Happy New Year! Be safe out there.

More content later, I promise.

Greetings

Merry Christmas everyone!

More Socks 3

I'm calling these Mermaid socks, because the colors remind me of mermaid scales. This is a new sock yarn for me. It is J. Knits superwash sock yarn in the Columbus colorway. It's 75% superwash wool and 25% nylon. Needles are US 2 bamboo. I really like the way these are working up so far. The yarn is very soft and easy to knit.

More Socks 2

Here is the progress on the Trekking XXL socks. One down, one to go.

More Socks 1

These socks are for Sarah. They are Koigu yarn. I forget the colorway though. This the first time I have worked with Koigu. I like the tightness of the twist and how smooth the fabric is. I am using US 2 Clover bamboo needles.

Frustrated

I have been trying to knit something other than socks. However, things have not been going well. I have a pattern I like, but I cannot get the gauge to come out right. I knit a swatch and think I have it, but when I actually start knitting the object, the gauge is too tight. Arg! I have started this thing twice already. I don't know if I like it enough to try again. I think I'll go do laundry and knit on a sock. Socks are good, right?

Christmas Socks

It's been a slow week for me. I have started several knitting projects, but have ripped them all out as they just were not doing what I wanted, or were not fun. I have lots of more ideas though.

One thing I did get done this week was my Christmas socks. I decided I needed red socks for Christmas. Why not?

These are made out of Mountain Colors Bearfoot yarn in the Ruby River colorway on a US 2 needle. They are my usual Ann Norling pattern with these modifications. I cast on 72 stitches instead of my usual 64 and did a double decrease four times ten rows apart in the cuff. The pattern is a 4 by 2 rib. The toe is from Nancy Bush's Knitting on the Road Conwy sock (no Kitchener stitch). I'm happy with the way they turned out, and they fit very nicely.

Finished Ruana

So here is the Santa Fe ruana finished. Top photo is the ruana blocking. Middle photo is front. Bottom photo is detail of back. I wore it yesterday and today. I like it, but I wish it had more to the back. It does get a little drafty back there. And the front is heavier than the back, so it pulls forward quite a bit. It does keep my shoulders nice and warm though.