WIP Wednesday

It's been so hot lately, so I haven't been knitting that much this month.

I started the second Old Hag sock. These are vanilla socks. It's fun to watch each new stripe knit up.

I am still working on my shawl, although progress has been very slow.

100

I finished 100 squares in my sock yarn scraps blanket. My plan is to knit 336 squares, so I have quite a ways to go. I'm 29% of the way done with the blanket.

See the ends on the left. Those are the only ends I have left. I've been tucking the ends away as I knit. So kind of the way you do colorwork. As I pick up a new block of stitches and knit the first row, I will wrap the old yarn of the previous block around the new yarn and carry it in the back until the little tail of the old yarn is tucked away. It's worked really well. This was a great early tip I got from a friend who also has knitted this blanket. All the ends on the left will get dealt with when I add new squares to that side.

To give my blanket more variety, I have added in new balls of yarn that I have not used yet. I only add balls that I plan on eventually making socks out of for me (or my Mom or friends). (My Mom and most of my friends and) I have small feet, so I know it does not take an entire ball of yarn to knit a pair of socks. I only have to be careful not to use any sock yarn that is planned for DH. Because his feet are bigger, it might actually take an entire ball of yarn to knit a pair of socks for him.

Kelp Socks

Pattern: Kelp designed by Cookie A, this was originally published as Cookie's Summer Sox. This is still a free pattern, the pay version is only if you want additional sizing.

Yarn: Neeley's Knits in Sparkle Sock in Jade Teacup

Needles: US Size 1.5 DPNs

Started on: June 10th

Finished on: June 21st

Comments: This is pair # 13 for the year. I knitted 4 repeats of the leg pattern and 6 repeats of the foot pattern. These socks knit up really quickly. I am pleased with how well the yarn and pattern compliment each other.

Thunder and Lightning

Pattern: None. This is a simple K3, P1 rib

Yarn: Neeley's Knits in Super Sock Sock Blank In Thunder and Lightning

Needles: US Size 1.5 DPNs

Started on: May 14th

Finished on: June 17th

Comments: This is pair # 12 for the year. I have no idea why these took as long as they did. I guess I just got distracted by all the other projects. It's fun to see how a sock will knit up from a blank. I love seeing how the colors played with each other.

WIP Wednesday

 I am trying to avoid second sock syndrome, so I have two second socks on the needles.

The top sock is a plain K3, P1 rib sock.

The bottom sock is Neeley's Knits yarn in the sparkle sock base in the colorway Jade Teacup. The pattern is Kelp designed by Cookie A. It was originally published as Cookie's Summer Sox and is still available for free. I think the pay pattern is just if you want more sizes.

All I've been knitting lately are socks and my memory blanket. I really started to crave and miss knitting lace and shawls. So I decided to ease my way back into lace/shawl knitting.

I picked the Wildes Meer shawl because it's very pretty, but is small and looks like it will knit up quickly. It calls for fingering weight yarn and has one of my favorite features - a knitted on border.

I'm so excited about this shawl.... I can't wait to finish it! I did have one false start due to my own fault and being rusty since I haven't knit lace or shawls in awhile. I'm on track now so it's all good.

WIP: 86 squares

I can't stop working on this blanket. I'm up to 86 squares now. The second photo shows the blanket on a full sized bed to show scale.  I really love this blanket. It's mindless knitting, but because I get to use different colored yarns it holds my interest.

Haku Socks

Pattern: None. Just a basic K3, P1 rib

Yarn: Gynx Yarns in Strong Sport in the colorway Haku

Needles: US Size 3

Started on: May 17th

Finished on: Jun 1st

Comments: This is pair # 11 for the year. This is my second time using Gynx yarns. The colors are really beautiful and they yarn is very squishy. I enjoyed working with this yarn and seeing how it knits up.

WIP: 76 squares

I spent most of the second half of May working on this blanket. It's super addicting to knit on. I'm up to 76 squares! I really love how this is turning out. I did some math and I think I will need at least 336 squares for it to be the size I would like. So I have quite a long ways to go on this.