Thursday, October 25, 2018

Hobbii

Hobbii is a Scandinavian yarn company.  They were Tweeting about a sale a couple of weeks ago.  I had one of my shopping impulses.  These arrived from Denmark today.
The two bags were grab bags.  You got 5 balls each of two different colors, no choice of colors.  I’ve got enough yarn for two sweaters for about $25 each.  The single balls were added to get free shipping.  They are both 100% wool in tonal color ways.  

The little white thingy is a row counter, something that could be ordered for free.

I’m off to Ravelry to do sweater pattern searches.

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Advent Calendars

I finished the one I was knitting.  I am not crazy about how it turned out.  It isn’t the pattern’s fault.  If I did it again (which I won’t) I would pick colors I like better.  I was going to use it for the mini skeins advent calendar  I ordered.  The skeins arrived today in cute little numbered boxes.

I will leave them as they are.  They must go into hiding so I am not tempted to open anything before December 1.

My projects have been shuffled around due to two cases of damaged wood.  I started Dolores’s skirt and found a chip in the needles.  I ordered new ones and they are not yet delivered due to a mailbox whose post was damaged.  It fell over.  No mailbox, no mail.  I’ve got a new one, but haven’t found a handy person to install it.  In between online searches and waits for responses, I am working on socks.

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Project Status


  • Square Swap:  squares are done.  I need to come up with a trinket to send to the people who didn’t want the stitch markers I got for the rest of the group.  There are four variations of the squares to match different color preferences.  This is the pattern as written.
  • Advent Calendar:  done except for the decorations.  Pattern should show up on Friday.
  • Fox Socks:  about 50 more rows on the second sock.
  • Nutmeg Socks:  second sock is in progress.
  • Turn Left Socks:  in time out.  Foot was too big, leg too small.
  • Moon Sweater:  in time out.  Too small.  I think there’s enough yarn for a bigger sweater.  It will take some work to calculate exactly how to do it.
  • Rose Sweater:  in time out.  Need to do some research to figure out the button bands.
I’ve got five projects in my Ravelry queue.  New projects are always more appealing than finishing old ones.  Some of them will no doubt be worked on before all that stuff in time out.  I want to start the latest Dolores outfit, so that’s probably next.

I’ve been in a bit of a funk about working on anything.  This is dangerous because I tend to impulsively jump into something that sounds like it might be fun.  The result this time is that there’s a big bag of sale yarn on the way from Denmark.  The rest of the story will be revealed when the yarn arrives.

Friday, October 12, 2018

Stash Enhancement and Sulking Dolores

I got stuff from WEBS twice this week.  The first was a bunch of DK weight I am using to make blanket squares.  I’m in a swap and need to make ten squares.  It is taking quite a bit of time.

This is what I got today:
The two on the right are the Regia Pairfect self striping sock yarns.  I’ve got three pairs of socks in progress, so they are going to be put away so I am not tempted to play with them.

The two on the left are for the latest Dolores ensemble.  It is a knit pleated skirt and a tweed cable knit sweater.  I am not working on it until the squares are done, which is why Her Highness is sulking.  I put the yellow rain boots on her that go with the outfit.  Now Jasmine the cat is sulking because Dolores’s lap is no longer an acceptable kitty pillow

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Once Upon a Sock - October

I knew it wouldn’t take long before sock yarns and patterns started calling to me again.

I finally got through one of the Vixen socks.  Here’s the Vixen, framed on the back of the leg.

There are two pair ready to start.  The green one is the Handmade Sock Society sock called Hazelnut.  I like green better than brown, so I am not making any attempt to go with a color to match the pattern this time.  The yarn is Madelinetosh in colorway Beta.  The blue is Swing Left, pattern and yarn both.



There are two more yarns on the way.  They are both Regia Pairfect.  There’s one pattern with cables that motivated the purchase.  The second skein was Arne and Carlos and just might have been unnecessary.  Okay, it made me happy so it wasn’t strictly unncessary.