar 1 February 2009 1 February 2009

January end-of-month update:
The knitting resolutions haven’t all been met (already, I know!).
1. Clear the WIP queue from last year by the end of the month.
Didn’t happen! I did clear out a bunch of things, but there are still two open WIPs from last year. Not bad though..

3. Knit one pair of socks per month
Got that one! One pair of socks per month is definitely manageable and I still have time to knit other things.
Pattern: Little Child’s Sock
Designer: Nancy Bush
Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
Yarn: Knit Picks Imagination in colorway â€œWicked Witchâ€
–Ravelry Project Link–

Nancy Bush can write a pattern like nobody’s business. It was so well written out, line by line, you just can’t but help be in awe of the time that must’ve been spent writing it out. The book, Knitting Vintage Socks, is becoming a fast favorite. The yarn is super soft and fun to knit with although the variegation obscures the pattern mostly. And see all that color pooling? I know it’s something knitters strive to fight against, but I just love it. It almost looks like tye dye on the stockinette part of the leg.

4. Spin four ounces of roving per month.
Didn’t quite make this one either. I got about an ounce of this superwash merion from Crown Mountain Farms (colorway “Sunshine of your Love”) done for the spin and knit along at Ply by Night on Ravelry. I’ve really gotta spend more time with the wheel in the evenings and maybe alternate nights between knitting and spinning. Plus, there’s a fun project coming up for next month with roving from dkKnits that I’m pretty antsy to get started on!

Finished Objects, Socks

Socks!

By Sheetar 13 January 2009 8 September 2023

The first two finished objects for the new year!

First, meet a test knit that I was working on for knottygnome. The pattern is called “Coin Toss“. This was my first test knit and I am really proud to have been part of testing out such a great pattern – it’s just enough to keep me engaged without being too complicated and was super fun to knit. The yarn is a new favorite and is delightfully squishy, and that colorway! It’s like purple chocolate. Gorgeous. Specs:
Pattern: Coin Toss
Designer: Knottygnome – Sara Peterson
Needles: US 2.5 (3.0mm)
Yarn: dkKnits technicolor dream toes in colorway “Wilder Wonka”
–Ravelry Project Link–
Eye Candy:

Next project! Handspun socks. This is the first project that I dyed the roving, spun the yarn and then knit the yarn. I wasn’t entirely happy with how the colors came out, but it’s a learning process I suppose and maybe next time everything will comply with my will. Specs for you..
Pattern: Generic top-down sock, from my head
Designer: none
Needles: US 1 (2.25mm)
Yarn: Handspun superwash merino
–Ravelry Project Link–

I suppose I should say here that I’ve been bitten by the Noro Striped Scarf bug having seen it all over the blogosphere including the Yarn Harlot‘s blog. I had seen it a while ago in a yarn store and bought the supplies right then and there to make it. They’ve been sitting in the stash quietly, but decided to go off and get noisy on me this week. I know I said I wasn’t going to start any new projects until I cleared out the UFO queue a bit, but two finished socks counts as cleaning house, right?! Besides, it’s winter and winter means scarves. Yep. This is me, hunting for justification to cast on a new project when I already have a bunch of UFOs. 🙂