Knitting: Poet Socks

Sunday, February 2, 2025

Absolutely adore these Poet Socks by Sari Nordlund. The lace pattern is lovely in a plain yarn, like this Valley Yarns Huntingdon in 'mauve'. Makes me consider making the matching sweater...

Knitting from Stash: Color Block Hedera Socks

Sunday, January 19, 2025

Yet another pair of gift socks! Butn a different pattern this time! I also like the Hedera Socks pattern as they're stretchy, but a bit more interesting with lace. A good choice for solid color yarn such as these Valley Yarns' Huntington. This pair was made with some leftover yarn from a couple previous pairs' heels and ankle-ribbing. I think it's my third time making this pattern.

Knitting from Handspun: DRK Everyday Socks #2

Sunday, January 5, 2025

I had enough handspun sock yarn leftover from the first pair of handspun DRK Everyday Socks that I ended up making a second pair! Socks are fast and addictive to knit!

Knitting: Men's DRK Everyday Socks

Sunday, December 8, 2024

Yes. I love the DRK Everyday Socks for gift giving. Here is yet another pair, where I let the yarn once again, do the fancy work for me! This yarn is from an Urth Yarns sock kit.

Knitting from Stash: Hint 'o the Wave Scarves

Sunday, November 24, 2024

More knitting gifts! This time, two twists on the Little Flower Scarf from Knitting for Breakfast which I made previously. I swapped out the lace pattern in the original with this "Hint 'o the Wave" traditional Shetland lace pattern. A great way to use up a bunch of scrapalpaca lace-weight yarns!

Knitting: Ombre DRK Everyday Socks

Sunday, November 10, 2024

Another pair of DRK Everyday Socks, well, two pair. A pair of pairs? These are also intended as holiday gifts, so I went with the stretchy pattern once again. Contrasting heels and top ribbing allowed me to not run out of yarn. So that's nice.

These are for smaller feet than mine. Who knows how they'll fit.

Knitting Handspun: DRK Everyday Socks

Sunday, October 13, 2024

I plan to give these as a gift, so I needed a forgiving pattern. DRK Everyday Socks fits the bill - lots of ribbing, therefore lots of stretch to fit unknown size feets! This is my first pair of handspun socks, made with my 4-2-1 fractal yarn in Superwash Merino-Nylon blend. You can see how the fractal color changes work once it's all knit up.

Knitting Handspun: November Vest

Sunday, September 15, 2024

Done this November Vest from Petite Knit! I went without pockets as I don't think I have enough yarn, but it looks good as-is. My first time doing brioche knitting, not too tricky at all. The back detailing is nice. If I had done a provisional cast-on for the neckband, this vest would've been completely reversible!

Yarn is handspun short-forward draw 4-ply from a raw romney corriedale rambouillet fleece I bought at Rhinebeck '22. It was a real project fleece, and continues to shed vegetable matter to this day.

Knitting: Chicken Run Socks

Sunday, August 4, 2024

If you're gonna handknit socks, they might as well be fancy socks. Like these super toasty Chicken Run Socks by Ducathi. Colorwork socks are always very thick and warm due to the stranded work on the wrong-side.

Knitting Handspun: A Dog-yarn Sweater

Sunday, July 7, 2024

After having made the chiengora yarn for it awhile back, I finally finished my My Favourite Things Knitwear Cardigan No. 6. However, the second I blocked it, it became HUGE. So it's a monster sweater now. I made the smallest size, but because the yarn was larger, everything's a bit off. Oh well.

Knitting from Stash: A Little Flower Scarf

Sunday, May 28, 2023

A Little Flower Scarf from Knitting for Breakfast, the perect way to use up decades-old single skeins of alpaca fingering-weight yarns! LAce + Alpaca = a lovely, fuzzy, drapey fabric. And a warm gift for a friend!

Knitting for Other People's Babies: Scout Hat & Booties

Sunday, May 7, 2023

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.

Knitting from Stash: Hedera Socks in Blue

Sunday, April 30, 2023

Still had some leftover of this blue yarn from the Pescatarian Socks, so decided to put together another pair of Hedera Socks, maybe this time with tighter gauge! This a lovely, simple pattern. Stupendous effort-to-outcome ratio!

Knitting: Fancy Cabled Socks, Pescatarian

Sunday, April 16, 2023

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).