the shawl is still stuck in the trees,
so no pictures of that yet, but I’ve almost finished my hand spun
blanket!
One problem...I ran out of white yarn.
I have a tiny ball left over from when
I knit the center and I think I may have a hank from when I was doing
test spinning, but I don't think that will be enough. I also have a
bit of blue left, so I could just finish the last corner with that,
but then it would probably drive me nuts. We'll see. It's in time
out right now as I ponder my options.
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I've started a new pair of socks for
Bill as well, perfect waiting room knitting and for date nights.
Knit Picks Stroll in "Wine"
on US 1 (2.25mm)
Nancy Bush's "Gentleman's Sock
with Lozenge Pattern" from Knitting Vintage Socks, slightly
adapted to make them toe up.
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TW is starting to outgrow his pixie
hat so I need to plan for a new hat for next year. I think
I want to do Chouette
but I wanted to be sure I understood how the cables work, and to
check for any mods I would have to make (a lot of people mentioned
needing to add rows to the body and head of the owl) so I knit a mini
prototype:
knit with one strand of random acrylic
on US 7s (4.5mm) I did the smallest size and this would probably fit
a newborn, super cute. I added two rows to the body, but I think it
probably could use four, and maybe a few extra in the head too. (ravely
page)
there’s a basket for donated
baby/preemie hats at Saturday knitting, so I’ll probably put it in
next time I can go.