I have been working on my Scout Shawl, I think I have started it about 7 times, but I am on my way now.
I’m about halfway through section 1. And I am catching the second colour every third stitch.
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Another sock project
I wanted a small project to take on a plane, so, obviously, it was going to be socks.
I am going to try to knit two socks at once, from this book
I am using my usual 2.75mm needles and I have cast on 60 stitches. I am just doing a plain vanilla sock while I am getting the hang of it. I have had the yarn in my stash for ages – I think it’s been discontinued.
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Another Sock Finish
I finished the second sock.
This was an enjoyable knit. Although I am not overly taken with the heel flap pattern, I think next time I will just do my usual heel flap.
That makes three pairs of socks so far this year. I am going to return to working on my Scout shawl so that will slow down sock production.
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A new sock project
As you can see from the image, I have finished one sock and I am now working on the second.
I do like the stripy yarn.
I am using the stitch pattern from Hermione’s Everyday Sock Pattern (ravelry link), but I am using my usual sock recipe.
The leg is a bit longer than usual because I was enjoying the stripes.
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Another Sock Finish
I finished my socks. The yarn is from the Yarn Trader (The Wool Barn Cashmere Sock in Misty Mauve). The yarn is lovely, but I need to see how it wears before I purchase more.
I did a slightly fancy cuff
And the rest is just stocking stitch (with a slip stitch heel).
I have started another sock project but I want to get onto knitting something with my yarn advent calendar.
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A finish! Nutcracker socks
I managed a lot of knitting this week because I was watching the second season of The Gilded Age – a beautiful soap opera.
The yarn for these socks is from West Yorkshire Spinners – one of their Christmas yarns.
There is a band of twisted stitches down the leg and across the foot (I wrote about it in my last post on these socks).
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One Nutcracker Sock Finished
I finished the first of my Christmas socks. There is a band all the way along the leg and foot –
R1: P1, (Slip 1 knitwise, YO, PSSO, P1) 3 times
R2:P1(K2, P1) 3 times
The yarn is from West Yorkshire Spinners (colourway Nutcracker). Usual needles (2.25mm).
The heel flap uses the same stitch pattern as the band (except R2 is reversed K1 (P2, K1) 3 times
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2023 in Review
I was a bit more successful this year.
- I finished 4 pairs of sock
- These ones (they don’t seem to have a name)
- Dunsborough Socks
- The Duke Who Gives it All Up socks
- Dk Weight Socks
- Miss P’s Blanket
- Miss A’s Quilt
- I finished two cross stitch projects
- I finished two surface embroidery projects
- Needle book
- Crewel work course
- Some machine embroidery projects
- I made a project bag out of my Cinnamon Stars cross stitch.
- Attended a mosaic knitting course.
- Finished another knit blanket.
I am going to try to have modest goals next year
- Finish my Dame Nature Du Printemps cross stitch.
- Start working on my fabric book of special things – I have quite the collection. I just need to get it clear in my head how I am going to tackle this.
- Finish my christmas socks and my cashmere socks (one of these is already finished)
- Knit something with my Advent Calendar yarn.
- Baby clothes quilt (I am rethinking this whole project – more on that later)
- Historic Sampler Course (I am doing the Historic Sampler Course at Thistle Threads, so I plan to design and then create a sampler unique to me).
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Finished my Alex’s Blanket
I finished my version of Alex’s blanket last night. There are a few errors, but I pushed on rather than ripping back.
Here’s the first mention of the blanket -I started in August, so I was reasonably quick with this one.
Next up, I am going to knit a swatch for my Nutcracker socks – and while I am waiting for Christmas Eve/Day I will work on my cashmere socks.
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Advent Calendar
I have been enjoying my advent calendar from KDD – the colours are spectacular. I am looking forward to seeing what patterns she has written to go with this yarn.
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