I was finally able to get myself over to my LYS this morning, and asked, very nicely, if I could please use their swift to wind up my yarn. Please. Yes! Score. Now I can finally swatch for the Mystery Stole tonight. Finally. Woot! I wonder if I’ll actually be able to keep myself away […]
Progress
I’m making great progress on the first Monkey sock. Having only one knitting project on the go at a time is making a huge difference. No swapping. No desk project competing for time with the upstairs project. Just knitting.
I got five repeats into the thing—instead of the required six—and decided that made a […]
The yarn—Cashwool in Pearl from Lane Borgosesia—and beads for the Mystery Stole 3 all arrived in yesterday’s post. I opened up the yarn box from The Loopy Ewe first. Dave was sitting on the opposite couch. As I took the yarn out of its tissue wrapper, he exclaimed. He loves it. While it’s definitely not […]
I’ve picked out my first project—and the yarn from my stash—for the Summer of Socks, and I’ve ordered the yarn and beads for Mystery Stole 3. I don’t think it’ll be a problem waiting to start another pair of socks. I only have to wait until the 21st for that, and I’m still not quite […]