Holiday Monday

This is Thanksgiving week meaning a short week at work for me. Additionally, we will be traveling this week to see my husband's grandmother who will celebrate her 100th birthday on Friday. We also have our 35th wedding anniversary which falls on Thanksgiving Day this year.

On to knitting....I finished the Hermoine's Everyday Socks by Erica Lueder in the Knit Picks Stroll Handpainted Lily Pad Multi colorway. I really like how they turned out. They still need to be washed and blocked.

I started on the SKA November sockdown Moody Stockings also by Erica Lueder, mystery sock which is a wonderful pattern. The yarn I was using was too busy of a colorway for the texture to really show through so I will start again with a more neutral yarn.

One new skill I am trying to learn that I heard about from The Knit Girllls podcast is the afterthought heel for socks. I understand that this is an Elizabeth Zimmerman method but its new to me. I got a stripping yarn from Knit Picks, Felici in the Minty colorway which is best shown off with an afterthought heel. I was having some issues with figuring out how to get the right measurement for the heel to the toe from where I put the waste yarn for the heel. So, I tried a toe up sock, which I don't do very well, so that I could figure out how the foot was constructed. First I put on too few stitches for the toe, I like it to be 12 across on each needle and then the increases weren't working right. But I think I have it ok now. Will put up a picture when I get a little father.

I received the fiber from Never Enough Thyme Yarn. Jayne Chouinard is the owner and she got my fiber in the mail immediately. Its a beautiful braid of superwash merino/bambo/nylon blend. I haven't had time to work with it but I can't wait.

I received the order I had placed with Knit Picks as well. I purchased 100gr balls of Blue Yonder Stroll and Kindling Stroll Tonal, and 2-50 gr balls of Frosting Stroll. The Blue Yonder is, of course, blue; Kindling is brown; and Frosting is a soft pink, brown and white. The Frosting will be a shawl for me, blue will be the Advent Scarf for a gift and the brown is great for socks.

That's the weekend update. During our travels, I will be taking some Bernat cotton to knit the washcloths I will be giving as gifts. I might take the top up/afterthought heel socks too.

Happy Knitting all!!