Fiber Dreams

Though there’s still plenty to tell you about our trip to Montana, I thought it was high time I got a little more knitting content inserted into this blog.

First up. Yes. I have been knitting! When I started the lace scarf over Thanksgiving everything else got dropped like a hot potato. Now that the scarf is done, though, the projects that were already on the needles are once again progressing. The vine lace socks are making the most noticeable progress. The first sock is completely done—and I love it!—and the second sock’s cuff is nearly there. Just another couple pattern repeats, then I’ll be done with the cuff and can start the heel flap.

The yarn is such a dark brown that it’s hard to take a picture of on this cloudy day. There’s a very nice texture going on there—an easy lace pattern. Honest. The yarn is Cherry Tree Hill Supersock Solid. Love, love, love it. Sooo soft. Knits up like a dream.

I’ve been making good progress on Sizzle, too. The back is done, and I’m this close to being done with the dart decreases. The dart increases come next, then the armholes and dividing for the V-neck. The yarn doesn’t really look like much before it’s been blocked, and it grows in width so much that I still worry a bit about the final size, but I’m soldiering on. Sorry. No picture. Not today, anyway. Soon, though. I hope.

Back in early November I got a newsletter from Berroco that took me on a trip down memory lane. You see, they released a pattern for a toy
octopus that’s nearly identical to one I had when I was growing up. I was going to take a picture of my old octopus, but I can’t find it. Drat. Mine was a soft, grayish pink with knots at the end of its tentacles instead of bows, no bow on its head, or around its neck for that matter. The eyes weren’t safe little buttons but sharply pointed gadgets that stabbed into the Styrofoam head (you can tell from this that it was made in the 1960s); the eyes were black disks that floated in a white field. Totally cool.

Also early in November (gads, I’m really behind!) I saw this sheep and wolf festivals picture on Habetrot’s blog.

Much more recently, Lion Brand Yarns interviewed the Yarn Harlot. Go give it a listen. It’s great.

The current Knitter’s magazine arrived with yesterday’s mail. After giving it a good once over, the only thing I’m looking forward to is Perry Klass’s essay. That’s it. Maybe it’s just coming up short when compared with Interweave Knits now that Eunny Jang is at the helm. Maybe the editor has lost his vision. Maybe I’m no longer in the target demographic. Maybe it’s something else. I don’t know. All I know is that I’m very disappointed in this issue. There’s one to go before my subscription expires. We’ll see how they do. I have a lot of back issues. Years worth. Many years of happy knitting and subscribing. I hate to give up on them for one or two disappointing issues. We’ll see what happens next time.

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