And Some Said It Would Not Happen -
Goblin Socks! TWO OF THEM!
With a lovely little picot edge.
I'm thrilled with how they turned out - I had split the yarn cake into 2 equal weight balls and knit them toe-up until I ran out of yarn. They're super squishy-comfortable. Not too much pooling, but some amazing stripery going on there, no?
I was inspired enough by these socks to start up another pair- using my awesome Spunky Eclectic Fiber Club "Celebration" handspun:
(These also, believe it or not, are DONE. Like, a PAIR OF THEM. I just need to take some pictures of them.)
And..........more handspinning! This is the lovely "Granite" colorway from Hello Yarn. I am quite pleased with how it turned out, and I still have another bundle of it left to spin up! I did this 2-ply, and managed to get around 417 yards of a (semi-consistent) fingering weight yarn. The colors are just lovely all together-like. I can't wait to knit this up into something, but what? Any ideas? I should hopefully end up with just over twice this much.
In the world of lace, well....I'll admit that I have not made much more progress on Hanami. I'm just shy of being halfway through it; perhaps I'll pick it up again this evening. I'm loving the Lacey Lamb yarn - and I had the opportunity to meet the woman behind Jade Sapphire, the importers of Lacey Lamb! She was thrilled to speak with a Lacey Lamb "consumer", and I was able to see a few more colorways that I was not aware of. Man oh man, I cannot say enough good things about that yarn - it is such a treat to work with - buttery soft, saturated colors, just stunning and wonderful in every way. But enough about that - let me show you my Wing O' The Moth!
I cast-on for this shortly after Max did about a week and a half ago. I've completed one pattern repeat (seems easy enough to get it stuck in the brain) and have since set it down. As this IS supposed to be for a knit-along, and the along-ing part has hit some traffic, I don't feel so guilty having not looked at this since I did that one repeat. Let me make a bit more progress on Hanami, then I promise I'll get back to this, okay? Unless, of course, you feel ready to dive back in, Max!
More to come! I just need to take some pictures to get back up to speed. Stay tuned for: Venus the sheep, in which I tackle wool straight form the shearing stage; more lace (of course); more spinning (naturally); my gallery of unfinished/abandoned projects; some quilting (I'll admit that I am posting on that largely to get a cheerleading squad together in order to complete them); and rainbows.
2 comments:
I think *you* were the one who said it wouldn't happen, Stacie! The rest of us were predicting that once you'd finished a pair of socks you'd start right in on another. And here we are at this pretty pass.
Nice-lookin Moth! I may be inspired, so I may. In the middle of a beautiful KPPPM EZ February baby sweater, but when that's done...
Well well well - so the "rest" of you predicted that I would head over to the dark side, eh? At this point, I think I am going to be on a 2 pairs a year schedule or something. All boring ones - none of this lacey schmancyness.
Let's get together and work on the Moth a bit. As you may be able to tell from that pic, lace is tough when starting - it really does not look like much! Just think about the blocked coronas.....
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