It never ends. More people babies!
At least this time I managed to use up some leftover yarn from a previous baby knitting project. Still trying to whittle down that yarn stash!
Don't ask me why handknit baby booties always look a bit wonky. They just do.
'Gotta cut off the break in the lock before sending through the carder, but so far so good...
More socks, of course!
I needed another pair of socks for a car-knitting project over Holiday Break, and so ended up with these Pescatarian Socks. Super complicated, yes, but fine for car- and hanging-with-family knitting. Bonus, all of this yarn came from stash!
The sock pattern already has a left foot and right foot design, so I felt it'd be wise to also shape the toes in the appropriate directions. This seemed to work out alright, and I believe these are my best fitting socks so far (although, it's still a bit loose on the calves).
The cat is as helpful as ever with this task...
When learning to handspin yarn, I sort of skipped right over drop spindles and into spinning wheels. And honestly, I'm very glad I made that decision! Spinning Wheels are faster, and it's a little easier to develop the muscle memory for drafting the fibers.
But now I've decided to dabble a bit with drop spindles. Much simpler, much cheaper, but essentially the same outcome. I've started with this Txoatile or Basque Spindle from etsy/MuddyDuckWorkshop which is very niche, but one of my guild members told me it just spins and spins. So I jumped right in!
I like this video from Spinning Shadows Fiber Arts for figuring out how to start and actually spin. And this video from Sarah Dunham-Miliotis is great for learning how to wind onto the Basque spindle to make a center pull ball. The Internet is a fantastic information source, who knew?!
