November 13, 2012

Morning!!

It's Tuesday and I am enjoying my day off by knitting socks and catching up on The Knit Girllls podcast. I really enjoy their videos. I have learned a lot but mostly it helps me not feel so alone in this passion of knitting and fiber. This blog does that as well.

I wanted to do an update on the Sock Knitters Anonymous KAL for November. I had originally cast on the Amble by Alison Clayton. It was really a struggle to begin the pattern. I knit the cuff and lost my way so I tinked back to the ribbing, and tried again. No go, so I rip it back completely and redid the ribbing and still lost the count. So, because this is supposed to be a challenge and not frustration, I have exercised my option to change my pattern!! Yesterday I cast on Hermione's Everyday Socks by Erica Lueder instead. I absolutly love the way that the colors of the yarn are working with the texture of this pattern. All in all it turned out to be a good choice. Also, this is a pattern that I can finish this month without it interferring too much with my Christmas list.

I worked just about exclusively on the socks so didn't get very far with any of the other things that I have on the needle. One thing I'm working on is an afghan for a gift out of Sensations (Joanns) Black Rainbow Boucle Multi. I'm knitting it in just a garter stitch on size 9 needles. The boucle of the yarn would not allow for any kind of pattern but it will be a light cover for winter and the colors are awesome. It is mostly black with random pops of all kinds of colors. I'll post a picture soon.

I still have the hitchhiker on the needle. I needed the needles that I was using for the scarf so I put the end caps on the cable to use the needles. That is the wonder of the interchangeable needles from Knit Picks. I have the entire set of the nickel plated needles and I have the size 4 and 6 of the acrylic set and I have the size 7 on order. I really like the Zephry needles that just knit like the wind!!

I wanted to quickly make a correction from yesterday. I mentioned that Spin Monkeys had included some fiber samples with the fiber I had ordered. I said that one of them was Polworth when in fact it is Falkland which I learned this morning from The Knit Girlls is not a breed of sheep but is a combined fiber from sheep that are raised in the Falkland Islands.

This is a shorter blog today cause I'd really like to get back to knitting!!

Happy Knitting!